Microsoft 365 Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 20 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 +12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 255 645 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.32% 7.42% 7.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 24.06% 24.78% 19.31%
Number of salaries quoted 193 534 369
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,563 £28,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,500 £39,641
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -7.92% -6.73%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,250 £62,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £39,000 £38,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +1.30% -4.94% -4.71%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,060 2,603 2,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 26.26% 29.93% 38.80%
Number of salaries quoted 832 2,155 1,532
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £31,025
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,298 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,943 £55,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.29% +1.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Birmingham -9 96 £48,250 +26.97% 104
Warwickshire +3 42 £32,500 -15.03% 30
Staffordshire -14 34 £53,688 +53.39% 55
Worcestershire +5 31 £35,000 - 42
Wolverhampton +17 7 £40,000 +86.05% 24
Solihull +1 7 £50,000 -6.98% 1
Shropshire -6 7 £28,500 -22.97% 51
West Bromwich -2 5 £26,000 -54.78% 10
Herefordshire +7 4 £53,750 +95.45% 17
Dudley +5 4 £30,000 -25.00%
Coventry -21 3 £27,000 -37.93% 44
Walsall -2 1 £24,000 -7.69% 8
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 50 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (18.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.57%) Confluence
3 4 (1.57%) nginx
4 2 (0.78%) CMS
4 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 75 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.57%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 12 (4.71%) NetSuite
2 9 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (3.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (2.35%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 125 (49.02%) Azure
2 39 (15.29%) Entra ID
3 25 (9.80%) Power Automate
4 24 (9.41%) Power Platform
5 19 (7.45%) PowerApps
6 16 (6.27%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.10%) AWS
8 12 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.35%) Google Docs
9 6 (2.35%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon ELB
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.57%) AWS KMS
10 4 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.57%) Route 53
10 4 (1.57%) SaaS
10 4 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (25.88%) Firewall
2 58 (22.75%) WAN
3 54 (21.18%) LAN
4 32 (12.55%) TCP/IP
5 30 (11.76%) DHCP
6 26 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (9.80%) VPN
8 19 (7.45%) VoIP
9 16 (6.27%) DNS
10 7 (2.75%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (2.75%) SAN
10 7 (2.75%) VLAN
11 4 (1.57%) FTP
11 4 (1.57%) HTTP
11 4 (1.57%) IMAP
11 4 (1.57%) OpenLDAP
11 4 (1.57%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.57%) SMTP
11 4 (1.57%) SSH
12 3 (1.18%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.78%) GIS
5 1 (0.39%) MySQL
5 1 (0.39%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (3.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Git
2 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.57%) Vagrant
General
1 102 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.80%) Finance
3 22 (8.63%) Retail
4 18 (7.06%) Legal
5 16 (6.27%) Law
6 14 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.31%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.31%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.92%) Police
10 8 (3.14%) Marketing
11 4 (1.57%) Advertising
11 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.57%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Electronics
13 1 (0.39%) Games
13 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (26.67%) IT Support
2 39 (15.29%) Analyst
3 34 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 26 (10.20%) Support Specialist
5 25 (9.80%) Support Analyst
6 21 (8.24%) 1st Line Support
6 21 (8.24%) IT Analyst
7 20 (7.84%) IT Support Specialist
8 17 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
9 15 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (5.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (5.49%) IT Engineer
11 13 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
11 13 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (5.10%) Developer
11 13 (5.10%) ICT Officer
11 13 (5.10%) ICT Support
11 13 (5.10%) ICT Support Officer
11 13 (5.10%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.92%) .NET
2 4 (1.57%) LDAP
3 1 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.39%) JSON
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.39%) RESTful
3 1 (0.39%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.84%) Driving Licence
2 19 (7.45%) CCTV
3 16 (6.27%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.14%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.96%) Clustering
7 5 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.96%) iPad
8 4 (1.57%) Replication
9 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.18%) FMCG
9 3 (1.18%) iPhone
9 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Licensing
10 2 (0.78%) PKI
10 2 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 140 (54.90%) Windows
2 64 (25.10%) Windows 10
3 53 (20.78%) Windows Server
4 22 (8.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (5.88%) Apple iOS
7 14 (5.49%) Linux
8 7 (2.75%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.35%) Android
10 5 (1.96%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.57%) Amazon Linux
11 4 (1.57%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.57%) VMS
12 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (18.82%) Customer Service
3 46 (18.04%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (13.33%) ITIL
5 22 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (8.24%) Data Security
7 19 (7.45%) Mentoring
7 19 (7.45%) Migration
8 17 (6.67%) Change Management
9 16 (6.27%) ERP
10 15 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
10 15 (5.88%) Roadmaps
11 14 (5.49%) Network Design
11 14 (5.49%) Project Management
11 14 (5.49%) User Experience
12 13 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (5.10%) Release Management
13 11 (4.31%) CRM
13 11 (4.31%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.22%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.67%) SQL
3 11 (4.31%) C#
4 8 (3.14%) Java
5 5 (1.96%) Python
6 4 (1.57%) Groovy
7 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 51 (20.00%) Degree
2 18 (7.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.71%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.31%) A+ Certification
6 10 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.75%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.75%) MCSA
8 6 (2.35%) MCP
9 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.18%) SANS
11 2 (0.78%) APMG
11 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.78%) Cyber Scheme
11 2 (0.78%) ISACA
11 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.92%) QA
3 7 (2.75%) NIST
4 6 (2.35%) SLA
5 5 (1.96%) GDPR
6 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.78%) COBIT
7 2 (0.78%) GRC
7 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.78%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 139 (54.51%) Active Directory
2 51 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.02%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.49%) XenApp
5 4 (1.57%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.57%) DFS Replication
5 4 (1.57%) Docker
5 4 (1.57%) Dovecot
5 4 (1.57%) Firmware
5 4 (1.57%) Postfix
5 4 (1.57%) Squid
6 3 (1.18%) vSphere
7 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.49%) SCCM
3 5 (1.96%) Terraform
4 4 (1.57%) Grafana
4 4 (1.57%) Nessus
4 4 (1.57%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.57%) Proxmox
5 3 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.78%) SCOM
6 2 (0.78%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.78%) SCSM
7 1 (0.39%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.39%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 188 (73.73%) Microsoft
2 61 (23.92%) VMware
3 28 (10.98%) Apple
4 27 (10.59%) Citrix
5 19 (7.45%) Cisco
6 16 (6.27%) Meraki
7 15 (5.88%) SonicWALL
8 14 (5.49%) CheckPoint
9 10 (3.92%) HP
10 9 (3.53%) ServiceNow
11 8 (3.14%) SAP
12 7 (2.75%) Dell
12 7 (2.75%) Google
13 4 (1.57%) Jaspersoft
13 4 (1.57%) Sophos
14 3 (1.18%) Isilon
14 3 (1.18%) MobileIron
14 3 (1.18%) Veeam
15 2 (0.78%) Nexthink
15 2 (0.78%) Ubiquiti