Microsoft 365 Jobs in the North West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 36 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 672 547 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.99% 7.48% 6.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.70% 17.14% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 576 438 530
10th Percentile £23,500 £24,925 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,285 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -13.58%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £38,500 £40,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.94% -4.71% -

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,593 3,192 4,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.05% 43.67% 43.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,744 1,858 2,655
10th Percentile £29,075 £33,000 £31,080
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the North West

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Manchester +14 328 £41,500 -9.78% 72
Cheshire -3 160 £37,500 - 35
Merseyside +2 93 £42,500 +6.25% 13
Lancashire +8 77 £32,000 -32.63% 25
Cumbria -13 13 £32,000 -28.89% 6
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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
1 109 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (14.58%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.93%) IIS
4 5 (0.74%) Confluence
5 4 (0.60%) CMS
5 4 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (10.57%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.15%) InDesign
6 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.89%) Epicor Tropos
3 5 (0.74%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.45%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.30%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.30%) iTrent
5 2 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 328 (48.81%) Azure
2 107 (15.92%) Entra ID
3 102 (15.18%) AWS
4 50 (7.44%) Power Platform
5 33 (4.91%) GCP
6 25 (3.72%) SaaS
7 20 (2.98%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.83%) OneDrive
8 19 (2.83%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.08%) IaaS
10 13 (1.93%) PaaS
11 8 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (1.19%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.89%) Amazon ELB
13 6 (0.89%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 111 (16.52%) DNS
2 86 (12.80%) DHCP
3 85 (12.65%) Firewall
4 81 (12.05%) WAN
5 68 (10.12%) LAN
6 39 (5.80%) VPN
7 35 (5.21%) Internet
7 35 (5.21%) TCP/IP
7 35 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (4.32%) Wireless
9 26 (3.87%) SAN
10 25 (3.72%) SSL
11 24 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
12 23 (3.42%) VoIP
13 21 (3.13%) Network Security
14 20 (2.98%) SD-WAN
15 12 (1.79%) iSCSI
16 11 (1.64%) Broadband
16 11 (1.64%) NAS
17 10 (1.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.23%) Power BI
3 10 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.60%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.30%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.30%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.15%) MySQL
9 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (1.19%) Git
2 5 (0.74%) JIRA
3 2 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 207 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 64 (9.52%) Finance
3 59 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (8.33%) Retail
5 45 (6.70%) Law
6 40 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (4.32%) Legal
8 26 (3.87%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.49%) Local Government
14 8 (1.19%) Billing
14 8 (1.19%) Police
15 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.60%) Games
16 3 (0.45%) Advertising
16 3 (0.45%) Marketing
17 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 119 (17.71%) Analyst
2 103 (15.33%) IT Support
3 75 (11.16%) Support Engineer
4 68 (10.12%) IT Engineer
5 66 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (7.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 50 (7.44%) Service Analyst
8 49 (7.29%) IT Manager
9 45 (6.70%) Service Desk Analyst
10 42 (6.25%) IT Analyst
11 36 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
12 35 (5.21%) Senior
13 34 (5.06%) IT Technician
14 32 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (4.76%) Lead
15 29 (4.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 29 (4.32%) Architect
16 27 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 27 (4.02%) Administrator
17 26 (3.87%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.38%) OLE
2 6 (0.89%) CSS
2 6 (0.89%) HTML
2 6 (0.89%) SPFx
3 5 (0.74%) .NET
3 5 (0.74%) LDAP
4 4 (0.60%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.30%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.30%) REST
6 2 (0.30%) Web Services
7 1 (0.15%) Classic ASP
7 1 (0.15%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.15%) Laravel
7 1 (0.15%) SAML
7 1 (0.15%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 36 (5.36%) Smartphone
3 23 (3.42%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.98%) Public Cloud
5 17 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.08%) PKI
7 12 (1.79%) PMI
7 12 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.64%) Blog
9 10 (1.49%) EPoS
10 9 (1.34%) Cyberattack
10 9 (1.34%) iPad
10 9 (1.34%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.34%) Replication
11 8 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.04%) FMCG
13 6 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.89%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 251 (37.35%) Windows
2 104 (15.48%) Windows Server
3 77 (11.46%) Windows 10
4 42 (6.25%) Linux
5 23 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (2.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.93%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.64%) Android
10 10 (1.49%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.34%) Windows Phone
12 7 (1.04%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.60%) Debian
14 3 (0.45%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.45%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.30%) Unix
15 2 (0.30%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (18.15%) ITIL
2 116 (17.26%) Customer Service
3 100 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 79 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
6 74 (11.01%) Disaster Recovery
7 71 (10.57%) Migration
7 71 (10.57%) Project Management
8 55 (8.18%) ITSM
9 53 (7.89%) Agile
10 51 (7.59%) CRM
11 49 (7.29%) ERP
12 46 (6.85%) Time Management
13 44 (6.55%) Service Management
14 36 (5.36%) Presales
15 34 (5.06%) Capacity Planning
15 34 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 31 (4.61%) Information Security
16 31 (4.61%) Mentoring
17 30 (4.46%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (8.63%) PowerShell
2 57 (8.48%) SQL
3 16 (2.38%) R
4 8 (1.19%) C#
4 8 (1.19%) Python
5 7 (1.04%) Bash
5 7 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.60%) Bicep
7 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (12.05%) Degree
2 65 (9.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (3.42%) MCP
5 22 (3.27%) CCNA
6 20 (2.98%) DBS Check
7 19 (2.83%) A+ Certification
8 18 (2.68%) PMI Certification
9 15 (2.23%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.79%) Security Cleared
11 10 (1.49%) CCNP
11 10 (1.49%) MCSE
11 10 (1.49%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.34%) MCSA
13 7 (1.04%) CISSP
13 7 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.89%) Citrix Certification
14 6 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.25%) SLA
2 26 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.13%) GDPR
4 16 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.93%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.64%) NIST
7 7 (1.04%) GRC
8 5 (0.74%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.60%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.60%) QA
10 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.45%) NCSC
11 2 (0.30%) PMO
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 363 (54.02%) Active Directory
2 79 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (10.57%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.23%) Terminal Services
5 8 (1.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.60%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.30%) XenApp
8 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.15%) Docker
9 1 (0.15%) Snort
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 111 (16.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.68%) SCCM
3 17 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (2.23%) Terraform
5 12 (1.79%) Opsgenie
5 12 (1.79%) VxRail
5 12 (1.79%) ZABBIX
6 9 (1.34%) AirWatch
7 8 (1.19%) CASB
8 5 (0.74%) Autotask
8 5 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.74%) WSUS
9 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.45%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.45%) SELinux
10 3 (0.45%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.30%) Grafana
11 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.15%) Graylog
Vendors
1 460 (68.45%) Microsoft
2 121 (18.01%) VMware
3 56 (8.33%) Citrix
4 44 (6.55%) Cisco
5 28 (4.17%) Apple
5 28 (4.17%) Veeam
6 23 (3.42%) Google
7 20 (2.98%) Fortinet
8 17 (2.53%) Sophos
9 16 (2.38%) Adobe
9 16 (2.38%) Dell
9 16 (2.38%) NetApp
10 14 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.08%) SolarWinds
11 12 (1.79%) HP
11 12 (1.79%) SAP
12 11 (1.64%) Virgin Media
13 10 (1.49%) iManage
14 9 (1.34%) Datto
14 9 (1.34%) Meraki