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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 35 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,000 1,060 2,408
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.93% 7.77% 8.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.78% 16.33% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 687 831 2,096
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £64,375 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -4.76%

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 6,339 6,493 13,588
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.59% 47.58% 45.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 4,774 11,830
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,259 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £64,875 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +8.13% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 16 March 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
1 294 (29.40%) SharePoint
2 199 (19.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.70%) IIS
4 6 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.40%) Confluence
6 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Moodle
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 242 (24.20%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.90%) InDesign
5 8 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 486 (48.60%) Azure
2 266 (26.60%) Entra ID
3 170 (17.00%) AWS
4 118 (11.80%) Power Platform
5 80 (8.00%) OneDrive
6 58 (5.80%) SaaS
7 56 (5.60%) Google Workspace
8 55 (5.50%) Power Automate
9 53 (5.30%) PowerApps
10 35 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
11 33 (3.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 23 (2.30%) Mimecast
15 17 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (1.70%) IaaS
16 12 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (1.20%) PaaS
17 11 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 150 (15.00%) DNS
2 132 (13.20%) DHCP
3 127 (12.70%) Firewall
4 114 (11.40%) VPN
5 79 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
6 78 (7.80%) WAN
7 71 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 61 (6.10%) LAN
9 49 (4.90%) VLAN
10 42 (4.20%) VoIP
11 23 (2.30%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.80%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.20%) Network Security
14 10 (1.00%) Wireless
15 9 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.80%) Internet
16 8 (0.80%) SAN
17 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
18 5 (0.50%) Intranet
18 5 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.30%) Power BI
2 37 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.50%) MySQL
4 14 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.40%) Power Query
9 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.20%) QlikView
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.10%) Metadata
11 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 27 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.10%) Git
3 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.10%) Selenium
General
1 499 (49.90%) Social Skills
2 140 (14.00%) Finance
3 95 (9.50%) French Language
4 73 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (6.70%) Legal
6 65 (6.50%) Back Office
7 64 (6.40%) Swedish Language
8 58 (5.80%) Law
9 51 (5.10%) Public Sector
10 47 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
11 42 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
12 32 (3.20%) Retail
13 28 (2.80%) Marketing
14 16 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.30%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
19 6 (0.60%) Games
19 6 (0.60%) German Language
Job Titles
1 245 (24.50%) Support Engineer
2 240 (24.00%) IT Support
3 222 (22.20%) Analyst
4 168 (16.80%) IT Engineer
5 151 (15.10%) IT Support Engineer
6 131 (13.10%) Service Analyst
7 128 (12.80%) Service Desk Analyst
8 94 (9.40%) Senior
9 74 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 70 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support
11 68 (6.80%) IT Analyst
12 66 (6.60%) Desktop Support
13 64 (6.40%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (5.60%) Site Engineer
15 54 (5.40%) Support Analyst
16 48 (4.80%) Lead
17 46 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 46 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 44 (4.40%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.10%) .NET
1 21 (2.10%) HTML5 Canvas
2 19 (1.90%) JSON
3 13 (1.30%) XML
4 10 (1.00%) REST
5 9 (0.90%) Web Services
6 8 (0.80%) Middleware
7 6 (0.60%) EDI
7 6 (0.60%) SOAP
8 5 (0.50%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.50%) RESTful
9 4 (0.40%) CSS
9 4 (0.40%) FIDO
9 4 (0.40%) HTML
9 4 (0.40%) OAuth
9 4 (0.40%) OpenID
9 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.40%) SPFx
10 3 (0.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.10%) Driving Licence
2 81 (8.10%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.50%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.10%) CCTV
7 19 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.90%) Social Media
8 18 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 17 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.60%) Replication
10 16 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 15 (1.50%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.30%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.10%) Client/Server
14 11 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
15 10 (1.00%) CMDB
16 9 (0.90%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 475 (47.50%) Windows
2 202 (20.20%) Windows Server
3 181 (18.10%) Windows 10
4 53 (5.30%) Apple iOS
5 50 (5.00%) Linux
6 49 (4.90%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.30%) Android
8 30 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 22 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 3 (0.30%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (35.70%) ITIL
2 320 (32.00%) Customer Service
3 226 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
6 160 (16.00%) ITSM
7 111 (11.10%) Service Delivery
8 100 (10.00%) Customer Experience
9 98 (9.80%) Analytics
10 97 (9.70%) Performance Metrics
11 80 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 80 (8.00%) Patch Management
12 76 (7.60%) Roadmaps
13 75 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (7.20%) Mentoring
15 71 (7.10%) Ticket Management
16 70 (7.00%) Change Management
17 68 (6.80%) AI
17 68 (6.80%) Service Management
17 68 (6.80%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 102 (10.20%) PowerShell
2 61 (6.10%) SQL
3 39 (3.90%) Python
4 32 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 31 (3.10%) C#
6 16 (1.60%) Bash
7 11 (1.10%) R
8 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.60%) Java
9 6 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.50%) Bicep
10 5 (0.50%) PHP
10 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.40%) Delphi
11 4 (0.40%) Pascal
11 4 (0.40%) VBA
12 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.10%) Korn
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 262 (26.20%) Degree
2 194 (19.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (11.60%) Security Cleared
4 113 (11.30%) SC Cleared
5 110 (11.00%) AWS Certification
6 109 (10.90%) MCSE
7 60 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
8 38 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 25 (2.50%) CISSP
10 25 (2.50%) DBS Check
11 21 (2.10%) CCNA
12 20 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (1.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 16 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
15 14 (1.40%) MCSA
16 12 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (1.10%) A+ Certification
18 10 (1.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (10.60%) QA
2 83 (8.30%) SLA
3 80 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 27 (2.70%) GDPR
7 20 (2.00%) NIST
8 19 (1.90%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.20%) Data Quality
9 12 (1.20%) ISO 9001
10 11 (1.10%) GRC
10 11 (1.10%) PMO
11 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.30%) NCSC
14 2 (0.20%) HL7
14 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.10%) Basel III
15 1 (0.10%) COBIT
15 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 324 (32.40%) Active Directory
2 97 (9.70%) Hyper-V
3 55 (5.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.90%) Docker
6 9 (0.90%) Firmware
7 8 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.70%) vSphere
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.30%) Postfix
11 2 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.20%) XenApp
12 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 221 (22.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.90%) SCCM
3 27 (2.70%) Terraform
4 17 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.60%) Autotask
6 15 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.20%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.60%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
12 3 (0.30%) Grafana
12 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.20%) Nessus
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 790 (79.00%) Microsoft
2 125 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 117 (11.70%) Cisco
4 94 (9.40%) VMware
5 62 (6.20%) Google
6 34 (3.40%) Apple
7 25 (2.50%) Adobe
8 24 (2.40%) Meraki
9 19 (1.90%) Dell
10 18 (1.80%) HP
11 17 (1.70%) Veeam
12 16 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
12 16 (1.60%) Fortinet
12 16 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.40%) Citrix
13 14 (1.40%) Oracle
14 12 (1.20%) Datto
14 12 (1.20%) Draytek
14 12 (1.20%) iManage
14 12 (1.20%) Ubiquiti