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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 46 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,410 956 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.69% 5.79% 6.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.09% 16.55% 16.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 716 981
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,875 £27,598
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £41,204 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.64% -17.59% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,625 £74,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% +1.37%

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 8,763 5,777 9,500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.36% 34.97% 41.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,432 4,127 6,358
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
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 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 26 September 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
1 514 (36.45%) SharePoint
2 295 (20.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.70%) Confluence
4 17 (1.21%) IIS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 137 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.50%) 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 (0.071%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.57%) Shopify
3 5 (0.35%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 687 (48.72%) Azure
2 468 (33.19%) Entra ID
3 251 (17.80%) Power Platform
4 157 (11.13%) OneDrive
5 156 (11.06%) AWS
6 153 (10.85%) Microsoft Copilot
7 121 (8.58%) Power Automate
8 113 (8.01%) PowerApps
9 104 (7.38%) SaaS
10 84 (5.96%) Microsoft Purview
11 44 (3.12%) Mimecast
12 42 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
13 41 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
14 39 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
15 34 (2.41%) Google Workspace
16 33 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
17 32 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
18 28 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
19 23 (1.63%) GCP
19 23 (1.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 224 (15.89%) Firewall
2 216 (15.32%) DNS
3 167 (11.84%) DHCP
4 157 (11.13%) VPN
5 110 (7.80%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.52%) LAN
7 104 (7.38%) WAN
8 92 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (3.97%) VLAN
10 47 (3.33%) VoIP
11 39 (2.77%) Network Security
11 39 (2.77%) Wireless
12 14 (0.99%) Intranet
13 13 (0.92%) SAN
13 13 (0.92%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.71%) IP Telephony
14 10 (0.71%) WebEx
15 9 (0.64%) Internet
16 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.04%) Power BI
2 51 (3.62%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.85%) Metadata
5 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.28%) MySQL
6 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.28%) Power Query
7 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.21%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.071%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.071%) GIS
9 1 (0.071%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.071%) Parquet
9 1 (0.071%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (6.10%) JIRA
2 10 (0.71%) Git
3 6 (0.43%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.35%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.071%) Postman
6 1 (0.071%) Rational DOORS
General
1 731 (51.84%) Social Skills
2 158 (11.21%) Finance
3 120 (8.51%) Legal
4 97 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (6.81%) Law
6 76 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
6 76 (5.39%) Public Sector
7 48 (3.40%) Swedish Language
8 46 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 43 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 33 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.13%) Retail
12 29 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.84%) Marketing
14 20 (1.42%) Advertising
15 18 (1.28%) Banking
16 17 (1.21%) Local Government
17 14 (0.99%) Games
18 13 (0.92%) French Language
Job Titles
1 304 (21.56%) IT Support
2 226 (16.03%) Support Engineer
3 218 (15.46%) Analyst
4 217 (15.39%) IT Engineer
5 185 (13.12%) IT Support Engineer
6 163 (11.56%) Senior
7 119 (8.44%) Consultant
8 110 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 95 (6.74%) Support Analyst
10 91 (6.45%) Service Analyst
11 85 (6.03%) Architect
12 81 (5.74%) Service Desk Analyst
13 72 (5.11%) Developer
14 68 (4.82%) Lead
15 63 (4.47%) IT Analyst
16 60 (4.26%) 1st Line Support
17 59 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
18 52 (3.69%) IT Support Analyst
19 51 (3.62%) IT Manager
20 49 (3.48%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.62%) HTML
1 51 (3.62%) Microsoft Graph
2 40 (2.84%) CSS
3 38 (2.70%) .NET
4 33 (2.34%) SPFx
4 33 (2.34%) Terraform
5 27 (1.91%) HTML5 Canvas
6 18 (1.28%) REST
7 17 (1.21%) JSON
8 16 (1.13%) .NET Core
9 15 (1.06%) Middleware
10 12 (0.85%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.78%) React
12 8 (0.57%) RESTful
13 7 (0.50%) Pandas
14 6 (0.43%) Langfuse
14 6 (0.43%) Model Context Protocol
14 6 (0.43%) NumPy
14 6 (0.43%) XMPP
15 5 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.28%) Driving Licence
2 139 (9.86%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.98%) Security Posture
4 41 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.55%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (1.84%) AI Agents
9 25 (1.77%) Clustering
10 24 (1.70%) Product Ownership
11 23 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.28%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.13%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.99%) Cloud Native
16 13 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
17 11 (0.78%) Replication
18 10 (0.71%) CCTV
19 9 (0.64%) PKI
19 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 581 (41.21%) Windows
2 260 (18.44%) Windows Server
3 73 (5.18%) Mac OS
4 66 (4.68%) Linux
5 61 (4.33%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.27%) Android
7 30 (2.13%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.57%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.071%) CentOS
14 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 317 (22.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 304 (21.56%) Customer Service
4 280 (19.86%) ITIL
5 251 (17.80%) Cybersecurity
6 193 (13.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 189 (13.40%) AI
8 160 (11.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 158 (11.21%) ITSM
10 153 (10.85%) Mentoring
11 141 (10.00%) Service Delivery
12 136 (9.65%) Project Delivery
13 122 (8.65%) Roadmaps
14 113 (8.01%) Disaster Recovery
15 109 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
16 103 (7.30%) Information Security
17 97 (6.88%) Agile
18 96 (6.81%) Collaborative Working
19 95 (6.74%) Service Management
20 92 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 200 (14.18%) PowerShell
2 91 (6.45%) SQL
3 62 (4.40%) JavaScript
4 60 (4.26%) Python
5 54 (3.83%) C#
6 32 (2.27%) R
7 26 (1.84%) Bicep
8 24 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.35%) VBA
10 13 (0.92%) Bash
11 9 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.43%) VBScript
14 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.35%) Ruby
15 3 (0.21%) C
15 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Java
16 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 206 (14.61%) Degree
2 170 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 88 (6.24%) Security Cleared
4 74 (5.25%) SC Cleared
5 70 (4.96%) MCSE
6 63 (4.47%) Azure Certification
7 62 (4.40%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.91%) CCNA
9 27 (1.91%) CISSP
10 24 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.49%) CISM
11 21 (1.49%) DBS Check
12 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 15 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.92%) CCNP
14 13 (0.92%) PMP
15 11 (0.78%) MCSA
16 10 (0.71%) A+ Certification
16 10 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (5.53%) SLA
4 72 (5.11%) GDPR
5 69 (4.89%) QA
6 41 (2.91%) GRC
7 37 (2.62%) Accessibility
8 34 (2.41%) NIST
9 19 (1.35%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) PMO
12 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.21%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) WCAG
14 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.071%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 463 (32.84%) Active Directory
2 154 (10.92%) Hyper-V
3 91 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.13%) vSphere
7 10 (0.71%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.57%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.28%) KVM
12 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.14%) Docker
14 1 (0.071%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.071%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.071%) Firmware
14 1 (0.071%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 337 (23.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.20%) SCCM
3 19 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 9 (0.64%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.57%) Ansible
7 8 (0.57%) Autotask
8 7 (0.50%) Grafana
9 6 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.35%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.28%) Graylog
11 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.14%) WMI
13 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,278 (90.64%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.08%) VMware
3 111 (7.87%) ServiceNow
4 70 (4.96%) Cisco
5 56 (3.97%) Veeam
6 52 (3.69%) Google
7 42 (2.98%) Apple
8 32 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (2.20%) Meraki
10 27 (1.91%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.70%) Adobe
12 23 (1.63%) iManage
13 20 (1.42%) WatchGuard
14 19 (1.35%) SonicWALL
15 18 (1.28%) Salesforce
16 17 (1.21%) Citrix
16 17 (1.21%) Zscaler
17 16 (1.13%) Palo Alto
18 14 (0.99%) Computacenter
18 14 (0.99%) OpenAI