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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 49 30
Rank change year-on-year +12 -19 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,284 964 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 5.80% 6.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.86% 16.19% 16.12%
Number of salaries quoted 994 779 1,281
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £63,438 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% -1.18%

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 8,638 5,955 10,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 35.86% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 4,370 7,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,125 £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 £81,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 14 August 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
1 451 (35.12%) SharePoint
2 271 (21.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.79%) Confluence
4 18 (1.40%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.078%) Apache
8 1 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 151 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.078%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 664 (51.71%) Azure
2 407 (31.70%) Entra ID
3 231 (17.99%) Power Platform
4 164 (12.77%) AWS
5 129 (10.05%) OneDrive
6 112 (8.72%) Power Automate
7 111 (8.64%) PowerApps
8 106 (8.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 95 (7.40%) SaaS
10 62 (4.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.74%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.12%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (2.34%) Google Workspace
16 25 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
16 25 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
16 25 (1.95%) IaaS
17 23 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 211 (16.43%) Firewall
2 184 (14.33%) DNS
3 141 (10.98%) DHCP
4 140 (10.90%) VPN
5 111 (8.64%) LAN
6 107 (8.33%) WAN
7 100 (7.79%) TCP/IP
8 95 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
9 49 (3.82%) VoIP
10 45 (3.50%) VLAN
11 41 (3.19%) Network Security
12 38 (2.96%) Wireless
13 18 (1.40%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.17%) SAN
15 10 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (0.78%) Internet
15 10 (0.78%) WebEx
16 9 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (0.55%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.69%) Power BI
2 50 (3.89%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.78%) Metadata
5 7 (0.55%) MySQL
5 7 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.16%) Power Query
10 1 (0.078%) Big Data
10 1 (0.078%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.078%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.078%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 81 (6.31%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Postman
5 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
General
1 634 (49.38%) Social Skills
2 159 (12.38%) Finance
3 127 (9.89%) Legal
4 107 (8.33%) Law
5 73 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.52%) Public Sector
7 53 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.74%) Swedish Language
9 41 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.34%) Retail
13 26 (2.02%) French Language
14 23 (1.79%) Marketing
15 19 (1.48%) Banking
16 18 (1.40%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.17%) Advertising
18 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
19 10 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 283 (22.04%) IT Support
2 213 (16.59%) Analyst
3 210 (16.36%) Support Engineer
4 196 (15.26%) IT Engineer
5 169 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.15%) Senior
7 108 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 99 (7.71%) Consultant
9 94 (7.32%) Service Analyst
10 89 (6.93%) Service Desk Analyst
11 81 (6.31%) Support Analyst
12 77 (6.00%) Architect
13 73 (5.69%) Developer
14 61 (4.75%) IT Analyst
15 58 (4.52%) Lead
16 55 (4.28%) IT Manager
17 50 (3.89%) IT Technician
18 49 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
19 47 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support
19 47 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.74%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.58%) HTML
3 41 (3.19%) .NET
4 40 (3.12%) CSS
5 36 (2.80%) HTML5 Canvas
6 35 (2.73%) SPFx
7 21 (1.64%) .NET Core
7 21 (1.64%) JSON
8 12 (0.93%) React
9 11 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.86%) REST
10 10 (0.78%) XMPP
11 7 (0.55%) Middleware
12 6 (0.47%) OpenID
13 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.39%) OAuth
13 5 (0.39%) RESTful
13 5 (0.39%) XML
14 4 (0.31%) Next.js
14 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 100 (7.79%) Driving Licence
3 36 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.65%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
5 32 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (2.18%) Clustering
7 24 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.87%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 17 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
11 16 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 16 (1.25%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.25%) Replication
12 14 (1.09%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.78%) FlexPod
13 10 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (0.70%) PKI
14 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 520 (40.50%) Windows
2 229 (17.83%) Windows Server
3 71 (5.53%) Windows 10
4 67 (5.22%) Mac OS
5 62 (4.83%) Linux
6 29 (2.26%) Android
6 29 (2.26%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.16%) CentOS
12 2 (0.16%) Debian
12 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.078%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (23.13%) ITIL
3 264 (20.56%) Customer Service
4 244 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 198 (15.42%) Cybersecurity
6 176 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 147 (11.45%) ITSM
8 130 (10.12%) AI
9 124 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 120 (9.35%) Service Delivery
11 114 (8.88%) Roadmaps
12 111 (8.64%) Project Delivery
13 108 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
14 107 (8.33%) Mentoring
15 103 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
16 99 (7.71%) User Experience
17 89 (6.93%) Information Security
18 88 (6.85%) Service Management
19 81 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
20 80 (6.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 180 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 96 (7.48%) SQL
3 62 (4.83%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.60%) C#
5 56 (4.36%) Python
6 32 (2.49%) R
7 31 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.56%) Bicep
8 20 (1.56%) VBA
9 16 (1.25%) Bash
10 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.47%) VBScript
12 4 (0.31%) PHP
13 3 (0.23%) C
13 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.23%) Java
13 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.23%) Ruby
14 2 (0.16%) Dart
14 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 196 (15.26%) Degree
2 173 (13.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 82 (6.39%) Security Cleared
4 77 (6.00%) SC Cleared
5 76 (5.92%) MCSE
6 75 (5.84%) AWS Certification
7 55 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.41%) CISSP
9 24 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.48%) CISM
13 15 (1.17%) CCNA
14 12 (0.93%) CEH
14 12 (0.93%) PMP
15 11 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.78%) HNC
16 10 (0.78%) HND
17 9 (0.70%) GIAC
17 9 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (6.00%) QA
3 73 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 68 (5.30%) SLA
5 53 (4.13%) GDPR
6 46 (3.58%) GRC
7 31 (2.41%) NIST
8 20 (1.56%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.78%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.39%) PMO
11 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.23%) WCAG
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.16%) NCSC
15 1 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 429 (33.41%) Active Directory
2 141 (10.98%) Hyper-V
3 91 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (1.79%) vSphere
5 18 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.86%) BitLocker
7 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.47%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.31%) KVM
12 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.23%) Docker
13 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 302 (23.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.41%) Terraform
3 29 (2.26%) SCCM
4 20 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
6 11 (0.86%) Ansible
7 10 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
7 10 (0.78%) Grafana
7 10 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.70%) Kubernetes
9 8 (0.62%) Autotask
10 7 (0.55%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.31%) Graylog
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,154 (89.88%) Microsoft
2 122 (9.50%) ServiceNow
3 119 (9.27%) VMware
4 75 (5.84%) Cisco
5 51 (3.97%) Veeam
6 40 (3.12%) Google
7 36 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.80%) Meraki
8 30 (2.34%) Apple
9 29 (2.26%) Adobe
9 29 (2.26%) iManage
10 28 (2.18%) Fortinet
11 20 (1.56%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.48%) Zscaler
13 18 (1.40%) SonicWALL
14 17 (1.32%) Computacenter
14 17 (1.32%) Salesforce
15 16 (1.25%) Citrix
15 16 (1.25%) Splunk
16 15 (1.17%) Ubiquiti