Microsoft 365 Jobs

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 26 42
Rank change year-on-year -18 +16 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,915 7,536 6,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.40% 7.62% 6.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.12% 21.31% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 6,461 5,462
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £39,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -6.02% -2.35%
75th Percentile £58,000 £53,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,225 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% - +4.29%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,249 35,371 43,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.24% 35.78% 42.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10,888 26,751 28,802
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,751 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England -20 2,740 £41,000 +3.80% 1,843
UK excluding London -24 1,929 £35,000 -4.11% 1,501
Work from Home -13 999 £45,000 - 803
London -8 867 £57,500 +7.48% 602
South East -27 470 £40,000 +6.67% 465
Midlands -15 456 £35,000 - 215
North of England -51 439 £34,000 -9.33% 403
East of England -20 280 £33,500 +3.08% 173
West Midlands -17 271 £42,500 +14.09% 109
North West -74 251 £35,349 -11.63% 210
South West -10 207 £32,500 -13.33% 169
East Midlands -15 185 £32,000 -4.48% 94
Yorkshire -22 158 £32,500 -7.14% 146
Scotland -21 48 £37,500 -1.32% 93
North East -23 30 £34,000 -9.33% 57
Wales -31 18 £38,094 +34.66% 32
Northern Ireland -5 8 £52,500 +50.00% 17
Isle of Man +2 5 £38,000 +2.70% 6

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 758 (26.00%) SharePoint
2 644 (22.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (2.09%) IIS
4 28 (0.96%) Confluence
5 20 (0.69%) CMS
6 15 (0.51%) IBM Domino
7 11 (0.38%) WordPress
8 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
9 7 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.17%) Moodle
11 3 (0.10%) Apache
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.069%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.034%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.034%) Umbraco
Applications
1 466 (15.99%) Microsoft Office
2 140 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.31%) Acrobat
5 9 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.10%) InDesign
10 3 (0.10%) Productboard
10 3 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.069%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.034%) 1Password
12 1 (0.034%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.034%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.034%) EPLAN
12 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 54 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
3 18 (0.62%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.38%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.27%) Sage 50
6 7 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
6 7 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
6 7 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.21%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
9 4 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.069%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.069%) SystmOne
11 1 (0.034%) Magento
11 1 (0.034%) Raiser’s Edge
11 1 (0.034%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,515 (51.97%) Azure
2 564 (19.35%) Entra ID
3 276 (9.47%) OneDrive
4 275 (9.43%) Power Platform
5 227 (7.79%) AWS
6 180 (6.17%) SaaS
7 132 (4.53%) Power Automate
8 123 (4.22%) PowerApps
9 94 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
10 81 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 80 (2.74%) Mimecast
12 71 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 71 (2.44%) IaaS
13 70 (2.40%) PaaS
14 65 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
15 63 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
16 54 (1.85%) Google Workspace
17 51 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
18 27 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (0.93%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 525 (18.01%) Firewall
2 412 (14.13%) DNS
3 334 (11.46%) DHCP
4 287 (9.85%) VPN
5 285 (9.78%) WAN
6 267 (9.16%) LAN
7 187 (6.42%) TCP/IP
8 184 (6.31%) VLAN
9 177 (6.07%) VoIP
10 165 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
11 92 (3.16%) Wireless
12 80 (2.74%) Network Security
13 62 (2.13%) SAN
14 57 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
15 55 (1.89%) Internet
16 51 (1.75%) SD-WAN
17 42 (1.44%) Cisco IOS
18 35 (1.20%) Intranet
19 28 (0.96%) PBX
20 27 (0.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 135 (4.63%) Power BI
3 39 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
4 31 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 23 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.34%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.31%) MySQL
11 7 (0.24%) Metadata
12 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.17%) Power Query
13 5 (0.17%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.14%) FileMaker
14 4 (0.14%) GIS
14 4 (0.14%) Metabase
15 3 (0.10%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.10%) EDMS
15 3 (0.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 64 (2.20%) JIRA
2 7 (0.24%) Git
2 7 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.17%) WiX
4 3 (0.10%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.10%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.069%) InstallShield
5 2 (0.069%) MSI
5 2 (0.069%) Selenium
6 1 (0.034%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.034%) gulp
6 1 (0.034%) Hudson
6 1 (0.034%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.034%) Subversion
6 1 (0.034%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.034%) Yeoman
General
1 1,127 (38.66%) Social Skills
2 389 (13.34%) Finance
3 289 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (7.03%) Law
5 190 (6.52%) Legal
6 131 (4.49%) Retail
7 107 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
9 80 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 67 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 55 (1.89%) Marketing
12 47 (1.61%) Banking
13 42 (1.44%) Public Sector
14 32 (1.10%) Local Government
15 28 (0.96%) Automotive
16 27 (0.93%) Games
17 26 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
19 16 (0.55%) Advertising
19 16 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 661 (22.68%) IT Support
2 587 (20.14%) Analyst
3 422 (14.48%) Support Engineer
4 313 (10.74%) Support Analyst
5 291 (9.98%) Senior
6 284 (9.74%) IT Engineer
7 244 (8.37%) 2nd Line Support
8 237 (8.13%) IT Analyst
9 219 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 199 (6.83%) IT Support Engineer
11 166 (5.69%) IT Support Analyst
12 138 (4.73%) Lead
13 132 (4.53%) IT Manager
14 127 (4.36%) Service Analyst
15 114 (3.91%) IT Technician
16 113 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
16 113 (3.88%) Service Desk Analyst
17 111 (3.81%) Desktop Support
18 98 (3.36%) Administrator
19 92 (3.16%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.02%) .NET
2 31 (1.06%) JSON
3 26 (0.89%) HTML
3 26 (0.89%) React
4 22 (0.75%) CSS
5 21 (0.72%) XML
6 16 (0.55%) REST
7 13 (0.45%) SPFx
8 12 (0.41%) HTML5 Canvas
8 12 (0.41%) SOAP
9 11 (0.38%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.31%) SAML
11 8 (0.27%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.24%) ARM Templates
12 7 (0.24%) EDI
12 7 (0.24%) Software Packaging
13 6 (0.21%) 802.1X
13 6 (0.21%) HTML5
13 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
14 5 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 193 (6.62%) Driving Licence
2 155 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 118 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 88 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 49 (1.68%) CCTV
7 48 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
10 34 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 34 (1.17%) Social Media
11 33 (1.13%) iPhone
12 32 (1.10%) Client/Server
12 32 (1.10%) Security Posture
12 32 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 30 (1.03%) Private Cloud
14 29 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
15 27 (0.93%) Product Ownership
16 24 (0.82%) PKI
17 20 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1,574 (54.00%) Windows
2 690 (23.67%) Windows Server
3 496 (17.02%) Windows 10
4 180 (6.17%) Linux
5 166 (5.69%) Mac OS
6 116 (3.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 112 (3.84%) Apple iOS
8 104 (3.57%) Android
9 98 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 67 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 25 (0.86%) Mac OS X
13 24 (0.82%) VMS
14 21 (0.72%) Unix
15 18 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
16 13 (0.45%) AIX
17 9 (0.31%) Ubuntu
18 8 (0.27%) CentOS
19 5 (0.17%) Debian
20 4 (0.14%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 824 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
2 614 (21.06%) Customer Service
3 581 (19.93%) ITIL
4 391 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
5 258 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 248 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 212 (7.27%) ITSM
8 210 (7.20%) Project Management
9 205 (7.03%) Service Delivery
10 192 (6.59%) Migration
11 186 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 172 (5.90%) Roadmaps
13 161 (5.52%) Mentoring
14 160 (5.49%) Agile
14 160 (5.49%) Service Management
15 153 (5.25%) Project Delivery
16 151 (5.18%) Data Protection
17 145 (4.97%) CRM
18 144 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
19 130 (4.46%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 433 (14.85%) PowerShell
2 209 (7.17%) SQL
3 89 (3.05%) Python
4 72 (2.47%) C#
5 62 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 30 (1.03%) T-SQL
7 23 (0.79%) Java
8 19 (0.65%) Bash
9 15 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 13 (0.45%) VBA
12 11 (0.38%) C++
13 10 (0.34%) Go
14 7 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.21%) VB
16 5 (0.17%) PHP
17 4 (0.14%) VBScript
18 3 (0.10%) Bicep
18 3 (0.10%) Progress 4GL
18 3 (0.10%) RPG
Qualifications
1 438 (15.03%) Degree
2 302 (10.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 112 (3.84%) Azure Certification
4 96 (3.29%) A+ Certification
5 89 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (2.68%) CCNA
7 77 (2.64%) Security Cleared
8 75 (2.57%) DBS Check
9 65 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
10 62 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 61 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
11 61 (2.09%) SC Cleared
12 53 (1.82%) MCSA
13 44 (1.51%) MCP
14 43 (1.48%) CISSP
15 41 (1.41%) MCSE
16 33 (1.13%) CCNP
17 25 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 24 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
19 22 (0.75%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (6.93%) SLA
2 114 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 110 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 106 (3.64%) GDPR
5 38 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 31 (1.06%) NIST
7 29 (0.99%) QA
8 27 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 24 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 15 (0.51%) GRC
11 12 (0.41%) PMO
12 9 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.31%) PERC
13 7 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.24%) NCSC
14 6 (0.21%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.17%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.17%) HL7
15 5 (0.17%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.10%) COBIT
System Software
1 1,380 (47.34%) Active Directory
2 327 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 271 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 111 (3.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 52 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
6 49 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
7 40 (1.37%) vSphere
8 31 (1.06%) XenApp
9 22 (0.75%) Docker
10 13 (0.45%) BitLocker
10 13 (0.45%) Firmware
11 11 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.31%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.27%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.17%) Postfix
15 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.10%) Dovecot
16 3 (0.10%) KVM
16 3 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 625 (21.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 196 (6.72%) SCCM
3 59 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
4 56 (1.92%) Terraform
5 31 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (1.06%) Kubernetes
6 28 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
7 26 (0.89%) Ansible
8 23 (0.79%) WSUS
9 19 (0.65%) vCenter Server
10 14 (0.48%) NetBackup
11 13 (0.45%) SCOM
12 12 (0.41%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.38%) Autotask
14 8 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.27%) Graylog
15 7 (0.24%) Backup Exec
15 7 (0.24%) Grafana
15 7 (0.24%) SmoothWall
16 6 (0.21%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2,154 (73.89%) Microsoft
2 471 (16.16%) VMware
3 317 (10.87%) Cisco
4 172 (5.90%) Citrix
5 144 (4.94%) Meraki
6 143 (4.91%) Apple
7 111 (3.81%) ServiceNow
8 92 (3.16%) Veeam
9 81 (2.78%) Google
10 65 (2.23%) HP
11 57 (1.96%) Salesforce
12 49 (1.68%) Dell
13 46 (1.58%) Fortinet
14 44 (1.51%) iManage
15 41 (1.41%) Sophos
16 40 (1.37%) Oracle
16 40 (1.37%) SAP
17 38 (1.30%) Palo Alto
18 35 (1.20%) SonicWALL
19 31 (1.06%) CheckPoint