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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 46 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,353 951 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.69% 5.87% 6.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.44% 16.45% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 738 1,023
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £28,050
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -19.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% -12.35% +1.19%

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 8,762 5,780 9,499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.84% 35.70% 40.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,429 4,186 6,721
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 9 September 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
1 491 (36.29%) SharePoint
2 284 (20.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.85%) Confluence
4 18 (1.33%) IIS
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 144 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.37%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.074%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (0.74%) NetSuite
2 9 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Shopify
4 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.074%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 680 (50.26%) Azure
2 437 (32.30%) Entra ID
3 246 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 159 (11.75%) AWS
5 148 (10.94%) OneDrive
6 129 (9.53%) Microsoft Copilot
7 118 (8.72%) Power Automate
8 114 (8.43%) PowerApps
9 104 (7.69%) SaaS
10 78 (5.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 49 (3.62%) Mimecast
12 40 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 37 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (2.29%) Google Workspace
16 28 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
16 28 (2.07%) Copilot Studio
17 26 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
18 24 (1.77%) IaaS
19 22 (1.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 234 (17.29%) Firewall
2 202 (14.93%) DNS
3 155 (11.46%) DHCP
4 149 (11.01%) VPN
5 111 (8.20%) TCP/IP
6 107 (7.91%) LAN
7 104 (7.69%) WAN
8 91 (6.73%) Wi-Fi
9 55 (4.07%) VLAN
10 49 (3.62%) VoIP
11 40 (2.96%) Network Security
12 38 (2.81%) Wireless
13 15 (1.11%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.96%) SAN
15 9 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.59%) WebEx
17 7 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
17 7 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
17 7 (0.52%) Internet
17 7 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.54%) Power BI
2 54 (3.99%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.81%) Metadata
5 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.44%) MySQL
7 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.22%) Power Query
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.22%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.074%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.074%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.074%) Parquet
10 1 (0.074%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 90 (6.65%) JIRA
2 10 (0.74%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.074%) Postman
5 1 (0.074%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.074%) Selenium
General
1 699 (51.66%) Social Skills
2 153 (11.31%) Finance
3 121 (8.94%) Legal
4 96 (7.10%) Law
5 84 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
6 69 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (4.43%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.55%) Swedish Language
9 46 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (2.07%) Retail
14 26 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.85%) Marketing
16 19 (1.40%) French Language
17 18 (1.33%) Advertising
17 18 (1.33%) Banking
18 16 (1.18%) Local Government
19 13 (0.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 292 (21.58%) IT Support
2 225 (16.63%) Support Engineer
3 212 (15.67%) Analyst
4 208 (15.37%) IT Engineer
5 179 (13.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 166 (12.27%) Senior
7 116 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 114 (8.43%) Consultant
9 92 (6.80%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.28%) Service Desk Analyst
11 81 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 79 (5.84%) Architect
13 70 (5.17%) Developer
14 57 (4.21%) IT Analyst
14 57 (4.21%) Lead
15 55 (4.07%) 2nd Line Support
16 53 (3.92%) 1st Line Support
17 52 (3.84%) IT Manager
18 49 (3.62%) IT Technician
19 46 (3.40%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.92%) Microsoft Graph
2 49 (3.62%) HTML
3 42 (3.10%) .NET
3 42 (3.10%) CSS
4 37 (2.73%) SPFx
5 32 (2.37%) HTML5 Canvas
5 32 (2.37%) Terraform
6 21 (1.55%) .NET Core
6 21 (1.55%) JSON
7 16 (1.18%) REST
8 11 (0.81%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.81%) React
9 9 (0.67%) Middleware
10 8 (0.59%) RESTful
11 7 (0.52%) XMPP
12 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (0.37%) OpenID
12 5 (0.37%) XML
13 4 (0.30%) Next.js
13 4 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.94%) Driving Licence
2 120 (8.87%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (2.66%) Security Posture
5 31 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.00%) Clustering
9 24 (1.77%) Product Ownership
10 20 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 19 (1.40%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.26%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (1.03%) Cloud Native
14 14 (1.03%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.03%) Web Conferencing
15 10 (0.74%) Replication
16 9 (0.67%) PKI
16 9 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
17 8 (0.59%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 561 (41.46%) Windows
2 253 (18.70%) Windows Server
3 68 (5.03%) Mac OS
4 65 (4.80%) Linux
5 64 (4.73%) Windows 10
6 33 (2.44%) Android
7 31 (2.29%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.74%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.30%) Debian
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.074%) CentOS
14 1 (0.074%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (28.60%) Problem-Solving
2 294 (21.73%) Customer Service
3 290 (21.43%) ITIL
4 280 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 227 (16.78%) Cybersecurity
6 194 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 166 (12.27%) AI
8 151 (11.16%) ITSM
9 147 (10.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 134 (9.90%) Mentoring
11 132 (9.76%) Service Delivery
12 124 (9.16%) Project Delivery
13 121 (8.94%) Roadmaps
14 119 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
15 113 (8.35%) Technical Leadership
16 93 (6.87%) Information Security
17 91 (6.73%) User Experience
18 89 (6.58%) Service Management
19 88 (6.50%) Agile
20 83 (6.13%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 194 (14.34%) PowerShell
2 95 (7.02%) SQL
3 61 (4.51%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.29%) Python
5 57 (4.21%) C#
6 36 (2.66%) R
7 29 (2.14%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.77%) Bicep
9 20 (1.48%) VBA
10 13 (0.96%) Bash
11 9 (0.67%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.44%) VBScript
13 5 (0.37%) Ruby
14 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.22%) C
15 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.22%) Java
16 2 (0.15%) PHP
16 2 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 205 (15.15%) Degree
2 171 (12.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 82 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 74 (5.47%) MCSE
4 74 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 68 (5.03%) AWS Certification
6 58 (4.29%) Azure Certification
7 32 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (2.14%) CISSP
9 24 (1.77%) CCNA
10 23 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.55%) CISM
13 13 (0.96%) PMP
14 11 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.74%) GIAC
15 10 (0.74%) HNC
15 10 (0.74%) HND
16 9 (0.67%) CEH
16 9 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (5.62%) SLA
4 71 (5.25%) QA
5 64 (4.73%) GDPR
6 45 (3.33%) GRC
7 32 (2.37%) NIST
8 25 (1.85%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.11%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.52%) PMO
12 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.37%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.22%) NCSC
13 3 (0.22%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 453 (33.48%) Active Directory
2 154 (11.38%) Hyper-V
3 95 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.48%) vSphere
6 13 (0.96%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.59%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.44%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.30%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.074%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.074%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.074%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 323 (23.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.37%) SCCM
3 20 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.59%) Ansible
7 8 (0.59%) Autotask
7 8 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.52%) Grafana
9 6 (0.44%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.30%) Graylog
10 4 (0.30%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,220 (90.17%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.46%) VMware
3 119 (8.80%) ServiceNow
4 72 (5.32%) Cisco
5 59 (4.36%) Veeam
6 49 (3.62%) Google
7 40 (2.96%) Apple
8 37 (2.73%) CrowdStrike
9 35 (2.59%) Meraki
10 30 (2.22%) Adobe
11 29 (2.14%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.92%) iManage
13 20 (1.48%) SonicWALL
14 18 (1.33%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.26%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.26%) WatchGuard
15 17 (1.26%) Zscaler
16 16 (1.18%) Citrix
17 15 (1.11%) N-able
18 14 (1.03%) Computacenter