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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 932 1,315 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.17% 7.78% 8.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.80% 16.94% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 629 841 1,509
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £27,700
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -

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 5,546 7,764 9,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.71% 45.91% 46.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,968 4,983 8,237
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

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 2 January 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
1 240 (25.75%) SharePoint
2 159 (17.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.97%) IIS
4 7 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) Moodle
6 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.11%) Apache
7 1 (0.11%) Confluence
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 221 (23.71%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.29%) InDesign
5 8 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.75%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.86%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 431 (46.24%) Azure
2 190 (20.39%) Entra ID
3 173 (18.56%) AWS
4 121 (12.98%) Power Platform
5 65 (6.97%) Power Automate
5 65 (6.97%) PowerApps
6 56 (6.01%) OneDrive
7 44 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
8 35 (3.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 34 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 28 (3.00%) Google Workspace
12 27 (2.90%) SaaS
13 22 (2.36%) Copilot Studio
14 20 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
15 19 (2.04%) IaaS
16 16 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (1.29%) Workato
19 10 (1.07%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 104 (11.16%) DNS
2 100 (10.73%) DHCP
3 97 (10.41%) Firewall
4 92 (9.87%) VPN
5 67 (7.19%) WAN
6 51 (5.47%) TCP/IP
7 48 (5.15%) LAN
8 42 (4.51%) VLAN
9 41 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (2.90%) SD-WAN
11 24 (2.58%) VoIP
12 17 (1.82%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.18%) Network Security
13 11 (1.18%) SSL
13 11 (1.18%) Wireless
14 10 (1.07%) SAN
15 7 (0.75%) IP Telephony
15 7 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.43%) iSCSI
16 4 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.01%) Power BI
2 14 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.39%) Relational Database
4 7 (0.75%) MySQL
5 6 (0.64%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.43%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.32%) GIS
8 3 (0.32%) Metadata
8 3 (0.32%) Power Query
8 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.21%) QlikView
10 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (0.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) MSBuild
General
1 467 (50.11%) Social Skills
2 141 (15.13%) Finance
3 105 (11.27%) French Language
4 95 (10.19%) Swedish Language
5 75 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (5.26%) Law
7 45 (4.83%) Legal
8 41 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (4.18%) Public Sector
10 34 (3.65%) Back Office
11 33 (3.54%) Manufacturing
12 28 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
13 25 (2.68%) Retail
14 23 (2.47%) Marketing
15 22 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.50%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.75%) Digital Health
19 6 (0.64%) Automotive
19 6 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 239 (25.64%) Analyst
2 166 (17.81%) IT Support
3 147 (15.77%) Service Analyst
4 145 (15.56%) Service Desk Analyst
5 131 (14.06%) Support Engineer
6 97 (10.41%) IT Engineer
7 85 (9.12%) IT Support Engineer
8 74 (7.94%) Senior
9 61 (6.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 58 (6.22%) Lead
11 57 (6.12%) IT Analyst
12 54 (5.79%) Support Analyst
13 47 (5.04%) Support Technician
14 45 (4.83%) Consultant
14 45 (4.83%) IT Manager
15 43 (4.61%) IT Technician
16 40 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 40 (4.29%) IT Support Technician
17 37 (3.97%) Developer
18 36 (3.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.68%) .NET
2 19 (2.04%) HTML5 Canvas
3 11 (1.18%) REST
3 11 (1.18%) Web Services
4 9 (0.97%) JSON
5 8 (0.86%) Middleware
6 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (0.64%) SOAP
7 5 (0.54%) EDI
7 5 (0.54%) RESTful
7 5 (0.54%) XML
8 4 (0.43%) FIDO
8 4 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.32%) FHIR
10 2 (0.21%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.21%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.21%) CSS
10 2 (0.21%) HTML
10 2 (0.21%) React
11 1 (0.11%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 76 (8.15%) Driving Licence
3 41 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 37 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.93%) Social Media
9 15 (1.61%) Microsoft Licensing
10 13 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.39%) CCTV
11 12 (1.29%) Client/Server
11 12 (1.29%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.18%) iPad
13 10 (1.07%) CMDB
14 9 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
15 8 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 392 (42.06%) Windows
2 185 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 134 (14.38%) Windows 10
4 61 (6.55%) Apple iOS
5 39 (4.18%) Linux
6 38 (4.08%) Mac OS
7 25 (2.68%) Android
8 18 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.64%) Unix
12 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.11%) VMS
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (35.62%) ITIL
2 288 (30.90%) Customer Service
3 188 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 159 (17.06%) ITSM
6 130 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
7 107 (11.48%) Performance Metrics
7 107 (11.48%) Roadmaps
8 99 (10.62%) Service Delivery
9 89 (9.55%) Mentoring
10 82 (8.80%) Analytics
11 78 (8.37%) AI
12 75 (8.05%) Agile
13 70 (7.51%) Migration
13 70 (7.51%) User Experience
14 69 (7.40%) Asset Management
15 64 (6.87%) Customer Experience
16 63 (6.76%) Coaching
17 61 (6.55%) Information Security
17 61 (6.55%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (11.05%) PowerShell
2 54 (5.79%) SQL
3 39 (4.18%) Python
4 32 (3.43%) JavaScript
5 29 (3.11%) C#
6 21 (2.25%) Bash
7 9 (0.97%) Bicep
8 6 (0.64%) VBA
9 5 (0.54%) Java
9 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.21%) Scala
11 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 254 (27.25%) Degree
2 184 (19.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 122 (13.09%) AWS Certification
4 114 (12.23%) MCSE
5 85 (9.12%) Security Cleared
6 82 (8.80%) SC Cleared
7 41 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (4.08%) Azure Certification
9 30 (3.22%) DBS Check
10 28 (3.00%) CTC Cleared
11 25 (2.68%) CISSP
12 24 (2.58%) CCNA
13 21 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
15 17 (1.82%) CISM
16 14 (1.50%) MCP
16 14 (1.50%) MCSA
17 11 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 10 (1.07%) CCNP
18 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (12.12%) QA
2 67 (7.19%) SLA
3 60 (6.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 45 (4.83%) GDPR
6 27 (2.90%) NIST
7 22 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (1.61%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.61%) ISO 9001
9 8 (0.86%) GRC
10 4 (0.43%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.32%) HL7
11 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.32%) NCSC
11 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.21%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.11%) P3O
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 313 (33.58%) Active Directory
2 81 (8.69%) Hyper-V
3 48 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.86%) Firmware
7 7 (0.75%) Docker
8 6 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.64%) vSphere
9 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.32%) Postfix
9 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.32%) XenApp
10 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 209 (22.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (4.83%) Terraform
3 41 (4.40%) SCCM
4 17 (1.82%) Autotask
4 17 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.07%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.64%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.43%) Ansible
9 4 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.32%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.11%) CASB
12 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Kibana
12 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 729 (78.22%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.77%) ServiceNow
3 82 (8.80%) VMware
4 76 (8.15%) Cisco
5 36 (3.86%) Apple
6 35 (3.76%) Google
7 20 (2.15%) Adobe
8 19 (2.04%) Citrix
9 17 (1.82%) Meraki
9 17 (1.82%) Oracle
10 16 (1.72%) Veeam
11 15 (1.61%) Datto
12 13 (1.39%) Dell
12 13 (1.39%) Freshdesk
12 13 (1.39%) HP
13 12 (1.29%) Mitel
14 10 (1.07%) Fortinet
14 10 (1.07%) IBM
15 9 (0.97%) Sage
15 9 (0.97%) SAP