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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 44 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 -16 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,069 971 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.35% 6.33% 6.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.20% 16.53% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 795 791 1,979
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -6.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £58,875
90th Percentile £85,750 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -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 7,530 5,874 14,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 38.26% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,265 4,270 12,120
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,103
25th Percentile £45,748 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.45%

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 17 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
1 359 (33.58%) SharePoint
2 219 (20.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.50%) Confluence
4 14 (1.31%) IIS
5 9 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.37%) CMS
7 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 180 (16.84%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) CorelDRAW
4 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.094%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.47%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.094%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 526 (49.20%) Azure
2 329 (30.78%) Entra ID
3 155 (14.50%) Power Platform
4 138 (12.91%) AWS
5 117 (10.94%) OneDrive
6 83 (7.76%) SaaS
7 72 (6.74%) PowerApps
8 69 (6.45%) Power Automate
9 64 (5.99%) Microsoft Copilot
10 36 (3.37%) Mimecast
11 35 (3.27%) Google Workspace
12 30 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
12 30 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
13 26 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (1.96%) IaaS
16 20 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 17 (1.59%) PaaS
19 14 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 171 (16.00%) Firewall
2 153 (14.31%) DNS
3 119 (11.13%) DHCP
4 117 (10.94%) VPN
5 88 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
6 86 (8.04%) TCP/IP
7 76 (7.11%) WAN
8 67 (6.27%) LAN
9 55 (5.14%) VoIP
10 30 (2.81%) VLAN
11 21 (1.96%) Network Security
12 19 (1.78%) Unified Communications
13 15 (1.40%) Wireless
14 12 (1.12%) SAN
14 12 (1.12%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.94%) Internet
16 9 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.84%) WebEx
17 7 (0.65%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (6.74%) Power BI
2 49 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (1.40%) MySQL
7 6 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.37%) Metadata
10 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.28%) Power Query
10 3 (0.28%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.094%) Big Data
12 1 (0.094%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.094%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (5.05%) JIRA
2 5 (0.47%) Git
2 5 (0.47%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.19%) Selenium
4 1 (0.094%) Postman
4 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 520 (48.64%) Social Skills
2 134 (12.54%) Finance
3 95 (8.89%) Legal
4 64 (5.99%) Law
5 60 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (5.33%) Public Sector
7 48 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (3.65%) Back Office
8 39 (3.65%) French Language
9 27 (2.53%) Retail
10 24 (2.25%) Swedish Language
10 24 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.87%) Marketing
12 15 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.22%) Banking
14 12 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.03%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.94%) Local Government
17 9 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 255 (23.85%) IT Support
2 239 (22.36%) Support Engineer
3 192 (17.96%) IT Engineer
4 186 (17.40%) Analyst
5 162 (15.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 121 (11.32%) Senior
7 97 (9.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 89 (8.33%) Service Analyst
9 83 (7.76%) Service Desk Analyst
10 69 (6.45%) Consultant
11 67 (6.27%) Support Analyst
12 54 (5.05%) Developer
13 52 (4.86%) IT Analyst
14 51 (4.77%) Lead
15 49 (4.58%) Support Technician
16 46 (4.30%) IT Technician
17 44 (4.12%) 2nd Line Support
18 42 (3.93%) Desktop Support
19 40 (3.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
19 40 (3.74%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 36 (3.37%) .NET
3 32 (2.99%) HTML
4 30 (2.81%) HTML5 Canvas
5 29 (2.71%) CSS
6 28 (2.62%) JSON
7 27 (2.53%) SPFx
8 21 (1.96%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.03%) XML
10 10 (0.94%) React
11 9 (0.84%) XMPP
12 8 (0.75%) OAuth
12 8 (0.75%) OpenID
13 7 (0.65%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.56%) EDI
15 5 (0.47%) Middleware
15 5 (0.47%) RESTful
15 5 (0.47%) Web Services
16 4 (0.37%) Node.js
16 4 (0.37%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 86 (8.04%) Driving Licence
3 23 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 21 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 21 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (1.87%) Security Posture
7 19 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (1.68%) Clustering
9 16 (1.50%) Replication
10 15 (1.40%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.03%) CMDB
13 9 (0.84%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.84%) CCTV
13 9 (0.84%) FlexPod
14 8 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.75%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 475 (44.43%) Windows
2 183 (17.12%) Windows Server
3 131 (12.25%) Windows 10
4 55 (5.14%) Mac OS
5 49 (4.58%) Linux
6 40 (3.74%) Apple iOS
7 34 (3.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (2.90%) Android
9 21 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.56%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.37%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (28.91%) ITIL
2 279 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (24.60%) Customer Service
4 208 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 179 (16.74%) Cybersecurity
6 136 (12.72%) ITSM
7 125 (11.69%) Service Delivery
8 112 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 90 (8.42%) Service Management
10 89 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 86 (8.04%) AI
12 84 (7.86%) Business Intelligence
13 83 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
14 82 (7.67%) Mentoring
15 81 (7.58%) User Experience
16 73 (6.83%) Roadmaps
17 66 (6.17%) Performance Metrics
18 63 (5.89%) Technical Leadership
19 58 (5.43%) Project Management
19 58 (5.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 153 (14.31%) PowerShell
2 87 (8.14%) SQL
3 46 (4.30%) C#
4 43 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.93%) Python
6 29 (2.71%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.78%) R
8 16 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.12%) Bash
9 12 (1.12%) VBA
10 8 (0.75%) Bicep
11 6 (0.56%) PHP
11 6 (0.56%) VBScript
12 4 (0.37%) Delphi
12 4 (0.37%) Pascal
13 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.28%) Java
13 3 (0.28%) Ruby
14 2 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 206 (19.27%) Degree
2 160 (14.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 100 (9.35%) Security Cleared
4 96 (8.98%) SC Cleared
5 71 (6.64%) MCSE
6 67 (6.27%) AWS Certification
7 40 (3.74%) Azure Certification
8 33 (3.09%) CTC Cleared
9 23 (2.15%) DBS Check
10 21 (1.96%) CISSP
10 21 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (1.22%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.03%) CCNA
14 11 (1.03%) CISM
15 10 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.75%) HNC
16 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (7.20%) SLA
3 71 (6.64%) QA
4 58 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 31 (2.90%) GDPR
6 22 (2.06%) NIST
7 20 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.03%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.03%) PMO
9 10 (0.94%) GRC
10 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.19%) WCAG
13 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.094%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.094%) NCSC
System Software
1 345 (32.27%) Active Directory
2 106 (9.92%) Hyper-V
3 71 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (1.68%) vSphere
5 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 12 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 11 (1.03%) BitLocker
7 10 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.56%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.56%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.47%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.37%) Docker
11 4 (0.37%) KVM
11 4 (0.37%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.28%) Firmware
13 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 241 (22.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.99%) SCCM
3 18 (1.68%) Terraform
4 17 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.40%) Autotask
6 14 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.94%) Ansible
9 9 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.84%) Grafana
10 7 (0.65%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.65%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.47%) Kubernetes
12 4 (0.37%) Graylog
12 4 (0.37%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.19%) CASB
14 2 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 948 (88.68%) Microsoft
2 118 (11.04%) ServiceNow
3 96 (8.98%) VMware
4 86 (8.04%) Cisco
5 38 (3.55%) Google
5 38 (3.55%) Veeam
6 32 (2.99%) Meraki
7 31 (2.90%) Apple
8 27 (2.53%) Adobe
8 27 (2.53%) iManage
9 23 (2.15%) Computacenter
9 23 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
10 22 (2.06%) Fortinet
11 19 (1.78%) Dell
12 15 (1.40%) Salesforce
12 15 (1.40%) SonicWALL
13 14 (1.31%) Citrix
13 14 (1.31%) Palo Alto
14 12 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (1.03%) ConnectWise