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

 6 months to
8 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 35 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 994 972 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.77% 7.57% 7.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.92% 16.24% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 704 801 2,092
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,663 £42,500 £39,747
% change year-on-year -11.38% +6.93% -5.36%

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 6,660 5,987 13,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.68% 46.61% 44.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,518 4,684 12,009
10th Percentile £33,338 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,486 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,125 £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 8 April 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
1 289 (29.07%) SharePoint
2 190 (19.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.60%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.60%) 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
1 228 (22.94%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.80%) InDesign
6 6 (0.60%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.51%) 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 Business One
5 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 482 (48.49%) Azure
2 264 (26.56%) Entra ID
3 152 (15.29%) AWS
4 114 (11.47%) Power Platform
5 86 (8.65%) OneDrive
6 65 (6.54%) SaaS
7 57 (5.73%) Power Automate
8 54 (5.43%) PowerApps
9 52 (5.23%) Google Workspace
10 30 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
11 29 (2.92%) Mimecast
12 28 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (1.61%) IaaS
16 13 (1.31%) PaaS
17 12 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 10 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 9 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 149 (14.99%) DNS
2 142 (14.29%) Firewall
3 127 (12.78%) DHCP
4 110 (11.07%) VPN
5 83 (8.35%) Wi-Fi
6 82 (8.25%) WAN
7 73 (7.34%) TCP/IP
8 66 (6.64%) LAN
9 47 (4.73%) VoIP
10 45 (4.53%) VLAN
11 21 (2.11%) SD-WAN
12 20 (2.01%) Unified Communications
13 16 (1.61%) Network Security
14 10 (1.01%) SAN
15 9 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.91%) Wireless
16 8 (0.80%) Internet
17 6 (0.60%) IP Telephony
17 6 (0.60%) iSCSI
17 6 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.64%) Power BI
2 43 (4.33%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.81%) MySQL
4 14 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.40%) Power Query
6 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.20%) Metadata
7 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.20%) QlikView
7 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.10%) Big Data
8 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (0.20%) Selenium
2 2 (0.20%) VersionOne
3 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 492 (49.50%) Social Skills
2 129 (12.98%) Finance
3 81 (8.15%) Legal
4 79 (7.95%) French Language
5 67 (6.74%) Back Office
5 67 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (5.94%) Law
7 54 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 50 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
10 42 (4.23%) Swedish Language
11 34 (3.42%) Retail
12 30 (3.02%) Marketing
13 16 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.51%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.70%) Banking
16 6 (0.60%) Digital Health
16 6 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 261 (26.26%) Support Engineer
2 246 (24.75%) IT Support
3 199 (20.02%) Analyst
4 182 (18.31%) IT Engineer
5 162 (16.30%) IT Support Engineer
6 114 (11.47%) Service Analyst
7 111 (11.17%) Service Desk Analyst
8 103 (10.36%) Senior
9 83 (8.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 68 (6.84%) 2nd Line Support
11 66 (6.64%) Desktop Support
12 65 (6.54%) IT Analyst
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (5.63%) Site Engineer
15 48 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 48 (4.83%) Support Analyst
16 47 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 47 (4.73%) Lead
17 45 (4.53%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.62%) JSON
2 25 (2.52%) HTML5 Canvas
3 24 (2.41%) .NET
4 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 13 (1.31%) XML
5 12 (1.21%) .NET Core
5 12 (1.21%) CSS
5 12 (1.21%) HTML
5 12 (1.21%) SPFx
6 9 (0.91%) REST
7 8 (0.80%) Middleware
8 7 (0.70%) Web Services
9 6 (0.60%) OAuth
9 6 (0.60%) OpenID
9 6 (0.60%) XMPP
10 5 (0.50%) EDI
10 5 (0.50%) RESTful
10 5 (0.50%) SOAP
11 4 (0.40%) FIDO
11 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.96%) Driving Licence
2 83 (8.35%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.12%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.31%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (1.91%) Replication
8 18 (1.81%) Social Media
9 17 (1.71%) CCTV
9 17 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
11 14 (1.41%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.11%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.11%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.91%) CMDB
15 8 (0.80%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.80%) iPad
15 8 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 477 (47.99%) Windows
2 194 (19.52%) Windows Server
3 180 (18.11%) Windows 10
4 52 (5.23%) Linux
5 49 (4.93%) Apple iOS
6 46 (4.63%) Mac OS
7 32 (3.22%) Android
7 32 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.60%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 4 (0.40%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (33.30%) ITIL
2 295 (29.68%) Customer Service
3 233 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (20.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 168 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
6 143 (14.39%) ITSM
7 109 (10.97%) Service Delivery
8 98 (9.86%) Customer Experience
9 93 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 88 (8.85%) Analytics
11 83 (8.35%) Business Intelligence
12 81 (8.15%) Patch Management
12 81 (8.15%) Performance Metrics
13 71 (7.14%) Ticket Management
14 69 (6.94%) Change Management
14 69 (6.94%) Roadmaps
14 69 (6.94%) Software Deployment
15 65 (6.54%) Service Management
16 63 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
16 63 (6.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 106 (10.66%) PowerShell
2 73 (7.34%) SQL
3 37 (3.72%) JavaScript
4 36 (3.62%) Python
5 35 (3.52%) C#
6 17 (1.71%) R
7 14 (1.41%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.11%) Bash
8 11 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.70%) Java
10 6 (0.60%) Bicep
10 6 (0.60%) VBA
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
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.20%) Korn
15 1 (0.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 238 (23.94%) Degree
2 178 (17.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (11.67%) Security Cleared
4 113 (11.37%) SC Cleared
5 92 (9.26%) MCSE
6 89 (8.95%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.04%) CTC Cleared
8 36 (3.62%) Azure Certification
9 35 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (2.72%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.62%) CISSP
12 18 (1.81%) CCNA
13 17 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
15 13 (1.31%) MCSA
16 12 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 11 (1.11%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (8.85%) QA
2 84 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 83 (8.35%) SLA
4 58 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (2.62%) GDPR
6 19 (1.91%) NIST
7 13 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.31%) GRC
8 12 (1.21%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.21%) PMO
9 9 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.30%) NCSC
13 2 (0.20%) HL7
14 1 (0.10%) Basel III
14 1 (0.10%) COBIT
14 1 (0.10%) MiFID
14 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 321 (32.29%) Active Directory
2 99 (9.96%) Hyper-V
3 63 (6.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.31%) vSphere
7 9 (0.91%) Docker
7 9 (0.91%) Firmware
7 9 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.40%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.30%) Postfix
12 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 220 (22.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.52%) SCCM
3 18 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (1.71%) Terraform
5 14 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.31%) Autotask
7 12 (1.21%) Kubernetes
8 11 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.91%) Ansible
10 7 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.60%) Grafana
12 4 (0.40%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.40%) PaperCut
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%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 794 (79.88%) Microsoft
2 124 (12.47%) Cisco
3 116 (11.67%) ServiceNow
4 102 (10.26%) VMware
5 58 (5.84%) Google
6 33 (3.32%) Apple
7 32 (3.22%) Adobe
8 28 (2.82%) Meraki
9 25 (2.52%) Dell
10 23 (2.31%) Fortinet
11 22 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
12 19 (1.91%) Veeam
13 18 (1.81%) HP
14 17 (1.71%) iManage
14 17 (1.71%) Oracle
15 15 (1.51%) Palo Alto
15 15 (1.51%) Salesforce
16 14 (1.41%) Citrix
16 14 (1.41%) SAP
17 13 (1.31%) Ubiquiti
301 hybrid/remote Microsoft 365 jobs