Microsoft 365 Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 37 41
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 5,614 4,004 4,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.84% 6.77% 6.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 23.82% 17.54% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,877 3,264 3,964
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £36,500 £35,975
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +1.46% -4.07%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £38,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.23% -2.35% -

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,573 22,822 28,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.91% 38.59% 39.90%
Number of salaries quoted 17,413 13,617 19,644
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,298 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK excluding London

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
South East +13 1,465 £37,500 - 322
North of England +22 1,385 £37,500 -3.85% 328
Midlands +24 1,022 £35,000 -1.41% 233
South West +17 682 £37,500 +7.14% 189
North West +15 647 £40,000 -5.88% 161
West Midlands +23 625 £36,500 -8.75% 131
East of England +15 604 £32,500 -7.14% 145
Yorkshire +33 558 £35,000 +0.72% 133
East Midlands +34 390 £33,500 +4.69% 102
Scotland -36 273 £37,500 - 79
North East +24 180 £37,500 +7.14% 38
Wales +14 107 £28,290 -14.27% 29
Northern Ireland +29 54 £35,000 -17.65% 13
Isle of Man +2 20 £37,000 -48.97% 2
Channel Islands 0 4 £85,000 -5.56%
Microsoft 365
UK

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1,242 (22.12%) SharePoint
2 1,240 (22.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 60 (1.07%) Confluence
4 54 (0.96%) IIS
5 41 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 38 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
7 27 (0.48%) WordPress
8 26 (0.46%) CMS
9 18 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
10 11 (0.20%) Skype for Business
11 7 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
11 7 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 6 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2000
13 5 (0.089%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (0.071%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.071%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.071%) SAS
15 3 (0.053%) Jupyter
16 2 (0.036%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 832 (14.82%) Microsoft Office
2 225 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 86 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 36 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.16%) Trello
8 8 (0.14%) InfoPath
9 6 (0.11%) InVision
9 6 (0.11%) LightWave 3D
9 6 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.11%) Sketch
10 3 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.053%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.053%) InDesign
11 2 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.036%) CATIA
11 2 (0.036%) NASTRAN
12 1 (0.018%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.018%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 57 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 11 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
3 11 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
4 8 (0.14%) Magento
4 8 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.12%) Sage 200
6 6 (0.11%) Maximo
6 6 (0.11%) Shopify
7 5 (0.089%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.089%) Sage X3
8 4 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.053%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.053%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.036%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.036%) Teamcenter
11 1 (0.018%) Sage 300 ERP
11 1 (0.018%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (0.018%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2,816 (50.16%) Azure
2 956 (17.03%) Entra ID
3 464 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 414 (7.37%) AWS
5 392 (6.98%) OneDrive
6 225 (4.01%) PowerApps
7 195 (3.47%) Power Automate
8 193 (3.44%) SaaS
9 156 (2.78%) GCP
10 124 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
11 119 (2.12%) IaaS
12 112 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
13 104 (1.85%) PaaS
14 92 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
15 78 (1.39%) Google Workspace
16 71 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
17 67 (1.19%) Mimecast
18 50 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
19 48 (0.86%) WhatsApp
20 36 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1,090 (19.42%) Firewall
2 792 (14.11%) DNS
3 595 (10.60%) DHCP
4 559 (9.96%) WAN
5 515 (9.17%) LAN
6 424 (7.55%) VPN
7 393 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
8 372 (6.63%) TCP/IP
9 276 (4.92%) VLAN
10 268 (4.77%) Wireless
11 260 (4.63%) SAN
12 253 (4.51%) VoIP
13 145 (2.58%) Internet
14 141 (2.51%) Remote Desktop
15 122 (2.17%) Network Security
16 104 (1.85%) SD-WAN
17 91 (1.62%) NAS
18 76 (1.35%) Unified Communications
19 75 (1.34%) WLAN
20 74 (1.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 285 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 247 (4.40%) Power BI
3 95 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 50 (0.89%) MySQL
5 32 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.30%) GIS
8 17 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.27%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
10 14 (0.25%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.23%) MariaDB
12 12 (0.21%) Metadata
13 11 (0.20%) EDMS
14 8 (0.14%) Power Query
15 7 (0.12%) Ingres
16 6 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 5 (0.089%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 94 (1.67%) JIRA
2 35 (0.62%) Git
3 10 (0.18%) gulp
3 10 (0.18%) Yeoman
4 7 (0.12%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.089%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.089%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 5 (0.089%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.071%) Hudson
6 4 (0.071%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.053%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.036%) GitLab
9 1 (0.018%) MSI
9 1 (0.018%) Postman
General
1 1,879 (33.47%) Social Skills
2 562 (10.01%) Finance
3 379 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (4.68%) Manufacturing
5 243 (4.33%) Law
6 214 (3.81%) Retail
7 203 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 181 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 172 (3.06%) Legal
9 172 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 156 (2.78%) Public Sector
11 137 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 113 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 105 (1.87%) Marketing
14 61 (1.09%) Local Government
15 60 (1.07%) Fire and Rescue
16 56 (1.00%) Games
17 44 (0.78%) Advertising
18 40 (0.71%) Automotive
19 33 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,224 (21.80%) IT Support
2 972 (17.31%) Support Engineer
3 835 (14.87%) IT Engineer
4 768 (13.68%) Analyst
5 616 (10.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 557 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 485 (8.64%) IT Technician
8 389 (6.93%) 2nd Line Support
9 356 (6.34%) Support Technician
10 353 (6.29%) Senior
11 307 (5.47%) IT Manager
12 295 (5.25%) IT Support Technician
13 274 (4.88%) Support Analyst
14 270 (4.81%) IT Analyst
15 265 (4.72%) Lead
16 261 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
17 241 (4.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 238 (4.24%) Service Analyst
19 224 (3.99%) 3rd Line Support
20 223 (3.97%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (2.21%) .NET
2 52 (0.93%) HTML
3 47 (0.84%) SPFx
4 36 (0.64%) CSS
5 35 (0.62%) ARM Templates
6 26 (0.46%) JSON
7 21 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
8 18 (0.32%) React
9 16 (0.29%) OLE
10 15 (0.27%) ASP.NET
11 14 (0.25%) EDI
11 14 (0.25%) RESTful
11 14 (0.25%) SAML
12 13 (0.23%) REST
13 12 (0.21%) .NET Framework
13 12 (0.21%) HTML5 Canvas
14 10 (0.18%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (0.18%) Entity Framework
14 10 (0.18%) LDAP
14 10 (0.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 376 (6.70%) Driving Licence
2 253 (4.51%) Data Centre
3 241 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 186 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 164 (2.92%) Public Cloud
6 117 (2.08%) Onboarding
7 107 (1.91%) Replication
8 102 (1.82%) PKI
9 66 (1.18%) Smartphone
10 61 (1.09%) CCTV
11 55 (0.98%) Clustering
12 53 (0.94%) Product Ownership
13 47 (0.84%) iPad
14 46 (0.82%) Private Cloud
15 40 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
16 39 (0.69%) NHS
17 38 (0.68%) iPhone
17 38 (0.68%) Low-Code
18 37 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
19 36 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3,063 (54.56%) Windows
2 1,647 (29.34%) Windows Server
3 926 (16.49%) Windows 10
4 307 (5.47%) Linux
5 293 (5.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 271 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 221 (3.94%) Android
8 201 (3.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 187 (3.33%) Apple iOS
10 163 (2.90%) Mac OS
11 158 (2.81%) Windows 7
12 106 (1.89%) Windows 8
13 68 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 42 (0.75%) CentOS
14 42 (0.75%) Ubuntu
15 36 (0.64%) Mac OS X
16 33 (0.59%) VMS
17 27 (0.48%) Unix
18 20 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
19 15 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,207 (21.50%) Customer Service
2 1,132 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
3 1,034 (18.42%) ITIL
4 777 (13.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 601 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
6 422 (7.52%) Project Management
7 376 (6.70%) Migration
8 368 (6.56%) Agile
9 337 (6.00%) Service Delivery
10 307 (5.47%) Mentoring
11 300 (5.34%) Service Management
12 280 (4.99%) Project Delivery
13 250 (4.45%) ITSM
14 249 (4.44%) Business Intelligence
14 249 (4.44%) DevOps
15 241 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 239 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
17 220 (3.92%) Roadmaps
18 206 (3.67%) Presales
19 201 (3.58%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 523 (9.32%) SQL
2 492 (8.76%) PowerShell
3 79 (1.41%) C#
4 68 (1.21%) Python
5 53 (0.94%) Bash
5 53 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 34 (0.61%) Java
7 29 (0.52%) VB
8 26 (0.46%) TypeScript
9 21 (0.37%) R
10 20 (0.36%) Bicep
11 18 (0.32%) VBScript
12 17 (0.30%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.089%) Formula Language
13 5 (0.089%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.089%) Perl
13 5 (0.089%) PHP
13 5 (0.089%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.071%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 770 (13.72%) Degree
2 407 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 212 (3.78%) Security Cleared
4 177 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
5 159 (2.83%) SC Cleared
6 157 (2.80%) DBS Check
7 149 (2.65%) CCNA
8 136 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 122 (2.17%) MCP
10 109 (1.94%) MCSE
11 101 (1.80%) A+ Certification
12 76 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
13 68 (1.21%) CISSP
14 65 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
14 65 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 62 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
16 61 (1.09%) MCSA
17 56 (1.00%) PMI Certification
18 53 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
19 42 (0.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 402 (7.16%) SLA
2 239 (4.26%) GDPR
3 174 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 158 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 67 (1.19%) NIST
6 62 (1.10%) QA
7 30 (0.53%) PMO
8 27 (0.48%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 25 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (0.27%) GRC
12 15 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 13 (0.23%) Data Quality
14 10 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.12%) NCSC
16 6 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.11%) COBIT
16 6 (0.11%) ISO 14001
16 6 (0.11%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,774 (49.41%) Active Directory
2 807 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 788 (14.04%) Hyper-V
4 134 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 131 (2.33%) vSphere
6 129 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
7 106 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
8 84 (1.50%) XenApp
9 73 (1.30%) XenDesktop
10 43 (0.77%) VirtualBox
11 39 (0.69%) Terminal Services
12 37 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
13 26 (0.46%) Docker
14 16 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 16 (0.29%) VMware Server
15 14 (0.25%) Firmware
16 10 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
17 7 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 6 (0.11%) NFS
18 6 (0.11%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 951 (16.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 292 (5.20%) SCCM
3 75 (1.34%) Terraform
4 72 (1.28%) Kubernetes
5 68 (1.21%) vCenter Server
6 60 (1.07%) WSUS
7 57 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 42 (0.75%) SCOM
9 37 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
10 34 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
11 33 (0.59%) FortiGate
12 29 (0.52%) CASB
13 27 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
14 26 (0.46%) Nagios
15 25 (0.45%) Ansible
15 25 (0.45%) Autotask
16 22 (0.39%) ZABBIX
17 20 (0.36%) SmoothWall
18 18 (0.32%) AirWatch
19 13 (0.23%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 3,934 (70.07%) Microsoft
2 1,269 (22.60%) VMware
3 428 (7.62%) Cisco
4 390 (6.95%) Citrix
5 323 (5.75%) Veeam
6 228 (4.06%) Google
7 225 (4.01%) Apple
8 156 (2.78%) Meraki
9 154 (2.74%) HP
10 142 (2.53%) Sophos
11 138 (2.46%) Dell
12 132 (2.35%) ServiceNow
13 109 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 89 (1.59%) Aruba
15 66 (1.18%) Adobe
16 53 (0.94%) SAP
17 52 (0.93%) SolarWinds
18 51 (0.91%) Draytek
18 51 (0.91%) WatchGuard
19 50 (0.89%) Salesforce