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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 970 1,300 1,826
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.32% 7.98% 7.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.29% 17.10% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 627 825 1,649
10th Percentile £27,960 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,100
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.85% +4.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,150 £77,400 £76,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +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 5,609 7,603 10,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.57% 46.67% 46.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,955 4,821 9,328
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 January 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
1 254 (26.19%) SharePoint
2 150 (15.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.82%) IIS
4 7 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) Moodle
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) Confluence
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 261 (26.91%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.24%) InDesign
5 8 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.72%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 21 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 436 (44.95%) Azure
2 223 (22.99%) Entra ID
3 182 (18.76%) AWS
4 123 (12.68%) Power Platform
5 65 (6.70%) Power Automate
6 64 (6.60%) PowerApps
7 55 (5.67%) OneDrive
8 42 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
10 32 (3.30%) Google Workspace
11 31 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (3.09%) SaaS
13 25 (2.58%) Microsoft Purview
14 22 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (2.16%) Copilot Studio
16 19 (1.96%) IaaS
17 16 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (1.65%) Mimecast
18 14 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
19 12 (1.24%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 104 (10.72%) DNS
2 97 (10.00%) DHCP
3 96 (9.90%) Firewall
4 95 (9.79%) VPN
5 68 (7.01%) WAN
6 49 (5.05%) TCP/IP
7 47 (4.85%) LAN
7 47 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
8 43 (4.43%) VLAN
9 28 (2.89%) SD-WAN
10 24 (2.47%) VoIP
11 18 (1.86%) Unified Communications
12 11 (1.13%) SSL
13 10 (1.03%) Network Security
13 10 (1.03%) Wireless
14 9 (0.93%) SAN
15 7 (0.72%) IP Telephony
16 6 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (0.52%) Broadband
18 4 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.88%) Power BI
2 16 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.72%) MySQL
5 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.31%) GIS
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 3 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.21%) Metadata
9 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.21%) QlikView
10 1 (0.10%) EDMS
10 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (0.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
General
1 502 (51.75%) Social Skills
2 146 (15.05%) Finance
3 115 (11.86%) French Language
4 95 (9.79%) Swedish Language
5 71 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.60%) Back Office
7 53 (5.46%) Law
8 45 (4.64%) Legal
9 44 (4.54%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (4.33%) Public Sector
11 31 (3.20%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
13 25 (2.58%) Retail
14 24 (2.47%) Marketing
15 22 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.03%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.72%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.62%) German Language
18 6 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 247 (25.46%) Analyst
2 179 (18.45%) IT Support
3 176 (18.14%) Support Engineer
4 158 (16.29%) Service Analyst
5 156 (16.08%) Service Desk Analyst
6 108 (11.13%) IT Engineer
7 96 (9.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 85 (8.76%) Senior
9 64 (6.60%) Desktop Engineer
9 64 (6.60%) Desktop Support
10 63 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support
10 63 (6.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 63 (6.49%) IT Analyst
11 57 (5.88%) Lead
12 56 (5.77%) Site Engineer
13 53 (5.46%) Support Analyst
14 49 (5.05%) Consultant
15 44 (4.54%) IT Manager
15 44 (4.54%) Support Technician
16 43 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.47%) .NET
2 19 (1.96%) HTML5 Canvas
3 13 (1.34%) Web Services
4 11 (1.13%) REST
5 9 (0.93%) JSON
6 8 (0.82%) Middleware
7 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (0.62%) SOAP
8 5 (0.52%) EDI
8 5 (0.52%) RESTful
8 5 (0.52%) XML
9 4 (0.41%) FIDO
9 4 (0.41%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.31%) FHIR
11 2 (0.21%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.21%) CSS
11 2 (0.21%) HTML
11 2 (0.21%) OAuth
11 2 (0.21%) OpenID
11 2 (0.21%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.35%) Onboarding
2 80 (8.25%) Driving Licence
3 40 (4.12%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.81%) Management Information System
5 35 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
7 25 (2.58%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.96%) Social Media
10 14 (1.44%) CCTV
11 13 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.24%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.24%) CMDB
13 11 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.13%) iPad
14 10 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
15 9 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
16 7 (0.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 432 (44.54%) Windows
2 186 (19.18%) Windows Server
3 172 (17.73%) Windows 10
4 59 (6.08%) Apple iOS
5 38 (3.92%) Linux
6 34 (3.51%) Mac OS
7 24 (2.47%) Android
8 17 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.62%) Unix
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (38.87%) ITIL
2 322 (33.20%) Customer Service
3 223 (22.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 192 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
5 175 (18.04%) ITSM
6 162 (16.70%) Cybersecurity
7 118 (12.16%) Performance Metrics
8 112 (11.55%) Analytics
9 111 (11.44%) Service Delivery
10 96 (9.90%) Customer Experience
11 94 (9.69%) Roadmaps
12 86 (8.87%) Mentoring
13 78 (8.04%) Patch Management
14 76 (7.84%) Agile
15 72 (7.42%) Asset Management
16 69 (7.11%) AI
17 68 (7.01%) Ticket Management
18 67 (6.91%) Migration
18 67 (6.91%) Service Management
18 67 (6.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 100 (10.31%) PowerShell
2 54 (5.57%) SQL
3 39 (4.02%) Python
4 32 (3.30%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.89%) C#
6 21 (2.16%) Bash
7 8 (0.82%) Bicep
8 6 (0.62%) VBA
9 5 (0.52%) Java
9 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.10%) PHP
12 1 (0.10%) Scala
12 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 288 (29.69%) Degree
2 200 (20.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 132 (13.61%) AWS Certification
4 128 (13.20%) MCSE
5 119 (12.27%) Security Cleared
6 116 (11.96%) SC Cleared
7 60 (6.19%) CTC Cleared
8 41 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.92%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.78%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.68%) CISSP
12 23 (2.37%) CCNA
13 22 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.86%) MCP
15 16 (1.65%) CISM
16 14 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (1.44%) MCSA
17 12 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (1.03%) Master's Degree
19 9 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.78%) QA
2 96 (9.90%) SLA
3 59 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (4.43%) GDPR
6 25 (2.58%) NIST
7 20 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (1.75%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.55%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.82%) GRC
11 3 (0.31%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.31%) HL7
11 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.31%) NCSC
11 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.31%) PMO
11 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) Basel III
12 1 (0.10%) COBIT
12 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 311 (32.06%) Active Directory
2 75 (7.73%) Hyper-V
3 46 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.93%) Firmware
7 8 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.72%) Docker
9 5 (0.52%) vSphere
10 3 (0.31%) Postfix
10 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.21%) XenApp
11 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 208 (21.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (4.43%) Terraform
3 42 (4.33%) SCCM
4 18 (1.86%) Autotask
5 14 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (0.82%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.62%) PaperCut
9 6 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.41%) Ansible
11 3 (0.31%) Nessus
11 3 (0.31%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.10%) CASB
12 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.10%) Kibana
12 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 761 (78.45%) Microsoft
2 132 (13.61%) ServiceNow
3 106 (10.93%) Cisco
4 80 (8.25%) VMware
5 39 (4.02%) Google
6 34 (3.51%) Apple
7 20 (2.06%) Adobe
8 19 (1.96%) Oracle
9 17 (1.75%) Citrix
10 16 (1.65%) HP
10 16 (1.65%) Veeam
11 15 (1.55%) Datto
11 15 (1.55%) Meraki
12 14 (1.44%) Dell
13 13 (1.34%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.24%) SAP
15 11 (1.13%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.13%) Mitel
16 10 (1.03%) IBM
16 10 (1.03%) Sage