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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 27 35
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 +38
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 2,830 7,508 6,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.01% 6.96% 6.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.25% 20.58% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,295 6,307 5,240
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,290 £30,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.43% -2.35%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £59,146
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £36,250 £37,000
% change year-on-year -6.21% -2.03% +2.78%

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 15,504 36,490 40,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.47% 33.82% 43.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10,224 27,172 27,178
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -10.16% +2.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 June 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 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
England -23 2,666 £40,000 +3.90% 2,588
UK excluding London -24 1,924 £34,000 -6.21% 2,191
Work from Home -31 950 £42,500 -5.56% 1,130
London -16 784 £56,250 +7.14% 749
North of England -51 473 £32,500 -13.33% 589
Midlands -12 447 £35,000 - 306
South East -38 438 £37,500 - 681
East of England -22 270 £36,500 +12.31% 193
West Midlands -13 251 £40,000 +6.67% 151
North West -95 240 £33,500 -16.25% 291
South West -3 236 £32,500 -13.33% 242
Yorkshire -16 207 £32,250 -7.86% 210
East Midlands -19 196 £32,000 -4.48% 146
Scotland -41 37 £35,000 -4.11% 152
North East -27 26 £32,000 -8.57% 89
Wales -35 15 £38,094 +34.66% 61
Northern Ireland 0 9 £50,000 +42.86% 25
Isle of Man -3 1 - - 1

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
1 730 (25.80%) SharePoint
2 603 (21.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.77%) IIS
4 25 (0.88%) Confluence
5 9 (0.32%) CMS
5 9 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 8 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.28%) Moodle
6 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.25%) IBM Domino
7 7 (0.25%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.25%) WordPress
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.071%) Apache
9 2 (0.071%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.071%) JOnAS
9 2 (0.071%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 429 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
2 136 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (0.21%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.18%) Acrobat
10 4 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.11%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.11%) InDesign
11 3 (0.11%) Mozilla Thunderbird
11 3 (0.11%) Productboard
12 2 (0.071%) Revit
13 1 (0.035%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.035%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.035%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 50 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 18 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.35%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.32%) SAP Business One
6 7 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
6 7 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.21%) Temenos T24
8 5 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
8 5 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.14%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.14%) Sage 50
10 3 (0.11%) Sage 1000
11 2 (0.071%) Eikon
11 2 (0.071%) Exchequer
11 2 (0.071%) Remedy ITSM
11 2 (0.071%) Sage 200
12 1 (0.035%) Maximo
12 1 (0.035%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1,455 (51.41%) Azure
2 552 (19.51%) Entra ID
3 272 (9.61%) OneDrive
4 246 (8.69%) Power Platform
5 220 (7.77%) AWS
6 144 (5.09%) Power Automate
7 124 (4.38%) SaaS
8 118 (4.17%) PowerApps
9 90 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
10 77 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 66 (2.33%) Mimecast
12 65 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
13 59 (2.08%) Google Workspace
13 59 (2.08%) IaaS
14 58 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
15 57 (2.01%) PaaS
16 55 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
17 41 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
18 25 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
19 22 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 536 (18.94%) Firewall
2 379 (13.39%) DNS
3 310 (10.95%) DHCP
4 277 (9.79%) WAN
5 272 (9.61%) VPN
6 267 (9.43%) LAN
7 201 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 176 (6.22%) VLAN
9 166 (5.87%) VoIP
10 151 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
11 99 (3.50%) Wireless
12 79 (2.79%) Network Security
13 60 (2.12%) SAN
14 55 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
15 45 (1.59%) SD-WAN
16 39 (1.38%) Internet
17 37 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
18 26 (0.92%) Intranet
18 26 (0.92%) SSL
19 24 (0.85%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 137 (4.84%) Power BI
3 43 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
4 32 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.46%) MySQL
9 12 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.32%) Metadata
12 7 (0.25%) GIS
13 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.18%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.14%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.14%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.14%) Metabase
16 3 (0.11%) Data Mining
16 3 (0.11%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 59 (2.08%) JIRA
2 11 (0.39%) Git
3 7 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (0.25%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.18%) WiX
5 3 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.11%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.071%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.071%) MSI
6 2 (0.071%) Selenium
7 1 (0.035%) GitLab
7 1 (0.035%) gulp
7 1 (0.035%) Hudson
7 1 (0.035%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.035%) Subversion
7 1 (0.035%) Yeoman
General
1 1,160 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 356 (12.58%) Finance
3 268 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (7.17%) Law
5 171 (6.04%) Legal
6 139 (4.91%) Retail
7 122 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 98 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
9 83 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 75 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 59 (2.08%) Marketing
12 46 (1.63%) Public Sector
13 35 (1.24%) Banking
14 31 (1.10%) Automotive
14 31 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
14 31 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.02%) Games
16 28 (0.99%) Local Government
17 26 (0.92%) Back Office
18 21 (0.74%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 722 (25.51%) IT Support
2 579 (20.46%) Analyst
3 420 (14.84%) Support Engineer
4 332 (11.73%) Support Analyst
5 256 (9.05%) 2nd Line Support
6 245 (8.66%) IT Engineer
7 241 (8.52%) IT Analyst
8 234 (8.27%) Senior
9 183 (6.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 180 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
11 176 (6.22%) IT Support Analyst
12 125 (4.42%) 1st Line Support
12 125 (4.42%) IT Manager
13 123 (4.35%) Lead
14 120 (4.24%) Service Analyst
15 116 (4.10%) Technical Support
16 114 (4.03%) Desktop Support
17 113 (3.99%) Service Desk Analyst
18 111 (3.92%) Administrator
19 107 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.12%) .NET
2 32 (1.13%) JSON
3 26 (0.92%) React
4 21 (0.74%) HTML
5 19 (0.67%) REST
6 18 (0.64%) XML
7 16 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
7 16 (0.57%) SOAP
8 15 (0.53%) CSS
9 11 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.32%) 802.1X
11 8 (0.28%) SPFx
12 7 (0.25%) ARM Templates
12 7 (0.25%) ASP.NET
12 7 (0.25%) LDAP
12 7 (0.25%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (0.21%) SAML
14 5 (0.18%) RESTful
14 5 (0.18%) Web Services
14 5 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 214 (7.56%) Driving Licence
2 135 (4.77%) Onboarding
3 93 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 81 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
6 53 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 48 (1.70%) CCTV
8 43 (1.52%) Social Media
9 41 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 40 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
11 37 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 34 (1.20%) iPhone
13 31 (1.10%) Security Posture
14 30 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
15 28 (0.99%) Public Cloud
16 26 (0.92%) Product Ownership
17 24 (0.85%) PKI
18 23 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
19 21 (0.74%) IoT
20 20 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1,566 (55.34%) Windows
2 652 (23.04%) Windows Server
3 462 (16.33%) Windows 10
4 183 (6.47%) Mac OS
5 164 (5.80%) Linux
6 110 (3.89%) Apple iOS
7 109 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 106 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 105 (3.71%) Android
10 62 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 28 (0.99%) Windows 7
12 24 (0.85%) VMS
13 22 (0.78%) Unix
14 17 (0.60%) Mac OS X
15 11 (0.39%) AIX
15 11 (0.39%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 6 (0.21%) CentOS
18 6 (0.21%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 818 (28.90%) Problem-Solving
2 631 (22.30%) Customer Service
3 573 (20.25%) ITIL
4 409 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
5 253 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 227 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 198 (7.00%) ITSM
8 194 (6.86%) Migration
9 185 (6.54%) Service Delivery
10 170 (6.01%) Mentoring
11 169 (5.97%) Project Management
12 168 (5.94%) Roadmaps
13 165 (5.83%) Agile
14 158 (5.58%) Disaster Recovery
15 154 (5.44%) Data Protection
16 150 (5.30%) Business Intelligence
17 148 (5.23%) Service Management
18 137 (4.84%) CRM
19 127 (4.49%) DevOps
19 127 (4.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 416 (14.70%) PowerShell
2 214 (7.56%) SQL
3 80 (2.83%) C#
4 77 (2.72%) Python
5 71 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.10%) T-SQL
7 28 (0.99%) Java
8 25 (0.88%) Bash
9 21 (0.74%) VBA
10 12 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.35%) TypeScript
12 9 (0.32%) C++
13 8 (0.28%) VB
14 6 (0.21%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.14%) PHP
15 4 (0.14%) RPG
16 3 (0.11%) Go
16 3 (0.11%) Groovy
16 3 (0.11%) Progress 4GL
16 3 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 443 (15.65%) Degree
2 302 (10.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 104 (3.67%) A+ Certification
4 100 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 87 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
5 87 (3.07%) DBS Check
6 80 (2.83%) Security Cleared
7 79 (2.79%) CCNA
8 60 (2.12%) SC Cleared
9 58 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
10 56 (1.98%) MCSA
11 53 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
12 52 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 45 (1.59%) MCP
14 43 (1.52%) MCSE
15 39 (1.38%) CCNP
16 32 (1.13%) CISSP
17 24 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 22 (0.78%) AWS Certification
19 20 (0.71%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.36%) SLA
2 118 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 114 (4.03%) GDPR
4 112 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 36 (1.27%) NIST
6 31 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 30 (1.06%) QA
8 24 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 18 (0.64%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.39%) PMO
11 8 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 8 (0.28%) NCSC
12 7 (0.25%) GRC
12 7 (0.25%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.21%) PERC
13 6 (0.21%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.18%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.18%) HL7
15 3 (0.11%) COBIT
System Software
1 1,327 (46.89%) Active Directory
2 298 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 258 (9.12%) Hyper-V
4 93 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 45 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 44 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 33 (1.17%) vSphere
7 33 (1.17%) XenApp
8 21 (0.74%) Docker
9 13 (0.46%) Firmware
9 13 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 8 (0.28%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.21%) Dovecot
11 6 (0.21%) Postfix
12 4 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.11%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.11%) Squid
Systems Management
1 650 (22.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 169 (5.97%) SCCM
3 61 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 53 (1.87%) Terraform
5 37 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
6 32 (1.13%) Kubernetes
7 27 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 26 (0.92%) Ansible
9 16 (0.57%) Autotask
10 15 (0.53%) vCenter Server
10 15 (0.53%) WSUS
11 13 (0.46%) Backup Exec
11 13 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.39%) NetBackup
13 9 (0.32%) SmoothWall
14 8 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.28%) Puppet
15 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
15 7 (0.25%) SCOM
16 6 (0.21%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 2,131 (75.30%) Microsoft
2 438 (15.48%) VMware
3 322 (11.38%) Cisco
4 149 (5.27%) Citrix
5 148 (5.23%) Apple
6 147 (5.19%) Meraki
7 101 (3.57%) ServiceNow
8 81 (2.86%) Google
9 76 (2.69%) Veeam
10 68 (2.40%) HP
11 51 (1.80%) Salesforce
11 51 (1.80%) Sophos
12 48 (1.70%) Dell
13 41 (1.45%) SAP
14 40 (1.41%) Fortinet
14 40 (1.41%) Palo Alto
15 39 (1.38%) iManage
15 39 (1.38%) SonicWALL
16 31 (1.10%) Oracle
17 30 (1.06%) CheckPoint
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