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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 44 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,297 969 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.72% 5.86% 6.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.87% 16.09% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 787 1,292
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £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 £63,750 £58,086 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,850 £73,975
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -9.64% -2.35%

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 8,723 6,023 10,214
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.48% 36.41% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,288 4,448 8,059
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
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% - -5.51%

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 9 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
1 452 (34.85%) SharePoint
2 272 (20.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.77%) Confluence
4 18 (1.39%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
5 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 1 (0.077%) Apache
7 1 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.077%) WordPress
Applications
1 154 (11.87%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) 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 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.39%) 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%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 666 (51.35%) Azure
2 410 (31.61%) Entra ID
3 229 (17.66%) Power Platform
4 161 (12.41%) AWS
5 135 (10.41%) OneDrive
6 110 (8.48%) PowerApps
7 108 (8.33%) Power Automate
8 99 (7.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 94 (7.25%) SaaS
10 56 (4.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.62%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
14 33 (2.54%) Google Workspace
15 32 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
16 25 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
17 24 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
17 24 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
18 23 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (1.77%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 215 (16.58%) Firewall
2 188 (14.49%) DNS
3 144 (11.10%) VPN
4 142 (10.95%) DHCP
5 113 (8.71%) LAN
6 110 (8.48%) WAN
7 104 (8.02%) TCP/IP
8 95 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
9 49 (3.78%) VoIP
10 45 (3.47%) VLAN
11 39 (3.01%) Network Security
12 38 (2.93%) Wireless
13 19 (1.46%) Unified Communications
14 13 (1.00%) SAN
15 11 (0.85%) Internet
16 10 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
16 10 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
16 10 (0.77%) WebEx
17 8 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.78%) Power BI
2 51 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (0.69%) Metadata
4 9 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.62%) MySQL
5 8 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.39%) 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%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.077%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.077%) Parquet
10 1 (0.077%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 80 (6.17%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) 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
1 634 (48.88%) Social Skills
2 170 (13.11%) Finance
3 125 (9.64%) Legal
4 106 (8.17%) Law
5 70 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 53 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.70%) Swedish Language
9 44 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.31%) Retail
13 26 (2.00%) French Language
14 22 (1.70%) Marketing
15 18 (1.39%) Banking
15 18 (1.39%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.16%) Advertising
16 15 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (1.00%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 297 (22.90%) IT Support
2 223 (17.19%) Support Engineer
3 218 (16.81%) Analyst
4 204 (15.73%) IT Engineer
5 180 (13.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 155 (11.95%) Senior
7 106 (8.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 96 (7.40%) Consultant
9 93 (7.17%) Service Analyst
10 88 (6.78%) Service Desk Analyst
11 86 (6.63%) Support Analyst
12 74 (5.71%) Architect
13 71 (5.47%) Developer
14 64 (4.93%) IT Analyst
15 59 (4.55%) Lead
16 53 (4.09%) IT Manager
17 52 (4.01%) IT Support Analyst
18 50 (3.86%) IT Technician
19 49 (3.78%) 2nd Line Support
20 48 (3.70%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
2 45 (3.47%) HTML
3 40 (3.08%) .NET
4 39 (3.01%) CSS
5 35 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
5 35 (2.70%) SPFx
6 22 (1.70%) JSON
7 20 (1.54%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.93%) React
9 10 (0.77%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.77%) REST
9 10 (0.77%) XMPP
10 6 (0.46%) OpenID
10 6 (0.46%) XML
11 5 (0.39%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.39%) OAuth
11 5 (0.39%) RESTful
12 4 (0.31%) Next.js
12 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.48%) Onboarding
2 104 (8.02%) Driving Licence
3 36 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.62%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.16%) Clustering
8 25 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.85%) Product Ownership
10 21 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.31%) Replication
13 16 (1.23%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
15 14 (1.08%) AI Agents
15 14 (1.08%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.77%) FlexPod
16 10 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
17 9 (0.69%) PKI
18 8 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 527 (40.63%) Windows
2 236 (18.20%) Windows Server
3 77 (5.94%) Windows 10
4 71 (5.47%) Mac OS
5 65 (5.01%) Linux
6 31 (2.39%) Android
6 31 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 26 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.54%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.46%) 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
1 353 (27.22%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (23.36%) ITIL
3 268 (20.66%) Customer Service
4 249 (19.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 200 (15.42%) Cybersecurity
6 169 (13.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 152 (11.72%) ITSM
8 125 (9.64%) Service Delivery
9 124 (9.56%) AI
10 123 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 122 (9.41%) Roadmaps
12 112 (8.64%) Mentoring
13 106 (8.17%) Project Delivery
14 103 (7.94%) User Experience
15 101 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
16 96 (7.40%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (7.09%) Service Management
18 87 (6.71%) Information Security
19 84 (6.48%) Business Intelligence
20 79 (6.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.19%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.48%) SQL
3 61 (4.70%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.55%) C#
5 56 (4.32%) Python
6 31 (2.39%) R
6 31 (2.39%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.54%) Bicep
7 20 (1.54%) VBA
8 16 (1.23%) Bash
9 10 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.46%) VBScript
11 5 (0.39%) PHP
12 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.23%) Delphi
12 3 (0.23%) Java
12 3 (0.23%) Pascal
12 3 (0.23%) Ruby
13 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 197 (15.19%) Degree
2 173 (13.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 83 (6.40%) Security Cleared
4 77 (5.94%) SC Cleared
5 76 (5.86%) MCSE
6 75 (5.78%) AWS Certification
7 56 (4.32%) Azure Certification
8 30 (2.31%) CISSP
9 23 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.77%) DBS Check
10 22 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (1.46%) CISM
12 15 (1.16%) CCNA
13 11 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.85%) CEH
13 11 (0.85%) PMP
14 10 (0.77%) HNC
14 10 (0.77%) HND
15 9 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 9 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (5.94%) QA
3 75 (5.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 66 (5.09%) SLA
5 52 (4.01%) GDPR
6 46 (3.55%) GRC
7 32 (2.47%) NIST
8 21 (1.62%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.85%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.46%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.39%) 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%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) NCSC
16 1 (0.077%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 428 (33.00%) Active Directory
2 142 (10.95%) Hyper-V
3 90 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.77%) vSphere
5 22 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
6 19 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
10 7 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.39%) 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
1 300 (23.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.39%) Terraform
3 27 (2.08%) SCCM
4 19 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
6 11 (0.85%) Ansible
6 11 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (0.77%) Autotask
7 10 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
7 10 (0.77%) Grafana
8 9 (0.69%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.46%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.31%) Graylog
11 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,160 (89.44%) Microsoft
2 125 (9.64%) ServiceNow
3 119 (9.18%) VMware
4 74 (5.71%) Cisco
5 50 (3.86%) Veeam
6 38 (2.93%) Google
7 37 (2.85%) Meraki
8 35 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.47%) Apple
10 29 (2.24%) iManage
11 27 (2.08%) Fortinet
12 25 (1.93%) Adobe
13 19 (1.46%) Computacenter
13 19 (1.46%) Palo Alto
14 18 (1.39%) Zscaler
15 17 (1.31%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.31%) SonicWALL
16 16 (1.23%) Citrix
16 16 (1.23%) Splunk
16 16 (1.23%) Ubiquiti