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

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 22 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +21 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,830 7,557 7,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.61% 8.19% 6.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.65% 22.06% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,335 6,442 5,834
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,088 £28,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,870 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -5.07% -1.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +2.74% - +1.61%

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 15,172 34,251 47,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.05% 37.10% 42.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,012 26,331 31,073
10th Percentile £32,500 £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 1 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 1 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 -16 2,670 £42,500 +6.25% 1,409
UK excluding London -20 1,813 £37,500 +2.74% 925
Work from Home -14 959 £46,375 +3.06% 568
London -10 904 £57,500 +5.99% 586
South East -23 449 £40,197 +10.13% 238
North of England -27 440 £35,000 -6.67% 243
Midlands -20 386 £40,000 +11.11% 166
East of England -9 266 £32,500 - 124
North West -39 256 £37,500 -6.25% 108
West Midlands -27 235 £45,000 +20.00% 89
South West -13 197 £32,750 -12.67% 108
East Midlands -12 151 £31,500 -5.97% 77
Yorkshire -22 146 £33,000 -5.71% 97
Scotland -19 55 £36,000 -7.69% 57
North East -22 37 £34,000 -9.33% 49
Northern Ireland 0 11 £52,500 +50.00% 13
Wales -32 8 £45,309 +60.16% 17
Isle of Man +2 5 £38,000 +2.70%

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
1 738 (26.08%) SharePoint
2 626 (22.12%) 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%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.071%) Moodle
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 (15.90%) Microsoft Office
2 121 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.64%) 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 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (0.53%) 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%) Eikon
10 1 (0.035%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.035%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.035%) Shopify
10 1 (0.035%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,555 (54.95%) Azure
2 554 (19.58%) Entra ID
3 261 (9.22%) OneDrive
3 261 (9.22%) Power Platform
4 254 (8.98%) AWS
5 175 (6.18%) SaaS
6 114 (4.03%) PowerApps
7 100 (3.53%) Power Automate
8 89 (3.14%) Mimecast
9 78 (2.76%) IaaS
10 74 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
10 74 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 73 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
12 68 (2.40%) Microsoft Purview
13 67 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
14 62 (2.19%) PaaS
15 55 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
16 52 (1.84%) Google Workspace
17 41 (1.45%) GCP
18 26 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 518 (18.30%) Firewall
2 424 (14.98%) DNS
3 334 (11.80%) DHCP
4 280 (9.89%) WAN
5 274 (9.68%) VPN
6 263 (9.29%) LAN
7 176 (6.22%) VLAN
8 175 (6.18%) Wi-Fi
9 163 (5.76%) TCP/IP
10 151 (5.34%) VoIP
11 87 (3.07%) Network Security
12 81 (2.86%) Wireless
13 67 (2.37%) SAN
14 61 (2.16%) Internet
15 60 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
16 52 (1.84%) SD-WAN
17 35 (1.24%) Intranet
18 31 (1.10%) IPv4
19 30 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
20 28 (0.99%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 120 (4.24%) Power BI
3 34 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 30 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (0.57%) 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 Lake
11 3 (0.11%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.11%) EDMS
11 3 (0.11%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.071%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 68 (2.40%) JIRA
2 8 (0.28%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.25%) Git
4 5 (0.18%) MSI
4 5 (0.18%) WiX
5 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.11%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.071%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.071%) Selenium
7 2 (0.071%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.035%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.035%) GitLab
8 1 (0.035%) gulp
8 1 (0.035%) Hudson
8 1 (0.035%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.035%) Subversion
8 1 (0.035%) Yeoman
General
1 1,065 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 384 (13.57%) Finance
3 275 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 212 (7.49%) Law
5 186 (6.57%) Legal
6 112 (3.96%) Retail
7 88 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 85 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
9 64 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 61 (2.16%) Telecoms
11 55 (1.94%) Marketing
12 49 (1.73%) Banking
12 49 (1.73%) Public Sector
13 30 (1.06%) Local Government
14 26 (0.92%) Automotive
15 19 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.64%) Games
17 16 (0.57%) Advertising
18 13 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 561 (19.82%) IT Support
2 555 (19.61%) Analyst
3 427 (15.09%) Support Engineer
4 317 (11.20%) IT Engineer
5 296 (10.46%) Senior
6 257 (9.08%) Support Analyst
7 250 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 219 (7.74%) IT Analyst
9 211 (7.46%) IT Support Engineer
10 206 (7.28%) 2nd Line Support
11 147 (5.19%) Service Analyst
12 143 (5.05%) IT Support Analyst
12 143 (5.05%) Lead
13 129 (4.56%) IT Technician
14 128 (4.52%) Service Desk Analyst
15 118 (4.17%) IT Manager
16 107 (3.78%) Desktop Support
17 104 (3.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 90 (3.18%) Administrator
19 87 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (1.66%) .NET
2 27 (0.95%) HTML
3 25 (0.88%) React
4 24 (0.85%) CSS
5 19 (0.67%) XML
6 17 (0.60%) SPFx
7 15 (0.53%) 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
1 159 (5.62%) Driving Licence
2 139 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 138 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 82 (2.90%) Data Centre
4 82 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (1.77%) CCTV
6 42 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
7 41 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 40 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (1.38%) Client/Server
9 39 (1.38%) Security Posture
10 37 (1.31%) Private Cloud
11 35 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
12 32 (1.13%) iPhone
13 30 (1.06%) Social Media
14 29 (1.02%) Product Ownership
15 26 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (0.78%) Replication
17 21 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1,564 (55.27%) Windows
2 712 (25.16%) Windows Server
3 516 (18.23%) Windows 10
4 188 (6.64%) Linux
5 134 (4.73%) Mac OS
6 129 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 110 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 103 (3.64%) Apple iOS
9 89 (3.14%) Android
10 79 (2.79%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (1.10%) Windows 7
12 27 (0.95%) Mac OS X
13 19 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.64%) VMS
15 16 (0.57%) AIX
15 16 (0.57%) Unix
16 12 (0.42%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.28%) CentOS
18 4 (0.14%) Debian
18 4 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 763 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
2 573 (20.25%) ITIL
3 559 (19.75%) Customer Service
4 362 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
5 292 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 226 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 214 (7.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 208 (7.35%) Service Delivery
9 201 (7.10%) ITSM
10 194 (6.86%) Project Management
11 172 (6.08%) Migration
12 162 (5.72%) Mentoring
13 161 (5.69%) Service Management
14 157 (5.55%) Roadmaps
15 156 (5.51%) Project Delivery
16 143 (5.05%) Data Protection
17 134 (4.73%) DevOps
18 129 (4.56%) Agile
18 129 (4.56%) Change Management
18 129 (4.56%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 418 (14.77%) PowerShell
2 202 (7.14%) SQL
3 101 (3.57%) Python
4 61 (2.16%) C#
5 55 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 23 (0.81%) T-SQL
7 21 (0.74%) Bash
8 16 (0.57%) 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 6 (0.21%) VBScript
13 5 (0.18%) VBA
14 4 (0.14%) Bicep
14 4 (0.14%) Korn
14 4 (0.14%) PHP
14 4 (0.14%) RPG
Qualifications
1 416 (14.70%) Degree
2 275 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 109 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 86 (3.04%) A+ Certification
5 83 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 82 (2.90%) Security Cleared
7 69 (2.44%) SC Cleared
8 68 (2.40%) CCNA
9 66 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
11 58 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
12 52 (1.84%) DBS Check
13 49 (1.73%) CISSP
14 36 (1.27%) MCP
15 34 (1.20%) MCSA
16 25 (0.88%) CISM
16 25 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 24 (0.85%) CompTIA Security+
17 24 (0.85%) MCSE
18 23 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (6.93%) SLA
2 111 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 102 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 97 (3.43%) GDPR
5 45 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 38 (1.34%) NIST
7 24 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 23 (0.81%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.60%) QA
10 13 (0.46%) GRC
11 11 (0.39%) 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)
16 5 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.071%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1,399 (49.43%) Active Directory
2 341 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 284 (10.04%) Hyper-V
4 115 (4.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 56 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
6 53 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
6 53 (1.87%) vSphere
7 36 (1.27%) XenApp
8 28 (0.99%) Docker
9 25 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (0.57%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.35%) Firmware
12 9 (0.32%) XenDesktop
13 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.18%) Postfix
13 5 (0.18%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.11%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.11%) Dovecot
15 3 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 562 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 218 (7.70%) SCCM
3 52 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
3 52 (1.84%) Terraform
4 36 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (1.10%) Kubernetes
6 26 (0.92%) WSUS
7 24 (0.85%) Ansible
8 21 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 18 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
9 18 (0.64%) NetBackup
10 14 (0.49%) SCOM
11 13 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 10 (0.35%) Graylog
13 9 (0.32%) Nessus
14 8 (0.28%) Backup Exec
14 8 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (0.25%) Autotask
15 7 (0.25%) Grafana
16 6 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2,028 (71.66%) Microsoft
2 500 (17.67%) VMware
3 306 (10.81%) Cisco
4 185 (6.54%) Citrix
5 135 (4.77%) Meraki
6 120 (4.24%) Apple
7 117 (4.13%) ServiceNow
8 93 (3.29%) Veeam
9 86 (3.04%) Google
10 64 (2.26%) HP
10 64 (2.26%) Salesforce
11 60 (2.12%) Dell
12 50 (1.77%) iManage
13 41 (1.45%) Fortinet
14 40 (1.41%) CheckPoint
15 39 (1.38%) Oracle
16 37 (1.31%) Palo Alto
16 37 (1.31%) Sophos
17 32 (1.13%) SAP
18 30 (1.06%) WatchGuard