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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +33
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 956 1,415 1,689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.25% 7.52% 8.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.23% 16.57% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 663 903 1,522
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,034 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -3.09% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,914 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.51% +5.68% -

All Cloud 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 5,547 8,539 9,798
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.27% 45.41% 47.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,083 5,605 8,403
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,100 £36,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £109,600 £99,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%

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 December 2025.

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
1 259 (27.09%) SharePoint
2 178 (18.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.84%) IIS
4 7 (0.73%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.52%) Moodle
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.31%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.31%) WordPress
7 2 (0.21%) Confluence
7 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 203 (21.23%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.26%) InDesign
5 7 (0.73%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.10%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.84%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.10%) Sage 1000
4 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 443 (46.34%) Azure
2 202 (21.13%) Entra ID
3 151 (15.79%) AWS
4 134 (14.02%) Power Platform
5 77 (8.05%) Power Automate
6 76 (7.95%) PowerApps
7 59 (6.17%) OneDrive
8 49 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
9 43 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
10 39 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (3.56%) SaaS
12 31 (3.24%) Microsoft Purview
13 23 (2.41%) Copilot Studio
14 20 (2.09%) IaaS
15 19 (1.99%) Google Workspace
16 18 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
18 16 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
19 12 (1.26%) Workato
20 10 (1.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 100 (10.46%) Firewall
2 96 (10.04%) DHCP
2 96 (10.04%) DNS
3 81 (8.47%) VPN
4 59 (6.17%) WAN
5 54 (5.65%) TCP/IP
6 43 (4.50%) LAN
7 35 (3.66%) VLAN
8 34 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (2.51%) VoIP
10 21 (2.20%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.67%) Unified Communications
12 14 (1.46%) Wireless
13 11 (1.15%) SAN
13 11 (1.15%) SSL
14 10 (1.05%) Network Security
15 7 (0.73%) IP Telephony
16 6 (0.63%) WLAN
17 5 (0.52%) Broadband
17 5 (0.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.11%) Power BI
2 20 (2.09%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.63%) MySQL
4 6 (0.63%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.31%) GIS
7 3 (0.31%) Power Query
7 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.21%) Metadata
8 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.21%) QlikView
8 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (0.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
General
1 482 (50.42%) Social Skills
2 163 (17.05%) Finance
3 96 (10.04%) Swedish Language
4 95 (9.94%) French Language
5 83 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.07%) Law
7 44 (4.60%) Legal
8 43 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (4.39%) Manufacturing
10 41 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (4.29%) Public Sector
11 30 (3.14%) Marketing
12 29 (3.03%) Back Office
13 24 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (2.51%) Retail
14 20 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.94%) Automotive
17 8 (0.84%) Advertising
18 7 (0.73%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 232 (24.27%) Analyst
2 164 (17.15%) IT Support
3 138 (14.44%) Service Analyst
4 137 (14.33%) Service Desk Analyst
5 111 (11.61%) Support Engineer
6 89 (9.31%) IT Engineer
7 79 (8.26%) Senior
8 77 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
9 60 (6.28%) Lead
10 57 (5.96%) Support Analyst
10 57 (5.96%) Support Technician
11 55 (5.75%) 2nd Line Support
12 54 (5.65%) IT Analyst
13 50 (5.23%) IT Manager
14 43 (4.50%) Consultant
15 41 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (4.18%) IT Technician
17 38 (3.97%) Developer
17 38 (3.97%) IT Support Technician
18 32 (3.35%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.62%) .NET
2 23 (2.41%) HTML5 Canvas
3 11 (1.15%) Web Services
4 10 (1.05%) REST
5 8 (0.84%) JSON
5 8 (0.84%) Middleware
6 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (0.63%) SOAP
8 5 (0.52%) EDI
8 5 (0.52%) React
8 5 (0.52%) RESTful
8 5 (0.52%) XML
9 4 (0.42%) FIDO
9 4 (0.42%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.31%) CSS
10 3 (0.31%) HTML
10 3 (0.31%) Software Packaging
11 2 (0.21%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.21%) FHIR
11 2 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.00%) Driving Licence
2 83 (8.68%) Onboarding
3 45 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.18%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 23 (2.41%) Security Posture
9 18 (1.88%) Microsoft Licensing
10 17 (1.78%) Social Media
11 14 (1.46%) CCTV
12 12 (1.26%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.26%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.15%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.15%) iPad
14 9 (0.94%) CMDB
14 9 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
15 8 (0.84%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 402 (42.05%) Windows
2 182 (19.04%) Windows Server
3 125 (13.08%) Windows 10
4 54 (5.65%) Apple iOS
5 38 (3.97%) Linux
5 38 (3.97%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.78%) Android
7 14 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.63%) Unix
11 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (33.68%) ITIL
2 277 (28.97%) Customer Service
3 189 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 149 (15.59%) ITSM
6 122 (12.76%) Cybersecurity
7 104 (10.88%) Roadmaps
8 97 (10.15%) Performance Metrics
9 91 (9.52%) Mentoring
9 91 (9.52%) Service Delivery
10 86 (9.00%) AI
11 81 (8.47%) Agile
12 75 (7.85%) User Experience
13 74 (7.74%) Analytics
14 71 (7.43%) Coaching
15 69 (7.22%) Business Intelligence
16 64 (6.69%) Migration
17 61 (6.38%) DevOps
18 60 (6.28%) Information Security
19 59 (6.17%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (11.51%) PowerShell
2 58 (6.07%) SQL
3 39 (4.08%) Python
4 38 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 33 (3.45%) C#
6 22 (2.30%) Bash
7 8 (0.84%) Bicep
8 7 (0.73%) VBA
9 5 (0.52%) Java
9 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.10%) PHP
12 1 (0.10%) Scala
12 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 248 (25.94%) Degree
2 168 (17.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (11.30%) AWS Certification
4 105 (10.98%) MCSE
5 75 (7.85%) Security Cleared
6 72 (7.53%) SC Cleared
7 37 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (3.77%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.35%) DBS Check
10 24 (2.51%) CISSP
11 21 (2.20%) CCNA
11 21 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
12 20 (2.09%) CTC Cleared
13 16 (1.67%) CISM
14 14 (1.46%) MCP
15 13 (1.36%) MCSA
16 10 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (1.05%) A+ Certification
16 10 (1.05%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (10.46%) QA
2 63 (6.59%) SLA
3 50 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 45 (4.71%) GDPR
5 37 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.51%) NIST
7 17 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (1.67%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.57%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.63%) GRC
11 4 (0.42%) NCSC
12 3 (0.31%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.31%) PMO
12 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.21%) HL7
14 1 (0.10%) COBIT
14 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 338 (35.36%) Active Directory
2 84 (8.79%) Hyper-V
3 46 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.73%) Docker
7 6 (0.63%) Firmware
7 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.63%) vSphere
8 4 (0.42%) Postfix
9 3 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.31%) XenApp
9 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
Systems Management
1 210 (21.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (4.71%) SCCM
3 42 (4.39%) Terraform
4 16 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (1.46%) Autotask
6 9 (0.94%) Kubernetes
7 7 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.52%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.31%) Ansible
10 3 (0.31%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.10%) Kibana
12 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 772 (80.75%) Microsoft
2 110 (11.51%) ServiceNow
3 81 (8.47%) VMware
4 78 (8.16%) Cisco
5 30 (3.14%) Apple
6 25 (2.62%) Google
7 23 (2.41%) Meraki
8 22 (2.30%) Citrix
9 21 (2.20%) Adobe
10 18 (1.88%) Veeam
11 17 (1.78%) Datto
11 17 (1.78%) HP
11 17 (1.78%) Oracle
12 16 (1.67%) Dell
13 15 (1.57%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.26%) Mitel
15 11 (1.15%) Sage
15 11 (1.15%) SAP
16 10 (1.05%) IBM
16 10 (1.05%) iManage