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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 50 75
Rank change year-on-year +21 +25 -18
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,411 2,365 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.14% 5.70% 4.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.51% 11.91% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,034 2,038 2,592
10th Percentile £25,825 £26,675 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,563 £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 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

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 14,601 19,859 36,141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.24% 47.88% 52.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,951 14,546 21,658
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,000 £37,478
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 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £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 9 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
1 564 (23.39%) SharePoint
2 562 (23.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (1.37%) Confluence
3 33 (1.37%) IIS
4 13 (0.54%) WordPress
5 11 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.29%) CMS
7 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.17%) SAS
9 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.083%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.083%) Documentum
10 2 (0.083%) FileNet
10 2 (0.083%) Moodle
10 2 (0.083%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.041%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.041%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 261 (10.83%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.12%) SPSS
8 2 (0.083%) 1Password
8 2 (0.083%) CATIA
8 2 (0.083%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.083%) 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 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.12%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.083%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.041%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.041%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.041%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,445 (59.93%) Azure
2 452 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 271 (11.24%) Power Platform
4 259 (10.74%) AWS
5 168 (6.97%) PowerApps
6 157 (6.51%) SaaS
7 149 (6.18%) Power Automate
8 138 (5.72%) GCP
9 130 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
10 113 (4.69%) OneDrive
11 86 (3.57%) IaaS
12 73 (3.03%) PaaS
13 69 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
16 47 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
17 45 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
18 41 (1.70%) WhatsApp
19 28 (1.16%) Azure Storage
19 28 (1.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 408 (16.92%) Firewall
2 341 (14.14%) DNS
3 248 (10.29%) WAN
4 229 (9.50%) DHCP
5 209 (8.67%) LAN
6 152 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
7 146 (6.06%) VPN
8 129 (5.35%) TCP/IP
9 111 (4.60%) SAN
10 108 (4.48%) Wireless
11 99 (4.11%) VLAN
12 85 (3.53%) VoIP
13 76 (3.15%) Remote Desktop
14 71 (2.94%) Internet
15 61 (2.53%) Network Security
15 61 (2.53%) SD-WAN
16 41 (1.70%) NAS
17 38 (1.58%) Unified Communications
18 37 (1.53%) DKIM
18 37 (1.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (6.76%) Power BI
2 124 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.87%) MySQL
5 20 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 18 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.33%) Power Query
8 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.21%) EDMS
11 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.17%) GIS
11 4 (0.17%) Metadata
12 3 (0.12%) Big Data
12 3 (0.12%) EDRMS
12 3 (0.12%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 65 (2.70%) 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%) Subversion
6 2 (0.083%) GitLab
6 2 (0.083%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.041%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.041%) Jenkins
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 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 338 (14.02%) Finance
3 142 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.31%) Law
5 118 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
6 106 (4.40%) Legal
7 99 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 93 (3.86%) Public Sector
9 72 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 71 (2.94%) Retail
11 49 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 45 (1.87%) Fire and Rescue
13 41 (1.70%) Marketing
14 40 (1.66%) Telecoms
15 38 (1.58%) Banking
16 32 (1.33%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.08%) Games
18 21 (0.87%) Advertising
19 17 (0.71%) Local Government
20 12 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 362 (15.01%) IT Support
2 324 (13.44%) Analyst
3 276 (11.45%) Support Engineer
4 253 (10.49%) IT Engineer
5 248 (10.29%) Senior
6 241 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 170 (7.05%) Architect
8 165 (6.84%) Developer
9 163 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 158 (6.55%) Lead
11 136 (5.64%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.52%) IT Technician
13 123 (5.10%) Support Technician
14 122 (5.06%) Consultant
15 118 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
16 106 (4.40%) IT Manager
17 105 (4.36%) IT Support Technician
18 103 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
19 97 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
20 96 (3.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (3.03%) .NET
2 64 (2.65%) SPFx
3 39 (1.62%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.20%) HTML
5 28 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.12%) CSS
7 22 (0.91%) React
8 18 (0.75%) JSON
8 18 (0.75%) RESTful
9 12 (0.50%) YAML
10 11 (0.46%) Node.js
11 9 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
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%) Middleware
15 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
15 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
16 3 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.18%) Public Cloud
2 132 (5.47%) Data Centre
3 111 (4.60%) PKI
4 109 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 105 (4.36%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 65 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 46 (1.91%) Private Cloud
8 43 (1.78%) Cyberattack
9 41 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
11 31 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
12 28 (1.16%) Clustering
13 26 (1.08%) iPad
13 26 (1.08%) Low-Code
14 25 (1.04%) Product Ownership
14 25 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.00%) Replication
16 20 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.79%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,133 (46.99%) Windows
2 623 (25.84%) Windows Server
3 391 (16.22%) Windows 10
4 124 (5.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 118 (4.89%) Linux
6 110 (4.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 83 (3.44%) Android
8 79 (3.28%) Apple iOS
9 78 (3.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 75 (3.11%) Windows 7
11 51 (2.12%) Windows 8
12 48 (1.99%) Mac OS
13 26 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.75%) Unix
15 13 (0.54%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
18 8 (0.33%) CentOS
18 8 (0.33%) Windows XP
19 4 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (16.92%) Customer Service
2 400 (16.59%) ITIL
3 342 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
4 338 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 316 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
6 256 (10.62%) Agile
7 253 (10.49%) Project Management
8 226 (9.37%) Migration
9 173 (7.18%) DevOps
10 165 (6.84%) Presales
11 153 (6.35%) Information Security
12 151 (6.26%) Business Intelligence
13 148 (6.14%) Service Delivery
14 146 (6.06%) Service Management
15 144 (5.97%) Roadmaps
16 140 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
17 138 (5.72%) Mentoring
17 138 (5.72%) Project Delivery
18 125 (5.18%) Configuration Management
19 112 (4.65%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 305 (12.65%) PowerShell
2 205 (8.50%) SQL
3 81 (3.36%) C#
4 43 (1.78%) Bash
5 33 (1.37%) Python
6 32 (1.33%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.20%) Java
8 26 (1.08%) Bicep
9 17 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.66%) 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 (0.17%) 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
1 341 (14.14%) Degree
2 159 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 95 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 81 (3.36%) Azure Certification
5 73 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 66 (2.74%) SC Cleared
7 57 (2.36%) CCNA
8 42 (1.74%) MCP
9 41 (1.70%) CISSP
10 40 (1.66%) PMI Certification
11 39 (1.62%) MCSE
12 35 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 34 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
14 32 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
15 26 (1.08%) CEH
16 24 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
17 23 (0.95%) DBS Check
17 23 (0.95%) PMP
18 19 (0.79%) CCNP
19 17 (0.71%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (4.77%) SLA
3 88 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (2.20%) GDPR
5 38 (1.58%) NIST
6 30 (1.24%) QA
7 29 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.83%) GRC
9 17 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 10 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 9 (0.37%) PMO
14 8 (0.33%) NCSC
15 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 2 (0.083%) GLP
18 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,064 (44.13%) Active Directory
2 376 (15.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 253 (10.49%) Hyper-V
4 114 (4.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 79 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (2.24%) vSphere
7 50 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (1.58%) XenDesktop
9 37 (1.53%) XenApp
10 30 (1.24%) VirtualBox
11 24 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.75%) Docker
13 11 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
15 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 4 (0.17%) DFS Replication
18 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
18 3 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
19 2 (0.083%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 480 (19.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (6.18%) SCCM
3 59 (2.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 54 (2.24%) WSUS
5 52 (2.16%) Terraform
6 48 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (1.66%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.29%) CASB
8 31 (1.29%) Kubernetes
9 28 (1.16%) SCOM
10 23 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
11 18 (0.75%) Ansible
12 17 (0.71%) Nagios
13 14 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.54%) Nmap
14 13 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.50%) VxRail
15 12 (0.50%) ZABBIX
16 11 (0.46%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,722 (71.42%) Microsoft
2 551 (22.85%) VMware
3 217 (9.00%) Cisco
4 146 (6.06%) Citrix
5 125 (5.18%) Google
6 103 (4.27%) Apple
7 95 (3.94%) Meraki
7 95 (3.94%) ServiceNow
8 81 (3.36%) Veeam
9 75 (3.11%) HP
10 67 (2.78%) Fortinet
11 61 (2.53%) Dell
12 53 (2.20%) Adobe
13 48 (1.99%) iManage
14 42 (1.74%) Sophos
15 37 (1.53%) Salesforce
16 36 (1.49%) Qualys
17 35 (1.45%) Commvault
18 32 (1.33%) Aruba
19 29 (1.20%) SolarWinds