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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 46 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,374 952 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.70% 5.86% 6.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.84% 16.46% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 727 991
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,900 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £74,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +2.41%

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 8,674 5,782 9,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.98% 35.59% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,370 4,175 6,576
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £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 16 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
1 501 (36.46%) SharePoint
2 284 (20.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.97%) Confluence
4 17 (1.24%) IIS
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 136 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.51%) Shopify
4 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 677 (49.27%) Azure
2 450 (32.75%) Entra ID
3 246 (17.90%) Power Platform
4 154 (11.21%) AWS
5 150 (10.92%) OneDrive
6 143 (10.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 119 (8.66%) Power Automate
8 113 (8.22%) PowerApps
9 104 (7.57%) SaaS
10 81 (5.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 45 (3.28%) Mimecast
12 40 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (2.62%) Copilot Studio
13 36 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (2.26%) Google Workspace
15 28 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
17 23 (1.67%) IaaS
18 22 (1.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 229 (16.67%) Firewall
2 207 (15.07%) DNS
3 159 (11.57%) DHCP
4 153 (11.14%) VPN
5 111 (8.08%) TCP/IP
6 105 (7.64%) LAN
7 103 (7.50%) WAN
8 91 (6.62%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (3.86%) VLAN
10 47 (3.42%) VoIP
11 38 (2.77%) Network Security
11 38 (2.77%) Wireless
12 14 (1.02%) Intranet
12 14 (1.02%) Unified Communications
13 12 (0.87%) SAN
14 8 (0.58%) IP Telephony
14 8 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.58%) WebEx
15 7 (0.51%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.39%) Power BI
2 51 (3.71%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.87%) Metadata
5 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.44%) MySQL
7 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.22%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.073%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.073%) GIS
9 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.073%) Parquet
9 1 (0.073%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.073%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 88 (6.40%) JIRA
2 10 (0.73%) Git
3 6 (0.44%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.073%) Postman
6 1 (0.073%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 709 (51.60%) Social Skills
2 154 (11.21%) Finance
3 121 (8.81%) Legal
4 96 (6.99%) Law
5 91 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 71 (5.17%) Public Sector
7 48 (3.49%) Swedish Language
8 45 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.11%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.97%) Retail
14 25 (1.82%) Marketing
15 19 (1.38%) Advertising
16 17 (1.24%) Banking
17 16 (1.16%) Local Government
18 14 (1.02%) Games
19 13 (0.95%) French Language
Job Titles
1 295 (21.47%) IT Support
2 220 (16.01%) Support Engineer
3 208 (15.14%) Analyst
3 208 (15.14%) IT Engineer
4 178 (12.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 163 (11.86%) Senior
6 115 (8.37%) Consultant
7 111 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 87 (6.33%) Service Analyst
8 87 (6.33%) Support Analyst
9 84 (6.11%) Architect
10 79 (5.75%) Service Desk Analyst
11 70 (5.09%) Developer
12 63 (4.59%) Lead
13 59 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support
13 59 (4.29%) IT Analyst
14 57 (4.15%) 1st Line Support
15 51 (3.71%) IT Manager
15 51 (3.71%) IT Technician
16 48 (3.49%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 51 (3.71%) HTML
3 42 (3.06%) CSS
4 40 (2.91%) .NET
5 35 (2.55%) SPFx
6 31 (2.26%) Terraform
7 29 (2.11%) HTML5 Canvas
8 19 (1.38%) .NET Core
8 19 (1.38%) JSON
9 17 (1.24%) REST
10 15 (1.09%) Middleware
11 11 (0.80%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.80%) React
12 8 (0.58%) RESTful
13 6 (0.44%) Langfuse
13 6 (0.44%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.44%) Pandas
13 6 (0.44%) XMPP
14 5 (0.36%) OAuth
14 5 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (9.53%) Driving Licence
2 129 (9.39%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.55%) Security Posture
5 33 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.82%) Clustering
8 25 (1.82%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.75%) AI Agents
10 21 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 18 (1.31%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.66%) PKI
14 9 (0.66%) Replication
14 9 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 567 (41.27%) Windows
2 252 (18.34%) Windows Server
3 70 (5.09%) Mac OS
4 66 (4.80%) Linux
5 63 (4.59%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.33%) Android
7 28 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) Debian
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) CentOS
14 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (29.26%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 293 (21.32%) Customer Service
4 284 (20.67%) ITIL
5 238 (17.32%) Cybersecurity
6 191 (13.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 182 (13.25%) AI
8 152 (11.06%) ITSM
8 152 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 149 (10.84%) Mentoring
10 137 (9.97%) Service Delivery
11 131 (9.53%) Project Delivery
12 122 (8.88%) Roadmaps
13 112 (8.15%) Disaster Recovery
14 110 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
15 96 (6.99%) Information Security
16 94 (6.84%) Agile
17 92 (6.70%) Service Management
18 87 (6.33%) User Experience
19 86 (6.26%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 195 (14.19%) PowerShell
2 95 (6.91%) SQL
3 62 (4.51%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.22%) Python
5 56 (4.08%) C#
6 33 (2.40%) R
7 27 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.75%) Bicep
9 19 (1.38%) VBA
10 13 (0.95%) Bash
11 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) VBScript
14 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.36%) Ruby
15 3 (0.22%) C
15 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.22%) Java
16 2 (0.15%) PHP
16 2 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 205 (14.92%) Degree
2 168 (12.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 82 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.24%) SC Cleared
5 69 (5.02%) MCSE
6 62 (4.51%) AWS Certification
7 59 (4.29%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.97%) CISSP
10 25 (1.82%) CCNA
11 24 (1.75%) DBS Check
12 23 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.53%) CISM
14 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 13 (0.95%) PMP
16 12 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.73%) A+ Certification
17 10 (0.73%) CCNP
17 10 (0.73%) HNC
17 10 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (5.68%) SLA
4 66 (4.80%) GDPR
4 66 (4.80%) QA
5 43 (3.13%) GRC
6 33 (2.40%) Accessibility
7 32 (2.33%) NIST
8 17 (1.24%) Data Quality
9 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.51%) PMO
11 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.22%) NCSC
13 3 (0.22%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.073%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 455 (33.11%) Active Directory
2 149 (10.84%) Hyper-V
3 91 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (1.38%) vSphere
7 11 (0.80%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.58%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.44%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 326 (23.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.26%) SCCM
3 20 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.58%) Autotask
7 7 (0.51%) Ansible
8 6 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.44%) Grafana
9 5 (0.36%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.29%) Graylog
10 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,242 (90.39%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.32%) VMware
3 115 (8.37%) ServiceNow
4 69 (5.02%) Cisco
5 57 (4.15%) Veeam
6 49 (3.57%) Google
7 41 (2.98%) Apple
8 33 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.40%) Meraki
9 27 (1.97%) Adobe
9 27 (1.97%) Fortinet
10 23 (1.67%) iManage
11 19 (1.38%) SonicWALL
12 17 (1.24%) WatchGuard
12 17 (1.24%) Zscaler
13 16 (1.16%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.09%) Palo Alto
15 14 (1.02%) Citrix
15 14 (1.02%) Computacenter
15 14 (1.02%) SAP