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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 938 1,297 1,711
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.19% 7.89% 7.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.94% 17.01% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 618 824 1,547
10th Percentile £27,900 £27,325 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,075 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

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 5,537 7,623 10,127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.56% 46.40% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,938 4,857 8,735
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,625 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 January 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
1 240 (25.59%) SharePoint
2 151 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.85%) IIS
4 7 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) Moodle
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Confluence
7 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 244 (26.01%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.28%) InDesign
5 8 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 21 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.85%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 432 (46.06%) Azure
2 204 (21.75%) Entra ID
3 181 (19.30%) AWS
4 118 (12.58%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.72%) Power Automate
6 62 (6.61%) PowerApps
7 54 (5.76%) OneDrive
8 43 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
10 31 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (3.20%) Google Workspace
12 28 (2.99%) SaaS
13 26 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (2.24%) Copilot Studio
15 20 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
16 19 (2.03%) IaaS
17 16 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
18 14 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
19 13 (1.39%) Mimecast
20 12 (1.28%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 101 (10.77%) DNS
2 95 (10.13%) DHCP
2 95 (10.13%) Firewall
2 95 (10.13%) VPN
3 67 (7.14%) WAN
4 48 (5.12%) LAN
4 48 (5.12%) TCP/IP
5 45 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
6 42 (4.48%) VLAN
7 28 (2.99%) SD-WAN
8 24 (2.56%) VoIP
9 18 (1.92%) Unified Communications
10 11 (1.17%) SSL
11 10 (1.07%) Network Security
11 10 (1.07%) Wireless
12 9 (0.96%) SAN
13 7 (0.75%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (0.43%) iSCSI
14 4 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.76%) Power BI
2 14 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.75%) MySQL
5 6 (0.64%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.32%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.32%) GIS
8 3 (0.32%) Power Query
8 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.21%) Metadata
9 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.21%) QlikView
10 1 (0.11%) EDMS
10 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (0.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) MSBuild
General
1 478 (50.96%) Social Skills
2 142 (15.14%) Finance
3 115 (12.26%) French Language
4 95 (10.13%) Swedish Language
5 66 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (5.44%) Law
7 49 (5.22%) Back Office
8 44 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (4.48%) Legal
9 42 (4.48%) Public Sector
10 31 (3.30%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
12 25 (2.67%) Retail
13 23 (2.45%) Marketing
14 21 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.07%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.75%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.64%) German Language
17 6 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 247 (26.33%) Analyst
2 172 (18.34%) IT Support
3 156 (16.63%) Service Analyst
4 154 (16.42%) Service Desk Analyst
5 153 (16.31%) Support Engineer
6 101 (10.77%) IT Engineer
7 90 (9.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 77 (8.21%) Senior
9 63 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
10 59 (6.29%) IT Analyst
11 56 (5.97%) Lead
12 55 (5.86%) Support Analyst
13 51 (5.44%) Desktop Engineer
14 50 (5.33%) Desktop Support
15 49 (5.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 48 (5.12%) Consultant
17 45 (4.80%) Support Technician
18 44 (4.69%) IT Manager
19 43 (4.58%) IT Technician
20 41 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.56%) .NET
2 19 (2.03%) HTML5 Canvas
3 11 (1.17%) REST
3 11 (1.17%) Web Services
4 9 (0.96%) JSON
5 8 (0.85%) Middleware
6 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (0.64%) SOAP
7 5 (0.53%) EDI
7 5 (0.53%) RESTful
7 5 (0.53%) XML
8 4 (0.43%) FIDO
8 4 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.32%) FHIR
10 2 (0.21%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.21%) CSS
10 2 (0.21%) HTML
10 2 (0.21%) React
11 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.32%) Onboarding
2 74 (7.89%) Driving Licence
3 41 (4.37%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.67%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.92%) Social Media
9 13 (1.39%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.39%) CCTV
10 12 (1.28%) Client/Server
11 11 (1.17%) CMDB
11 11 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.17%) iPad
11 11 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 405 (43.18%) Windows
2 181 (19.30%) Windows Server
3 155 (16.52%) Windows 10
4 61 (6.50%) Apple iOS
5 38 (4.05%) Linux
6 36 (3.84%) Mac OS
7 23 (2.45%) Android
8 19 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.64%) Unix
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (38.27%) ITIL
2 299 (31.88%) Customer Service
3 203 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 186 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (18.44%) ITSM
6 146 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
7 117 (12.47%) Performance Metrics
8 103 (10.98%) Service Delivery
9 96 (10.23%) Analytics
10 92 (9.81%) Roadmaps
11 86 (9.17%) Mentoring
12 80 (8.53%) Customer Experience
13 75 (8.00%) Agile
14 71 (7.57%) Asset Management
15 68 (7.25%) Migration
15 68 (7.25%) User Experience
16 66 (7.04%) Service Management
17 65 (6.93%) AI
18 63 (6.72%) Coaching
19 62 (6.61%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.55%) PowerShell
2 51 (5.44%) SQL
3 39 (4.16%) Python
4 32 (3.41%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.99%) C#
6 21 (2.24%) Bash
7 7 (0.75%) Bicep
8 6 (0.64%) VBA
9 5 (0.53%) Java
9 5 (0.53%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.11%) PHP
12 1 (0.11%) Scala
12 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 271 (28.89%) Degree
2 197 (21.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 132 (14.07%) AWS Certification
4 126 (13.43%) MCSE
5 103 (10.98%) Security Cleared
6 100 (10.66%) SC Cleared
7 44 (4.69%) CTC Cleared
8 39 (4.16%) Azure Certification
8 39 (4.16%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (2.88%) DBS Check
10 24 (2.56%) CISSP
11 23 (2.45%) CCNA
12 21 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 19 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
14 16 (1.71%) CISM
14 16 (1.71%) MCP
15 14 (1.49%) MCSA
16 10 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (13.22%) QA
2 81 (8.64%) SLA
3 58 (6.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (4.69%) GDPR
6 26 (2.77%) NIST
7 20 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (1.60%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.60%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.85%) GRC
10 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.32%) HL7
11 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.32%) NCSC
11 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.21%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 313 (33.37%) Active Directory
2 77 (8.21%) Hyper-V
3 47 (5.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.96%) Firmware
7 7 (0.75%) Docker
7 7 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.53%) vSphere
9 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.32%) Postfix
9 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.21%) XenApp
10 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 209 (22.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (4.58%) Terraform
3 42 (4.48%) SCCM
4 17 (1.81%) Autotask
4 17 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 10 (1.07%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.85%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.64%) PaperCut
8 4 (0.43%) Ansible
8 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.32%) Nessus
9 3 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.11%) CASB
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Kibana
10 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 733 (78.14%) Microsoft
2 130 (13.86%) ServiceNow
3 89 (9.49%) Cisco
4 81 (8.64%) VMware
5 37 (3.94%) Apple
5 37 (3.94%) Google
6 20 (2.13%) Adobe
7 19 (2.03%) Citrix
8 18 (1.92%) Oracle
9 16 (1.71%) Veeam
10 15 (1.60%) Datto
10 15 (1.60%) HP
11 14 (1.49%) Meraki
12 13 (1.39%) Dell
12 13 (1.39%) Freshdesk
13 11 (1.17%) Fortinet
13 11 (1.17%) Mitel
14 10 (1.07%) IBM
14 10 (1.07%) Sage
15 9 (0.96%) SAP