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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 23 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +20 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,835 7,590 7,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.61% 8.17% 6.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.68% 22.09% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,336 6,469 5,791
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,231 £28,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -5.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,419 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +2.52% - +2.75%

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 15,174 34,360 47,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.02% 37.00% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,016 26,383 30,822
10th Percentile £32,125 £30,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -15 2,672 £42,500 +6.25% 1,528
UK excluding London -19 1,817 £37,419 +2.52% 1,038
Work from Home -16 964 £45,000 - 568
London -9 904 £58,500 +9.35% 599
South East -24 451 £40,000 +9.59% 256
North of England -29 439 £35,000 -6.67% 277
Midlands -19 389 £40,000 +11.11% 192
East of England -7 267 £32,500 - 147
North West -41 254 £37,500 -6.25% 120
West Midlands -26 237 £45,000 +20.00% 99
South West -15 195 £32,750 -12.67% 123
East Midlands -9 152 £31,500 -5.97% 92
Yorkshire -21 147 £32,750 -6.43% 117
Scotland -16 55 £36,000 -8.86% 59
North East -22 37 £34,000 -9.33% 52
Northern Ireland 0 12 £52,500 +50.00% 14
Wales -35 8 £45,309 +60.16% 19
Isle of Man +2 5 £38,000 +2.70% 1

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
1 743 (26.21%) SharePoint
2 632 (22.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.98%) IIS
4 30 (1.06%) Confluence
5 23 (0.81%) CMS
6 11 (0.39%) IBM Domino
6 11 (0.39%) WordPress
7 9 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.18%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.071%) Apache
11 2 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.071%) nginx
11 2 (0.071%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.071%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 450 (15.87%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.32%) Acrobat
6 8 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.11%) Productboard
9 3 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.071%) InDesign
11 1 (0.035%) 1Password
11 1 (0.035%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.035%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.035%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.035%) Sketch
11 1 (0.035%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 14 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 10 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 10 (0.35%) Sage 50
6 7 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 7 (0.25%) Sage 200
7 5 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.18%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
8 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.071%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.071%) SystmOne
10 1 (0.035%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.035%) Magento
10 1 (0.035%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.035%) Shopify
10 1 (0.035%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,548 (54.60%) Azure
2 558 (19.68%) Entra ID
3 264 (9.31%) OneDrive
3 264 (9.31%) Power Platform
4 252 (8.89%) AWS
5 176 (6.21%) SaaS
6 115 (4.06%) PowerApps
7 102 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 87 (3.07%) Mimecast
9 79 (2.79%) IaaS
10 75 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
10 75 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
11 74 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
12 69 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
13 67 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
14 64 (2.26%) PaaS
15 54 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
16 52 (1.83%) Google Workspace
17 38 (1.34%) GCP
18 26 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 524 (18.48%) Firewall
2 424 (14.96%) DNS
3 336 (11.85%) DHCP
4 281 (9.91%) WAN
5 279 (9.84%) VPN
6 264 (9.31%) LAN
7 177 (6.24%) Wi-Fi
8 176 (6.21%) VLAN
9 166 (5.86%) TCP/IP
10 154 (5.43%) VoIP
11 90 (3.17%) Network Security
12 81 (2.86%) Wireless
13 66 (2.33%) SAN
14 61 (2.15%) Remote Desktop
15 60 (2.12%) Internet
16 54 (1.90%) SD-WAN
17 35 (1.23%) Intranet
18 31 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
19 30 (1.06%) IPv4
20 28 (0.99%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (5.29%) SQL Server
2 121 (4.27%) Power BI
3 34 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 6 (0.21%) MySQL
8 6 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.18%) GIS
9 5 (0.18%) Power Query
10 4 (0.14%) Metabase
10 4 (0.14%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.11%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.11%) EDMS
11 3 (0.11%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.071%) Big Data
12 2 (0.071%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 67 (2.36%) JIRA
2 8 (0.28%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.25%) Git
4 5 (0.18%) MSI
4 5 (0.18%) WiX
5 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.071%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.071%) Selenium
7 1 (0.035%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.035%) GitLab
7 1 (0.035%) gulp
7 1 (0.035%) Hudson
7 1 (0.035%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.035%) Subversion
7 1 (0.035%) Yeoman
General
1 1,073 (37.85%) Social Skills
2 383 (13.51%) Finance
3 274 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (7.48%) Law
5 189 (6.67%) Legal
6 113 (3.99%) Retail
7 90 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 85 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 62 (2.19%) Telecoms
11 54 (1.90%) Marketing
12 48 (1.69%) Banking
13 46 (1.62%) Public Sector
14 31 (1.09%) Local Government
15 27 (0.95%) Automotive
16 20 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.63%) Games
18 16 (0.56%) Advertising
19 14 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
20 13 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 568 (20.04%) IT Support
2 558 (19.68%) Analyst
3 434 (15.31%) Support Engineer
4 315 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 295 (10.41%) Senior
6 261 (9.21%) Support Analyst
7 249 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 222 (7.83%) IT Analyst
9 213 (7.51%) IT Support Engineer
10 207 (7.30%) 2nd Line Support
11 147 (5.19%) Service Analyst
12 146 (5.15%) IT Support Analyst
13 145 (5.11%) Lead
14 129 (4.55%) IT Technician
15 128 (4.51%) Service Desk Analyst
16 118 (4.16%) IT Manager
17 107 (3.77%) Desktop Support
18 104 (3.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 90 (3.17%) Administrator
20 87 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.69%) .NET
2 26 (0.92%) HTML
3 25 (0.88%) React
4 24 (0.85%) CSS
5 19 (0.67%) XML
6 17 (0.60%) SPFx
7 16 (0.56%) JSON
8 13 (0.46%) ASP.NET
9 12 (0.42%) REST
9 12 (0.42%) SAML
10 10 (0.35%) .NET Framework
10 10 (0.35%) Software Packaging
11 9 (0.32%) HTML5
12 8 (0.28%) SOAP
13 7 (0.25%) EDI
13 7 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
14 6 (0.21%) 802.1X
14 6 (0.21%) LDAP
14 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
14 6 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 160 (5.64%) Driving Licence
2 140 (4.94%) Management Information System
2 140 (4.94%) Onboarding
3 82 (2.89%) Data Centre
3 82 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (1.69%) CCTV
5 41 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
5 41 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
5 41 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 39 (1.38%) Client/Server
7 39 (1.38%) Security Posture
8 37 (1.31%) Private Cloud
9 35 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
10 32 (1.13%) iPhone
11 30 (1.06%) Social Media
12 29 (1.02%) Product Ownership
13 26 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (0.78%) Replication
15 21 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1,564 (55.17%) Windows
2 713 (25.15%) Windows Server
3 517 (18.24%) Windows 10
4 186 (6.56%) Linux
5 134 (4.73%) Mac OS
6 128 (4.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 112 (3.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 103 (3.63%) Apple iOS
9 91 (3.21%) Android
10 79 (2.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (1.09%) Windows 7
12 28 (0.99%) Mac OS X
13 18 (0.63%) VMS
13 18 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (0.56%) AIX
15 15 (0.53%) Unix
16 11 (0.39%) Ubuntu
17 7 (0.25%) CentOS
18 4 (0.14%) Debian
18 4 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
2 578 (20.39%) ITIL
3 564 (19.89%) Customer Service
4 366 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
5 290 (10.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 231 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 211 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
8 209 (7.37%) Service Delivery
9 203 (7.16%) ITSM
10 198 (6.98%) Project Management
11 176 (6.21%) Migration
12 163 (5.75%) Service Management
13 162 (5.71%) Mentoring
14 159 (5.61%) Roadmaps
15 157 (5.54%) Project Delivery
16 145 (5.11%) Data Protection
17 134 (4.73%) DevOps
18 131 (4.62%) Change Management
19 130 (4.59%) Information Security
20 128 (4.51%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 422 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 201 (7.09%) SQL
3 102 (3.60%) Python
4 62 (2.19%) C#
5 54 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 24 (0.85%) T-SQL
7 21 (0.74%) Bash
8 16 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.42%) C++
10 12 (0.42%) Go
11 8 (0.28%) Java
11 8 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.28%) VB
12 5 (0.18%) VBA
12 5 (0.18%) VBScript
13 4 (0.14%) Bicep
13 4 (0.14%) Korn
13 4 (0.14%) PHP
14 3 (0.11%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 423 (14.92%) Degree
2 275 (9.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 112 (3.95%) Azure Certification
4 87 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
5 85 (3.00%) A+ Certification
6 81 (2.86%) Security Cleared
7 71 (2.50%) CCNA
8 69 (2.43%) SC Cleared
9 66 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
11 58 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
12 53 (1.87%) DBS Check
13 48 (1.69%) CISSP
14 37 (1.31%) MCP
15 35 (1.23%) MCSA
16 26 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 25 (0.88%) MCSE
18 24 (0.85%) CISM
18 24 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
19 23 (0.81%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (6.95%) SLA
2 112 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 104 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 98 (3.46%) GDPR
5 46 (1.62%) PCI DSS
6 37 (1.31%) NIST
7 25 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (0.81%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.60%) QA
10 14 (0.49%) GRC
11 12 (0.42%) PMO
12 10 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.32%) PERC
14 7 (0.25%) NCSC
15 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.18%) Accessibility
16 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 4 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.071%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1,398 (49.31%) Active Directory
2 342 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 285 (10.05%) Hyper-V
4 116 (4.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 56 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 48 (1.69%) vSphere
8 37 (1.31%) XenApp
9 28 (0.99%) Docker
10 25 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
11 16 (0.56%) BitLocker
12 10 (0.35%) Firmware
13 9 (0.32%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 5 (0.18%) Postfix
14 5 (0.18%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.11%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.11%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 563 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 219 (7.72%) SCCM
3 53 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 52 (1.83%) Terraform
5 38 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 31 (1.09%) Kubernetes
7 26 (0.92%) WSUS
8 24 (0.85%) Ansible
9 20 (0.71%) vCenter Server
10 18 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
11 17 (0.60%) NetBackup
12 14 (0.49%) SCOM
13 13 (0.46%) FortiGate
14 10 (0.35%) Graylog
15 8 (0.28%) Backup Exec
15 8 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.28%) Nessus
16 7 (0.25%) Autotask
16 7 (0.25%) Grafana
17 6 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,034 (71.75%) Microsoft
2 500 (17.64%) VMware
3 308 (10.86%) Cisco
4 187 (6.60%) Citrix
5 136 (4.80%) Meraki
6 122 (4.30%) Apple
7 119 (4.20%) ServiceNow
8 93 (3.28%) Veeam
9 86 (3.03%) Google
10 64 (2.26%) HP
11 63 (2.22%) Salesforce
12 60 (2.12%) Dell
13 50 (1.76%) iManage
14 41 (1.45%) CheckPoint
14 41 (1.45%) Fortinet
15 38 (1.34%) Oracle
16 37 (1.31%) Palo Alto
16 37 (1.31%) Sophos
17 32 (1.13%) SAP
17 32 (1.13%) SonicWALL