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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 33 26
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 986 975 2,390
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.70% 7.51% 7.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.74% 16.22% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 692 800 2,110
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,640 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -10.59% +7.59% -5.95%

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 6,688 6,011 13,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.65% 46.29% 43.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 4,695 12,065
10th Percentile £33,585 £33,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 10 April 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
1 287 (29.11%) SharePoint
2 188 (19.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (0.81%) Confluence
5 6 (0.61%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.61%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Moodle
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 229 (23.23%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.51%) InDesign
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.71%) Shopify
3 6 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 478 (48.48%) Azure
2 264 (26.77%) Entra ID
3 157 (15.92%) AWS
4 115 (11.66%) Power Platform
5 86 (8.72%) OneDrive
6 62 (6.29%) SaaS
7 57 (5.78%) Power Automate
8 54 (5.48%) PowerApps
9 52 (5.27%) Google Workspace
10 31 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 29 (2.94%) Mimecast
12 28 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (1.62%) IaaS
15 13 (1.32%) PaaS
16 12 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
17 10 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 10 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 148 (15.01%) DNS
2 141 (14.30%) Firewall
3 125 (12.68%) DHCP
4 107 (10.85%) VPN
5 83 (8.42%) WAN
5 83 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
6 74 (7.51%) TCP/IP
7 67 (6.80%) LAN
8 47 (4.77%) VoIP
9 44 (4.46%) VLAN
10 21 (2.13%) SD-WAN
11 17 (1.72%) Unified Communications
12 16 (1.62%) Network Security
13 10 (1.01%) SAN
14 9 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.91%) Wireless
15 8 (0.81%) Internet
16 6 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
16 6 (0.61%) iSCSI
16 6 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.80%) Power BI
2 44 (4.46%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.83%) MySQL
4 14 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.41%) Power Query
6 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.20%) Metadata
7 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.20%) QlikView
7 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (0.20%) Selenium
2 2 (0.20%) VersionOne
3 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 488 (49.49%) Social Skills
2 128 (12.98%) Finance
3 81 (8.22%) Legal
4 80 (8.11%) French Language
5 67 (6.80%) Back Office
6 62 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.88%) Law
8 54 (5.48%) Public Sector
9 50 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
11 41 (4.16%) Swedish Language
12 34 (3.45%) Retail
13 26 (2.64%) Marketing
14 15 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.42%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.71%) Banking
17 6 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 255 (25.86%) Support Engineer
2 236 (23.94%) IT Support
3 202 (20.49%) Analyst
4 177 (17.95%) IT Engineer
5 156 (15.82%) IT Support Engineer
6 119 (12.07%) Service Analyst
7 116 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
8 99 (10.04%) Senior
9 85 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (6.69%) Desktop Support
11 64 (6.49%) Desktop Engineer
11 64 (6.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 63 (6.39%) 2nd Line Support
13 62 (6.29%) IT Analyst
14 56 (5.68%) Site Engineer
15 46 (4.67%) Architect
16 45 (4.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 45 (4.56%) Support Analyst
17 44 (4.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 41 (4.16%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.64%) JSON
2 25 (2.54%) HTML5 Canvas
3 24 (2.43%) .NET
4 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
4 13 (1.32%) XML
5 12 (1.22%) .NET Core
5 12 (1.22%) CSS
5 12 (1.22%) HTML
5 12 (1.22%) SPFx
6 9 (0.91%) REST
7 8 (0.81%) Middleware
8 7 (0.71%) Web Services
9 6 (0.61%) OAuth
9 6 (0.61%) OpenID
9 6 (0.61%) XMPP
10 5 (0.51%) EDI
10 5 (0.51%) RESTful
10 5 (0.51%) SOAP
11 4 (0.41%) FIDO
11 4 (0.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 94 (9.53%) Driving Licence
2 77 (7.81%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.03%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (1.93%) Replication
8 18 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.62%) CCTV
10 15 (1.52%) Social Media
11 14 (1.42%) Low-Code
12 13 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.22%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
14 11 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (1.12%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.01%) CMDB
16 9 (0.91%) Product Ownership
17 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
17 8 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 469 (47.57%) Windows
2 190 (19.27%) Windows Server
3 175 (17.75%) Windows 10
4 50 (5.07%) Linux
5 49 (4.97%) Apple iOS
6 46 (4.67%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.35%) Android
8 32 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 28 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.51%) Unix
14 4 (0.41%) CentOS
15 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (33.67%) ITIL
2 296 (30.02%) Customer Service
3 231 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
4 203 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (16.94%) Cybersecurity
6 147 (14.91%) ITSM
7 104 (10.55%) Service Delivery
8 94 (9.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 93 (9.43%) Customer Experience
10 86 (8.72%) Performance Metrics
11 84 (8.52%) Analytics
12 82 (8.32%) Patch Management
13 79 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (7.20%) Ticket Management
15 69 (7.00%) Roadmaps
15 69 (7.00%) Software Deployment
16 65 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
16 65 (6.59%) Mentoring
17 62 (6.29%) Change Management
17 62 (6.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (10.95%) PowerShell
2 73 (7.40%) SQL
3 37 (3.75%) JavaScript
3 37 (3.75%) Python
4 35 (3.55%) C#
5 17 (1.72%) R
6 14 (1.42%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.12%) Bash
7 11 (1.12%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.71%) Java
9 6 (0.61%) Bicep
9 6 (0.61%) VBA
10 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.41%) Delphi
11 4 (0.41%) Pascal
11 4 (0.41%) PHP
12 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.20%) Korn
14 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 235 (23.83%) Degree
2 183 (18.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 117 (11.87%) Security Cleared
4 114 (11.56%) SC Cleared
5 96 (9.74%) MCSE
6 93 (9.43%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.09%) CTC Cleared
8 35 (3.55%) Azure Certification
8 35 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (2.74%) DBS Check
10 26 (2.64%) CISSP
11 18 (1.83%) CCNA
12 17 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.22%) MCSA
15 11 (1.12%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.12%) CEH
15 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (9.43%) QA
2 84 (8.52%) SLA
3 82 (8.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 57 (5.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.74%) GDPR
6 26 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (1.93%) NIST
8 13 (1.32%) GRC
9 12 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 12 (1.22%) PMO
10 8 (0.81%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.61%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.30%) NCSC
14 2 (0.20%) HL7
15 1 (0.10%) COBIT
15 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.10%) MiFID
15 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 315 (31.95%) Active Directory
2 96 (9.74%) Hyper-V
3 62 (6.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.32%) vSphere
7 9 (0.91%) Docker
7 9 (0.91%) Firmware
7 9 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.61%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.41%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.30%) Postfix
12 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 218 (22.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.64%) SCCM
3 19 (1.93%) Terraform
4 18 (1.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.32%) Autotask
7 12 (1.22%) Kubernetes
8 11 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.91%) Ansible
10 7 (0.71%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
11 6 (0.61%) Grafana
12 5 (0.51%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.41%) PaperCut
14 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
15 1 (0.10%) CASB
15 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
15 1 (0.10%) Kibana
15 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 798 (80.93%) Microsoft
2 121 (12.27%) ServiceNow
3 119 (12.07%) Cisco
4 99 (10.04%) VMware
5 58 (5.88%) Google
6 34 (3.45%) Apple
7 27 (2.74%) Meraki
8 25 (2.54%) Dell
9 24 (2.43%) Adobe
9 24 (2.43%) Fortinet
10 22 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 19 (1.93%) Veeam
12 17 (1.72%) iManage
12 17 (1.72%) Oracle
13 16 (1.62%) HP
14 15 (1.52%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.52%) Salesforce
15 14 (1.42%) Citrix
16 13 (1.32%) Draytek
16 13 (1.32%) SAP