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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 35 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 964 993 2,347
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.30% 7.14% 7.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.07% 16.54% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 694 815 2,051
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,554 £73,750
UK median annual salary £38,500 £41,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -7.23% +6.41% -4.88%

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 6,851 6,003 13,955
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.69% 43.17% 42.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,637 4,633 11,960
10th Percentile £33,900 £32,500 £35,639
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 4 May 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
1 308 (31.95%) SharePoint
2 188 (19.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.35%) Confluence
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.83%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.21%) Apache
7 2 (0.21%) Moodle
7 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 204 (21.16%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.52%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 483 (50.10%) Azure
2 273 (28.32%) Entra ID
3 133 (13.80%) AWS
4 123 (12.76%) Power Platform
5 101 (10.48%) OneDrive
6 61 (6.33%) SaaS
7 59 (6.12%) Power Automate
7 59 (6.12%) PowerApps
8 43 (4.46%) Google Workspace
9 38 (3.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 30 (3.11%) Mimecast
11 26 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (1.76%) IaaS
17 14 (1.45%) PaaS
18 10 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 143 (14.83%) Firewall
2 133 (13.80%) DNS
3 107 (11.10%) DHCP
4 103 (10.68%) VPN
5 85 (8.82%) WAN
6 79 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
7 72 (7.47%) LAN
8 68 (7.05%) TCP/IP
9 54 (5.60%) VoIP
10 37 (3.84%) VLAN
11 18 (1.87%) SD-WAN
12 15 (1.56%) Network Security
13 14 (1.45%) Unified Communications
14 11 (1.14%) SAN
15 8 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.83%) WebEx
16 7 (0.73%) Internet
16 7 (0.73%) Wireless
17 6 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.16%) Power BI
2 46 (4.77%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 18 (1.87%) MySQL
5 16 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.41%) Metadata
9 3 (0.31%) Power Query
10 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.21%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.10%) Big Data
11 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (3.73%) JIRA
2 5 (0.52%) VersionOne
3 3 (0.31%) Git
4 2 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 466 (48.34%) Social Skills
2 120 (12.45%) Finance
3 76 (7.88%) Legal
4 66 (6.85%) Back Office
5 60 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.02%) French Language
7 54 (5.60%) Public Sector
8 52 (5.39%) Law
9 50 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
11 30 (3.11%) Retail
12 20 (2.07%) Marketing
13 18 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.76%) Swedish Language
15 16 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 9 (0.93%) Banking
19 6 (0.62%) Local Government
20 5 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (24.17%) Support Engineer
2 215 (22.30%) IT Support
3 187 (19.40%) Analyst
4 158 (16.39%) IT Engineer
5 136 (14.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 106 (11.00%) Senior
7 104 (10.79%) Service Analyst
8 98 (10.17%) Service Desk Analyst
9 85 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (6.85%) Desktop Support
11 64 (6.64%) Desktop Engineer
11 64 (6.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 62 (6.43%) IT Analyst
13 56 (5.81%) Site Engineer
14 54 (5.60%) Consultant
14 54 (5.60%) Support Analyst
15 45 (4.67%) Lead
16 44 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
16 44 (4.56%) Developer
17 43 (4.46%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.63%) .NET
2 30 (3.11%) HTML5 Canvas
3 29 (3.01%) JSON
4 26 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 24 (2.49%) CSS
5 24 (2.49%) HTML
5 24 (2.49%) SPFx
6 21 (2.18%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.83%) XML
7 8 (0.83%) XMPP
8 7 (0.73%) Middleware
8 7 (0.73%) OpenID
8 7 (0.73%) React
9 6 (0.62%) OAuth
10 5 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.52%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.52%) EDI
11 3 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (0.31%) REST
11 3 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.92%) Driving Licence
2 75 (7.78%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
6 21 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.76%) Replication
8 14 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.14%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.04%) CCTV
11 10 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (1.04%) Social Media
12 9 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.83%) Clustering
13 8 (0.83%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.83%) FlexPod
14 7 (0.73%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 443 (45.95%) Windows
2 167 (17.32%) Windows 10
2 167 (17.32%) Windows Server
3 54 (5.60%) Apple iOS
4 44 (4.56%) Mac OS
5 41 (4.25%) Linux
6 39 (4.05%) Android
7 31 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 18 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (0.83%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.41%) CentOS
13 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (32.47%) ITIL
2 276 (28.63%) Customer Service
3 232 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 168 (17.43%) Cybersecurity
6 120 (12.45%) ITSM
7 105 (10.89%) Service Delivery
8 95 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (8.82%) Customer Experience
10 81 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
11 78 (8.09%) Patch Management
12 73 (7.57%) Analytics
12 73 (7.57%) Software Deployment
13 71 (7.37%) Disaster Recovery
13 71 (7.37%) Ticket Management
14 69 (7.16%) Mentoring
15 67 (6.95%) Performance Metrics
16 65 (6.74%) AI
17 64 (6.64%) Service Management
18 63 (6.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 125 (12.97%) PowerShell
2 78 (8.09%) SQL
3 42 (4.36%) C#
4 40 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 34 (3.53%) Python
6 27 (2.80%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.76%) R
8 14 (1.45%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.04%) VBA
10 9 (0.93%) Bash
11 7 (0.73%) Bicep
12 5 (0.52%) PHP
13 4 (0.41%) Delphi
13 4 (0.41%) Pascal
13 4 (0.41%) VBScript
14 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.31%) Java
15 2 (0.21%) Korn
16 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 220 (22.82%) Degree
2 165 (17.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 114 (11.83%) Security Cleared
4 110 (11.41%) SC Cleared
5 75 (7.78%) MCSE
6 72 (7.47%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.22%) CTC Cleared
8 33 (3.42%) Azure Certification
9 31 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.49%) CISSP
10 24 (2.49%) DBS Check
11 20 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (1.56%) CCNA
12 15 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (1.14%) CEH
14 11 (1.14%) CISM
15 10 (1.04%) A+ Certification
16 8 (0.83%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (8.61%) SLA
2 75 (7.78%) QA
3 74 (7.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (2.18%) GDPR
7 14 (1.45%) NIST
8 12 (1.24%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.14%) GRC
9 11 (1.14%) PMO
10 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.52%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.10%) Basel III
12 1 (0.10%) HL7
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.10%) MiFID
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 298 (30.91%) Active Directory
2 87 (9.02%) Hyper-V
3 61 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.24%) vSphere
7 9 (0.93%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.62%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.52%) Docker
10 5 (0.52%) Firmware
11 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.10%) KVM
13 1 (0.10%) Postfix
13 1 (0.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 210 (21.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (3.11%) SCCM
3 18 (1.87%) Terraform
4 16 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.14%) Ansible
6 10 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.93%) Autotask
8 8 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (0.83%) Grafana
8 8 (0.83%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.73%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.62%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.41%) PaperCut
11 4 (0.41%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.10%) CASB
12 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.10%) Graylog
12 1 (0.10%) Kibana
12 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 792 (82.16%) Microsoft
2 111 (11.51%) Cisco
3 100 (10.37%) ServiceNow
4 88 (9.13%) VMware
5 47 (4.88%) Google
6 33 (3.42%) Apple
7 27 (2.80%) Adobe
7 27 (2.80%) Fortinet
8 24 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
8 24 (2.49%) Meraki
9 20 (2.07%) Dell
9 20 (2.07%) iManage
10 19 (1.97%) Veeam
11 17 (1.76%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.45%) Computacenter
13 13 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 13 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
14 12 (1.24%) Citrix
14 12 (1.24%) HP
15 10 (1.04%) SAP