Microsoft 365 Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 44 27
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 73 17 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 4.33% 3.20% 5.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.37% 12.50% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 58 13 87
10th Percentile £24,000 £30,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,313 £34,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £38,094 £28,290
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +34.66% -24.56%
75th Percentile £45,000 £39,018 £40,875
90th Percentile £51,125 £57,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £39,152 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -2.12% +3.23% -6.63%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 475 136 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 28.21% 25.56% 29.62%
Number of salaries quoted 215 116 469
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,375 £28,290
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +9.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,875 £71,779 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,390
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in Wales

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in Wales

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
South Wales +16 62 £32,500 -14.68% 18
Mid Wales -1 5 £28,000 -13.85%
North Wales -7 4 £35,000 +2.94% 4
West Wales - 2 £69,973 - 2
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (19.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.74%) Confluence
4 1 (1.37%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.88%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.11%) AWS
4 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (34.25%) Firewall
2 17 (23.29%) DNS
3 15 (20.55%) DHCP
4 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.85%) LAN
5 5 (6.85%) WAN
6 4 (5.48%) VLAN
7 2 (2.74%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.74%) Wireless
7 2 (2.74%) WLAN
8 1 (1.37%) VPN
8 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.37%) Power BI
General
1 33 (45.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.07%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.11%) Law
6 2 (2.74%) Back Office
6 2 (2.74%) Finance
6 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) IT Support
2 18 (24.66%) Support Engineer
2 18 (24.66%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) IT Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 14 (19.18%) IT Technician
4 10 (13.70%) IT Support Technician
4 10 (13.70%) Support Technician
5 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 9 (12.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) Senior
6 5 (6.85%) Account Manager
6 5 (6.85%) Help Desk Manager
6 5 (6.85%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.85%) Senior Account Manager
6 5 (6.85%) Senior Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Help Desk Technician
7 4 (5.48%) Senior IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.22%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.37%) EPoS
5 1 (1.37%) Handset
5 1 (1.37%) iPad
5 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (65.75%) Windows
2 16 (21.92%) Windows Server
3 11 (15.07%) Windows 10
4 10 (13.70%) Mac OS
5 9 (12.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (9.59%) Linux
7 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.74%) Android
8 2 (2.74%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.88%) Customer Service
2 22 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (21.92%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (21.92%) Root Cause Analysis
4 14 (19.18%) Kalman Filter
4 14 (19.18%) Security Operations
4 14 (19.18%) Web Filtering
5 13 (17.81%) ITIL
6 11 (15.07%) Mentoring
7 9 (12.33%) Problem Management
7 9 (12.33%) Security Management
7 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
7 9 (12.33%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (9.59%) Customer Experience
9 6 (8.22%) Migration
9 6 (8.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 5 (6.85%) Coaching
10 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.85%) CRM
10 5 (6.85%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) SC Cleared
1 16 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.96%) Degree
3 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (5.48%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.74%) CIPD
5 2 (2.74%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) HNC
5 2 (2.74%) HND
5 2 (2.74%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) SLA
2 5 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.37%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (45.21%) Active Directory
2 21 (28.77%) Hyper-V
3 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (12.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (6.85%) Terminal Server
6 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Proxmox
1 9 (12.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 68 (93.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (32.88%) VMware
3 7 (9.59%) Veeam
4 6 (8.22%) SolarWinds
5 5 (6.85%) Brocade
5 5 (6.85%) Nimble Storage
5 5 (6.85%) Splunk
5 5 (6.85%) Tanium
6 4 (5.48%) Adobe
6 4 (5.48%) Cisco
7 2 (2.74%) Meraki
7 2 (2.74%) Synology
8 1 (1.37%) Salesforce