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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 49 31
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,289 960 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.62% 5.80% 6.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.91% 16.14% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,002 771 1,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,662 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -18.68% -
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% -

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 8,648 5,948 10,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.72% 35.92% 40.78%
Number of salaries quoted 6,292 4,361 7,767
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,489 £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 £81,500 £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 20 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 (35.45%) SharePoint
2 270 (20.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.86%) Confluence
4 17 (1.32%) 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%) WordPress
Applications
1 144 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.95%) 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 (0.078%) 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
1 665 (51.59%) Azure
2 416 (32.27%) Entra ID
3 232 (18.00%) Power Platform
4 157 (12.18%) AWS
5 133 (10.32%) OneDrive
6 113 (8.77%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (8.61%) Power Automate
8 110 (8.53%) PowerApps
9 98 (7.60%) SaaS
10 67 (5.20%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.65%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
13 39 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 29 (2.25%) Google Workspace
16 26 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
17 24 (1.86%) IaaS
18 23 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 216 (16.76%) Firewall
2 189 (14.66%) DNS
3 144 (11.17%) DHCP
4 141 (10.94%) VPN
5 108 (8.38%) LAN
6 104 (8.07%) TCP/IP
6 104 (8.07%) WAN
7 93 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (3.65%) VoIP
9 46 (3.57%) VLAN
10 42 (3.26%) Network Security
11 38 (2.95%) Wireless
12 17 (1.32%) Unified Communications
13 14 (1.09%) SAN
14 9 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.70%) Internet
14 9 (0.70%) WebEx
15 8 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.51%) Power BI
2 48 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.78%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.16%) Power Query
11 1 (0.078%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.078%) Parquet
11 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (6.59%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Postman
5 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.078%) Selenium
General
1 643 (49.88%) Social Skills
2 155 (12.02%) Finance
3 125 (9.70%) Legal
4 102 (7.91%) Law
5 76 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.50%) Public Sector
7 48 (3.72%) Swedish Language
8 42 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 35 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.33%) Retail
12 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.78%) Marketing
14 21 (1.63%) French Language
15 18 (1.40%) Banking
16 16 (1.24%) Advertising
17 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
18 12 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 280 (21.72%) IT Support
2 208 (16.14%) Support Engineer
3 207 (16.06%) Analyst
4 194 (15.05%) IT Engineer
5 168 (13.03%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.10%) Senior
7 108 (8.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 101 (7.84%) Consultant
9 90 (6.98%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.59%) Service Desk Analyst
11 78 (6.05%) Architect
11 78 (6.05%) Support Analyst
12 71 (5.51%) Developer
13 59 (4.58%) IT Analyst
14 58 (4.50%) Lead
15 57 (4.42%) IT Manager
16 50 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
16 50 (3.88%) IT Technician
17 47 (3.65%) 3rd Line Support
17 47 (3.65%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.57%) HTML
3 43 (3.34%) .NET
4 40 (3.10%) CSS
5 35 (2.72%) SPFx
6 34 (2.64%) HTML5 Canvas
7 33 (2.56%) Terraform
8 22 (1.71%) .NET Core
9 21 (1.63%) JSON
10 12 (0.93%) React
11 11 (0.85%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.85%) REST
12 9 (0.70%) XMPP
13 7 (0.54%) Middleware
13 7 (0.54%) RESTful
14 6 (0.47%) OpenID
15 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.39%) OAuth
15 5 (0.39%) XML
16 4 (0.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.77%) Onboarding
2 96 (7.45%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.64%) Security Posture
5 33 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.17%) Clustering
8 23 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.40%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 17 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.09%) Replication
13 11 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (0.70%) FlexPod
14 9 (0.70%) PKI
14 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 529 (41.04%) Windows
2 237 (18.39%) Windows Server
3 68 (5.28%) Windows 10
4 66 (5.12%) Mac OS
5 60 (4.65%) Linux
6 30 (2.33%) Android
6 30 (2.33%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.09%) 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 (0.078%) CentOS
12 1 (0.078%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (27.93%) Problem-Solving
2 293 (22.73%) ITIL
3 266 (20.64%) Customer Service
4 256 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 203 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
6 181 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 144 (11.17%) ITSM
8 142 (11.02%) AI
9 130 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 123 (9.54%) Service Delivery
11 116 (9.00%) Roadmaps
12 115 (8.92%) Mentoring
13 114 (8.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 114 (8.84%) Project Delivery
14 107 (8.30%) Technical Leadership
15 99 (7.68%) User Experience
16 90 (6.98%) Service Management
17 89 (6.90%) Information Security
18 81 (6.28%) Agile
19 78 (6.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.27%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.53%) SQL
3 60 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.50%) C#
5 55 (4.27%) Python
6 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.33%) R
8 23 (1.78%) Bicep
9 20 (1.55%) VBA
10 14 (1.09%) Bash
11 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Ruby
14 3 (0.23%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.23%) Java
14 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 2 (0.16%) Dart
Qualifications
1 194 (15.05%) Degree
2 167 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.51%) MCSE
6 70 (5.43%) AWS Certification
7 58 (4.50%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.40%) CISSP
9 25 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.47%) CISM
13 17 (1.32%) CCNA
14 13 (1.01%) PMP
15 12 (0.93%) CEH
16 10 (0.78%) HNC
16 10 (0.78%) HND
17 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.70%) GIAC
17 9 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (7.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (5.51%) QA
4 70 (5.43%) SLA
5 54 (4.19%) GDPR
6 46 (3.57%) 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 (0.16%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 438 (33.98%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.09%) Hyper-V
3 93 (7.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.71%) 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 (0.47%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.31%) KVM
13 2 (0.16%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.16%) Docker
14 1 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 305 (23.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.40%) SCCM
3 20 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
6 10 (0.78%) 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 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,163 (90.22%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.31%) VMware
3 119 (9.23%) ServiceNow
4 72 (5.59%) Cisco
5 52 (4.03%) Veeam
6 41 (3.18%) Google
7 36 (2.79%) Meraki
8 35 (2.72%) CrowdStrike
9 33 (2.56%) Apple
10 30 (2.33%) Adobe
11 29 (2.25%) iManage
12 27 (2.09%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.47%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.47%) Zscaler
14 18 (1.40%) Salesforce
14 18 (1.40%) SonicWALL
15 16 (1.24%) Citrix
16 15 (1.16%) Computacenter
16 15 (1.16%) Splunk
17 14 (1.09%) Ubiquiti