Microsoft 365 Specialist Jobs

Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist)
UK

The median Microsoft 365 Specialist (M365 Specialist) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 944 1178
Rank change year-on-year +125 +234 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft 365 Specialist 65 31 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.031% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.034% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 62 15 25
10th Percentile £35,075 £37,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,603 £46,750 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +17.08%
75th Percentile £56,148 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 - £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.55% -0.50% +19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 Specialist in the UK

Microsoft 365 Specialist
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 Specialist within the UK 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
England +121 65 £45,000 -25.00% 19
UK excluding London +19 45 £45,000 -9.55% 14
North of England +67 33 £47,500 -32.14% 7
London +116 20 £72,500 +11.54% 6
North West +12 14 £45,000 -45.45% 1
Work from Home +77 13 £47,500 -7.32% 9
South East +22 11 £39,870 - 4
North East - 10 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire +90 9 £47,500 -17.39% 4
Midlands -14 1 £65,000 +31.31% 2
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Microsoft 365 Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Microsoft 365 Specialist in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (66.15%) Microsoft
3 39 (60.00%) SharePoint
4 31 (47.69%) Azure
5 23 (35.38%) Active Directory
6 21 (32.31%) Process Improvement
7 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
8 19 (29.23%) Entra ID
9 17 (26.15%) Power Platform
9 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (20.00%) OneDrive
12 11 (16.92%) Windows
12 11 (16.92%) Local Government
12 11 (16.92%) Law
13 10 (15.38%) Business Process Improvement
13 10 (15.38%) DBS Check
13 10 (15.38%) Fire and Rescue
13 10 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
14 8 (12.31%) Migration
14 8 (12.31%) Degree
14 8 (12.31%) Compliance Management
14 8 (12.31%) Windows Server
14 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
15 7 (10.77%) Power BI
15 7 (10.77%) E-Discovery
15 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (10.77%) Finance
16 6 (9.23%) Data Management
16 6 (9.23%) Android

Microsoft 365 Specialist Skill Set
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 39 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.54%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 65 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (47.69%) Azure
3 19 (29.23%) Entra ID
4 17 (26.15%) Power Platform
5 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 13 (20.00%) OneDrive
7 6 (9.23%) Power Automate
7 6 (9.23%) PowerApps
8 5 (7.69%) AWS
8 5 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (7.69%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.54%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.54%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) DKIM
1 5 (7.69%) DMARC
2 4 (6.15%) Firewall
2 4 (6.15%) Wireless
3 2 (3.08%) LAN
3 2 (3.08%) WAN
4 1 (1.54%) DNS
4 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.77%) Power BI
2 5 (7.69%) Metadata
General
1 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.92%) Law
2 11 (16.92%) Local Government
3 10 (15.38%) Fire and Rescue
4 7 (10.77%) Finance
5 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Social Science
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) BYOD
1 5 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.92%) Windows
2 8 (12.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.23%) Android
4 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) Process Improvement
2 10 (15.38%) Business Process Improvement
2 10 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
3 8 (12.31%) Compliance Management
3 8 (12.31%) Migration
4 7 (10.77%) E-Discovery
4 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.23%) Analytics
5 6 (9.23%) Data Governance
5 6 (9.23%) Data Management
5 6 (9.23%) ITIL
6 5 (7.69%) API Integration
6 5 (7.69%) B2B
6 5 (7.69%) B2C
6 5 (7.69%) Configuration Management
6 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (7.69%) Metadata Management
6 5 (7.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (15.38%) DBS Check
2 8 (12.31%) Degree
3 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.62%) SLA
2 2 (3.08%) GRC
System Software
1 23 (35.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (66.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.69%) Apple
2 5 (7.69%) Proofpoint
3 4 (6.15%) VMware
4 3 (4.62%) Citrix
4 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.54%) Adobe
5 1 (1.54%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.54%) Salesforce