Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 42 60
Rank change year-on-year +16 +18 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 7,503 6,544 8,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.56% 6.48% 5.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 21.19% 15.12% 11.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,428 5,398 6,926
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,750 £24,949
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £53,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £36,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year - +2.82% -6.58%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,402 43,277 76,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.68% 42.84% 48.35%
Number of salaries quoted 26,746 28,483 41,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,790 £33,779
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the UK

Microsoft 365
Top 19 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 10 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 +19 6,865 £39,500 -3.38% 1,415
UK excluding London +14 5,666 £36,500 - 1,181
Work from Home +21 2,398 £45,000 -5.26% 555
London +12 1,613 £52,501 +0.39% 327
South East +12 1,488 £37,500 +2.74% 267
North of England +25 1,396 £37,500 -3.79% 299
Midlands +20 1,025 £35,000 -4.11% 211
South West +16 684 £37,500 +7.14% 167
North West +13 650 £40,000 -5.88% 151
West Midlands +23 628 £37,000 -7.50% 130
East of England +16 609 £32,500 -7.14% 140
Yorkshire +40 566 £35,000 - 113
East Midlands +31 390 £33,500 +3.98% 81
Scotland -30 277 £37,750 +0.67% 73
North East +28 180 £37,500 +7.14% 39
Wales +14 110 £28,290 -24.56% 32
Northern Ireland +22 55 £35,000 -14.11% 20
Isle of Man - 20 £37,000 - 3
Channel Islands -1 4 £85,000 +34.92%

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 1,742 (23.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1,643 (21.90%) SharePoint
3 72 (0.96%) IIS
4 68 (0.91%) Confluence
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
5 44 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 40 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 33 (0.44%) WordPress
8 26 (0.35%) CMS
9 20 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2007
10 14 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
11 12 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
12 9 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
13 8 (0.11%) SAS
14 6 (0.080%) Exchange Server 2000
14 6 (0.080%) OpenStack
15 4 (0.053%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.053%) IBM Notes
15 4 (0.053%) Jupyter
16 3 (0.040%) Apache
Applications
1 1,130 (15.06%) Microsoft Office
2 290 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 108 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 41 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.12%) Trello
8 8 (0.11%) InfoPath
9 7 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.093%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.080%) InVision
10 6 (0.080%) LightWave 3D
10 6 (0.080%) Sketch
11 4 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.053%) InDesign
12 3 (0.040%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.040%) SPSS
13 2 (0.027%) 1Password
13 2 (0.027%) CATIA
13 2 (0.027%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 93 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 14 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
5 13 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 11 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
7 8 (0.11%) Magento
7 8 (0.11%) Maximo
8 7 (0.093%) Elite 3E
8 7 (0.093%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.093%) Sage 200
8 7 (0.093%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.080%) Sage X3
9 6 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.080%) Shopify
10 5 (0.067%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.067%) SAP CX
11 4 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
12 3 (0.040%) Eikon
12 3 (0.040%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 3,809 (50.77%) Azure
2 1,266 (16.87%) Entra ID
3 718 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 567 (7.56%) AWS
5 503 (6.70%) OneDrive
6 362 (4.82%) PowerApps
7 324 (4.32%) Power Automate
8 309 (4.12%) SaaS
9 233 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
10 203 (2.71%) GCP
11 202 (2.69%) IaaS
12 183 (2.44%) PaaS
13 180 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
14 126 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
15 122 (1.63%) Mimecast
16 119 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
17 108 (1.44%) Google Workspace
18 85 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
18 85 (1.13%) WhatsApp
19 83 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1,380 (18.39%) Firewall
2 985 (13.13%) DNS
3 784 (10.45%) WAN
4 726 (9.68%) DHCP
5 668 (8.90%) LAN
6 548 (7.30%) VPN
7 495 (6.60%) Wi-Fi
8 432 (5.76%) TCP/IP
9 413 (5.50%) Wireless
10 340 (4.53%) VLAN
11 322 (4.29%) SAN
12 294 (3.92%) VoIP
13 216 (2.88%) SD-WAN
14 187 (2.49%) Remote Desktop
15 173 (2.31%) Internet
16 159 (2.12%) Network Security
17 143 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
18 119 (1.59%) NAS
19 102 (1.36%) WebEx
20 95 (1.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (5.42%) SQL Server
2 400 (5.33%) Power BI
3 96 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
4 58 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 57 (0.76%) MySQL
6 55 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 22 (0.29%) Relational Database
11 19 (0.25%) GIS
11 19 (0.25%) Metadata
12 17 (0.23%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
13 14 (0.19%) MariaDB
14 12 (0.16%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.15%) EDMS
15 11 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (0.12%) Power Query
17 7 (0.093%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 130 (1.73%) JIRA
2 49 (0.65%) Git
3 20 (0.27%) Visual Studio
4 18 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.13%) gulp
5 10 (0.13%) Yeoman
6 8 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.067%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.053%) Hudson
8 4 (0.053%) MSI
8 4 (0.053%) Subversion
9 2 (0.027%) GitLab
10 1 (0.013%) Dreamweaver
10 1 (0.013%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.013%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.013%) Postman
10 1 (0.013%) Sourcetree
10 1 (0.013%) Vagrant
General
1 2,481 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 981 (13.07%) Finance
3 575 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
4 381 (5.08%) Law
5 288 (3.84%) Legal
6 276 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 261 (3.48%) Retail
8 259 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 250 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 219 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 211 (2.81%) Telecoms
12 176 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 149 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
14 145 (1.93%) Marketing
15 82 (1.09%) Banking
16 74 (0.99%) Local Government
17 73 (0.97%) Games
18 69 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
19 68 (0.91%) Automotive
20 60 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1,557 (20.75%) IT Support
2 1,161 (15.47%) Support Engineer
3 1,089 (14.51%) Analyst
4 974 (12.98%) IT Engineer
5 702 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 697 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 649 (8.65%) Senior
8 533 (7.10%) IT Technician
9 483 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 422 (5.62%) IT Analyst
11 400 (5.33%) Lead
12 394 (5.25%) IT Manager
13 392 (5.22%) Support Analyst
14 389 (5.18%) Support Technician
15 358 (4.77%) Architect
16 321 (4.28%) IT Support Technician
17 312 (4.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 312 (4.16%) Service Analyst
18 298 (3.97%) 1st Line Support
19 293 (3.91%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (2.65%) .NET
2 70 (0.93%) HTML
3 69 (0.92%) SPFx
4 53 (0.71%) ARM Templates
4 53 (0.71%) CSS
5 42 (0.56%) JSON
6 31 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
7 27 (0.36%) React
8 26 (0.35%) ASP.NET
9 23 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
10 22 (0.29%) EDI
11 19 (0.25%) REST
11 19 (0.25%) RESTful
12 18 (0.24%) .NET Framework
12 18 (0.24%) Web Services
13 17 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (0.21%) OLE
14 16 (0.21%) SAML
15 14 (0.19%) OAuth
15 14 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 393 (5.24%) Driving Licence
2 348 (4.64%) Data Centre
3 299 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
4 261 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 223 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 207 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
7 175 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 138 (1.84%) PKI
9 132 (1.76%) Replication
10 97 (1.29%) Wiki
11 84 (1.12%) Smartphone
12 79 (1.05%) Clustering
13 76 (1.01%) iPad
14 75 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
15 72 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
16 70 (0.93%) CCTV
17 63 (0.84%) Product Ownership
18 61 (0.81%) iPhone
19 57 (0.76%) Private Cloud
20 56 (0.75%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4,046 (53.93%) Windows
2 1,998 (26.63%) Windows Server
3 1,335 (17.79%) Windows 10
4 374 (4.98%) Android
5 367 (4.89%) Linux
6 348 (4.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 318 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
8 261 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 255 (3.40%) Apple iOS
10 236 (3.15%) Mac OS
11 194 (2.59%) Windows 7
12 113 (1.51%) Windows 8
13 86 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 63 (0.84%) Mac OS X
15 62 (0.83%) Ubuntu
16 43 (0.57%) CentOS
17 41 (0.55%) VMS
18 31 (0.41%) Unix
19 27 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
20 22 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,464 (19.51%) Customer Service
2 1,460 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
3 1,348 (17.97%) ITIL
4 954 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 848 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
6 566 (7.54%) Project Management
7 504 (6.72%) Agile
8 492 (6.56%) Migration
9 473 (6.30%) Service Delivery
10 404 (5.38%) Mentoring
11 400 (5.33%) Business Intelligence
12 387 (5.16%) Service Management
13 372 (4.96%) ITSM
14 364 (4.85%) Project Delivery
15 362 (4.82%) DevOps
16 350 (4.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 332 (4.42%) Information Security
18 331 (4.41%) Roadmaps
19 309 (4.12%) Disaster Recovery
20 300 (4.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 796 (10.61%) PowerShell
2 665 (8.86%) SQL
3 153 (2.04%) C#
4 100 (1.33%) Python
5 89 (1.19%) Bash
6 86 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 43 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 39 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 37 (0.49%) Java
10 30 (0.40%) VB
11 28 (0.37%) Bicep
12 21 (0.28%) R
13 18 (0.24%) VBScript
14 9 (0.12%) Perl
14 9 (0.12%) PHP
14 9 (0.12%) VBA
15 7 (0.093%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.067%) Formula Language
16 5 (0.067%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.067%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1,155 (15.39%) Degree
2 534 (7.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 275 (3.67%) Security Cleared
4 216 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
5 206 (2.75%) Azure Certification
6 200 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 196 (2.61%) SC Cleared
8 186 (2.48%) DBS Check
9 164 (2.19%) CCNA
10 145 (1.93%) Master's Degree
11 142 (1.89%) CISSP
11 142 (1.89%) MCSE
12 135 (1.80%) MCP
13 123 (1.64%) A+ Certification
14 112 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
15 95 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 83 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
17 82 (1.09%) MCSA
18 71 (0.95%) PMI Certification
19 57 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 521 (6.94%) SLA
2 283 (3.77%) GDPR
3 251 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 240 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 97 (1.29%) NIST
6 70 (0.93%) QA
7 47 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 46 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 36 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 35 (0.47%) GRC
11 33 (0.44%) PMO
12 32 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 30 (0.40%) Data Quality
14 21 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 19 (0.25%) COBIT
15 19 (0.25%) ISO 9001
16 18 (0.24%) SOC 2
17 15 (0.20%) NCSC
18 6 (0.080%) Actionable Recommendations
18 6 (0.080%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 3,676 (48.99%) Active Directory
2 1,015 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 885 (11.80%) Hyper-V
4 275 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
5 186 (2.48%) XenApp
6 182 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 173 (2.31%) vSphere
8 168 (2.24%) XenDesktop
9 123 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
10 95 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
11 59 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 49 (0.65%) Terminal Services
13 45 (0.60%) VirtualBox
14 29 (0.39%) Docker
15 20 (0.27%) Firmware
16 17 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 17 (0.23%) VMware Server
17 12 (0.16%) vCloud
18 10 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
19 8 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 1,286 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 518 (6.90%) SCCM
3 112 (1.49%) Terraform
4 110 (1.47%) AirWatch
5 98 (1.31%) vCenter Server
6 85 (1.13%) WSUS
7 78 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 77 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 74 (0.99%) Kubernetes
10 68 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
11 47 (0.63%) SCOM
12 45 (0.60%) FortiGate
13 42 (0.56%) Ansible
14 39 (0.52%) CASB
14 39 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
15 28 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
16 26 (0.35%) Autotask
16 26 (0.35%) Nagios
17 21 (0.28%) SmoothWall
17 21 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5,354 (71.36%) Microsoft
2 1,584 (21.11%) VMware
3 671 (8.94%) Cisco
4 582 (7.76%) Citrix
5 373 (4.97%) Veeam
6 333 (4.44%) Apple
7 297 (3.96%) Google
8 214 (2.85%) ServiceNow
9 199 (2.65%) HP
9 199 (2.65%) Meraki
10 176 (2.35%) Dell
11 155 (2.07%) Sophos
12 128 (1.71%) Fortinet
13 105 (1.40%) Aruba
14 98 (1.31%) iManage
15 83 (1.11%) Adobe
16 78 (1.04%) SAP
17 66 (0.88%) SolarWinds
18 63 (0.84%) Salesforce
19 60 (0.80%) Palo Alto