Hybrid/Remote Microsoft 365 Job Trends

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 46 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,198 976 2,312
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.75% 6.08% 6.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.95% 16.18% 16.29%
Number of salaries quoted 888 800 1,906
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,125
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -8.43%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,015 6,032 14,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.47% 37.57% 42.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,703 4,443 11,789
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,520 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Microsoft 365 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 409 (34.14%) SharePoint
2 244 (20.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.50%) Confluence
4 15 (1.25%) IIS
5 9 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.50%) CMS
7 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.083%) Apache
8 1 (0.083%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.083%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 195 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.42%) CorelDRAW
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.42%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.083%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 594 (49.58%) Azure
2 381 (31.80%) Entra ID
3 184 (15.36%) Power Platform
4 151 (12.60%) AWS
5 130 (10.85%) OneDrive
6 101 (8.43%) SaaS
7 82 (6.84%) PowerApps
8 78 (6.51%) Power Automate
9 75 (6.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 44 (3.67%) Mimecast
11 42 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 33 (2.75%) Google Workspace
13 30 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 24 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (1.92%) IaaS
17 21 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
18 19 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 19 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
19 18 (1.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 197 (16.44%) Firewall
2 171 (14.27%) DNS
3 135 (11.27%) DHCP
4 126 (10.52%) VPN
5 98 (8.18%) WAN
6 94 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
7 91 (7.60%) LAN
7 91 (7.60%) TCP/IP
8 56 (4.67%) VoIP
9 37 (3.09%) VLAN
10 30 (2.50%) Network Security
11 24 (2.00%) Wireless
12 19 (1.59%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.00%) SAN
14 11 (0.92%) Internet
15 10 (0.83%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.75%) WebEx
17 7 (0.58%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.34%) Power BI
2 53 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.25%) MySQL
5 15 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.50%) Metadata
7 5 (0.42%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.25%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.25%) Power Query
8 3 (0.25%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.083%) Big Data
10 1 (0.083%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.083%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.083%) Parquet
10 1 (0.083%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (5.34%) JIRA
2 5 (0.42%) Git
2 5 (0.42%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.17%) Selenium
3 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.083%) Postman
General
1 605 (50.50%) Social Skills
2 150 (12.52%) Finance
3 108 (9.02%) Legal
4 83 (6.93%) Law
5 62 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (5.09%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
9 41 (3.42%) Back Office
10 39 (3.26%) French Language
11 36 (3.01%) Swedish Language
12 29 (2.42%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.84%) Retail
15 21 (1.75%) Marketing
16 18 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (1.09%) Banking
17 13 (1.09%) Legal Technology
17 13 (1.09%) Manufacturing
18 11 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 286 (23.87%) IT Support
2 266 (22.20%) Support Engineer
3 215 (17.95%) IT Engineer
4 212 (17.70%) Analyst
5 185 (15.44%) IT Support Engineer
6 142 (11.85%) Senior
7 107 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 105 (8.76%) Service Analyst
9 99 (8.26%) Service Desk Analyst
10 76 (6.34%) Consultant
11 75 (6.26%) Support Analyst
12 62 (5.18%) IT Analyst
13 58 (4.84%) Developer
14 53 (4.42%) Lead
15 52 (4.34%) Architect
16 49 (4.09%) Support Technician
17 48 (4.01%) 2nd Line Support
17 48 (4.01%) IT Support Analyst
18 47 (3.92%) IT Technician
19 44 (3.67%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.51%) Microsoft Graph
2 36 (3.01%) HTML
3 35 (2.92%) .NET
4 32 (2.67%) HTML5 Canvas
5 31 (2.59%) CSS
6 30 (2.50%) SPFx
7 29 (2.42%) JSON
8 19 (1.59%) .NET Core
9 13 (1.09%) XML
10 11 (0.92%) React
11 9 (0.75%) XMPP
12 8 (0.67%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.67%) OAuth
12 8 (0.67%) OpenID
13 6 (0.50%) EDI
14 5 (0.42%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.42%) Middleware
14 5 (0.42%) REST
14 5 (0.42%) RESTful
14 5 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (8.68%) Onboarding
2 102 (8.51%) Driving Licence
3 28 (2.34%) Security Posture
4 26 (2.17%) Clustering
5 24 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 23 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (1.84%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.75%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
10 19 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.34%) Replication
12 11 (0.92%) CMDB
13 9 (0.75%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.75%) CCTV
13 9 (0.75%) FlexPod
13 9 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 521 (43.49%) Windows
2 203 (16.94%) Windows Server
3 129 (10.77%) Windows 10
4 58 (4.84%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.34%) Linux
6 38 (3.17%) Apple iOS
7 33 (2.75%) Android
7 33 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.50%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.33%) CentOS
13 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (27.80%) ITIL
2 304 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
3 297 (24.79%) Customer Service
4 230 (19.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 208 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
6 154 (12.85%) ITSM
7 139 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 131 (10.93%) Service Delivery
9 100 (8.35%) AI
10 94 (7.85%) Mentoring
11 93 (7.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 93 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 91 (7.60%) Roadmaps
12 91 (7.60%) User Experience
13 89 (7.43%) Service Management
14 86 (7.18%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (6.51%) Performance Metrics
16 76 (6.34%) Technical Leadership
17 75 (6.26%) Project Delivery
18 70 (5.84%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 168 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 94 (7.85%) SQL
3 48 (4.01%) C#
3 48 (4.01%) JavaScript
3 48 (4.01%) Python
4 30 (2.50%) TypeScript
5 26 (2.17%) R
6 17 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 14 (1.17%) VBA
8 12 (1.00%) Bash
9 9 (0.75%) Bicep
10 6 (0.50%) PHP
10 6 (0.50%) VBScript
11 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.33%) Delphi
11 4 (0.33%) Pascal
12 3 (0.25%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.25%) Java
12 3 (0.25%) Ruby
13 2 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 224 (18.70%) Degree
2 174 (14.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 111 (9.27%) Security Cleared
4 105 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 83 (6.93%) MCSE
6 76 (6.34%) AWS Certification
7 46 (3.84%) Azure Certification
8 35 (2.92%) CTC Cleared
9 26 (2.17%) DBS Check
10 25 (2.09%) CISSP
11 22 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (1.25%) CISM
15 13 (1.09%) CCNA
16 11 (0.92%) A+ Certification
17 10 (0.83%) HNC
17 10 (0.83%) HND
18 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 8 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (6.93%) SLA
3 82 (6.84%) QA
4 71 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (3.51%) GDPR
6 29 (2.42%) NIST
7 28 (2.34%) GRC
8 21 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (1.17%) Accessibility
10 12 (1.00%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.92%) PMO
12 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.42%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.25%) WCAG
15 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 1 (0.083%) Disclosure Scotland
16 1 (0.083%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.083%) NCSC
System Software
1 393 (32.80%) Active Directory
2 127 (10.60%) Hyper-V
3 75 (6.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.67%) vSphere
5 18 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.92%) BitLocker
9 8 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.50%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.50%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.50%) VMware Server
11 5 (0.42%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.33%) Docker
12 4 (0.33%) KVM
13 3 (0.25%) Firmware
14 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 278 (23.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.59%) SCCM
3 19 (1.59%) Terraform
4 18 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.09%) Autotask
7 10 (0.83%) Ansible
7 10 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.75%) Grafana
9 7 (0.58%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.58%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.50%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.33%) Graylog
11 4 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.25%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.17%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,066 (88.98%) Microsoft
2 135 (11.27%) ServiceNow
3 103 (8.60%) VMware
4 93 (7.76%) Cisco
5 41 (3.42%) Veeam
6 36 (3.01%) Google
7 35 (2.92%) Meraki
8 32 (2.67%) Apple
9 30 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (2.34%) iManage
11 27 (2.25%) Adobe
12 24 (2.00%) Computacenter
13 23 (1.92%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.59%) Dell
15 16 (1.34%) Salesforce
16 15 (1.25%) Palo Alto
16 15 (1.25%) SonicWALL
17 14 (1.17%) Citrix
18 13 (1.09%) Splunk
19 12 (1.00%) Ubiquiti