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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 45 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 -17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,038 952 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.41% 6.41% 6.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.20% 16.46% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 748 778 1,992
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -6.08% -5.97%
75th Percentile £65,212 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £73,700
UK median annual salary £39,076 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +5.26% -8.78%

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 7,310 5,785 14,265
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.11% 38.96% 42.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,024 4,181 12,054
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,920
25th Percentile £46,213 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% +1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 June 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
1 340 (32.76%) SharePoint
2 211 (20.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.54%) Confluence
4 13 (1.25%) IIS
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache
7 2 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 200 (19.27%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.096%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.096%) CorelDRAW
Business Applications
1 11 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.48%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.096%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 510 (49.13%) Azure
2 307 (29.58%) Entra ID
3 140 (13.49%) Power Platform
4 139 (13.39%) AWS
5 109 (10.50%) OneDrive
6 73 (7.03%) SaaS
7 64 (6.17%) PowerApps
8 63 (6.07%) Power Automate
9 49 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (3.66%) Google Workspace
11 34 (3.28%) Mimecast
12 28 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
14 23 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
14 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (2.02%) IaaS
16 19 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 18 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
18 17 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 169 (16.28%) Firewall
2 146 (14.07%) DNS
3 116 (11.18%) VPN
4 115 (11.08%) DHCP
5 88 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
6 81 (7.80%) WAN
7 78 (7.51%) TCP/IP
8 71 (6.84%) LAN
9 55 (5.30%) VoIP
10 32 (3.08%) VLAN
11 20 (1.93%) Network Security
12 18 (1.73%) Unified Communications
13 15 (1.45%) SD-WAN
14 12 (1.16%) SAN
15 11 (1.06%) Wireless
16 9 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.87%) Internet
16 9 (0.87%) WebEx
17 7 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.55%) Power BI
2 49 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.54%) MySQL
5 16 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.39%) Metadata
9 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.29%) Power Query
9 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.096%) Big Data
11 1 (0.096%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (4.91%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Git
2 5 (0.48%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.19%) Selenium
4 1 (0.096%) Postman
General
1 498 (47.98%) Social Skills
2 132 (12.72%) Finance
3 90 (8.67%) Legal
4 61 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (5.68%) Law
7 58 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 54 (5.20%) Back Office
9 49 (4.72%) French Language
10 48 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.50%) Retail
12 21 (2.02%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.93%) Marketing
14 16 (1.54%) Swedish Language
15 14 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.25%) Banking
16 13 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.96%) Local Government
18 9 (0.87%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 243 (23.41%) IT Support
2 240 (23.12%) Support Engineer
3 190 (18.30%) Analyst
4 182 (17.53%) IT Engineer
5 152 (14.64%) IT Support Engineer
6 118 (11.37%) Senior
7 99 (9.54%) Service Analyst
8 96 (9.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 91 (8.77%) Service Desk Analyst
10 64 (6.17%) Consultant
11 60 (5.78%) Support Analyst
12 57 (5.49%) Desktop Support
13 55 (5.30%) Desktop Engineer
13 55 (5.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 55 (5.30%) IT Analyst
14 50 (4.82%) IT Technician
15 49 (4.72%) Developer
15 49 (4.72%) Support Technician
16 48 (4.62%) Lead
16 48 (4.62%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.76%) Microsoft Graph
2 35 (3.37%) .NET
3 30 (2.89%) HTML
4 29 (2.79%) CSS
4 29 (2.79%) HTML5 Canvas
4 29 (2.79%) JSON
5 25 (2.41%) SPFx
6 21 (2.02%) .NET Core
7 9 (0.87%) React
7 9 (0.87%) XML
7 9 (0.87%) XMPP
8 7 (0.67%) OAuth
8 7 (0.67%) OpenID
9 6 (0.58%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.58%) EDI
10 5 (0.48%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.48%) Middleware
10 5 (0.48%) RESTful
11 4 (0.39%) Next.js
11 4 (0.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.80%) Onboarding
2 80 (7.71%) Driving Licence
3 29 (2.79%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.02%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.02%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.73%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.64%) Replication
10 14 (1.35%) Clustering
10 14 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.06%) CMDB
11 11 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.87%) CCTV
12 9 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.87%) FlexPod
13 8 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 470 (45.28%) Windows
2 177 (17.05%) Windows Server
3 148 (14.26%) Windows 10
4 49 (4.72%) Linux
4 49 (4.72%) Mac OS
5 45 (4.34%) Apple iOS
6 37 (3.56%) Android
7 35 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 22 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.39%) CentOS
12 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (30.73%) ITIL
2 277 (26.69%) Customer Service
3 267 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
4 209 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 187 (18.02%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (12.24%) ITSM
7 116 (11.18%) Service Delivery
8 108 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 88 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
9 88 (8.48%) Service Management
10 82 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
11 76 (7.32%) AI
12 74 (7.13%) Roadmaps
13 73 (7.03%) Mentoring
13 73 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (7.03%) User Experience
14 68 (6.55%) Patch Management
15 67 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
16 64 (6.17%) Customer Experience
17 63 (6.07%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 153 (14.74%) PowerShell
2 84 (8.09%) SQL
3 44 (4.24%) C#
4 41 (3.95%) JavaScript
5 40 (3.85%) Python
6 28 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.64%) R
8 16 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.16%) Bash
10 11 (1.06%) VBA
11 9 (0.87%) Bicep
12 6 (0.58%) PHP
12 6 (0.58%) VBScript
13 4 (0.39%) Delphi
13 4 (0.39%) Pascal
14 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.29%) Java
14 3 (0.29%) Ruby
15 2 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 222 (21.39%) Degree
2 170 (16.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 105 (10.12%) Security Cleared
4 101 (9.73%) SC Cleared
5 73 (7.03%) MCSE
6 70 (6.74%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.62%) CTC Cleared
8 39 (3.76%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (2.31%) DBS Check
10 22 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.93%) CISSP
12 14 (1.35%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.35%) CCNA
12 14 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.96%) CISM
15 9 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.67%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (7.71%) SLA
3 74 (7.13%) QA
4 57 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (2.89%) GDPR
6 23 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (2.12%) NIST
8 12 (1.16%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.06%) PMO
10 10 (0.96%) GRC
11 7 (0.67%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.096%) HL7
14 1 (0.096%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.096%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.096%) WCAG
System Software
1 328 (31.60%) Active Directory
2 91 (8.77%) Hyper-V
3 68 (6.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.64%) vSphere
6 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 12 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (0.96%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.58%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.48%) Docker
9 5 (0.48%) Firmware
10 4 (0.39%) KVM
11 3 (0.29%) ClearTrust
11 3 (0.29%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 225 (21.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.08%) SCCM
3 20 (1.93%) Terraform
4 15 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.25%) Autotask
7 11 (1.06%) Ansible
8 9 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.87%) Grafana
9 7 (0.67%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.67%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.48%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.39%) Graylog
11 4 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.29%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.19%) CASB
13 2 (0.19%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 891 (85.84%) Microsoft
2 109 (10.50%) ServiceNow
3 102 (9.83%) Cisco
4 93 (8.96%) VMware
5 40 (3.85%) Google
6 37 (3.56%) Veeam
7 32 (3.08%) Apple
8 30 (2.89%) Meraki
9 27 (2.60%) Adobe
10 25 (2.41%) Fortinet
11 24 (2.31%) iManage
12 23 (2.22%) Computacenter
12 23 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
13 18 (1.73%) Dell
14 15 (1.45%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.45%) SonicWALL
15 14 (1.35%) Citrix
15 14 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
16 12 (1.16%) HP
16 12 (1.16%) Salesforce