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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 44 30
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,427 950 1,490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.73% 5.75% 6.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.51% 16.65% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 701 939
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -17.19% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £73,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -17.78% +7.14%

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 8,645 5,706 9,131
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.53% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,312 4,040 5,974
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +4.00%

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 12 October 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
1 517 (36.23%) SharePoint
2 300 (21.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.75%) Confluence
4 16 (1.12%) IIS
5 6 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 126 (8.83%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.35%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.56%) Shopify
4 5 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.21%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 698 (48.91%) Azure
2 474 (33.22%) Entra ID
3 267 (18.71%) Power Platform
4 176 (12.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 161 (11.28%) OneDrive
6 146 (10.23%) AWS
7 132 (9.25%) Power Automate
8 121 (8.48%) PowerApps
9 106 (7.43%) SaaS
10 91 (6.38%) Microsoft Purview
11 56 (3.92%) Copilot Studio
12 42 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
12 42 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
13 40 (2.80%) Mimecast
14 35 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 35 (2.45%) Google Workspace
15 33 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
16 29 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
17 25 (1.75%) IaaS
18 22 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 225 (15.77%) DNS
2 217 (15.21%) Firewall
3 175 (12.26%) DHCP
4 165 (11.56%) VPN
5 107 (7.50%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.43%) LAN
7 105 (7.36%) WAN
8 93 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (4.13%) VLAN
10 44 (3.08%) VoIP
11 42 (2.94%) Wireless
12 38 (2.66%) Network Security
13 17 (1.19%) Intranet
14 14 (0.98%) SAN
15 13 (0.91%) Unified Communications
16 12 (0.84%) IP Telephony
17 11 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
18 10 (0.70%) WebEx
19 9 (0.63%) SSL
20 8 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.19%) Power BI
2 59 (4.13%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.84%) Metadata
5 8 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.42%) Spatial Data
7 5 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.35%) Power Query
8 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.14%) GIS
9 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.14%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.070%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.070%) MySQL
10 1 (0.070%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.070%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 87 (6.10%) JIRA
2 13 (0.91%) Git
3 7 (0.49%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.21%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.070%) Postman
6 1 (0.070%) Rational DOORS
General
1 749 (52.49%) Social Skills
2 168 (11.77%) Finance
3 120 (8.41%) Legal
4 112 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (6.73%) Law
6 74 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 74 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 49 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
9 44 (3.08%) Swedish Language
10 42 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 35 (2.45%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.17%) Retail
13 29 (2.03%) Marketing
14 20 (1.40%) Advertising
15 17 (1.19%) Banking
15 17 (1.19%) Local Government
16 16 (1.12%) Games
17 12 (0.84%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 310 (21.72%) IT Support
2 226 (15.84%) Support Engineer
3 217 (15.21%) Analyst
3 217 (15.21%) IT Engineer
4 184 (12.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 160 (11.21%) Senior
6 123 (8.62%) Consultant
7 117 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 97 (6.80%) Support Analyst
9 86 (6.03%) Architect
10 83 (5.82%) Developer
10 83 (5.82%) Service Analyst
11 73 (5.12%) Service Desk Analyst
12 70 (4.91%) Lead
13 67 (4.70%) IT Analyst
14 66 (4.63%) 1st Line Support
15 56 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
16 54 (3.78%) IT Support Analyst
17 50 (3.50%) IT Manager
18 49 (3.43%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.71%) HTML
2 48 (3.36%) Microsoft Graph
3 42 (2.94%) .NET
4 39 (2.73%) CSS
5 32 (2.24%) Terraform
6 29 (2.03%) SPFx
7 24 (1.68%) REST
8 23 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (1.12%) ASP.NET
9 16 (1.12%) Middleware
10 14 (0.98%) JSON
10 14 (0.98%) React
11 12 (0.84%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.77%) RESTful
13 7 (0.49%) Next.js
13 7 (0.49%) Node.js
13 7 (0.49%) Pandas
14 6 (0.42%) GraphQL
14 6 (0.42%) Jest
14 6 (0.42%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 160 (11.21%) Driving Licence
2 146 (10.23%) Onboarding
3 47 (3.29%) Security Posture
4 40 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 35 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.24%) AI Agents
7 26 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 24 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 23 (1.61%) Clustering
10 22 (1.54%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.40%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.33%) Replication
12 19 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.26%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.98%) CCTV
15 13 (0.91%) Cloud Native
16 12 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
18 9 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 594 (41.63%) Windows
2 270 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 77 (5.40%) macOS
4 67 (4.70%) Linux
5 57 (3.99%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.24%) Apple iOS
7 31 (2.17%) Android
8 19 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (31.53%) Problem-Solving
2 337 (23.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 305 (21.37%) Customer Service
4 277 (19.41%) ITIL
5 262 (18.36%) Cybersecurity
6 200 (14.02%) AI
7 198 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 171 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 155 (10.86%) Mentoring
10 154 (10.79%) ITSM
11 142 (9.95%) Service Delivery
12 140 (9.81%) Project Delivery
13 128 (8.97%) Roadmaps
14 122 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 115 (8.06%) Information Security
16 105 (7.36%) Agile
16 105 (7.36%) Collaborative Working
17 103 (7.22%) Technical Leadership
18 101 (7.08%) Service Management
19 96 (6.73%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 206 (14.44%) PowerShell
2 88 (6.17%) SQL
3 70 (4.91%) JavaScript
4 64 (4.48%) C#
5 61 (4.27%) Python
6 29 (2.03%) R
7 27 (1.89%) Bicep
8 24 (1.68%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.12%) VBA
10 12 (0.84%) Bash
10 12 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.35%) Ruby
13 5 (0.35%) VBScript
14 4 (0.28%) PHP
15 3 (0.21%) C
15 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
16 2 (0.14%) Dart
16 2 (0.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 197 (13.81%) Degree
2 159 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (6.52%) Security Cleared
4 77 (5.40%) SC Cleared
5 68 (4.77%) Azure Certification
6 62 (4.34%) MCSE
7 52 (3.64%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.03%) CCNA
10 25 (1.75%) CISSP
10 25 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.47%) DBS Check
12 20 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 19 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.33%) CISM
14 16 (1.12%) MCSA
15 14 (0.98%) CCNP
16 13 (0.91%) PMP
17 11 (0.77%) A+ Certification
18 9 (0.63%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (5.33%) SLA
4 70 (4.91%) GDPR
5 61 (4.27%) QA
6 46 (3.22%) Accessibility
7 44 (3.08%) GRC
8 34 (2.38%) NIST
9 25 (1.75%) Data Quality
10 14 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.42%) PMO
12 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.28%) WCAG
14 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.21%) NCSC
15 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 469 (32.87%) Active Directory
2 165 (11.56%) Hyper-V
3 93 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.91%) vSphere
7 8 (0.56%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.56%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.28%) KVM
11 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.14%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.070%) Docker
13 1 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.070%) Firmware
13 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 337 (23.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.24%) SCCM
3 21 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
4 13 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (0.63%) Autotask
6 8 (0.56%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.42%) Ansible
7 6 (0.42%) Grafana
8 5 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.28%) Graylog
9 4 (0.28%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.21%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.14%) SCOM
11 2 (0.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 1,291 (90.47%) Microsoft
2 133 (9.32%) VMware
3 100 (7.01%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.84%) Cisco
5 53 (3.71%) Google
5 53 (3.71%) Veeam
6 44 (3.08%) Apple
7 28 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
8 27 (1.89%) Meraki
9 24 (1.68%) Fortinet
9 24 (1.68%) WatchGuard
10 21 (1.47%) Adobe
11 20 (1.40%) Citrix
11 20 (1.40%) iManage
11 20 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 19 (1.33%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.26%) SonicWALL
14 16 (1.12%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.98%) Computacenter
15 14 (0.98%) Mitel