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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 46 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,403 943 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.70% 5.84% 6.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.01% 16.43% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 710 961
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,454 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.59% -17.09% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +2.41%

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 8,761 5,740 9,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.62% 35.52% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,440 4,121 6,329
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 23 September 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
1 510 (36.35%) SharePoint
2 293 (20.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.78%) Confluence
4 17 (1.21%) IIS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 136 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.57%) Shopify
3 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 688 (49.04%) Azure
2 465 (33.14%) Entra ID
3 250 (17.82%) Power Platform
4 157 (11.19%) OneDrive
5 156 (11.12%) AWS
6 149 (10.62%) Microsoft Copilot
7 120 (8.55%) Power Automate
8 114 (8.13%) PowerApps
9 105 (7.48%) SaaS
10 83 (5.92%) Microsoft Purview
11 44 (3.14%) Mimecast
12 41 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
12 41 (2.92%) Copilot Studio
13 39 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
14 34 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (2.42%) Google Workspace
15 31 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
16 27 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
17 23 (1.64%) IaaS
18 22 (1.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 228 (16.25%) Firewall
2 214 (15.25%) DNS
3 165 (11.76%) DHCP
4 157 (11.19%) VPN
5 110 (7.84%) TCP/IP
6 107 (7.63%) LAN
7 105 (7.48%) WAN
8 93 (6.63%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (3.99%) VLAN
10 47 (3.35%) VoIP
11 40 (2.85%) Wireless
12 39 (2.78%) Network Security
13 14 (1.00%) Intranet
13 14 (1.00%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.93%) SAN
15 10 (0.71%) IP Telephony
16 9 (0.64%) SD-WAN
16 9 (0.64%) WebEx
17 8 (0.57%) Internet
17 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.13%) Power BI
2 53 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.86%) Metadata
5 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.36%) MySQL
7 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.21%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.071%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.071%) GIS
9 1 (0.071%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.071%) Parquet
9 1 (0.071%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.071%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (6.20%) JIRA
2 10 (0.71%) Git
3 6 (0.43%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.071%) Postman
6 1 (0.071%) Rational DOORS
General
1 728 (51.89%) Social Skills
2 155 (11.05%) Finance
3 120 (8.55%) Legal
4 96 (6.84%) Law
5 94 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (5.42%) Public Sector
7 72 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.42%) Swedish Language
9 46 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.06%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.14%) Retail
14 29 (2.07%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.78%) Marketing
16 20 (1.43%) Advertising
17 17 (1.21%) Banking
17 17 (1.21%) Local Government
18 14 (1.00%) Games
19 13 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 302 (21.53%) IT Support
2 226 (16.11%) Support Engineer
3 216 (15.40%) Analyst
4 214 (15.25%) IT Engineer
5 183 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
6 164 (11.69%) Senior
7 119 (8.48%) Consultant
8 113 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 92 (6.56%) Support Analyst
10 90 (6.41%) Service Analyst
11 85 (6.06%) Architect
12 80 (5.70%) Service Desk Analyst
13 72 (5.13%) Developer
14 65 (4.63%) Lead
15 61 (4.35%) IT Analyst
16 59 (4.21%) 2nd Line Support
17 58 (4.13%) 1st Line Support
18 52 (3.71%) IT Technician
19 51 (3.64%) IT Manager
20 49 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.71%) Microsoft Graph
2 51 (3.64%) HTML
3 40 (2.85%) CSS
4 39 (2.78%) .NET
5 33 (2.35%) SPFx
5 33 (2.35%) Terraform
6 28 (2.00%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (1.28%) REST
8 17 (1.21%) .NET Core
8 17 (1.21%) JSON
9 15 (1.07%) Middleware
10 12 (0.86%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.78%) React
12 8 (0.57%) RESTful
13 7 (0.50%) Pandas
14 6 (0.43%) Langfuse
14 6 (0.43%) Model Context Protocol
14 6 (0.43%) NumPy
14 6 (0.43%) OAuth
14 6 (0.43%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.91%) Driving Licence
2 135 (9.62%) Onboarding
3 41 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.85%) Security Posture
5 35 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.78%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.78%) Clustering
8 25 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.00%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
14 11 (0.78%) Replication
15 10 (0.71%) CCTV
16 9 (0.64%) PKI
16 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 581 (41.41%) Windows
2 259 (18.46%) Windows Server
3 74 (5.27%) Mac OS
4 68 (4.85%) Linux
5 62 (4.42%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.28%) Android
7 30 (2.14%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) Debian
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 298 (21.24%) Customer Service
4 284 (20.24%) ITIL
5 250 (17.82%) Cybersecurity
6 195 (13.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 186 (13.26%) AI
8 158 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 156 (11.12%) ITSM
10 151 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 140 (9.98%) Service Delivery
12 136 (9.69%) Project Delivery
13 123 (8.77%) Roadmaps
14 111 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 111 (7.91%) Technical Leadership
15 100 (7.13%) Information Security
16 97 (6.91%) Agile
17 94 (6.70%) Service Management
18 91 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
19 89 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 202 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 94 (6.70%) SQL
3 62 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.21%) Python
5 55 (3.92%) C#
6 33 (2.35%) R
7 26 (1.85%) Bicep
8 25 (1.78%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.35%) VBA
10 13 (0.93%) Bash
11 9 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.43%) VBScript
13 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.36%) Ruby
14 3 (0.21%) C
14 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Java
15 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 208 (14.83%) Degree
2 169 (12.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (6.13%) Security Cleared
4 74 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 70 (4.99%) MCSE
6 62 (4.42%) AWS Certification
6 62 (4.42%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (2.00%) CISSP
9 27 (1.92%) CCNA
10 25 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.64%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.50%) CISM
13 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 14 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.93%) CCNP
15 13 (0.93%) PMP
16 11 (0.78%) MCSA
17 10 (0.71%) A+ Certification
17 10 (0.71%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (6.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (5.56%) SLA
4 70 (4.99%) GDPR
5 67 (4.78%) QA
6 41 (2.92%) GRC
7 36 (2.57%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.35%) NIST
9 18 (1.28%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) PMO
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.21%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) WCAG
14 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.071%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 464 (33.07%) Active Directory
2 156 (11.12%) Hyper-V
3 93 (6.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.28%) vSphere
6 10 (0.71%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.57%) VMware Server
8 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
9 5 (0.36%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.14%) Docker
13 1 (0.071%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.071%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.071%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 336 (23.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.21%) SCCM
3 20 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 9 (0.64%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.57%) Autotask
8 7 (0.50%) Ansible
8 7 (0.50%) Grafana
9 6 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.36%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.29%) Graylog
11 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.14%) WMI
13 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,271 (90.59%) Microsoft
2 131 (9.34%) VMware
3 111 (7.91%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.92%) Cisco
5 57 (4.06%) Veeam
6 52 (3.71%) Google
7 42 (2.99%) Apple
8 33 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.28%) Meraki
10 28 (2.00%) Fortinet
11 26 (1.85%) Adobe
12 23 (1.64%) iManage
13 20 (1.43%) SonicWALL
13 20 (1.43%) WatchGuard
14 17 (1.21%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.21%) Zscaler
15 16 (1.14%) Citrix
15 16 (1.14%) Palo Alto
16 14 (1.00%) Computacenter
16 14 (1.00%) OpenAI