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

6 months to
20 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 1,032 2,414
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.91% 7.72% 8.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.80% 16.29% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 683 818 2,101
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,425 £25,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,582 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.57% +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 6,331 6,335 13,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.43% 47.41% 45.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,272 4,700 11,867
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,173 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +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 20 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
1 286 (28.60%) SharePoint
2 194 (19.40%) 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
1 248 (24.80%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.20%) 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
1 484 (48.40%) Azure
2 262 (26.20%) Entra ID
3 174 (17.40%) AWS
4 114 (11.40%) Power Platform
5 81 (8.10%) OneDrive
6 59 (5.90%) SaaS
7 56 (5.60%) Google Workspace
8 54 (5.40%) Power Automate
9 50 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 32 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
12 24 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (2.30%) Mimecast
14 18 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (1.70%) IaaS
16 12 (1.20%) PaaS
17 11 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
18 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
19 8 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 149 (14.90%) DNS
2 130 (13.00%) DHCP
3 129 (12.90%) Firewall
4 115 (11.50%) VPN
5 80 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
6 78 (7.80%) WAN
7 71 (7.10%) TCP/IP
8 62 (6.20%) LAN
9 49 (4.90%) VLAN
10 42 (4.20%) VoIP
11 22 (2.20%) SD-WAN
12 19 (1.90%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.20%) Network Security
14 10 (1.00%) Wireless
15 9 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.80%) Internet
16 8 (0.80%) SAN
17 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
18 5 (0.50%) Intranet
18 5 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.20%) Power BI
2 38 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.50%) MySQL
4 14 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.40%) Power Query
9 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.20%) QlikView
10 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.10%) Big Data
11 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.10%) Metadata
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
11 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
1 507 (50.70%) Social Skills
2 135 (13.50%) Finance
3 101 (10.10%) French Language
4 72 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (7.00%) Legal
6 65 (6.50%) Back Office
7 64 (6.40%) Swedish Language
8 59 (5.90%) Law
9 51 (5.10%) Public Sector
10 47 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
11 43 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (3.30%) Retail
13 31 (3.10%) Marketing
14 16 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.40%) Telecoms
17 13 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
19 6 (0.60%) Games
19 6 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 248 (24.80%) Support Engineer
2 241 (24.10%) IT Support
3 226 (22.60%) Analyst
4 169 (16.90%) IT Engineer
5 152 (15.20%) IT Support Engineer
6 135 (13.50%) Service Analyst
7 132 (13.20%) Service Desk Analyst
8 94 (9.40%) Senior
9 76 (7.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 68 (6.80%) 2nd Line Support
11 67 (6.70%) IT Analyst
12 66 (6.60%) Desktop Support
13 64 (6.40%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (5.60%) Site Engineer
15 54 (5.40%) Support Analyst
16 49 (4.90%) Lead
17 46 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 45 (4.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 40 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.20%) HTML5 Canvas
2 21 (2.10%) .NET
3 20 (2.00%) JSON
4 13 (1.30%) XML
5 9 (0.90%) REST
6 8 (0.80%) Middleware
7 7 (0.70%) Web Services
8 6 (0.60%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.50%) CSS
9 5 (0.50%) EDI
9 5 (0.50%) HTML
9 5 (0.50%) RESTful
9 5 (0.50%) SOAP
9 5 (0.50%) SPFx
10 4 (0.40%) FIDO
10 4 (0.40%) OAuth
10 4 (0.40%) OpenID
10 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 101 (10.10%) Driving Licence
2 82 (8.20%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.60%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.10%) CCTV
7 19 (1.90%) Social Media
8 18 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.70%) Replication
10 14 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.40%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
13 10 (1.00%) Client/Server
14 9 (0.90%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.90%) CMDB
14 9 (0.90%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 477 (47.70%) Windows
2 201 (20.10%) Windows Server
3 183 (18.30%) 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
1 355 (35.50%) ITIL
2 322 (32.20%) Customer Service
3 221 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 166 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
6 164 (16.40%) ITSM
7 111 (11.10%) Service Delivery
8 103 (10.30%) Performance Metrics
9 99 (9.90%) Customer Experience
10 95 (9.50%) Analytics
11 83 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 80 (8.00%) Patch Management
13 77 (7.70%) Business Intelligence
14 75 (7.50%) Roadmaps
15 71 (7.10%) Mentoring
15 71 (7.10%) Ticket Management
16 68 (6.80%) Change Management
16 68 (6.80%) Software Deployment
17 66 (6.60%) Service Management
18 63 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 95 (9.50%) 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 7 (0.70%) Java
9 7 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.50%) Bicep
10 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.40%) Delphi
11 4 (0.40%) Pascal
11 4 (0.40%) PHP
12 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.30%) VBA
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.10%) Korn
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 266 (26.60%) Degree
2 198 (19.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (11.60%) Security Cleared
4 115 (11.50%) AWS Certification
5 114 (11.40%) MCSE
6 113 (11.30%) SC Cleared
7 60 (6.00%) CTC Cleared
8 38 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.60%) CISSP
10 26 (2.60%) DBS Check
11 21 (2.10%) CCNA
12 20 (2.00%) 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
1 113 (11.30%) QA
2 82 (8.20%) SLA
3 80 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 26 (2.60%) GDPR
7 19 (1.90%) NIST
8 18 (1.80%) 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
1 322 (32.20%) Active Directory
2 97 (9.70%) Hyper-V
3 56 (5.60%) 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%) Postfix
11 2 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.20%) XenApp
12 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 218 (21.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (2.50%) 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
1 795 (79.50%) Microsoft
2 132 (13.20%) ServiceNow
3 119 (11.90%) Cisco
4 96 (9.60%) VMware
5 62 (6.20%) Google
6 36 (3.60%) Apple
7 27 (2.70%) Adobe
8 26 (2.60%) Meraki
9 20 (2.00%) Dell
10 19 (1.90%) HP
11 18 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
12 17 (1.70%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.70%) Veeam
13 15 (1.50%) Salesforce
14 14 (1.40%) Oracle
15 13 (1.30%) iManage
16 12 (1.20%) Citrix
16 12 (1.20%) Draytek
16 12 (1.20%) Palo Alto
16 12 (1.20%) Ubiquiti