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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 967 1,477 1,742
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.34% 7.43% 8.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.32% 16.64% 17.37%
Number of salaries quoted 673 927 1,572
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

All Cloud 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 5,583 8,876 10,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 44.66% 47.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,165 5,795 8,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,775 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.91% +3.64% -0.33%

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 November 2025.

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
1 260 (26.89%) SharePoint
2 185 (19.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.83%) IIS
4 7 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.62%) Moodle
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.31%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.31%) WordPress
7 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Confluence
8 1 (0.10%) Drupal
Applications
1 207 (21.41%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.24%) InDesign
5 9 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.72%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.10%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.83%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 1000
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 442 (45.71%) Azure
2 200 (20.68%) Entra ID
3 150 (15.51%) AWS
4 140 (14.48%) Power Platform
5 84 (8.69%) PowerApps
6 81 (8.38%) Power Automate
7 62 (6.41%) OneDrive
8 50 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (3.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 34 (3.52%) SaaS
11 32 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (2.38%) Copilot Studio
13 21 (2.17%) IaaS
14 18 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.86%) Google Workspace
15 16 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
17 12 (1.24%) Workato
18 10 (1.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 108 (11.17%) Firewall
2 97 (10.03%) DHCP
2 97 (10.03%) DNS
3 82 (8.48%) VPN
4 57 (5.89%) WAN
5 55 (5.69%) TCP/IP
6 41 (4.24%) LAN
7 33 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
8 31 (3.21%) VLAN
9 25 (2.59%) VoIP
10 21 (2.17%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.65%) Unified Communications
12 15 (1.55%) Wireless
13 12 (1.24%) Network Security
13 12 (1.24%) SAN
14 11 (1.14%) SSL
15 8 (0.83%) IP Telephony
16 5 (0.52%) Broadband
16 5 (0.52%) HTTP
16 5 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.76%) Power BI
2 25 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.14%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.62%) MySQL
4 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.41%) GIS
7 3 (0.31%) Power Query
7 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.21%) Metadata
8 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.21%) QlikView
9 1 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (0.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
2 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
General
1 489 (50.57%) Social Skills
2 169 (17.48%) Finance
3 97 (10.03%) Swedish Language
4 95 (9.82%) French Language
5 88 (9.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.79%) Law
7 52 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (4.55%) Legal
8 44 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.14%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.93%) Public Sector
11 35 (3.62%) Marketing
12 31 (3.21%) Back Office
13 26 (2.69%) Retail
14 22 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.14%) Automotive
17 8 (0.83%) Advertising
18 7 (0.72%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 234 (24.20%) Analyst
2 165 (17.06%) IT Support
3 134 (13.86%) Service Analyst
4 132 (13.65%) Service Desk Analyst
5 109 (11.27%) Support Engineer
6 85 (8.79%) IT Engineer
7 79 (8.17%) Senior
8 72 (7.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 59 (6.10%) Lead
10 57 (5.89%) Support Analyst
11 56 (5.79%) Support Technician
12 53 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support
13 50 (5.17%) IT Analyst
14 48 (4.96%) IT Manager
15 45 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 42 (4.34%) Consultant
17 41 (4.24%) Developer
18 40 (4.14%) IT Technician
19 37 (3.83%) IT Support Technician
20 33 (3.41%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.69%) .NET
2 23 (2.38%) HTML5 Canvas
3 11 (1.14%) Web Services
4 10 (1.03%) REST
5 8 (0.83%) JSON
6 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (0.62%) SOAP
7 5 (0.52%) EDI
7 5 (0.52%) Middleware
7 5 (0.52%) React
7 5 (0.52%) RESTful
7 5 (0.52%) XML
8 4 (0.41%) FIDO
8 4 (0.41%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.31%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.31%) CSS
9 3 (0.31%) HTML
9 3 (0.31%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.21%) FHIR
10 2 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.10%) Driving Licence
2 83 (8.58%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 31 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.69%) Cloud Native
7 25 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Licensing
9 18 (1.86%) Social Media
10 15 (1.55%) CCTV
11 12 (1.24%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.14%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.03%) iPad
14 9 (0.93%) CMDB
14 9 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 397 (41.05%) Windows
2 177 (18.30%) Windows Server
3 124 (12.82%) Windows 10
4 45 (4.65%) Apple iOS
5 39 (4.03%) Mac OS
6 38 (3.93%) Linux
7 14 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.03%) Android
10 9 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.62%) Unix
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.10%) CentOS
13 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (32.99%) ITIL
2 265 (27.40%) Customer Service
3 188 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 159 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 148 (15.31%) ITSM
6 117 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
7 100 (10.34%) Roadmaps
8 97 (10.03%) Performance Metrics
9 88 (9.10%) Mentoring
10 86 (8.89%) Service Delivery
11 83 (8.58%) AI
12 81 (8.38%) Agile
13 77 (7.96%) User Experience
14 75 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (7.65%) Analytics
16 69 (7.14%) Coaching
17 65 (6.72%) DevOps
17 65 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 65 (6.72%) Migration
18 60 (6.20%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 110 (11.38%) PowerShell
2 62 (6.41%) SQL
3 41 (4.24%) Python
4 40 (4.14%) JavaScript
5 36 (3.72%) C#
6 23 (2.38%) Bash
7 11 (1.14%) VBA
8 8 (0.83%) Bicep
9 5 (0.52%) Java
9 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.21%) VB
12 2 (0.21%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.10%) PHP
13 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 253 (26.16%) Degree
2 173 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (11.17%) AWS Certification
4 105 (10.86%) MCSE
5 77 (7.96%) Security Cleared
6 73 (7.55%) SC Cleared
7 38 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (3.93%) DBS Check
8 36 (3.72%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.48%) CISSP
10 23 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
11 22 (2.28%) CCNA
12 21 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (2.07%) CTC Cleared
14 16 (1.65%) CISM
15 14 (1.45%) MCSA
16 13 (1.34%) MCP
17 11 (1.14%) A+ Certification
18 10 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (1.03%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (10.24%) QA
2 63 (6.51%) SLA
3 49 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (4.45%) GDPR
5 32 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (2.48%) NIST
7 16 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (1.55%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.62%) GRC
10 4 (0.41%) NCSC
10 4 (0.41%) PMO
11 3 (0.31%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.21%) HL7
12 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.10%) COBIT
13 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 349 (36.09%) Active Directory
2 85 (8.79%) Hyper-V
3 48 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.72%) Docker
7 6 (0.62%) Firmware
7 6 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.62%) vSphere
8 4 (0.41%) Postfix
8 4 (0.41%) XenApp
9 3 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.10%) Dovecot
Systems Management
1 214 (22.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (4.76%) SCCM
3 42 (4.34%) Terraform
4 15 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (1.45%) Autotask
6 9 (0.93%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.52%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.41%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.31%) Ansible
10 3 (0.31%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.10%) Kibana
12 1 (0.10%) SCOM
12 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 786 (81.28%) Microsoft
2 112 (11.58%) ServiceNow
3 84 (8.69%) VMware
4 80 (8.27%) Cisco
5 30 (3.10%) Apple
6 26 (2.69%) Meraki
7 25 (2.59%) Google
8 23 (2.38%) Citrix
9 21 (2.17%) Adobe
10 19 (1.96%) Veeam
11 18 (1.86%) Datto
11 18 (1.86%) HP
12 17 (1.76%) Dell
13 16 (1.65%) Oracle
14 15 (1.55%) Freshdesk
15 12 (1.24%) Mitel
15 12 (1.24%) Sage
16 11 (1.14%) SAP
17 10 (1.03%) IBM
17 10 (1.03%) iManage