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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 34 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,000 1,042 2,442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.85% 7.75% 7.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.63% 16.34% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 690 826 2,121
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,375 £25,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -4.76%

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 6,397 6,376 13,781
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.44% 47.40% 45.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,311 4,747 11,948
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 23 March 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
1 288 (28.80%) SharePoint
2 195 (19.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.60%) Confluence
5 5 (0.50%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Moodle
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 239 (23.90%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.90%) InDesign
4 9 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 487 (48.70%) Azure
2 265 (26.50%) Entra ID
3 165 (16.50%) AWS
4 114 (11.40%) Power Platform
5 82 (8.20%) OneDrive
6 59 (5.90%) SaaS
7 56 (5.60%) Google Workspace
8 55 (5.50%) Power Automate
9 50 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 31 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (3.00%) Microsoft Copilot
12 24 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 24 (2.40%) Mimecast
13 23 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (1.70%) IaaS
16 12 (1.20%) PaaS
17 11 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
18 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
19 8 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 150 (15.00%) DNS
2 131 (13.10%) DHCP
2 131 (13.10%) Firewall
3 116 (11.60%) VPN
4 81 (8.10%) Wi-Fi
5 78 (7.80%) WAN
6 72 (7.20%) TCP/IP
7 62 (6.20%) LAN
8 49 (4.90%) VLAN
9 43 (4.30%) VoIP
10 22 (2.20%) SD-WAN
11 19 (1.90%) Unified Communications
12 13 (1.30%) Network Security
13 10 (1.00%) Wireless
14 9 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.80%) Internet
15 8 (0.80%) SAN
16 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
17 5 (0.50%) Intranet
17 5 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.30%) Power BI
2 38 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.50%) MySQL
4 13 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.40%) Power Query
8 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.20%) QlikView
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.10%) Metadata
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (0.20%) Selenium
3 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 502 (50.20%) Social Skills
2 136 (13.60%) Finance
3 92 (9.20%) French Language
4 71 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (7.10%) Legal
5 66 (6.60%) Back Office
6 58 (5.80%) Law
7 55 (5.50%) Swedish Language
8 50 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 49 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
10 45 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
11 33 (3.30%) Retail
12 31 (3.10%) Marketing
13 16 (1.60%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
17 6 (0.60%) Games
17 6 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 251 (25.10%) Support Engineer
2 244 (24.40%) IT Support
3 216 (21.60%) Analyst
4 172 (17.20%) IT Engineer
5 154 (15.40%) IT Support Engineer
6 126 (12.60%) Service Analyst
7 123 (12.30%) Service Desk Analyst
8 95 (9.50%) Senior
9 77 (7.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 66 (6.60%) Desktop Support
11 66 (6.60%) IT Analyst
12 64 (6.40%) Desktop Engineer
12 64 (6.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (5.60%) Site Engineer
14 54 (5.40%) Support Analyst
15 48 (4.80%) Lead
16 47 (4.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 46 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 41 (4.10%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.20%) HTML5 Canvas
2 21 (2.10%) .NET
2 21 (2.10%) JSON
3 13 (1.30%) XML
4 9 (0.90%) REST
5 8 (0.80%) Middleware
6 7 (0.70%) .NET Core
6 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (0.70%) Web Services
7 6 (0.60%) CSS
7 6 (0.60%) HTML
7 6 (0.60%) SPFx
8 5 (0.50%) EDI
8 5 (0.50%) RESTful
8 5 (0.50%) SOAP
9 4 (0.40%) FIDO
9 4 (0.40%) OAuth
9 4 (0.40%) OpenID
9 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 103 (10.30%) Driving Licence
2 83 (8.30%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.10%) CCTV
7 19 (1.90%) Social Media
8 18 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (1.70%) Replication
10 16 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.40%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 13 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
14 12 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (1.00%) Client/Server
16 9 (0.90%) CMDB
16 9 (0.90%) iPad
17 8 (0.80%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 482 (48.20%) Windows
2 201 (20.10%) Windows Server
3 185 (18.50%) Windows 10
4 53 (5.30%) Apple iOS
5 50 (5.00%) Linux
6 49 (4.90%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.30%) Android
8 31 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 22 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 3 (0.30%) CentOS
13 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (35.00%) ITIL
2 316 (31.60%) Customer Service
3 226 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (16.70%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (15.70%) ITSM
7 111 (11.10%) Service Delivery
8 99 (9.90%) Customer Experience
9 95 (9.50%) Analytics
10 94 (9.40%) Performance Metrics
11 84 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 80 (8.00%) Patch Management
13 78 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
14 75 (7.50%) Roadmaps
15 72 (7.20%) Ticket Management
16 69 (6.90%) Mentoring
17 68 (6.80%) Change Management
17 68 (6.80%) Software Deployment
18 67 (6.70%) Service Management
19 65 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 97 (9.70%) PowerShell
2 61 (6.10%) SQL
3 37 (3.70%) Python
4 33 (3.30%) JavaScript
5 31 (3.10%) C#
6 14 (1.40%) Bash
7 12 (1.20%) R
8 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.80%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.70%) Java
11 5 (0.50%) Bicep
11 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.40%) Delphi
12 4 (0.40%) Pascal
12 4 (0.40%) PHP
13 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.30%) VBA
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.10%) Korn
15 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 256 (25.60%) Degree
2 191 (19.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (11.50%) Security Cleared
4 112 (11.20%) SC Cleared
5 106 (10.60%) AWS Certification
5 106 (10.60%) MCSE
6 60 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
7 39 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.70%) DBS Check
10 26 (2.60%) CISSP
11 21 (2.10%) CCNA
12 19 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 16 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.40%) MCSA
15 12 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (1.10%) A+ Certification
16 11 (1.10%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (10.30%) QA
2 83 (8.30%) SLA
3 80 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 26 (2.60%) GDPR
7 20 (2.00%) NIST
8 17 (1.70%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.30%) GRC
10 12 (1.20%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.20%) ISO 9001
11 11 (1.10%) PMO
12 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.30%) NCSC
15 2 (0.20%) HL7
16 1 (0.10%) Basel III
16 1 (0.10%) COBIT
16 1 (0.10%) MiFID
16 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 324 (32.40%) Active Directory
2 97 (9.70%) Hyper-V
3 58 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.90%) Docker
6 9 (0.90%) Firmware
6 9 (0.90%) vSphere
7 8 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.30%) Postfix
11 2 (0.20%) XenApp
12 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 219 (21.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.60%) SCCM
3 23 (2.30%) Terraform
4 17 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (1.60%) Autotask
6 15 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.20%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.60%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.40%) Grafana
13 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Kibana
14 1 (0.10%) Nessus
Vendors
1 794 (79.40%) Microsoft
2 125 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 121 (12.10%) Cisco
4 98 (9.80%) VMware
5 62 (6.20%) Google
6 36 (3.60%) Apple
7 28 (2.80%) Adobe
8 26 (2.60%) Meraki
9 20 (2.00%) Dell
10 19 (1.90%) HP
11 18 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.70%) Veeam
13 15 (1.50%) Salesforce
14 14 (1.40%) iManage
14 14 (1.40%) Oracle
15 13 (1.30%) Citrix
16 12 (1.20%) Draytek
16 12 (1.20%) Palo Alto
16 12 (1.20%) SAP