Microsoft 365 Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 36
Rank change year-on-year -13 +19 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 105 149 147
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 6.36% 8.89% 7.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.23% 23.32% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 85 82 135
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £33,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.61% -17.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,188 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £67,800
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £41,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.69% +18.57% -

All Cloud Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 647 639 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 39.19% 38.13% 46.49%
Number of salaries quoted 432 419 772
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £88,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in West Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 December 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
Leeds -22 60 £32,500 -7.14% 29
Batley - 12 £47,500 -
Bradford -8 10 £40,000 +33.33% 4
Wakefield - 7 £75,000 - 6
Sowerby Bridge - 5 - -
Brighouse 0 4 £30,000 +13.21%
Mirfield - 2 £40,750 -
Huddersfield -1 1 £52,500 +61.54% 2
Ossett - 1 £27,500 -
Microsoft 365
Yorkshire

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 40 (38.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (21.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.90%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.95%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 52 (49.52%) Azure
2 24 (22.86%) Entra ID
3 18 (17.14%) SaaS
4 12 (11.43%) IaaS
4 12 (11.43%) PaaS
5 8 (7.62%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.71%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.76%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.81%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.86%) AWS
9 3 (2.86%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (28.57%) Firewall
2 28 (26.67%) VLAN
3 22 (20.95%) DHCP
3 22 (20.95%) DNS
4 16 (15.24%) TCP/IP
5 14 (13.33%) VoIP
6 13 (12.38%) SAN
7 10 (9.52%) VPN
8 7 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.90%) LAN
9 2 (1.90%) WAN
9 2 (1.90%) Wireless
9 2 (1.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 47 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 15 (14.29%) Finance
2 15 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 13 (12.38%) Legal
4 8 (7.62%) Law
5 7 (6.67%) Marketing
6 5 (4.76%) Retail
7 4 (3.81%) Advertising
7 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.90%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (40.00%) IT Support
2 19 (18.10%) Support Engineer
3 18 (17.14%) IT Engineer
3 18 (17.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (13.33%) Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) Support Technician
6 11 (10.48%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (10.48%) Senior
7 10 (9.52%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 10 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (9.52%) Support Analyst
8 9 (8.57%) IT Analyst
9 8 (7.62%) IT Support Analyst
10 7 (6.67%) Senior Support Technician
10 7 (6.67%) Senior Technician
10 7 (6.67%) Service Analyst
10 7 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (6.67%) Support Assistant
11 6 (5.71%) IT Technician
11 6 (5.71%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) Middleware
1 1 (0.95%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 13 (12.38%) Clustering
3 7 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.71%) FMCG
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.95%) PDA
6 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (65.71%) Windows
2 37 (35.24%) Windows Server
3 29 (27.62%) Windows 10
4 15 (14.29%) Linux
5 13 (12.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.86%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.95%) Android
7 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (20.95%) Customer Service
3 15 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 14 (13.33%) ITIL
5 13 (12.38%) Asset Management
6 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (11.43%) Service Delivery
6 12 (11.43%) Virtual Environments
7 11 (10.48%) IT Asset Management
7 11 (10.48%) ITSM
8 10 (9.52%) CRM
8 10 (9.52%) Migration
8 10 (9.52%) Project Delivery
9 8 (7.62%) Process Improvement
10 7 (6.67%) Business Development
10 7 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (6.67%) Invoice Processing
10 7 (6.67%) Order Management
10 7 (6.67%) Supplier Management
11 6 (5.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.81%) VBA
3 3 (2.86%) Python
4 2 (1.90%) Bash
5 1 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 14 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.62%) Degree
4 2 (1.90%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (1.90%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.38%) SLA
2 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.86%) NIST
4 2 (1.90%) GRC
4 2 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.90%) QA
4 2 (1.90%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.95%) GDPR
System Software
1 57 (54.29%) Active Directory
2 37 (35.24%) Hyper-V
3 19 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.90%) vSphere
4 2 (1.90%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (29.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.95%) Kibana
3 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.95%) QRadar
3 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.05%) VMware
3 15 (14.29%) Dell
4 13 (12.38%) HP
4 13 (12.38%) SonicWALL
4 13 (12.38%) Supermicro
5 10 (9.52%) Citrix
6 7 (6.67%) Xero
7 6 (5.71%) Sophos
8 4 (3.81%) Cisco
9 3 (2.86%) Google
10 2 (1.90%) Adobe
10 2 (1.90%) Meraki
10 2 (1.90%) Nexthink
10 2 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.90%) Sparx
11 1 (0.95%) ESET
11 1 (0.95%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.95%) New Relic
11 1 (0.95%) Splunk