Microsoft 365 Jobs in the South West

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 41
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 245 688 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.86% 6.58% 7.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 26.83% 24.49% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 211 629 380
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,125 £29,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,000 £46,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £62,200 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +3.90% -4.94% -4.71%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 913 2,809 2,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.55% 26.88% 38.99%
Number of salaries quoted 705 2,146 1,625
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year - -3.83% +3.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £81,786 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the South West over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the South West

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Devon -12 44 £31,500 -14.83% 28
Somerset -5 42 £40,000 +45.45% 52
Dorset +21 39 £30,000 -18.92% 13
Gloucestershire -1 39 £36,250 +9.85% 21
Wiltshire +3 38 £34,500 -31.00% 23
Bristol -27 32 £42,250 +12.67% 60
Cornwall +9 11 £31,500 +10.53% 4
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 72 (29.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.08%) IIS
4 2 (0.82%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 133 (54.29%) Azure
2 68 (27.76%) Entra ID
3 36 (14.69%) OneDrive
4 22 (8.98%) AWS
5 8 (3.27%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.27%) SaaS
6 6 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.45%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.04%) IaaS
8 4 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.82%) PaaS
9 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.82%) Serverless
10 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.41%) Canva
10 1 (0.41%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.41%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 83 (33.88%) Firewall
2 54 (22.04%) DNS
3 41 (16.73%) VPN
4 36 (14.69%) VLAN
5 34 (13.88%) LAN
6 33 (13.47%) WAN
7 32 (13.06%) DHCP
8 24 (9.80%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (7.35%) VoIP
10 12 (4.90%) SAN
11 10 (4.08%) ADSL
11 10 (4.08%) SD-WAN
12 7 (2.86%) IPsec
13 6 (2.45%) Wireless
14 5 (2.04%) Intranet
14 5 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (2.04%) TCP/IP
15 3 (1.22%) MPLS
15 3 (1.22%) Unified Communications
15 3 (1.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.53%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.63%) FileMaker
3 4 (1.63%) Power BI
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.45%) JIRA
General
1 96 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.61%) Retail
3 24 (9.80%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.76%) Finance
5 16 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.71%) Legal
7 12 (4.90%) Games
8 9 (3.67%) Back Office
9 8 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.86%) Advertising
10 7 (2.86%) Marketing
10 7 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.45%) Electronics
11 6 (2.45%) Local Government
12 5 (2.04%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.04%) Automotive
13 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (39.18%) IT Support
2 67 (27.35%) 2nd Line Support
3 61 (24.90%) Analyst
4 54 (22.04%) Support Analyst
5 36 (14.69%) Support Engineer
6 30 (12.24%) Support Technician
7 29 (11.84%) IT Engineer
8 27 (11.02%) IT Analyst
8 27 (11.02%) IT Support Analyst
9 25 (10.20%) Technical Support
10 23 (9.39%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 16 (6.53%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Technician
14 13 (5.31%) Administrator
15 12 (4.90%) Desktop Support
15 12 (4.90%) Senior
16 11 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 10 (4.08%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
17 10 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) .NET
1 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.41%) ModSecurity
1 1 (0.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (19.59%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.31%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.04%) Smartphone
4 4 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.22%) FMCG
5 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.22%) IoT
5 3 (1.22%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (0.82%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.41%) Apple TV
7 1 (0.41%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 147 (60.00%) Windows
2 73 (29.80%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.20%) Windows 10
4 22 (8.98%) Linux
5 19 (7.76%) Mac OS
6 13 (5.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.22%) Android
9 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (39.18%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (35.92%) Customer Service
3 50 (20.41%) ITIL
4 43 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (9.39%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (6.94%) Mentoring
7 13 (5.31%) Analytics
7 13 (5.31%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (5.31%) Ticket Management
8 12 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (4.90%) ITSM
8 12 (4.90%) Migration
9 11 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (4.49%) Project Delivery
9 11 (4.49%) Service Management
9 11 (4.49%) Time Management
10 10 (4.08%) Business Continuity
11 9 (3.67%) Agile
11 9 (3.67%) API Integration
11 9 (3.67%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.51%) PowerShell
2 21 (8.57%) SQL
3 5 (2.04%) C#
4 4 (1.63%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.41%) PHP
5 1 (0.41%) Python
5 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.41%) VB
5 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (16.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (15.10%) Degree
3 30 (12.24%) A+ Certification
4 28 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
5 25 (10.20%) Security Cleared
6 21 (8.57%) SC Cleared
7 17 (6.94%) MCITP
8 7 (2.86%) CTC Cleared
9 6 (2.45%) CCNA
9 6 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.45%) MCP
10 5 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.04%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.04%) MCSA
11 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.22%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.82%) CCNP
13 2 (0.82%) CISSP
13 2 (0.82%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.31%) SLA
2 4 (1.63%) GDPR
3 2 (0.82%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) NCSC
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 146 (59.59%) Active Directory
2 42 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.35%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.45%) vSphere
5 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.41%) Docker
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 72 (29.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.86%) SCCM
3 6 (2.45%) Terraform
4 4 (1.63%) Autotask
5 3 (1.22%) Ansible
5 3 (1.22%) Iperf
5 3 (1.22%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 178 (72.65%) Microsoft
2 52 (21.22%) VMware
3 21 (8.57%) Cisco
4 10 (4.08%) Fortinet
5 8 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.45%) Apple
6 6 (2.45%) Aruba
6 6 (2.45%) Google
6 6 (2.45%) Meraki
7 5 (2.04%) Okta
7 5 (2.04%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (1.63%) Citrix
8 4 (1.63%) SAP
9 3 (1.22%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.22%) EMC
9 3 (1.22%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.22%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.22%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.22%) Zscaler
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