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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 48 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,292 966 1,635
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.61% 5.83% 6.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.88% 16.22% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 773 1,233
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 £63,750 £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% -0.06%

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 8,681 5,956 10,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 35.96% 40.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6,335 4,345 7,722
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 22 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
1 457 (35.37%) SharePoint
2 268 (20.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.86%) Confluence
4 18 (1.39%) 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 (0.077%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (11.07%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.077%) 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 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 664 (51.39%) Azure
2 413 (31.97%) Entra ID
3 232 (17.96%) Power Platform
4 156 (12.07%) AWS
5 133 (10.29%) OneDrive
6 112 (8.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (8.59%) Power Automate
8 110 (8.51%) PowerApps
9 98 (7.59%) SaaS
10 67 (5.19%) Microsoft Purview
11 46 (3.56%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
13 39 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (2.32%) Google Workspace
16 27 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
17 26 (2.01%) Copilot Studio
18 23 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (1.78%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 218 (16.87%) Firewall
2 190 (14.71%) DNS
3 145 (11.22%) DHCP
4 143 (11.07%) VPN
5 109 (8.44%) LAN
6 104 (8.05%) TCP/IP
6 104 (8.05%) WAN
7 94 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (3.72%) VLAN
8 48 (3.72%) VoIP
9 42 (3.25%) Network Security
10 38 (2.94%) Wireless
11 17 (1.32%) Unified Communications
12 14 (1.08%) SAN
13 9 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (0.70%) Internet
13 9 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (0.70%) WebEx
14 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.50%) Power BI
2 49 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.77%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.46%) MySQL
7 5 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.15%) Power Query
11 1 (0.077%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.077%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.077%) Parquet
11 1 (0.077%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (6.58%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.077%) Postman
5 1 (0.077%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 649 (50.23%) Social Skills
2 155 (12.00%) Finance
3 125 (9.67%) Legal
4 103 (7.97%) Law
5 77 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.72%) Swedish Language
9 42 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.79%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.32%) Retail
12 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.86%) Marketing
13 21 (1.63%) French Language
14 19 (1.47%) Banking
15 16 (1.24%) Advertising
16 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
17 12 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 280 (21.67%) IT Support
2 207 (16.02%) Analyst
3 206 (15.94%) Support Engineer
4 193 (14.94%) IT Engineer
5 167 (12.93%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.07%) Senior
7 110 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 101 (7.82%) Consultant
9 90 (6.97%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.58%) Service Desk Analyst
11 78 (6.04%) Architect
11 78 (6.04%) Support Analyst
12 71 (5.50%) Developer
13 58 (4.49%) IT Analyst
13 58 (4.49%) Lead
14 56 (4.33%) IT Manager
15 51 (3.95%) IT Technician
16 50 (3.87%) 2nd Line Support
17 47 (3.64%) Support Technician
18 46 (3.56%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.56%) HTML
3 43 (3.33%) .NET
4 40 (3.10%) CSS
5 35 (2.71%) SPFx
6 34 (2.63%) HTML5 Canvas
6 34 (2.63%) Terraform
7 22 (1.70%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.63%) JSON
9 12 (0.93%) React
10 11 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.85%) REST
11 9 (0.70%) XMPP
12 7 (0.54%) Middleware
12 7 (0.54%) RESTful
13 6 (0.46%) OpenID
14 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.39%) OAuth
14 5 (0.39%) XML
15 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.90%) Onboarding
2 99 (7.66%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.71%) Security Posture
5 34 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.17%) Clustering
8 24 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 17 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.08%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.08%) Replication
14 12 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.70%) FlexPod
15 9 (0.70%) PKI
15 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 533 (41.25%) Windows
2 239 (18.50%) Windows Server
3 67 (5.19%) Windows 10
4 65 (5.03%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.72%) Linux
6 31 (2.40%) Android
6 31 (2.40%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.70%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.23%) Debian
12 1 (0.077%) CentOS
12 1 (0.077%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
2 292 (22.60%) ITIL
3 268 (20.74%) Customer Service
4 258 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 143 (11.07%) AI
7 143 (11.07%) ITSM
8 131 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 122 (9.44%) Service Delivery
10 117 (9.06%) Roadmaps
11 116 (8.98%) Mentoring
12 114 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
13 113 (8.75%) Project Delivery
14 106 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
15 98 (7.59%) User Experience
16 89 (6.89%) Information Security
16 89 (6.89%) Service Management
17 81 (6.27%) Agile
18 78 (6.04%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.24%) PowerShell
2 96 (7.43%) SQL
3 60 (4.64%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.49%) C#
5 55 (4.26%) Python
6 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.24%) R
8 24 (1.86%) Bicep
9 20 (1.55%) VBA
10 14 (1.08%) Bash
11 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Ruby
14 4 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.23%) C
15 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.23%) Java
15 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
16 2 (0.15%) Dart
Qualifications
1 196 (15.17%) Degree
2 167 (12.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (5.96%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.57%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.50%) MCSE
6 70 (5.42%) AWS Certification
7 58 (4.49%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.40%) CISSP
9 25 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.70%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.47%) CISM
13 17 (1.32%) CCNA
14 13 (1.01%) PMP
15 12 (0.93%) CEH
16 10 (0.77%) HNC
16 10 (0.77%) HND
17 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.70%) GIAC
17 9 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (5.50%) QA
4 70 (5.42%) SLA
5 55 (4.26%) GDPR
6 46 (3.56%) GRC
7 31 (2.40%) NIST
8 20 (1.55%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (0.93%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.39%) PMO
10 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.23%) WCAG
13 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 439 (33.98%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.07%) Hyper-V
3 94 (7.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.70%) vSphere
6 20 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
10 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.31%) KVM
13 2 (0.15%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.077%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 302 (23.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.32%) SCCM
3 20 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (0.77%) Ansible
7 9 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (0.70%) Grafana
7 9 (0.70%) Kubernetes
8 8 (0.62%) Autotask
9 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.31%) Graylog
11 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,166 (90.25%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.29%) ServiceNow
2 120 (9.29%) VMware
3 72 (5.57%) Cisco
4 53 (4.10%) Veeam
5 42 (3.25%) Google
6 36 (2.79%) Meraki
7 34 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.55%) Apple
9 30 (2.32%) Adobe
10 29 (2.24%) iManage
11 27 (2.09%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.47%) Zscaler
13 18 (1.39%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.39%) SonicWALL
14 16 (1.24%) Citrix
15 15 (1.16%) Computacenter
15 15 (1.16%) Splunk
16 14 (1.08%) Ubiquiti