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

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 46 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 998 947 2,300
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.27% 6.51% 7.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.85% 16.49% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 717 770 1,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,640 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £88,000 £72,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -8.43%

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 7,205 5,742 14,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 39.46% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,938 4,137 11,984
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,825 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
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 26 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
1 326 (32.67%) SharePoint
2 200 (20.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.60%) Confluence
4 12 (1.20%) IIS
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.30%) SAS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 199 (19.94%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.50%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 485 (48.60%) Azure
2 291 (29.16%) Entra ID
3 137 (13.73%) AWS
4 127 (12.73%) Power Platform
5 103 (10.32%) OneDrive
6 68 (6.81%) SaaS
7 58 (5.81%) Power Automate
8 57 (5.71%) PowerApps
9 48 (4.81%) Microsoft Copilot
10 40 (4.01%) Google Workspace
11 33 (3.31%) Mimecast
12 26 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
13 25 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
14 22 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
15 19 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (1.80%) IaaS
17 16 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
18 15 (1.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 160 (16.03%) Firewall
2 140 (14.03%) DNS
3 113 (11.32%) VPN
4 111 (11.12%) DHCP
5 86 (8.62%) Wi-Fi
6 80 (8.02%) WAN
7 73 (7.31%) TCP/IP
8 70 (7.01%) LAN
9 53 (5.31%) VoIP
10 34 (3.41%) VLAN
11 19 (1.90%) Network Security
12 16 (1.60%) Unified Communications
13 15 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 10 (1.00%) SAN
15 9 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.90%) Internet
15 9 (0.90%) WebEx
15 9 (0.90%) Wireless
16 7 (0.70%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.41%) Power BI
2 48 (4.81%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.60%) MySQL
5 16 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.40%) Metadata
9 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.30%) Power Query
9 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.10%) Big Data
11 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 49 (4.91%) JIRA
2 5 (0.50%) Git
2 5 (0.50%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 474 (47.49%) Social Skills
2 127 (12.73%) Finance
3 87 (8.72%) Legal
4 58 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 58 (5.81%) Law
5 55 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.41%) Back Office
7 52 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (4.91%) French Language
9 45 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.71%) Retail
11 20 (2.00%) Marketing
12 19 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.60%) Swedish Language
14 14 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.10%) Banking
16 9 (0.90%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.70%) Local Government
18 5 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 233 (23.35%) IT Support
2 228 (22.85%) Support Engineer
3 194 (19.44%) Analyst
4 169 (16.93%) IT Engineer
5 143 (14.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 107 (10.72%) Senior
7 106 (10.62%) Service Analyst
8 99 (9.92%) Service Desk Analyst
9 90 (9.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 64 (6.41%) IT Analyst
11 61 (6.11%) Consultant
12 59 (5.91%) Support Analyst
13 55 (5.51%) Desktop Support
14 53 (5.31%) Desktop Engineer
14 53 (5.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 48 (4.81%) IT Technician
15 48 (4.81%) Site Engineer
16 46 (4.61%) Developer
16 46 (4.61%) Support Technician
17 44 (4.41%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.61%) Microsoft Graph
2 34 (3.41%) .NET
3 28 (2.81%) JSON
4 27 (2.71%) CSS
4 27 (2.71%) HTML
4 27 (2.71%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (2.40%) SPFx
6 21 (2.10%) .NET Core
7 9 (0.90%) XMPP
8 8 (0.80%) React
8 8 (0.80%) XML
9 7 (0.70%) Middleware
9 7 (0.70%) OpenID
10 6 (0.60%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.60%) OAuth
11 5 (0.50%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.50%) EDI
12 4 (0.40%) RESTful
13 3 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
13 3 (0.30%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.12%) Onboarding
2 77 (7.72%) Driving Licence
3 33 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
6 19 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 16 (1.60%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.60%) Replication
8 16 (1.60%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.30%) Clustering
9 13 (1.30%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.90%) CCTV
12 9 (0.90%) FlexPod
12 9 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.80%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 456 (45.69%) Windows
2 162 (16.23%) Windows Server
3 148 (14.83%) Windows 10
4 54 (5.41%) Apple iOS
5 48 (4.81%) Linux
6 47 (4.71%) Mac OS
7 44 (4.41%) Android
8 33 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.70%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.40%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (31.46%) ITIL
2 272 (27.25%) Customer Service
3 251 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 205 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 175 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
6 118 (11.82%) ITSM
7 108 (10.82%) Service Delivery
8 101 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 83 (8.32%) Disaster Recovery
10 77 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
11 76 (7.62%) Service Management
12 74 (7.41%) Customer Experience
13 73 (7.31%) Roadmaps
14 71 (7.11%) AI
15 67 (6.71%) Mentoring
15 67 (6.71%) User Experience
16 66 (6.61%) Patch Management
16 66 (6.61%) Performance Metrics
17 61 (6.11%) Software Deployment
18 60 (6.01%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 149 (14.93%) PowerShell
2 79 (7.92%) SQL
3 42 (4.21%) C#
4 39 (3.91%) Python
5 37 (3.71%) JavaScript
6 27 (2.71%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.70%) R
8 16 (1.60%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.20%) Bash
10 11 (1.10%) VBA
11 9 (0.90%) Bicep
12 6 (0.60%) PHP
12 6 (0.60%) VBScript
13 4 (0.40%) Delphi
13 4 (0.40%) Pascal
14 3 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.30%) Java
14 3 (0.30%) Ruby
15 2 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 215 (21.54%) Degree
2 159 (15.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 100 (10.02%) Security Cleared
4 96 (9.62%) SC Cleared
5 73 (7.31%) MCSE
6 70 (7.01%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.81%) CTC Cleared
8 36 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 23 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.90%) CISSP
13 14 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
14 13 (1.30%) A+ Certification
14 13 (1.30%) CCNA
15 10 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.90%) CISM
16 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.70%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (7.52%) QA
3 74 (7.41%) SLA
4 58 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (2.61%) GDPR
6 24 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (2.20%) NIST
8 11 (1.10%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.10%) PMO
9 9 (0.90%) GRC
10 5 (0.50%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.10%) HL7
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 310 (31.06%) Active Directory
2 86 (8.62%) Hyper-V
3 63 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.50%) vSphere
6 13 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.00%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.60%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.50%) Docker
10 5 (0.50%) Firmware
11 4 (0.40%) KVM
12 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.20%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.10%) ClearTrust
13 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 218 (21.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.21%) SCCM
3 19 (1.90%) Terraform
4 15 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.10%) Ansible
7 10 (1.00%) Autotask
8 9 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.90%) Grafana
9 7 (0.70%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.70%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.70%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.40%) Graylog
11 4 (0.40%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.20%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.10%) CASB
13 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 842 (84.37%) Microsoft
2 102 (10.22%) ServiceNow
3 98 (9.82%) Cisco
4 84 (8.42%) VMware
5 41 (4.11%) Google
6 30 (3.01%) Apple
7 29 (2.91%) Veeam
8 28 (2.81%) Adobe
9 26 (2.61%) Meraki
10 25 (2.51%) Fortinet
11 24 (2.40%) iManage
12 23 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
13 21 (2.10%) Computacenter
14 18 (1.80%) Dell
15 15 (1.50%) Palo Alto
15 15 (1.50%) SonicWALL
16 14 (1.40%) Citrix
17 13 (1.30%) Salesforce
17 13 (1.30%) Ubiquiti
18 12 (1.20%) HP
334 hybrid/remote Microsoft 365 jobs