Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 43 54
Rank change year-on-year +19 +11 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 7,645 6,887 8,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.86% 6.47% 5.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.76% 14.99% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,563 5,621 7,178
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,000 £24,898
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,780 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £53,156 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £36,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year - +2.82% -5.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,126 45,954 73,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.13% 43.14% 47.99%
Number of salaries quoted 26,740 29,923 42,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 19 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 19 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 +21 6,999 £39,870 -3.93% 1,420
UK excluding London +16 5,740 £36,500 - 1,152
Work from Home +21 2,460 £45,000 -2.17% 531
London +15 1,676 £54,403 +3.62% 365
South East +12 1,530 £36,500 +2.10% 269
North of England +28 1,396 £37,500 -3.73% 283
Midlands +23 1,032 £35,750 -0.69% 192
South West +18 705 £37,500 +4.17% 163
North West +17 653 £40,000 - 155
West Midlands +23 637 £37,500 -5.96% 116
East of England +15 606 £32,500 -7.14% 143
Yorkshire +41 561 £35,000 - 97
East Midlands +34 389 £33,500 +11.67% 76
Scotland -32 288 £37,750 +0.67% 77
North East +28 182 £37,500 +5.63% 40
Wales +19 108 £28,290 -24.56% 36
Northern Ireland +21 53 £35,000 -3.45% 23
Isle of Man - 20 £37,000 - 1
Channel Islands -2 4 £85,000 +136.11%

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 1,791 (23.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,666 (21.79%) SharePoint
3 74 (0.97%) IIS
4 70 (0.92%) Confluence
5 43 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 39 (0.51%) Skype for Business
7 35 (0.46%) WordPress
8 34 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
9 26 (0.34%) CMS
10 20 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
11 9 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
12 8 (0.10%) SAS
13 6 (0.078%) Exchange Server 2000
13 6 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
14 5 (0.065%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.065%) SharePoint 2010
15 4 (0.052%) Alfresco
15 4 (0.052%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.052%) IBM Notes
15 4 (0.052%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1,156 (15.12%) Microsoft Office
2 287 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 109 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 33 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.13%) Trello
8 7 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.092%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.078%) InfoPath
9 6 (0.078%) InVision
9 6 (0.078%) LightWave 3D
9 6 (0.078%) Sketch
10 4 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.052%) InDesign
11 3 (0.039%) 1Password
11 3 (0.039%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.039%) SPSS
12 2 (0.026%) CATIA
12 2 (0.026%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 90 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
4 13 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
5 12 (0.16%) Maximo
6 11 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
7 10 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
8 8 (0.10%) Magento
8 8 (0.10%) SAP Business One
8 8 (0.10%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.092%) Elite 3E
9 7 (0.092%) Sage 200
10 6 (0.078%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.078%) Sage X3
10 6 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.078%) Shopify
11 5 (0.065%) SAP CX
12 4 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
13 3 (0.039%) Eikon
13 3 (0.039%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3,855 (50.43%) Azure
2 1,272 (16.64%) Entra ID
3 712 (9.31%) Power Platform
4 566 (7.40%) AWS
5 490 (6.41%) OneDrive
6 364 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 324 (4.24%) Power Automate
8 305 (3.99%) SaaS
9 226 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
10 214 (2.80%) IaaS
11 199 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
12 197 (2.58%) GCP
13 192 (2.51%) PaaS
14 140 (1.83%) Mimecast
15 127 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
16 122 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
17 111 (1.45%) Google Workspace
18 82 (1.07%) WhatsApp
19 80 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
20 75 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1,429 (18.69%) Firewall
2 1,037 (13.56%) DNS
3 830 (10.86%) WAN
4 779 (10.19%) DHCP
5 696 (9.10%) LAN
6 577 (7.55%) VPN
7 498 (6.51%) Wi-Fi
8 453 (5.93%) Wireless
9 448 (5.86%) TCP/IP
10 398 (5.21%) VLAN
11 352 (4.60%) SAN
12 305 (3.99%) VoIP
13 234 (3.06%) SD-WAN
14 190 (2.49%) Remote Desktop
15 170 (2.22%) Internet
16 165 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
17 161 (2.11%) Network Security
18 136 (1.78%) NAS
19 119 (1.56%) WebEx
20 94 (1.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 420 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 390 (5.10%) Power BI
3 104 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 57 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 56 (0.73%) MySQL
6 38 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (0.30%) GIS
9 21 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.22%) Relational Database
11 16 (0.21%) Metadata
11 16 (0.21%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
13 13 (0.17%) MariaDB
14 11 (0.14%) EDMS
15 10 (0.13%) Power Query
15 10 (0.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 8 (0.10%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 132 (1.73%) JIRA
2 50 (0.65%) Git
3 22 (0.29%) Visual Studio
4 17 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (0.13%) gulp
6 10 (0.13%) Yeoman
7 8 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.065%) Subversion
8 5 (0.065%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.052%) Hudson
9 4 (0.052%) MSI
9 4 (0.052%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.026%) GitLab
10 2 (0.026%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.013%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.013%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.013%) Postman
11 1 (0.013%) Sourcetree
11 1 (0.013%) Vagrant
General
1 2,538 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 998 (13.05%) Finance
3 571 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 395 (5.17%) Law
5 303 (3.96%) Legal
6 265 (3.47%) Retail
7 256 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 253 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 252 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 223 (2.92%) Telecoms
11 216 (2.83%) Public Sector
12 176 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
13 150 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 145 (1.90%) Marketing
15 89 (1.16%) Banking
16 74 (0.97%) Local Government
17 73 (0.95%) Games
18 71 (0.93%) Automotive
19 62 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
20 61 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1,597 (20.89%) IT Support
2 1,170 (15.30%) Support Engineer
3 1,114 (14.57%) Analyst
4 1,007 (13.17%) IT Engineer
5 745 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 709 (9.27%) IT Support Engineer
7 695 (9.09%) Senior
8 530 (6.93%) IT Technician
9 489 (6.40%) 2nd Line Support
10 430 (5.62%) IT Analyst
11 409 (5.35%) IT Manager
12 405 (5.30%) Lead
13 402 (5.26%) Support Analyst
14 384 (5.02%) Support Technician
15 358 (4.68%) Architect
16 323 (4.22%) Service Analyst
17 317 (4.15%) IT Support Technician
18 309 (4.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 302 (3.95%) 1st Line Support
20 301 (3.94%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (2.59%) .NET
2 69 (0.90%) HTML
3 68 (0.89%) SPFx
4 63 (0.82%) ARM Templates
5 55 (0.72%) CSS
6 54 (0.71%) JSON
7 31 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 28 (0.37%) ASP.NET
9 27 (0.35%) React
10 23 (0.30%) REST
11 22 (0.29%) EDI
12 21 (0.27%) HTML5 Canvas
13 19 (0.25%) .NET Framework
13 19 (0.25%) RESTful
14 18 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (0.21%) OLE
15 16 (0.21%) Web Services
15 16 (0.21%) YAML
16 15 (0.20%) AngularJS
16 15 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 407 (5.32%) Driving Licence
2 360 (4.71%) Data Centre
3 301 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 266 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 229 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
6 225 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 177 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 151 (1.98%) PKI
9 137 (1.79%) Replication
10 116 (1.52%) Wiki
11 99 (1.29%) Clustering
12 83 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 83 (1.09%) Smartphone
13 78 (1.02%) iPad
14 71 (0.93%) CCTV
15 70 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
16 63 (0.82%) Private Cloud
17 62 (0.81%) iPhone
18 61 (0.80%) Product Ownership
19 54 (0.71%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4,190 (54.81%) Windows
2 2,083 (27.25%) Windows Server
3 1,408 (18.42%) Windows 10
4 395 (5.17%) Linux
5 394 (5.15%) Android
6 363 (4.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 330 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 296 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 258 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 244 (3.19%) Mac OS
11 204 (2.67%) Windows 7
12 121 (1.58%) Windows 8
13 97 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 67 (0.88%) Mac OS X
15 64 (0.84%) Ubuntu
16 42 (0.55%) CentOS
16 42 (0.55%) VMS
17 33 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
18 31 (0.41%) Unix
19 22 (0.29%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,508 (19.73%) Customer Service
2 1,472 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1,372 (17.95%) ITIL
4 1,004 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 846 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
6 563 (7.36%) Project Management
7 517 (6.76%) Agile
8 508 (6.64%) Migration
9 487 (6.37%) Service Delivery
10 407 (5.32%) Mentoring
11 389 (5.09%) Service Management
12 385 (5.04%) ITSM
13 380 (4.97%) Business Intelligence
14 374 (4.89%) Project Delivery
15 373 (4.88%) DevOps
16 355 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
17 347 (4.54%) Information Security
18 329 (4.30%) Roadmaps
19 324 (4.24%) Disaster Recovery
20 307 (4.02%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 833 (10.90%) PowerShell
2 683 (8.93%) SQL
3 148 (1.94%) C#
4 99 (1.29%) Python
5 94 (1.23%) Bash
6 89 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 46 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 42 (0.55%) T-SQL
9 39 (0.51%) Java
10 32 (0.42%) VB
11 31 (0.41%) Bicep
12 20 (0.26%) R
13 18 (0.24%) VBScript
14 12 (0.16%) PHP
15 9 (0.12%) VBA
16 8 (0.10%) Perl
16 8 (0.10%) Ruby
17 6 (0.078%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.065%) Formula Language
18 5 (0.065%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,174 (15.36%) Degree
2 536 (7.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 276 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 233 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
5 219 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 202 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 199 (2.60%) SC Cleared
8 181 (2.37%) DBS Check
9 177 (2.32%) CCNA
10 161 (2.11%) Master's Degree
11 141 (1.84%) CISSP
12 132 (1.73%) MCP
13 129 (1.69%) MCSE
14 127 (1.66%) A+ Certification
15 112 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
16 102 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
17 95 (1.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 81 (1.06%) MCSA
19 66 (0.86%) PMI Certification
20 63 (0.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 527 (6.89%) SLA
2 285 (3.73%) GDPR
3 248 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 243 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 98 (1.28%) NIST
6 74 (0.97%) QA
7 51 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 47 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 36 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 34 (0.44%) PMO
11 32 (0.42%) GRC
11 32 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 27 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 26 (0.34%) Data Quality
14 18 (0.24%) ISO 9001
15 17 (0.22%) COBIT
16 16 (0.21%) NCSC
16 16 (0.21%) SOC 2
17 6 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.078%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,784 (49.50%) Active Directory
2 1,072 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 929 (12.15%) Hyper-V
4 289 (3.78%) VMware ESXi
5 201 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 201 (2.63%) vSphere
6 198 (2.59%) XenApp
7 178 (2.33%) XenDesktop
8 127 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
9 114 (1.49%) Microsoft App-V
10 64 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
11 50 (0.65%) Terminal Services
12 47 (0.61%) VirtualBox
13 30 (0.39%) Docker
14 25 (0.33%) Firmware
15 23 (0.30%) VMware NSX
16 19 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 16 (0.21%) VMware Server
18 15 (0.20%) vCloud
19 10 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1,310 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 555 (7.26%) SCCM
3 132 (1.73%) AirWatch
4 111 (1.45%) Terraform
5 92 (1.20%) WSUS
6 89 (1.16%) vCenter Server
7 79 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 78 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 76 (0.99%) Kubernetes
10 71 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
11 59 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
12 53 (0.69%) FortiGate
13 49 (0.64%) SCOM
14 45 (0.59%) Microsoft Clustering
15 44 (0.58%) Ansible
16 40 (0.52%) CASB
17 32 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 27 (0.35%) Nagios
19 25 (0.33%) Autotask
20 24 (0.31%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 5,431 (71.04%) Microsoft
2 1,655 (21.65%) VMware
3 712 (9.31%) Cisco
4 600 (7.85%) Citrix
5 379 (4.96%) Veeam
6 346 (4.53%) Apple
7 292 (3.82%) Google
8 222 (2.90%) ServiceNow
9 213 (2.79%) Meraki
10 198 (2.59%) HP
11 169 (2.21%) Dell
12 161 (2.11%) Sophos
13 122 (1.60%) Fortinet
14 113 (1.48%) Aruba
15 102 (1.33%) iManage
16 83 (1.09%) Adobe
17 81 (1.06%) SAP
18 74 (0.97%) SolarWinds
19 66 (0.86%) Palo Alto
20 64 (0.84%) Salesforce