Microsoft 365 Jobs

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 25 42
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,922 7,592 6,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.61% 7.71% 6.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.39% 21.45% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,389 6,497 5,541
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £39,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.41% -6.02% -2.35%
75th Percentile £58,086 £53,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% - +2.82%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,072 35,400 44,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.96% 35.94% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,031 26,787 29,292
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,670 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,738 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 2,752 £42,000 +5.50% 1,511
UK excluding London -19 1,916 £35,000 -4.11% 1,174
Work from Home -8 996 £45,000 - 635
London -8 889 £57,500 +5.99% 512
South East -24 468 £40,000 +8.11% 381
Midlands -11 453 £35,000 - 183
North of England -48 437 £35,000 -6.67% 299
East of England -9 277 £33,500 +3.08% 133
West Midlands -17 271 £43,750 +16.67% 89
North West -63 246 £37,500 -6.25% 167
South West -11 204 £32,500 -13.33% 135
East Midlands -11 182 £31,500 -5.97% 85
Yorkshire -22 159 £32,500 -7.14% 107
Scotland -9 48 £37,500 -1.32% 56
North East -21 32 £34,000 -9.33% 32
Wales -29 17 £38,094 +34.66% 20
Northern Ireland -2 10 £52,500 +50.00% 13
Isle of Man +4 5 £38,000 +2.70% 6

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 768 (26.28%) SharePoint
2 650 (22.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (2.02%) IIS
4 29 (0.99%) Confluence
5 21 (0.72%) CMS
6 15 (0.51%) IBM Domino
7 11 (0.38%) WordPress
8 7 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 6 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (0.17%) Moodle
10 5 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.068%) Apache
12 2 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.034%) Exchange Server 2003
13 1 (0.034%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 466 (15.95%) Microsoft Office
2 137 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.31%) Acrobat
6 8 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.10%) Productboard
9 3 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
9 3 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.068%) InDesign
11 1 (0.034%) 1Password
11 1 (0.034%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 51 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 18 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (0.31%) Sage 50
6 7 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.21%) Sage 200
7 6 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.21%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
9 4 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.068%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.068%) SystmOne
11 1 (0.034%) Eikon
11 1 (0.034%) Magento
11 1 (0.034%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,545 (52.87%) Azure
2 573 (19.61%) Entra ID
3 277 (9.48%) OneDrive
3 277 (9.48%) Power Platform
4 231 (7.91%) AWS
5 181 (6.19%) SaaS
6 128 (4.38%) Power Automate
7 124 (4.24%) PowerApps
8 92 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
9 82 (2.81%) Mimecast
10 79 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
11 72 (2.46%) IaaS
12 69 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
13 67 (2.29%) PaaS
14 66 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
15 65 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
16 53 (1.81%) Google Workspace
17 52 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
18 28 (0.96%) GCP
19 24 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 528 (18.07%) Firewall
2 418 (14.31%) DNS
3 335 (11.46%) DHCP
4 291 (9.96%) VPN
5 283 (9.69%) WAN
6 266 (9.10%) LAN
7 185 (6.33%) TCP/IP
7 185 (6.33%) VLAN
8 173 (5.92%) VoIP
9 169 (5.78%) Wi-Fi
10 85 (2.91%) Wireless
11 82 (2.81%) Network Security
12 58 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
12 58 (1.98%) SAN
13 55 (1.88%) Internet
14 53 (1.81%) SD-WAN
15 43 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
16 35 (1.20%) Intranet
17 28 (0.96%) PBX
18 27 (0.92%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 133 (4.55%) Power BI
3 37 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.24%) MySQL
11 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (0.17%) Metadata
12 5 (0.17%) Power Query
13 4 (0.14%) FileMaker
13 4 (0.14%) GIS
13 4 (0.14%) Metabase
13 4 (0.14%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.10%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.10%) EDMS
14 3 (0.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (2.36%) JIRA
2 7 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.21%) Git
4 5 (0.17%) WiX
5 3 (0.10%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.10%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.068%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.068%) MSI
6 2 (0.068%) Selenium
7 1 (0.034%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.034%) gulp
7 1 (0.034%) Hudson
7 1 (0.034%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.034%) Subversion
7 1 (0.034%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.034%) Yeoman
General
1 1,118 (38.26%) Social Skills
2 391 (13.38%) Finance
3 287 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (7.05%) Law
5 192 (6.57%) Legal
6 131 (4.48%) Retail
7 102 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 86 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 78 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 65 (2.22%) Manufacturing
11 56 (1.92%) Marketing
12 48 (1.64%) Banking
13 41 (1.40%) Public Sector
14 31 (1.06%) Local Government
15 28 (0.96%) Games
16 27 (0.92%) Automotive
17 22 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (0.58%) Advertising
18 17 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (0.55%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 639 (21.87%) IT Support
2 588 (20.12%) Analyst
3 426 (14.58%) Support Engineer
4 313 (10.71%) Support Analyst
5 297 (10.16%) IT Engineer
6 295 (10.10%) Senior
7 240 (8.21%) IT Analyst
8 235 (8.04%) 2nd Line Support
9 227 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 200 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
11 167 (5.72%) IT Support Analyst
12 136 (4.65%) Lead
13 130 (4.45%) Service Analyst
14 129 (4.41%) IT Manager
15 116 (3.97%) IT Technician
16 113 (3.87%) Desktop Support
16 113 (3.87%) Service Desk Analyst
17 106 (3.63%) 1st Line Support
18 96 (3.29%) Support Specialist
19 91 (3.11%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (1.95%) .NET
2 27 (0.92%) JSON
3 26 (0.89%) HTML
4 24 (0.82%) React
5 22 (0.75%) CSS
6 21 (0.72%) XML
7 14 (0.48%) REST
7 14 (0.48%) SPFx
8 11 (0.38%) SOAP
9 10 (0.34%) .NET Framework
9 10 (0.34%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (0.31%) SAML
10 9 (0.31%) Software Packaging
11 7 (0.24%) ARM Templates
11 7 (0.24%) EDI
11 7 (0.24%) HTML5
12 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
13 5 (0.17%) 802.1X
13 5 (0.17%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 190 (6.50%) Driving Licence
2 155 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 124 (4.24%) Management Information System
4 88 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 65 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 49 (1.68%) CCTV
7 47 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
10 36 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
11 34 (1.16%) iPhone
11 34 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 34 (1.16%) Security Posture
11 34 (1.16%) Social Media
12 33 (1.13%) Client/Server
13 30 (1.03%) Private Cloud
14 28 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 27 (0.92%) Product Ownership
16 23 (0.79%) PKI
17 21 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1,592 (54.48%) Windows
2 703 (24.06%) Windows Server
3 507 (17.35%) Windows 10
4 176 (6.02%) Linux
5 161 (5.51%) Mac OS
6 122 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 111 (3.80%) Apple iOS
8 105 (3.59%) Android
9 102 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 71 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 30 (1.03%) Windows 7
12 25 (0.86%) Mac OS X
13 22 (0.75%) VMS
14 18 (0.62%) Unix
14 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
15 14 (0.48%) AIX
16 10 (0.34%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.27%) CentOS
18 5 (0.17%) Debian
19 4 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 615 (21.05%) Customer Service
3 584 (19.99%) ITIL
4 390 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
5 264 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 241 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (7.32%) ITSM
8 212 (7.26%) Project Management
9 205 (7.02%) Service Delivery
10 194 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
11 192 (6.57%) Migration
12 169 (5.78%) Roadmaps
13 165 (5.65%) Service Management
14 156 (5.34%) Project Delivery
15 155 (5.30%) Mentoring
16 150 (5.13%) Agile
17 146 (5.00%) Data Protection
18 140 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
18 140 (4.79%) CRM
19 134 (4.59%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 433 (14.82%) PowerShell
2 212 (7.26%) SQL
3 89 (3.05%) Python
4 70 (2.40%) C#
5 58 (1.98%) JavaScript
6 29 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 20 (0.68%) Java
8 18 (0.62%) Bash
9 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.38%) C++
12 10 (0.34%) Go
12 10 (0.34%) VBA
13 8 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.24%) VB
15 6 (0.21%) PHP
16 5 (0.17%) VBScript
17 3 (0.10%) Bicep
17 3 (0.10%) Progress 4GL
17 3 (0.10%) RPG
Qualifications
1 439 (15.02%) Degree
2 309 (10.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (3.94%) Azure Certification
4 97 (3.32%) A+ Certification
5 88 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (2.67%) Security Cleared
7 75 (2.57%) CCNA
8 70 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 64 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
9 64 (2.19%) SC Cleared
10 63 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 62 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
12 52 (1.78%) MCSA
13 45 (1.54%) CISSP
14 44 (1.51%) MCP
15 38 (1.30%) MCSE
16 29 (0.99%) CCNP
17 25 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
17 25 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 23 (0.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (6.91%) SLA
2 113 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 109 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 103 (3.52%) GDPR
5 38 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 33 (1.13%) NIST
7 29 (0.99%) QA
8 26 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 24 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 15 (0.51%) GRC
11 13 (0.44%) PMO
12 9 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.31%) PERC
13 7 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.21%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.14%) HL7
17 3 (0.10%) COBIT
System Software
1 1,405 (48.08%) Active Directory
2 331 (11.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 274 (9.38%) Hyper-V
4 111 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 53 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
6 49 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (1.33%) vSphere
8 32 (1.10%) XenApp
9 21 (0.72%) Docker
10 15 (0.51%) BitLocker
11 13 (0.44%) Firmware
11 13 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.27%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.27%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.17%) Postfix
14 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.10%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.10%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 623 (21.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 203 (6.95%) SCCM
3 57 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 54 (1.85%) Terraform
5 33 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 29 (0.99%) Kubernetes
7 27 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
8 25 (0.86%) Ansible
8 25 (0.86%) WSUS
9 20 (0.68%) vCenter Server
10 15 (0.51%) SCOM
11 14 (0.48%) NetBackup
12 13 (0.44%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.38%) Autotask
14 8 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.27%) Graylog
15 7 (0.24%) Backup Exec
15 7 (0.24%) Grafana
16 6 (0.21%) Nagios
16 6 (0.21%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 2,143 (73.34%) Microsoft
2 475 (16.26%) VMware
3 315 (10.78%) Cisco
4 180 (6.16%) Citrix
5 145 (4.96%) Meraki
6 140 (4.79%) Apple
7 114 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 93 (3.18%) Veeam
9 81 (2.77%) Google
10 67 (2.29%) HP
11 59 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 52 (1.78%) Dell
13 47 (1.61%) iManage
14 44 (1.51%) Fortinet
15 38 (1.30%) Oracle
15 38 (1.30%) Palo Alto
15 38 (1.30%) Sophos
16 37 (1.27%) SAP
17 36 (1.23%) SonicWALL
18 35 (1.20%) CheckPoint