Microsoft 365 Specialist Jobs

Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 949 1148
Rank change year-on-year +122 +199 -319
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 62 29 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.027% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.030% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 59 14 30
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,012 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,603 £40,000 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +6.82% +28.16%
75th Percentile £62,875 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £101,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% +5.75% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +150 62 £50,000 -16.67% 9
UK excluding London +26 38 £45,000 -2.17% 8
North of England +64 26 £50,000 -28.57% 7
London +142 24 £72,500 +11.54% 2
Work from Home +80 17 £54,556 -4.29% 2
South East +28 11 £39,870 +2.90%
North West +14 11 £45,000 -45.45% 1
North East - 10 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +90 5 £60,000 +4.35% 6
Midlands +16 1 £65,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Microsoft 365 Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (69.35%) SharePoint
2 43 (69.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (48.39%) Azure
4 27 (43.55%) Active Directory
5 21 (33.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (33.87%) Power Platform
6 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
6 20 (32.26%) Process Improvement
7 19 (30.65%) Entra ID
8 17 (27.42%) OneDrive
9 15 (24.19%) Windows
10 12 (19.35%) Degree
10 12 (19.35%) Windows Server
11 11 (17.74%) Power BI
11 11 (17.74%) Local Government
11 11 (17.74%) Finance
11 11 (17.74%) Law
12 10 (16.13%) ITIL
12 10 (16.13%) Business Process Improvement
12 10 (16.13%) DBS Check
12 10 (16.13%) Strategic Thinking
12 10 (16.13%) PowerApps
12 10 (16.13%) Power Automate
12 10 (16.13%) Fire and Rescue
12 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (14.52%) Configuration Management
13 9 (14.52%) Workflow
14 8 (12.90%) Migration
14 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
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 43 (69.35%) SharePoint
2 21 (33.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (8.06%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (8.06%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.61%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (48.39%) Azure
3 21 (33.87%) Power Platform
4 19 (30.65%) Entra ID
5 17 (27.42%) OneDrive
6 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (16.13%) Power Automate
6 10 (16.13%) PowerApps
7 5 (8.06%) AWS
7 5 (8.06%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (8.06%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (8.06%) ShareGate
8 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.61%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) DKIM
1 5 (8.06%) DMARC
2 4 (6.45%) Firewall
2 4 (6.45%) Wireless
3 2 (3.23%) LAN
3 2 (3.23%) WAN
4 1 (1.61%) DNS
4 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.74%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) Metadata
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Finance
2 11 (17.74%) Law
2 11 (17.74%) Local Government
3 10 (16.13%) Fire and Rescue
4 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.61%) Legal
6 1 (1.61%) Social Science
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) BYOD
1 5 (8.06%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.19%) Windows
2 12 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.68%) Android
4 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Process Improvement
2 10 (16.13%) Business Process Improvement
2 10 (16.13%) ITIL
2 10 (16.13%) Strategic Thinking
3 9 (14.52%) Configuration Management
3 9 (14.52%) Workflow
4 8 (12.90%) Migration
5 7 (11.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (9.68%) Analytics
6 6 (9.68%) E-Discovery
6 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.06%) API Integration
7 5 (8.06%) Cloud Security
7 5 (8.06%) Data Governance
7 5 (8.06%) Data Management
7 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (8.06%) Log Analytics
7 5 (8.06%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (8.06%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.45%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) SLA
2 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.61%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (43.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (69.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (8.06%) Apple
3 5 (8.06%) Proofpoint
4 4 (6.45%) VMware
5 3 (4.84%) Citrix
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe
6 1 (1.61%) DocuSign
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce