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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 79
Rank change year-on-year +19 +30 -19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,370 2,305 3,141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.01% 5.70% 4.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.21% 11.84% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,990 1,983 2,590
10th Percentile £26,000 £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 £63,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,050
UK median annual salary £38,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.23% -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 14,622 19,471 37,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 43.22% 48.14% 52.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,912 14,222 21,753
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% - +12.38%
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 17 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
1 556 (23.46%) SharePoint
2 535 (22.57%) 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 (0.30%) 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%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 250 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.93%) 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 41 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 9 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.084%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.084%) SAP ERP
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 Business One
9 1 (0.042%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,425 (60.13%) Azure
2 451 (19.03%) Entra ID
3 263 (11.10%) Power Platform
4 250 (10.55%) AWS
5 167 (7.05%) PowerApps
6 155 (6.54%) SaaS
7 150 (6.33%) Power Automate
8 135 (5.70%) GCP
9 128 (5.40%) Dynamics 365
10 112 (4.73%) OneDrive
11 82 (3.46%) IaaS
12 71 (3.00%) PaaS
13 65 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
14 57 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
15 53 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
16 47 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
17 46 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
18 39 (1.65%) WhatsApp
19 29 (1.22%) Azure Storage
20 24 (1.01%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 401 (16.92%) Firewall
2 331 (13.97%) DNS
3 243 (10.25%) WAN
4 218 (9.20%) DHCP
5 204 (8.61%) LAN
6 157 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
7 139 (5.86%) VPN
8 129 (5.44%) TCP/IP
9 108 (4.56%) SAN
10 101 (4.26%) Wireless
11 93 (3.92%) VLAN
12 81 (3.42%) VoIP
13 75 (3.16%) Remote Desktop
14 74 (3.12%) Internet
15 62 (2.62%) SD-WAN
16 60 (2.53%) Network Security
17 41 (1.73%) NAS
18 38 (1.60%) Unified Communications
19 37 (1.56%) DKIM
19 37 (1.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (6.75%) Power BI
2 123 (5.19%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (0.80%) MySQL
6 17 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.30%) Power Query
11 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.21%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.21%) EDMS
13 4 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.17%) GIS
13 4 (0.17%) Metadata
14 3 (0.13%) Big Data
14 3 (0.13%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.13%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 65 (2.74%) JIRA
2 30 (1.27%) 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%) MSI
7 1 (0.042%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 739 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 335 (14.14%) Finance
3 148 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (5.40%) Law
5 120 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
6 102 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 102 (4.30%) Legal
7 93 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 72 (3.04%) Retail
9 70 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 45 (1.90%) Fire and Rescue
12 38 (1.60%) Banking
12 38 (1.60%) Marketing
13 35 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.31%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.10%) Games
16 23 (0.97%) Advertising
17 17 (0.72%) Local Government
18 11 (0.46%) French Language
Job Titles
1 361 (15.23%) IT Support
2 310 (13.08%) Analyst
3 268 (11.31%) Support Engineer
4 251 (10.59%) IT Engineer
5 232 (9.79%) Senior
6 230 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 169 (7.13%) Architect
8 166 (7.00%) Developer
9 163 (6.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 158 (6.67%) Lead
11 134 (5.65%) IT Technician
12 133 (5.61%) IT Analyst
13 123 (5.19%) Support Technician
14 119 (5.02%) Consultant
15 116 (4.89%) 3rd Line Support
16 105 (4.43%) IT Manager
16 105 (4.43%) IT Support Technician
17 102 (4.30%) Cloud Architect
18 92 (3.88%) Support Analyst
19 88 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (2.95%) .NET
2 64 (2.70%) SPFx
3 38 (1.60%) ARM Templates
4 29 (1.22%) HTML
5 28 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
6 27 (1.14%) CSS
7 22 (0.93%) React
8 18 (0.76%) RESTful
9 17 (0.72%) JSON
10 11 (0.46%) Node.js
10 11 (0.46%) YAML
11 10 (0.42%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.34%) OAuth
13 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (0.25%) LDAP
13 6 (0.25%) Middleware
14 4 (0.17%) .NET Core
14 4 (0.17%) ASP.NET Web API
14 4 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.24%) Public Cloud
2 128 (5.40%) Data Centre
3 111 (4.68%) PKI
4 109 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
5 103 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.74%) Driving Licence
6 65 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 45 (1.90%) Private Cloud
8 43 (1.81%) Cyberattack
9 40 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
11 31 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
12 28 (1.18%) Clustering
13 27 (1.14%) Replication
13 27 (1.14%) Virtual Team
14 25 (1.05%) iPad
14 25 (1.05%) Low-Code
14 25 (1.05%) Product Ownership
15 20 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
16 19 (0.80%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1,102 (46.50%) Windows
2 600 (25.32%) Windows Server
3 383 (16.16%) Windows 10
4 122 (5.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 117 (4.94%) Linux
6 111 (4.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 85 (3.59%) Android
8 80 (3.38%) Apple iOS
9 74 (3.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 71 (3.00%) Windows 7
11 47 (1.98%) Windows 8
12 46 (1.94%) Mac OS
13 25 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (0.76%) Unix
15 13 (0.55%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.34%) CentOS
17 8 (0.34%) Windows XP
18 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
19 4 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (17.13%) Customer Service
2 395 (16.67%) ITIL
3 343 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 328 (13.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 313 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
6 254 (10.72%) Project Management
7 252 (10.63%) Agile
8 219 (9.24%) Migration
9 170 (7.17%) DevOps
10 166 (7.00%) Presales
11 151 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
11 151 (6.37%) Service Delivery
12 150 (6.33%) Information Security
13 144 (6.08%) Service Management
14 143 (6.03%) Roadmaps
15 141 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 135 (5.70%) Mentoring
16 135 (5.70%) Project Delivery
17 123 (5.19%) Configuration Management
18 111 (4.68%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 289 (12.19%) PowerShell
2 198 (8.35%) SQL
3 80 (3.38%) C#
4 39 (1.65%) Bash
5 33 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 33 (1.39%) Python
6 28 (1.18%) Java
7 26 (1.10%) Bicep
8 17 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.59%) VB
10 14 (0.59%) VBScript
11 5 (0.21%) Formula Language
11 5 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.17%) PHP
12 4 (0.17%) VBA
13 3 (0.13%) AWK
13 3 (0.13%) sed
14 1 (0.042%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.042%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 340 (14.35%) Degree
2 152 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 98 (4.14%) Security Cleared
4 84 (3.54%) Azure Certification
5 70 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
6 68 (2.87%) SC Cleared
7 54 (2.28%) CCNA
8 44 (1.86%) MCP
9 42 (1.77%) PMI Certification
10 40 (1.69%) CISSP
11 39 (1.65%) MCSE
12 37 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 34 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 32 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
15 27 (1.14%) CEH
16 25 (1.05%) PMP
17 24 (1.01%) DBS Check
18 21 (0.89%) CCNP
19 18 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
20 17 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 110 (4.64%) SLA
3 87 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 51 (2.15%) GDPR
5 37 (1.56%) NIST
6 30 (1.27%) QA
7 29 (1.22%) PCI DSS
8 20 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.84%) GRC
9 17 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 12 (0.51%) 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 (0.30%) 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 1,041 (43.92%) Active Directory
2 360 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 244 (10.30%) Hyper-V
4 113 (4.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 77 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
6 54 (2.28%) vSphere
7 51 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
8 37 (1.56%) XenDesktop
9 36 (1.52%) XenApp
10 28 (1.18%) VirtualBox
11 22 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
12 18 (0.76%) Docker
13 11 (0.46%) Terminal Services
14 9 (0.38%) VMware Server
15 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 6 (0.25%) NFS
17 4 (0.17%) DFS Replication
17 4 (0.17%) Firmware
18 3 (0.13%) VMware NSX
18 3 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 473 (19.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 140 (5.91%) SCCM
3 57 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 53 (2.24%) WSUS
5 50 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 50 (2.11%) Terraform
6 40 (1.69%) vCenter Server
7 31 (1.31%) CASB
7 31 (1.31%) Kubernetes
8 28 (1.18%) SCOM
9 23 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
10 17 (0.72%) Ansible
10 17 (0.72%) Nagios
11 14 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
12 13 (0.55%) Nmap
12 13 (0.55%) ServiceCenter
13 12 (0.51%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.51%) VxRail
13 12 (0.51%) ZABBIX
14 10 (0.42%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1,701 (71.77%) Microsoft
2 532 (22.45%) VMware
3 210 (8.86%) Cisco
4 141 (5.95%) Citrix
5 123 (5.19%) Google
6 97 (4.09%) Apple
7 92 (3.88%) ServiceNow
8 90 (3.80%) Meraki
9 82 (3.46%) Veeam
10 72 (3.04%) HP
11 69 (2.91%) Fortinet
12 59 (2.49%) Dell
13 53 (2.24%) Adobe
14 46 (1.94%) iManage
15 40 (1.69%) Sophos
16 36 (1.52%) Qualys
16 36 (1.52%) Salesforce
17 35 (1.48%) Commvault
18 31 (1.31%) Aruba
19 27 (1.14%) SolarWinds