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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 48 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,285 975 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.63% 5.87% 6.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.83% 16.33% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 788 1,242
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 £62,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £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 8,662 5,971 10,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.96% 35.95% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,294 4,386 7,813
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,301 £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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 17 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
1 452 (35.18%) SharePoint
2 273 (21.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.95%) Confluence
4 18 (1.40%) 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
1 147 (11.44%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.86%) 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
1 662 (51.52%) Azure
2 409 (31.83%) Entra ID
3 231 (17.98%) Power Platform
4 157 (12.22%) AWS
5 130 (10.12%) OneDrive
6 112 (8.72%) Power Automate
7 111 (8.64%) PowerApps
8 107 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
9 97 (7.55%) SaaS
10 63 (4.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.74%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
12 40 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
13 36 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 31 (2.41%) Google Workspace
15 25 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
15 25 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
16 24 (1.87%) IaaS
17 23 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 212 (16.50%) Firewall
2 184 (14.32%) DNS
3 139 (10.82%) DHCP
4 137 (10.66%) VPN
5 109 (8.48%) LAN
6 105 (8.17%) WAN
7 101 (7.86%) TCP/IP
8 94 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
9 48 (3.74%) VoIP
10 44 (3.42%) VLAN
11 41 (3.19%) Network Security
12 38 (2.96%) Wireless
13 17 (1.32%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.17%) SAN
15 10 (0.78%) Internet
16 9 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.70%) WebEx
17 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.60%) Power BI
2 49 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.78%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) MySQL
5 7 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) Power Query
10 1 (0.078%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.078%) Parquet
10 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 84 (6.54%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Postman
5 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
General
1 637 (49.57%) Social Skills
2 160 (12.45%) Finance
3 128 (9.96%) Legal
4 107 (8.33%) Law
5 71 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.51%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.74%) Swedish Language
9 42 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.41%) Retail
12 30 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.71%) Marketing
15 21 (1.63%) French Language
16 18 (1.40%) Banking
17 16 (1.25%) Advertising
18 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
19 11 (0.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 284 (22.10%) IT Support
2 210 (16.34%) Support Engineer
3 208 (16.19%) Analyst
4 194 (15.10%) IT Engineer
5 169 (13.15%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.14%) Senior
7 106 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 99 (7.70%) Consultant
9 90 (7.00%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.61%) Service Desk Analyst
11 81 (6.30%) Support Analyst
12 75 (5.84%) Architect
13 73 (5.68%) Developer
14 61 (4.75%) IT Analyst
15 59 (4.59%) Lead
16 57 (4.44%) IT Manager
17 50 (3.89%) IT Technician
18 49 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
18 49 (3.81%) IT Support Analyst
19 47 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.74%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.58%) HTML
3 41 (3.19%) .NET
4 40 (3.11%) CSS
5 36 (2.80%) HTML5 Canvas
6 35 (2.72%) SPFx
7 21 (1.63%) .NET Core
7 21 (1.63%) JSON
8 12 (0.93%) React
9 11 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.86%) REST
10 9 (0.70%) XMPP
11 7 (0.54%) Middleware
12 6 (0.47%) OpenID
13 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.39%) OAuth
13 5 (0.39%) RESTful
13 5 (0.39%) XML
14 4 (0.31%) ARM Templates
14 4 (0.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 98 (7.63%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.65%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.18%) Clustering
8 24 (1.87%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 20 (1.56%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.25%) AI Agents
14 15 (1.17%) Replication
14 15 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
15 14 (1.09%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
17 9 (0.70%) FlexPod
17 9 (0.70%) PKI
17 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 525 (40.86%) Windows
2 231 (17.98%) Windows Server
3 71 (5.53%) Windows 10
4 69 (5.37%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.75%) Linux
6 30 (2.33%) Android
6 30 (2.33%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.16%) CentOS
12 2 (0.16%) Debian
12 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.078%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (22.96%) ITIL
3 262 (20.39%) Customer Service
4 248 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (15.64%) Cybersecurity
6 174 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 145 (11.28%) ITSM
8 134 (10.43%) AI
9 128 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (9.42%) Service Delivery
11 114 (8.87%) Roadmaps
12 111 (8.64%) Project Delivery
13 109 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (8.48%) Mentoring
14 104 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
15 99 (7.70%) User Experience
16 91 (7.08%) Service Management
17 89 (6.93%) Information Security
18 80 (6.23%) Agile
18 80 (6.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 181 (14.09%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.55%) SQL
3 62 (4.82%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.59%) C#
5 54 (4.20%) Python
6 31 (2.41%) R
6 31 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.56%) Bicep
7 20 (1.56%) VBA
8 16 (1.25%) Bash
9 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.47%) VBScript
11 5 (0.39%) Ruby
12 4 (0.31%) PHP
13 3 (0.23%) C
13 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.23%) Java
13 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.16%) Dart
Qualifications
1 192 (14.94%) Degree
2 167 (13.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 80 (6.23%) Security Cleared
4 75 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.53%) MCSE
6 70 (5.45%) AWS Certification
7 55 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.41%) CISSP
9 24 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.71%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.48%) CISM
13 15 (1.17%) 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
1 105 (8.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 72 (5.60%) QA
3 69 (5.37%) SLA
4 54 (4.20%) GDPR
5 46 (3.58%) GRC
6 31 (2.41%) NIST
7 20 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.78%) 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%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) NCSC
14 1 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 435 (33.85%) Active Directory
2 141 (10.97%) Hyper-V
3 90 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.71%) vSphere
6 18 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.86%) 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
10 6 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.31%) KVM
13 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.23%) Docker
14 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 303 (23.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.33%) Terraform
3 29 (2.26%) SCCM
4 20 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.78%) Ansible
8 9 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.70%) Grafana
8 9 (0.70%) Kubernetes
9 8 (0.62%) Autotask
10 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.31%) Graylog
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,155 (89.88%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.34%) ServiceNow
3 119 (9.26%) VMware
4 72 (5.60%) Cisco
5 51 (3.97%) Veeam
6 41 (3.19%) Google
7 36 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.80%) Meraki
8 31 (2.41%) Apple
9 29 (2.26%) Adobe
9 29 (2.26%) iManage
10 27 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 19 (1.48%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.48%) Zscaler
12 18 (1.40%) SonicWALL
13 16 (1.25%) Citrix
13 16 (1.25%) Computacenter
13 16 (1.25%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.17%) Splunk
14 15 (1.17%) Ubiquiti