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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 44 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,304 967 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.79% 5.87% 6.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.98% 16.08% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 775 1,324
10th Percentile £28,850 £27,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -17.19% -
75th Percentile £62,813 £58,086 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £74,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.41% -4.71%

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 8,705 6,014 10,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.63% 36.49% 41.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,284 4,432 8,195
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,489 £43,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £64,488
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.96% -0.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 6 August 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
1 456 (34.97%) SharePoint
2 276 (21.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.69%) Confluence
4 18 (1.38%) IIS
5 6 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.38%) CMS
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.077%) Apache
8 1 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.077%) WordPress
Applications
1 160 (12.27%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.38%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.077%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.61%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 670 (51.38%) Azure
2 410 (31.44%) Entra ID
3 230 (17.64%) Power Platform
4 167 (12.81%) AWS
5 137 (10.51%) OneDrive
6 109 (8.36%) PowerApps
7 108 (8.28%) Power Automate
8 98 (7.52%) SaaS
9 97 (7.44%) Microsoft Copilot
10 56 (4.29%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.60%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.76%) Google Workspace
15 31 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 23 (1.76%) Copilot Studio
17 23 (1.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 216 (16.56%) Firewall
2 190 (14.57%) DNS
3 144 (11.04%) DHCP
3 144 (11.04%) VPN
4 115 (8.82%) LAN
5 112 (8.59%) WAN
6 106 (8.13%) TCP/IP
7 96 (7.36%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (4.06%) VoIP
9 45 (3.45%) VLAN
10 39 (2.99%) Network Security
11 38 (2.91%) Wireless
12 19 (1.46%) Unified Communications
13 13 (1.00%) SAN
14 11 (0.84%) Internet
15 10 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (0.77%) WebEx
16 8 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.83%) Power BI
2 52 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.69%) Metadata
5 9 (0.69%) MySQL
5 9 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Power Query
10 1 (0.077%) Big Data
10 1 (0.077%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.077%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.077%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 80 (6.13%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Git
3 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) Selenium
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.077%) Postman
5 1 (0.077%) Rational DOORS
General
1 642 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 172 (13.19%) Finance
3 126 (9.66%) Legal
4 107 (8.21%) Law
5 71 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.68%) Swedish Language
9 44 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.30%) French Language
12 30 (2.30%) Retail
13 23 (1.76%) Marketing
14 18 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.30%) Banking
16 15 (1.15%) Advertising
16 15 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.07%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 303 (23.24%) IT Support
2 230 (17.64%) Support Engineer
3 224 (17.18%) Analyst
4 210 (16.10%) IT Engineer
5 186 (14.26%) IT Support Engineer
6 155 (11.89%) Senior
7 109 (8.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 98 (7.52%) Service Analyst
9 93 (7.13%) Consultant
9 93 (7.13%) Service Desk Analyst
10 86 (6.60%) Support Analyst
11 75 (5.75%) Architect
12 70 (5.37%) Developer
13 65 (4.98%) IT Analyst
14 59 (4.52%) Lead
15 53 (4.06%) IT Manager
15 53 (4.06%) IT Support Analyst
16 50 (3.83%) IT Technician
17 49 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
18 48 (3.68%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.68%) Microsoft Graph
2 45 (3.45%) HTML
3 40 (3.07%) .NET
4 39 (2.99%) CSS
5 35 (2.68%) HTML5 Canvas
5 35 (2.68%) SPFx
6 23 (1.76%) JSON
7 20 (1.53%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.92%) React
9 10 (0.77%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.77%) REST
9 10 (0.77%) XMPP
10 7 (0.54%) XML
11 6 (0.46%) OpenID
12 5 (0.38%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (0.38%) OAuth
12 5 (0.38%) RESTful
13 4 (0.31%) Next.js
13 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.67%) Onboarding
2 104 (7.98%) Driving Licence
3 38 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.53%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.15%) Clustering
8 25 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.84%) Product Ownership
10 21 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.30%) Replication
13 16 (1.23%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (1.07%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.07%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.77%) FlexPod
15 10 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
16 9 (0.69%) PKI
17 8 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 531 (40.72%) Windows
2 236 (18.10%) Windows Server
3 79 (6.06%) Windows 10
4 72 (5.52%) Mac OS
5 65 (4.98%) Linux
6 33 (2.53%) Apple iOS
7 32 (2.45%) Android
8 28 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.23%) CentOS
13 2 (0.15%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.077%) Debian
14 1 (0.077%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (23.70%) ITIL
3 272 (20.86%) Customer Service
4 251 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (15.41%) Cybersecurity
6 171 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 156 (11.96%) ITSM
8 124 (9.51%) Service Delivery
9 123 (9.43%) AI
10 122 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 121 (9.28%) Roadmaps
12 112 (8.59%) Mentoring
13 106 (8.13%) Project Delivery
14 103 (7.90%) User Experience
15 101 (7.75%) Disaster Recovery
16 96 (7.36%) Technical Leadership
17 93 (7.13%) Service Management
18 87 (6.67%) Information Security
19 85 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
20 81 (6.21%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.11%) PowerShell
2 98 (7.52%) SQL
3 61 (4.68%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.52%) C#
5 57 (4.37%) Python
6 31 (2.38%) R
6 31 (2.38%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.53%) VBA
8 18 (1.38%) Bicep
9 16 (1.23%) Bash
10 11 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.46%) VBScript
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
13 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.23%) Delphi
13 3 (0.23%) Java
13 3 (0.23%) Pascal
13 3 (0.23%) Ruby
14 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 200 (15.34%) Degree
2 179 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 83 (6.37%) Security Cleared
4 80 (6.13%) MCSE
5 79 (6.06%) AWS Certification
6 77 (5.90%) SC Cleared
7 57 (4.37%) Azure Certification
8 30 (2.30%) CISSP
9 25 (1.92%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.46%) CISM
13 15 (1.15%) CCNA
14 11 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.84%) CEH
14 11 (0.84%) PMP
15 10 (0.77%) HNC
15 10 (0.77%) HND
16 9 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (8.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (6.21%) QA
3 76 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 64 (4.91%) SLA
5 52 (3.99%) GDPR
6 46 (3.53%) GRC
7 32 (2.45%) NIST
8 21 (1.61%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.00%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.54%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.23%) WCAG
15 2 (0.15%) NCSC
16 1 (0.077%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 431 (33.05%) Active Directory
2 144 (11.04%) Hyper-V
3 90 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.76%) vSphere
5 22 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 19 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.84%) BitLocker
8 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.61%) VMware Server
10 7 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.38%) ClearTrust
13 4 (0.31%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.31%) Docker
13 4 (0.31%) KVM
14 2 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.15%) Firmware
15 1 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 304 (23.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.22%) Terraform
3 28 (2.15%) SCCM
4 18 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.84%) Ansible
8 10 (0.77%) Autotask
8 10 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
8 10 (0.77%) Grafana
9 9 (0.69%) Kubernetes
10 8 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.46%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.31%) Graylog
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,165 (89.34%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.89%) ServiceNow
3 119 (9.13%) VMware
4 76 (5.83%) Cisco
5 50 (3.83%) Veeam
6 41 (3.14%) Google
7 38 (2.91%) Meraki
8 35 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.45%) Apple
10 29 (2.22%) iManage
11 27 (2.07%) Fortinet
12 25 (1.92%) Adobe
13 19 (1.46%) Computacenter
13 19 (1.46%) Palo Alto
14 18 (1.38%) Salesforce
14 18 (1.38%) Zscaler
15 17 (1.30%) SonicWALL
15 17 (1.30%) Ubiquiti
16 16 (1.23%) Citrix
16 16 (1.23%) Splunk
488 hybrid/remote Microsoft 365 jobs