Microsoft 365 Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 50 71
Rank change year-on-year +22 +21 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,427 2,455 3,232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.19% 5.69% 4.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.61% 11.94% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,050 2,115 2,654
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.62% +2.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,557 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.15% -2.22% -

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,616 20,567 35,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.31% 47.67% 52.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,971 15,067 21,832
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,847 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.96% +10.87%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Microsoft 365 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 575 (23.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 570 (23.49%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.44%) Confluence
4 33 (1.36%) IIS
5 13 (0.54%) WordPress
6 11 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.29%) CMS
7 7 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.16%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Alfresco
10 3 (0.12%) Documentum
10 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.12%) FileNet
11 2 (0.082%) Moodle
11 2 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.082%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.041%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.041%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 274 (11.29%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.12%) SPSS
8 2 (0.082%) 1Password
8 2 (0.082%) CATIA
8 2 (0.082%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.082%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.082%) Trello
9 1 (0.041%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.041%) InDesign
9 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 37 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.082%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.082%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.041%) Aareon QL
9 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.041%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.041%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.041%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 1,440 (59.33%) Azure
2 454 (18.71%) Entra ID
3 263 (10.84%) AWS
3 263 (10.84%) Power Platform
4 166 (6.84%) PowerApps
5 156 (6.43%) SaaS
6 143 (5.89%) Power Automate
7 137 (5.64%) GCP
8 128 (5.27%) Dynamics 365
9 115 (4.74%) OneDrive
10 89 (3.67%) IaaS
11 75 (3.09%) PaaS
12 72 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
13 58 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
14 55 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
15 49 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
16 43 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
17 39 (1.61%) WhatsApp
18 31 (1.28%) Mimecast
19 26 (1.07%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 412 (16.98%) Firewall
2 344 (14.17%) DNS
3 262 (10.80%) WAN
4 236 (9.72%) DHCP
5 223 (9.19%) LAN
6 153 (6.30%) VPN
7 152 (6.26%) Wi-Fi
8 129 (5.32%) TCP/IP
9 117 (4.82%) VLAN
10 115 (4.74%) SAN
10 115 (4.74%) Wireless
11 86 (3.54%) VoIP
12 78 (3.21%) Remote Desktop
13 73 (3.01%) Internet
14 62 (2.55%) Network Security
15 61 (2.51%) SD-WAN
16 44 (1.81%) NAS
17 39 (1.61%) MPLS
17 39 (1.61%) Unified Communications
18 37 (1.52%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (6.51%) Power BI
2 121 (4.99%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.87%) MySQL
5 20 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.33%) Power Query
10 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.21%) EDMS
13 4 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.16%) GIS
14 3 (0.12%) Big Data
14 3 (0.12%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.12%) Ingres
14 3 (0.12%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 67 (2.76%) JIRA
2 30 (1.24%) Git
3 10 (0.41%) gulp
3 10 (0.41%) Yeoman
4 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.12%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Subversion
6 2 (0.082%) GitLab
6 2 (0.082%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.041%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.041%) MSI
7 1 (0.041%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 739 (30.45%) Social Skills
2 342 (14.09%) Finance
3 140 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (5.40%) Law
5 116 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
6 112 (4.61%) Legal
7 95 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 86 (3.54%) Public Sector
9 73 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (2.93%) Retail
11 50 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 48 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 45 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
14 41 (1.69%) Banking
14 41 (1.69%) Marketing
15 31 (1.28%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.07%) Games
17 22 (0.91%) Advertising
18 16 (0.66%) Local Government
19 12 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 369 (15.20%) IT Support
2 325 (13.39%) Analyst
3 285 (11.74%) Support Engineer
4 256 (10.55%) IT Engineer
5 252 (10.38%) Senior
6 250 (10.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 167 (6.88%) Architect
8 165 (6.80%) IT Support Engineer
9 161 (6.63%) Developer
10 155 (6.39%) Lead
11 137 (5.64%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.48%) IT Technician
13 123 (5.07%) Consultant
13 123 (5.07%) Support Technician
14 118 (4.86%) 3rd Line Support
15 107 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
16 105 (4.33%) Cloud Architect
16 105 (4.33%) IT Manager
16 105 (4.33%) IT Support Technician
17 101 (4.16%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (2.93%) .NET
2 64 (2.64%) SPFx
3 41 (1.69%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.19%) HTML
5 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.11%) CSS
7 22 (0.91%) React
8 20 (0.82%) JSON
9 18 (0.74%) RESTful
10 14 (0.58%) YAML
11 11 (0.45%) Node.js
12 8 (0.33%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.29%) LDAP
13 7 (0.29%) OAuth
14 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (0.25%) HTML5 Canvas
15 5 (0.21%) Middleware
16 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET Web API
17 3 (0.12%) EDI
17 3 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.06%) Public Cloud
2 130 (5.36%) Data Centre
3 114 (4.70%) PKI
4 108 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
5 106 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.64%) Driving Licence
7 62 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 50 (2.06%) Private Cloud
9 43 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (1.69%) Cyberattack
11 32 (1.32%) Clustering
11 32 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
11 32 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
12 27 (1.11%) iPad
13 26 (1.07%) Low-Code
14 25 (1.03%) Product Ownership
15 22 (0.91%) Replication
16 21 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.78%) iPhone
17 19 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1,154 (47.55%) Windows
2 637 (26.25%) Windows Server
3 412 (16.98%) Windows 10
4 130 (5.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 120 (4.94%) Linux
6 118 (4.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 87 (3.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 80 (3.30%) Android
9 78 (3.21%) Windows 7
10 75 (3.09%) Apple iOS
11 53 (2.18%) Windows 8
12 49 (2.02%) Mac OS
13 29 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.74%) Unix
15 14 (0.58%) Mac OS X
16 12 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
17 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
18 9 (0.37%) Windows XP
19 7 (0.29%) CentOS
20 5 (0.21%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (16.98%) Customer Service
2 407 (16.77%) ITIL
3 345 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 340 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
5 310 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 259 (10.67%) Agile
7 242 (9.97%) Project Management
8 230 (9.48%) Migration
9 173 (7.13%) DevOps
10 166 (6.84%) Presales
11 153 (6.30%) Information Security
12 148 (6.10%) Service Management
13 143 (5.89%) Roadmaps
14 142 (5.85%) Business Intelligence
14 142 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 140 (5.77%) Mentoring
15 140 (5.77%) Service Delivery
16 136 (5.60%) Project Delivery
17 125 (5.15%) Configuration Management
18 110 (4.53%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 310 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 208 (8.57%) SQL
3 73 (3.01%) C#
4 43 (1.77%) Bash
5 34 (1.40%) Python
6 30 (1.24%) Java
7 29 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 26 (1.07%) Bicep
9 17 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.58%) VB
11 14 (0.58%) VBScript
12 6 (0.25%) PHP
13 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
13 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.16%) VBA
15 3 (0.12%) AWK
15 3 (0.12%) sed
16 1 (0.041%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.041%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 336 (13.84%) Degree
2 163 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 85 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
5 75 (3.09%) Azure Certification
6 69 (2.84%) SC Cleared
7 68 (2.80%) CCNA
8 42 (1.73%) CISSP
9 40 (1.65%) MCP
10 37 (1.52%) MCSE
11 36 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
12 35 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 34 (1.40%) PMI Certification
14 33 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
15 32 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
16 26 (1.07%) CEH
16 26 (1.07%) MCITP
17 21 (0.87%) DBS Check
17 21 (0.87%) DV Cleared
18 19 (0.78%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (4.78%) SLA
2 113 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 52 (2.14%) GDPR
5 38 (1.57%) NIST
6 30 (1.24%) QA
7 29 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 21 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.82%) GRC
10 16 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 11 (0.45%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.33%) NCSC
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.082%) GLP
17 2 (0.082%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,073 (44.21%) Active Directory
2 384 (15.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 260 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 119 (4.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 82 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
6 58 (2.39%) vSphere
7 49 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
8 35 (1.44%) XenApp
8 35 (1.44%) XenDesktop
9 32 (1.32%) VirtualBox
10 24 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
11 19 (0.78%) Docker
12 11 (0.45%) Terminal Services
13 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
14 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 6 (0.25%) NFS
14 6 (0.25%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.21%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
17 2 (0.082%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 484 (19.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 148 (6.10%) SCCM
3 59 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 57 (2.35%) WSUS
5 51 (2.10%) Terraform
6 48 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (1.61%) vCenter Server
8 32 (1.32%) CASB
8 32 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 29 (1.19%) SCOM
10 27 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
11 20 (0.82%) Ansible
12 18 (0.74%) Nagios
13 14 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.54%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.54%) Nmap
14 13 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
14 13 (0.54%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,737 (71.57%) Microsoft
2 557 (22.95%) VMware
3 230 (9.48%) Cisco
4 148 (6.10%) Citrix
5 123 (5.07%) Google
6 105 (4.33%) Apple
7 102 (4.20%) ServiceNow
8 96 (3.96%) Meraki
9 80 (3.30%) Veeam
10 76 (3.13%) HP
11 63 (2.60%) Fortinet
12 58 (2.39%) Dell
13 54 (2.22%) Adobe
14 50 (2.06%) iManage
15 44 (1.81%) Sophos
16 37 (1.52%) Salesforce
17 36 (1.48%) Qualys
18 34 (1.40%) Commvault
19 31 (1.28%) Aruba
20 29 (1.19%) SolarWinds