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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 50 75
Rank change year-on-year +21 +25 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,427 2,416 3,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.18% 5.70% 4.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.61% 11.96% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,052 2,084 2,650
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% -2.94% -

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 14,615 20,197 35,801
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.25% 47.65% 52.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11,957 14,815 21,905
10th Percentile £35,636 £38,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
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 5 May 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
1 569 (23.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 569 (23.44%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.44%) Confluence
3 32 (1.32%) IIS
4 13 (0.54%) WordPress
5 11 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.29%) CMS
7 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.16%) SAS
9 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.082%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.082%) Documentum
10 2 (0.082%) FileNet
10 2 (0.082%) Moodle
10 2 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.082%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.041%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.041%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 266 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.78%) 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 38 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
6 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.082%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.082%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.082%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1,442 (59.41%) Azure
2 456 (18.79%) Entra ID
3 269 (11.08%) Power Platform
4 257 (10.59%) AWS
5 168 (6.92%) PowerApps
6 156 (6.43%) SaaS
7 148 (6.10%) Power Automate
8 135 (5.56%) GCP
9 129 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (4.66%) OneDrive
11 86 (3.54%) IaaS
12 73 (3.01%) PaaS
13 71 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
16 48 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
17 44 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
18 40 (1.65%) WhatsApp
19 29 (1.19%) Mimecast
20 26 (1.07%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 416 (17.14%) Firewall
2 343 (14.13%) DNS
3 257 (10.59%) WAN
4 231 (9.52%) DHCP
5 217 (8.94%) LAN
6 153 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
7 150 (6.18%) VPN
8 128 (5.27%) TCP/IP
9 115 (4.74%) Wireless
10 114 (4.70%) SAN
11 110 (4.53%) VLAN
12 88 (3.63%) VoIP
13 77 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
14 73 (3.01%) Internet
15 62 (2.55%) Network Security
16 61 (2.51%) SD-WAN
17 44 (1.81%) NAS
18 39 (1.61%) MPLS
19 38 (1.57%) Unified Communications
20 37 (1.52%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (6.67%) Power BI
2 122 (5.03%) SQL Server
3 24 (0.99%) 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 12 (0.49%) 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
1 742 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 342 (14.09%) Finance
3 141 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (5.36%) Law
5 116 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
6 109 (4.49%) Legal
7 97 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (3.63%) Public Sector
9 74 (3.05%) 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 40 (1.65%) Banking
14 40 (1.65%) Marketing
15 32 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.07%) Games
17 22 (0.91%) Advertising
18 17 (0.70%) Local Government
19 12 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 367 (15.12%) IT Support
2 322 (13.27%) Analyst
3 282 (11.62%) Support Engineer
4 256 (10.55%) IT Engineer
5 252 (10.38%) Senior
6 247 (10.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 169 (6.96%) Architect
8 164 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
9 162 (6.67%) Developer
10 157 (6.47%) Lead
11 137 (5.64%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.48%) IT Technician
13 123 (5.07%) Consultant
13 123 (5.07%) Support Technician
14 119 (4.90%) 3rd Line Support
15 106 (4.37%) IT Manager
16 105 (4.33%) 2nd Line Support
16 105 (4.33%) IT Support Technician
17 104 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
18 98 (4.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (2.93%) .NET
2 64 (2.64%) SPFx
3 40 (1.65%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.19%) HTML
5 28 (1.15%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.11%) CSS
7 22 (0.91%) React
8 18 (0.74%) JSON
8 18 (0.74%) RESTful
9 13 (0.54%) YAML
10 11 (0.45%) Node.js
11 8 (0.33%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
12 7 (0.29%) LDAP
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
13 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (0.25%) Middleware
14 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET Web API
15 3 (0.12%) .NET Core
15 3 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.14%) Public Cloud
2 129 (5.32%) Data Centre
3 114 (4.70%) PKI
4 109 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 105 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.68%) Driving Licence
6 65 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 48 (1.98%) Private Cloud
8 42 (1.73%) Cyberattack
8 42 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
10 32 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
11 31 (1.28%) Clustering
12 27 (1.11%) iPad
13 26 (1.07%) Low-Code
14 25 (1.03%) Product Ownership
15 23 (0.95%) Replication
15 23 (0.95%) Virtual Team
16 20 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.78%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,152 (47.47%) Windows
2 636 (26.21%) Windows Server
3 403 (16.60%) Windows 10
4 130 (5.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 121 (4.99%) Linux
6 113 (4.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 85 (3.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 84 (3.46%) Android
9 79 (3.26%) Apple iOS
10 76 (3.13%) Windows 7
11 53 (2.18%) Windows 8
12 50 (2.06%) Mac OS
13 27 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.74%) Unix
15 14 (0.58%) Mac OS X
16 10 (0.41%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
17 8 (0.33%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.29%) CentOS
19 4 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (17.06%) Customer Service
2 403 (16.60%) ITIL
3 343 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 342 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
5 316 (13.02%) Cybersecurity
6 259 (10.67%) Agile
7 251 (10.34%) Project Management
8 228 (9.39%) Migration
9 174 (7.17%) DevOps
10 166 (6.84%) Presales
11 153 (6.30%) Information Security
12 148 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
12 148 (6.10%) Service Management
13 144 (5.93%) Roadmaps
13 144 (5.93%) Service Delivery
14 142 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 139 (5.73%) Mentoring
16 138 (5.69%) Project Delivery
17 126 (5.19%) Configuration Management
18 114 (4.70%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 311 (12.81%) PowerShell
2 207 (8.53%) SQL
3 76 (3.13%) C#
4 43 (1.77%) Bash
5 33 (1.36%) Python
6 30 (1.24%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.19%) Java
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
1 335 (13.80%) Degree
2 161 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 80 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
5 77 (3.17%) Azure Certification
6 68 (2.80%) SC Cleared
7 64 (2.64%) CCNA
8 42 (1.73%) CISSP
9 41 (1.69%) MCP
10 38 (1.57%) MCSE
10 38 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 35 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 34 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 31 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
13 31 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
14 26 (1.07%) CEH
15 22 (0.91%) DBS Check
15 22 (0.91%) MCITP
16 21 (0.87%) PMP
17 20 (0.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 115 (4.74%) SLA
2 86 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 52 (2.14%) GDPR
4 39 (1.61%) NIST
5 30 (1.24%) QA
6 29 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 20 (0.82%) Accessibility
7 20 (0.82%) GRC
8 17 (0.70%) SOC 2
9 11 (0.45%) Data Quality
9 11 (0.45%) ISO 9001
10 10 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (0.37%) PMO
12 8 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.33%) NCSC
13 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.082%) GLP
15 2 (0.082%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,074 (44.25%) Active Directory
2 387 (15.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 262 (10.80%) Hyper-V
4 117 (4.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 82 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
6 56 (2.31%) vSphere
7 50 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
8 37 (1.52%) XenDesktop
9 36 (1.48%) XenApp
10 32 (1.32%) VirtualBox
11 23 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
12 19 (0.78%) Docker
13 11 (0.45%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 6 (0.25%) NFS
15 6 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.16%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
18 2 (0.082%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 479 (19.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (6.22%) SCCM
3 59 (2.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 56 (2.31%) WSUS
5 52 (2.14%) Terraform
6 48 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (1.65%) vCenter Server
8 32 (1.32%) CASB
8 32 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 28 (1.15%) SCOM
10 26 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
11 19 (0.78%) Ansible
12 18 (0.74%) Nagios
13 14 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.54%) Nmap
14 13 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
14 13 (0.54%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.49%) FortiGate
15 12 (0.49%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1,731 (71.32%) Microsoft
2 560 (23.07%) VMware
3 225 (9.27%) Cisco
4 148 (6.10%) Citrix
5 123 (5.07%) Google
6 104 (4.29%) Apple
7 99 (4.08%) ServiceNow
8 95 (3.91%) Meraki
9 81 (3.34%) Veeam
10 75 (3.09%) HP
11 66 (2.72%) Fortinet
12 58 (2.39%) Dell
13 53 (2.18%) Adobe
14 48 (1.98%) iManage
15 43 (1.77%) Sophos
16 37 (1.52%) Salesforce
17 36 (1.48%) Qualys
18 34 (1.40%) Commvault
19 32 (1.32%) Aruba
20 29 (1.19%) SolarWinds