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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 49 79
Rank change year-on-year +21 +30 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,379 2,319 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.06% 5.66% 4.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.33% 11.78% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 1,996 2,612
10th Percentile £25,975 £26,750 £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 £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 14,570 19,678 36,977
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.27% 48.03% 52.94%
Number of salaries quoted 11,901 14,381 21,864
10th Percentile £35,750 £38,250 £37,500
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 £79,500 £85,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £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 14 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
1 561 (23.58%) SharePoint
2 545 (22.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (1.39%) Confluence
4 32 (1.35%) IIS
5 13 (0.55%) WordPress
6 11 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.29%) CMS
8 6 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.17%) SAS
10 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.084%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.084%) Moodle
11 2 (0.084%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.042%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.042%) Documentum
12 1 (0.042%) FileNet
12 1 (0.042%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 257 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.25%) InVision
6 6 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) SPSS
8 2 (0.084%) 1Password
8 2 (0.084%) CATIA
8 2 (0.084%) NASTRAN
8 2 (0.084%) Trello
9 1 (0.042%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.042%) InDesign
9 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.042%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.084%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.084%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.084%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.084%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.042%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.042%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.042%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,428 (60.03%) Azure
2 452 (19.00%) Entra ID
3 264 (11.10%) Power Platform
4 253 (10.63%) AWS
5 166 (6.98%) PowerApps
6 155 (6.52%) SaaS
7 148 (6.22%) Power Automate
8 137 (5.76%) GCP
9 128 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
10 111 (4.67%) OneDrive
11 83 (3.49%) IaaS
12 72 (3.03%) PaaS
13 66 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
16 48 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
17 46 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
18 40 (1.68%) WhatsApp
19 29 (1.22%) Azure Storage
20 25 (1.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 399 (16.77%) Firewall
2 337 (14.17%) DNS
3 246 (10.34%) WAN
4 225 (9.46%) DHCP
5 207 (8.70%) LAN
6 154 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
7 139 (5.84%) VPN
8 128 (5.38%) TCP/IP
9 107 (4.50%) SAN
10 104 (4.37%) Wireless
11 93 (3.91%) VLAN
12 82 (3.45%) VoIP
13 76 (3.19%) Remote Desktop
14 72 (3.03%) Internet
15 62 (2.61%) SD-WAN
16 61 (2.56%) Network Security
17 41 (1.72%) NAS
18 38 (1.60%) Unified Communications
19 37 (1.56%) DKIM
19 37 (1.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (6.68%) Power BI
2 124 (5.21%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (0.84%) MySQL
6 17 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.29%) Power Query
12 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.21%) EDMS
14 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.17%) GIS
14 4 (0.17%) Metadata
15 3 (0.13%) Big Data
15 3 (0.13%) EDRMS
15 3 (0.13%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 65 (2.73%) JIRA
2 30 (1.26%) Git
3 10 (0.42%) gulp
3 10 (0.42%) Yeoman
4 6 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.13%) Subversion
6 2 (0.084%) GitLab
7 1 (0.042%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.042%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.042%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.042%) MSI
7 1 (0.042%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 734 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 336 (14.12%) Finance
3 146 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.38%) Law
5 120 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
6 104 (4.37%) Legal
7 99 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 90 (3.78%) Public Sector
9 71 (2.98%) Retail
10 70 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
12 45 (1.89%) Fire and Rescue
13 39 (1.64%) Banking
13 39 (1.64%) Marketing
14 37 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 31 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.09%) Games
17 21 (0.88%) Advertising
18 17 (0.71%) Local Government
19 12 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 358 (15.05%) IT Support
2 316 (13.28%) Analyst
3 270 (11.35%) Support Engineer
4 247 (10.38%) IT Engineer
5 239 (10.05%) Senior
6 237 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 169 (7.10%) Architect
8 165 (6.94%) Developer
9 161 (6.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 157 (6.60%) Lead
11 134 (5.63%) IT Analyst
12 133 (5.59%) IT Technician
13 122 (5.13%) Consultant
13 122 (5.13%) Support Technician
14 117 (4.92%) 3rd Line Support
15 105 (4.41%) IT Manager
16 104 (4.37%) IT Support Technician
17 102 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
18 96 (4.04%) Support Analyst
19 90 (3.78%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.03%) .NET
2 64 (2.69%) SPFx
3 38 (1.60%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.22%) HTML
5 28 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.13%) CSS
7 22 (0.92%) React
8 18 (0.76%) RESTful
9 17 (0.71%) JSON
10 11 (0.46%) Node.js
10 11 (0.46%) YAML
11 9 (0.38%) HTML5 Canvas
12 7 (0.29%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.29%) LDAP
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
13 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (0.25%) Middleware
14 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
15 3 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.18%) Public Cloud
2 130 (5.46%) Data Centre
3 112 (4.71%) PKI
4 110 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
5 104 (4.37%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.73%) Onboarding
7 64 (2.69%) Driving Licence
8 45 (1.89%) Private Cloud
9 43 (1.81%) Cyberattack
10 40 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
12 31 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
13 28 (1.18%) Clustering
14 26 (1.09%) iPad
14 26 (1.09%) Low-Code
14 26 (1.09%) Virtual Team
15 25 (1.05%) Product Ownership
15 25 (1.05%) Replication
16 20 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (0.80%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,111 (46.70%) Windows
2 606 (25.47%) Windows Server
3 386 (16.23%) Windows 10
4 123 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 118 (4.96%) Linux
6 111 (4.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 83 (3.49%) Android
8 79 (3.32%) Apple iOS
9 75 (3.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 72 (3.03%) Windows 7
11 49 (2.06%) Windows 8
12 45 (1.89%) Mac OS
13 25 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.76%) Unix
15 12 (0.50%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
18 8 (0.34%) CentOS
18 8 (0.34%) Windows XP
19 4 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (17.02%) Customer Service
2 394 (16.56%) ITIL
3 339 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
4 335 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 315 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
6 254 (10.68%) Agile
7 252 (10.59%) Project Management
8 220 (9.25%) Migration
9 171 (7.19%) DevOps
10 165 (6.94%) Presales
11 152 (6.39%) Information Security
12 151 (6.35%) Service Delivery
13 150 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
14 148 (6.22%) Service Management
15 144 (6.05%) Roadmaps
16 142 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 138 (5.80%) Mentoring
18 136 (5.72%) Project Delivery
19 122 (5.13%) Configuration Management
20 115 (4.83%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 296 (12.44%) PowerShell
2 199 (8.36%) SQL
3 80 (3.36%) C#
4 40 (1.68%) Bash
5 33 (1.39%) Python
6 32 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 28 (1.18%) Java
8 26 (1.09%) Bicep
9 17 (0.71%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.59%) VB
11 14 (0.59%) VBScript
12 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
12 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.21%) PHP
13 4 (0.17%) VBA
14 3 (0.13%) AWK
14 3 (0.13%) sed
15 1 (0.042%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.042%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 339 (14.25%) Degree
2 152 (6.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 96 (4.04%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 72 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 66 (2.77%) SC Cleared
7 56 (2.35%) CCNA
8 42 (1.77%) MCP
9 41 (1.72%) CISSP
9 41 (1.72%) PMI Certification
10 38 (1.60%) MCSE
11 35 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 34 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 33 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
14 26 (1.09%) CEH
15 24 (1.01%) PMP
16 23 (0.97%) DBS Check
17 21 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
18 20 (0.84%) CCNP
19 17 (0.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (4.71%) SLA
3 87 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 53 (2.23%) GDPR
5 38 (1.60%) NIST
6 30 (1.26%) QA
7 29 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.84%) GRC
9 17 (0.71%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.50%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 11 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (0.38%) PMO
13 8 (0.34%) NCSC
14 7 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.084%) GLP
17 2 (0.084%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1,048 (44.05%) Active Directory
2 369 (15.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 247 (10.38%) Hyper-V
4 113 (4.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 77 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (2.27%) vSphere
7 50 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
8 36 (1.51%) XenDesktop
9 35 (1.47%) XenApp
10 28 (1.18%) VirtualBox
11 23 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.76%) Docker
13 11 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.38%) VMware Server
15 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
17 3 (0.13%) Firmware
17 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
17 3 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 477 (20.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 143 (6.01%) SCCM
3 59 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 54 (2.27%) WSUS
5 50 (2.10%) Terraform
6 49 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (1.68%) vCenter Server
8 31 (1.30%) CASB
8 31 (1.30%) Kubernetes
9 28 (1.18%) SCOM
10 23 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
11 18 (0.76%) Ansible
12 17 (0.71%) Nagios
13 14 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
14 13 (0.55%) Nmap
14 13 (0.55%) ServiceCenter
15 12 (0.50%) Opsgenie
15 12 (0.50%) VxRail
15 12 (0.50%) ZABBIX
16 11 (0.46%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,705 (71.67%) Microsoft
2 542 (22.78%) VMware
3 213 (8.95%) Cisco
4 141 (5.93%) Citrix
5 122 (5.13%) Google
6 99 (4.16%) Apple
7 93 (3.91%) ServiceNow
8 92 (3.87%) Meraki
9 82 (3.45%) Veeam
10 74 (3.11%) HP
11 68 (2.86%) Fortinet
12 59 (2.48%) Dell
13 53 (2.23%) Adobe
14 46 (1.93%) iManage
15 42 (1.77%) Sophos
16 36 (1.51%) Qualys
16 36 (1.51%) Salesforce
17 35 (1.47%) Commvault
18 32 (1.35%) Aruba
19 29 (1.22%) SolarWinds