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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 42 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 969 1,019 2,320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.25% 7.01% 7.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.85% 16.32% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 702 834 2,020
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,850 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -0.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,188 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £73,750
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% +2.56% -6.02%

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 6,998 6,242 13,981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.90% 42.91% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,791 4,569 11,961
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 12 May 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
1 318 (32.82%) SharePoint
2 191 (19.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.44%) Confluence
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.83%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.21%) Apache
7 2 (0.21%) Moodle
7 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 190 (19.61%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.52%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 487 (50.26%) Azure
2 281 (29.00%) Entra ID
3 129 (13.31%) Power Platform
4 127 (13.11%) AWS
5 104 (10.73%) OneDrive
6 61 (6.30%) SaaS
7 57 (5.88%) PowerApps
8 55 (5.68%) Power Automate
9 44 (4.54%) Microsoft Copilot
10 41 (4.23%) Google Workspace
11 31 (3.20%) Mimecast
12 26 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (1.96%) IaaS
17 18 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
18 16 (1.65%) PaaS
19 9 (0.93%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 148 (15.27%) Firewall
2 136 (14.04%) DNS
3 107 (11.04%) DHCP
3 107 (11.04%) VPN
4 84 (8.67%) WAN
5 80 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (7.53%) LAN
7 69 (7.12%) TCP/IP
8 52 (5.37%) VoIP
9 36 (3.72%) VLAN
10 18 (1.86%) Network Security
11 17 (1.75%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.65%) Unified Communications
13 9 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (0.93%) SAN
13 9 (0.93%) WebEx
14 8 (0.83%) Internet
14 8 (0.83%) Wireless
15 6 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.81%) Power BI
2 46 (4.75%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.75%) MySQL
4 17 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.41%) Metadata
8 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 3 (0.31%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (4.02%) JIRA
2 5 (0.52%) Git
2 5 (0.52%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.21%) Selenium
4 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 461 (47.57%) Social Skills
2 123 (12.69%) Finance
3 79 (8.15%) Legal
4 60 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (6.09%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.88%) Back Office
6 57 (5.88%) Law
7 51 (5.26%) French Language
8 49 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.89%) Retail
11 19 (1.96%) Marketing
12 18 (1.86%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.14%) Banking
16 10 (1.03%) Swedish Language
17 8 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.62%) Local Government
19 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 221 (22.81%) IT Support
1 221 (22.81%) Support Engineer
2 186 (19.20%) Analyst
3 156 (16.10%) IT Engineer
4 133 (13.73%) IT Support Engineer
5 103 (10.63%) Senior
6 99 (10.22%) Service Analyst
7 92 (9.49%) Service Desk Analyst
8 85 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 64 (6.60%) IT Analyst
10 57 (5.88%) Consultant
10 57 (5.88%) Desktop Support
10 57 (5.88%) Support Analyst
11 55 (5.68%) Desktop Engineer
11 55 (5.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 50 (5.16%) Lead
13 48 (4.95%) Site Engineer
14 45 (4.64%) Developer
15 44 (4.54%) Architect
15 44 (4.54%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.61%) .NET
2 31 (3.20%) Microsoft Graph
3 29 (2.99%) HTML5 Canvas
3 29 (2.99%) JSON
4 24 (2.48%) CSS
4 24 (2.48%) HTML
4 24 (2.48%) SPFx
5 21 (2.17%) .NET Core
6 9 (0.93%) XMPP
7 8 (0.83%) React
7 8 (0.83%) XML
8 7 (0.72%) Middleware
8 7 (0.72%) OpenID
9 6 (0.62%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.62%) OAuth
10 5 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.52%) EDI
11 4 (0.41%) REST
11 4 (0.41%) RESTful
12 3 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.26%) Onboarding
2 79 (8.15%) Driving Licence
3 31 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
6 22 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.75%) Replication
8 17 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.44%) Product Ownership
10 13 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.03%) Clustering
13 9 (0.93%) CCTV
13 9 (0.93%) FlexPod
13 9 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.93%) Social Media
14 8 (0.83%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 440 (45.41%) Windows
2 159 (16.41%) Windows Server
3 156 (16.10%) Windows 10
4 55 (5.68%) Apple iOS
5 44 (4.54%) Linux
6 42 (4.33%) Android
7 41 (4.23%) Mac OS
8 31 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.83%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.41%) CentOS
14 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (31.68%) ITIL
2 264 (27.24%) Customer Service
3 241 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 169 (17.44%) Cybersecurity
6 112 (11.56%) ITSM
7 108 (11.15%) Service Delivery
8 96 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 80 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
10 78 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 75 (7.74%) Customer Experience
12 70 (7.22%) Patch Management
13 69 (7.12%) Mentoring
13 69 (7.12%) Service Management
14 67 (6.91%) Roadmaps
15 66 (6.81%) AI
16 64 (6.60%) Analytics
16 64 (6.60%) Software Deployment
17 62 (6.40%) Ticket Management
18 61 (6.30%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (13.73%) PowerShell
2 79 (8.15%) SQL
3 44 (4.54%) C#
4 39 (4.02%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.82%) Python
6 27 (2.79%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.75%) R
8 14 (1.44%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.03%) Bash
10 9 (0.93%) VBA
11 8 (0.83%) Bicep
12 6 (0.62%) PHP
13 4 (0.41%) Delphi
13 4 (0.41%) Pascal
13 4 (0.41%) VBScript
14 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.31%) Java
15 2 (0.21%) Korn
15 2 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 211 (21.78%) Degree
2 158 (16.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 106 (10.94%) Security Cleared
4 102 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 67 (6.91%) MCSE
6 64 (6.60%) AWS Certification
7 51 (5.26%) CTC Cleared
8 32 (3.30%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (2.37%) CISSP
11 23 (2.37%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.55%) CCNA
12 15 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.14%) A+ Certification
15 10 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (1.03%) CEH
15 10 (1.03%) CISM
16 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (7.84%) SLA
3 69 (7.12%) QA
4 58 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 23 (2.37%) GDPR
7 19 (1.96%) NIST
8 12 (1.24%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.14%) GRC
9 11 (1.14%) PMO
10 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.52%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.10%) Basel III
13 1 (0.10%) HL7
13 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.10%) MiFID
13 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 301 (31.06%) Active Directory
2 85 (8.77%) Hyper-V
3 61 (6.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.34%) vSphere
7 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.93%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.62%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.62%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.52%) Docker
11 4 (0.41%) Firmware
12 2 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.21%) KVM
12 2 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 216 (22.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.30%) SCCM
3 19 (1.96%) Terraform
4 15 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (1.24%) Ansible
6 10 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.93%) Autotask
7 9 (0.93%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (0.93%) Grafana
8 7 (0.72%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.72%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.52%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.52%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.41%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.21%) Graylog
11 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.10%) CASB
12 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 808 (83.38%) Microsoft
2 98 (10.11%) Cisco
3 93 (9.60%) ServiceNow
4 83 (8.57%) VMware
5 43 (4.44%) Google
6 31 (3.20%) Apple
7 28 (2.89%) Adobe
8 25 (2.58%) Fortinet
9 24 (2.48%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (2.48%) Meraki
10 23 (2.37%) iManage
11 22 (2.27%) Veeam
12 19 (1.96%) Dell
13 17 (1.75%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.65%) Computacenter
15 13 (1.34%) Citrix
15 13 (1.34%) Salesforce
16 12 (1.24%) HP
16 12 (1.24%) Ubiquiti
17 11 (1.14%) SonicWALL