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

 6 months to
14 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 985 989 2,378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 7.53% 7.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.68% 16.44% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 690 812 2,090
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,640 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +8.97% -7.14%

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 6,712 6,016 13,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.48% 45.78% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,514 4,703 12,028
10th Percentile £33,500 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 14 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
1 284 (28.83%) SharePoint
2 184 (18.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.91%) Confluence
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (0.71%) IIS
5 5 (0.51%) Anypoint
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
1 231 (23.45%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.51%) InDesign
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (0.61%) Shopify
3 4 (0.41%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
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
1 477 (48.43%) Azure
2 262 (26.60%) Entra ID
3 156 (15.84%) AWS
4 112 (11.37%) Power Platform
5 86 (8.73%) OneDrive
6 62 (6.29%) SaaS
7 56 (5.69%) Power Automate
8 52 (5.28%) PowerApps
9 51 (5.18%) Google Workspace
10 31 (3.15%) Microsoft Copilot
11 29 (2.94%) Mimecast
12 27 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
13 23 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.62%) IaaS
16 13 (1.32%) PaaS
17 12 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
18 10 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 10 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 146 (14.82%) DNS
2 142 (14.42%) Firewall
3 124 (12.59%) DHCP
4 104 (10.56%) VPN
5 84 (8.53%) WAN
5 84 (8.53%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (7.41%) TCP/IP
7 68 (6.90%) LAN
8 50 (5.08%) VoIP
9 42 (4.26%) VLAN
10 21 (2.13%) SD-WAN
11 17 (1.73%) Unified Communications
12 16 (1.62%) Network Security
13 10 (1.02%) SAN
14 9 (0.91%) Wireless
15 8 (0.81%) Internet
15 8 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (0.61%) iSCSI
16 6 (0.61%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (6.60%) Power BI
2 46 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.93%) 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%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.30%) Power Query
8 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.20%) Metadata
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.10%) Big Data
9 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.10%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.10%) QlikView
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.45%) JIRA
2 4 (0.41%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 487 (49.44%) Social Skills
2 128 (12.99%) Finance
3 81 (8.22%) Legal
4 77 (7.82%) French Language
5 67 (6.80%) Back Office
6 62 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.89%) Law
8 53 (5.38%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (3.65%) Swedish Language
12 33 (3.35%) Retail
13 26 (2.64%) Marketing
14 16 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 14 (1.42%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.71%) Banking
18 6 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
19 5 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 252 (25.58%) Support Engineer
2 235 (23.86%) IT Support
3 203 (20.61%) Analyst
4 175 (17.77%) IT Engineer
5 154 (15.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 121 (12.28%) Service Analyst
7 117 (11.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 97 (9.85%) Senior
9 84 (8.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 66 (6.70%) Desktop Support
11 64 (6.50%) Desktop Engineer
11 64 (6.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 61 (6.19%) 2nd Line Support
12 61 (6.19%) IT Analyst
13 56 (5.69%) Site Engineer
14 46 (4.67%) Architect
14 46 (4.67%) Support Analyst
15 44 (4.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 43 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 41 (4.16%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.64%) JSON
2 24 (2.44%) HTML5 Canvas
3 23 (2.34%) .NET
4 13 (1.32%) CSS
4 13 (1.32%) HTML
4 13 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
4 13 (1.32%) XML
5 12 (1.22%) .NET Core
5 12 (1.22%) SPFx
6 9 (0.91%) REST
7 7 (0.71%) Middleware
7 7 (0.71%) Web Services
8 6 (0.61%) OAuth
8 6 (0.61%) OpenID
8 6 (0.61%) XMPP
9 5 (0.51%) EDI
9 5 (0.51%) RESTful
9 5 (0.51%) SOAP
10 4 (0.41%) FIDO
10 4 (0.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.24%) Driving Licence
2 79 (8.02%) Onboarding
3 32 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.23%) 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 12 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 12 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
13 11 (1.12%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.02%) CMDB
14 10 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (1.02%) Product Ownership
15 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.81%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 468 (47.51%) Windows
2 190 (19.29%) Windows Server
3 176 (17.87%) Windows 10
4 51 (5.18%) Linux
5 49 (4.97%) Apple iOS
6 46 (4.67%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.35%) Android
7 33 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.51%) Unix
13 4 (0.41%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (33.81%) ITIL
2 293 (29.75%) Customer Service
3 230 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 171 (17.36%) Cybersecurity
6 147 (14.92%) ITSM
7 108 (10.96%) Service Delivery
8 94 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 91 (9.24%) Customer Experience
10 87 (8.83%) Performance Metrics
11 83 (8.43%) Analytics
12 82 (8.32%) Patch Management
13 78 (7.92%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (7.21%) Ticket Management
15 69 (7.01%) Roadmaps
15 69 (7.01%) Software Deployment
16 65 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
17 64 (6.50%) Mentoring
18 62 (6.29%) Service Management
19 61 (6.19%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (11.07%) PowerShell
2 73 (7.41%) SQL
3 37 (3.76%) Python
4 36 (3.65%) JavaScript
5 34 (3.45%) C#
6 17 (1.73%) R
7 14 (1.42%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.22%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.12%) Bash
10 7 (0.71%) Java
10 7 (0.71%) VBA
11 6 (0.61%) Bicep
12 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.41%) Delphi
13 4 (0.41%) Pascal
13 4 (0.41%) PHP
14 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.20%) Korn
15 2 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 236 (23.96%) Degree
2 181 (18.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (11.68%) Security Cleared
4 112 (11.37%) SC Cleared
5 97 (9.85%) MCSE
6 93 (9.44%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.09%) CTC Cleared
8 37 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (3.55%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.84%) DBS Check
11 27 (2.74%) CISSP
12 18 (1.83%) CCNA
13 17 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
15 14 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (1.22%) MCSA
17 11 (1.12%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.12%) CEH
17 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (9.54%) QA
2 85 (8.63%) SLA
3 81 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 56 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (2.64%) GDPR
6 18 (1.83%) NIST
7 13 (1.32%) GRC
8 12 (1.22%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.22%) PMO
9 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (0.71%) Accessibility
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%) Basel III
15 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.10%) MiFID
15 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 311 (31.57%) Active Directory
2 94 (9.54%) Hyper-V
3 63 (6.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.42%) 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 5 (0.51%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.30%) Postfix
11 3 (0.30%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 218 (22.13%) 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 12 (1.22%) Autotask
6 12 (1.22%) Kubernetes
7 10 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.91%) Ansible
9 7 (0.71%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.61%) Grafana
11 5 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.41%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Kibana
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 799 (81.12%) Microsoft
2 121 (12.28%) ServiceNow
3 120 (12.18%) Cisco
4 100 (10.15%) VMware
5 57 (5.79%) Google
6 33 (3.35%) Apple
7 28 (2.84%) Meraki
8 24 (2.44%) Dell
8 24 (2.44%) Fortinet
9 23 (2.34%) Adobe
9 23 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
10 20 (2.03%) Veeam
11 18 (1.83%) iManage
12 16 (1.62%) HP
13 15 (1.52%) Oracle
13 15 (1.52%) Palo Alto
14 14 (1.42%) Citrix
14 14 (1.42%) Salesforce
14 14 (1.42%) SAP
15 13 (1.32%) Draytek
316 hybrid/remote Microsoft 365 jobs