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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 30
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,406 957 1,541
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.68% 5.78% 6.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.19% 16.65% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 714 976
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,825 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,204 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -17.59% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,675 £73,875
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 8,687 5,747 9,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.11% 34.70% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,368 4,092 6,294
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,276
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 28 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
1 510 (36.27%) SharePoint
2 294 (20.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.71%) Confluence
4 17 (1.21%) IIS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 137 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.36%) 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
1 685 (48.72%) Azure
2 467 (33.21%) Entra ID
3 250 (17.78%) Power Platform
4 157 (11.17%) OneDrive
5 155 (11.02%) AWS
6 153 (10.88%) Microsoft Copilot
7 120 (8.53%) Power Automate
8 111 (7.89%) PowerApps
9 103 (7.33%) SaaS
10 84 (5.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 42 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
11 42 (2.99%) Copilot Studio
11 42 (2.99%) Mimecast
12 39 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
13 34 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (2.42%) Google Workspace
14 32 (2.28%) Azure Logic Apps
15 29 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
16 23 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 220 (15.65%) Firewall
2 217 (15.43%) DNS
3 167 (11.88%) DHCP
4 158 (11.24%) VPN
5 109 (7.75%) TCP/IP
6 105 (7.47%) LAN
7 103 (7.33%) WAN
8 92 (6.54%) Wi-Fi
9 55 (3.91%) VLAN
10 47 (3.34%) VoIP
11 39 (2.77%) Wireless
12 38 (2.70%) Network Security
13 14 (1.00%) Intranet
14 12 (0.85%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.78%) SAN
16 10 (0.71%) IP Telephony
17 9 (0.64%) WebEx
18 8 (0.57%) Internet
18 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.91%) Power BI
2 52 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.49%) 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 85 (6.05%) JIRA
2 10 (0.71%) Git
3 6 (0.43%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.071%) Postman
6 1 (0.071%) Rational DOORS
General
1 730 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 158 (11.24%) Finance
3 119 (8.46%) Legal
4 97 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (6.83%) Law
6 76 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 75 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.41%) Swedish Language
9 46 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 42 (2.99%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (2.13%) Retail
14 29 (2.06%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.85%) Marketing
16 19 (1.35%) Advertising
17 17 (1.21%) Banking
17 17 (1.21%) Local Government
18 15 (1.07%) Games
19 13 (0.92%) French Language
Job Titles
1 305 (21.69%) IT Support
2 226 (16.07%) Support Engineer
3 218 (15.50%) Analyst
4 217 (15.43%) IT Engineer
5 185 (13.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 162 (11.52%) Senior
7 118 (8.39%) Consultant
8 111 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 95 (6.76%) Support Analyst
10 92 (6.54%) Service Analyst
11 85 (6.05%) Architect
12 81 (5.76%) Service Desk Analyst
13 71 (5.05%) Developer
14 67 (4.77%) Lead
15 63 (4.48%) IT Analyst
16 61 (4.34%) 1st Line Support
17 58 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
18 52 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
19 51 (3.63%) IT Manager
20 50 (3.56%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.56%) HTML
1 50 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 39 (2.77%) CSS
3 37 (2.63%) .NET
4 32 (2.28%) SPFx
4 32 (2.28%) Terraform
5 26 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
6 18 (1.28%) REST
7 16 (1.14%) JSON
8 15 (1.07%) .NET Core
8 15 (1.07%) Middleware
9 12 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.78%) React
11 8 (0.57%) RESTful
12 7 (0.50%) Pandas
13 6 (0.43%) Langfuse
13 6 (0.43%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.43%) NumPy
14 5 (0.36%) Matplotlib
14 5 (0.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.31%) Driving Licence
2 140 (9.96%) Onboarding
3 43 (3.06%) Security Posture
4 40 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.85%) AI Agents
7 26 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (1.71%) Clustering
8 24 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 18 (1.28%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
11 16 (1.14%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.00%) Cloud Native
13 13 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
14 10 (0.71%) CCTV
14 10 (0.71%) Replication
15 9 (0.64%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 581 (41.32%) Windows
2 258 (18.35%) Windows Server
3 73 (5.19%) Mac OS
4 66 (4.69%) Linux
5 61 (4.34%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.28%) Android
7 29 (2.06%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.57%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.071%) CentOS
13 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
2 317 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 304 (21.62%) Customer Service
4 280 (19.91%) ITIL
5 254 (18.07%) Cybersecurity
6 191 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 188 (13.37%) AI
8 160 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 159 (11.31%) ITSM
10 152 (10.81%) Mentoring
11 142 (10.10%) Service Delivery
12 135 (9.60%) Project Delivery
13 121 (8.61%) Roadmaps
14 114 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
15 107 (7.61%) Technical Leadership
16 104 (7.40%) Information Security
17 97 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
18 96 (6.83%) Agile
19 95 (6.76%) Service Management
20 91 (6.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 198 (14.08%) PowerShell
2 88 (6.26%) SQL
3 61 (4.34%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.13%) Python
5 53 (3.77%) C#
6 31 (2.20%) R
7 26 (1.85%) Bicep
8 23 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.28%) VBA
10 13 (0.92%) Bash
11 10 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.43%) VBScript
14 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.36%) 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 (14.65%) Degree
2 169 (12.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 89 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 74 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 70 (4.98%) MCSE
6 63 (4.48%) Azure Certification
7 62 (4.41%) AWS Certification
8 34 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.92%) CCNA
9 27 (1.92%) CISSP
10 25 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.49%) CISM
11 21 (1.49%) DBS Check
12 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 16 (1.14%) 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 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 77 (5.48%) SLA
4 72 (5.12%) GDPR
5 69 (4.91%) QA
6 41 (2.92%) GRC
7 37 (2.63%) Accessibility
8 35 (2.49%) NIST
9 19 (1.35%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) PMO
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.36%) 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
1 462 (32.86%) Active Directory
2 154 (10.95%) Hyper-V
3 90 (6.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.07%) vSphere
7 10 (0.71%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.57%) VMware Server
9 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
9 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.28%) KVM
11 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.14%) Docker
13 1 (0.071%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.071%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.071%) Firmware
13 1 (0.071%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 334 (23.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.13%) SCCM
3 19 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
4 12 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (0.64%) Kubernetes
6 8 (0.57%) Autotask
7 6 (0.43%) Ansible
7 6 (0.43%) Grafana
8 5 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.36%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.28%) Graylog
9 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.14%) WMI
11 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,276 (90.75%) Microsoft
2 128 (9.10%) VMware
3 111 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.91%) Cisco
5 55 (3.91%) Veeam
6 52 (3.70%) Google
7 42 (2.99%) Apple
8 31 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
8 31 (2.20%) Meraki
9 26 (1.85%) Fortinet
10 23 (1.64%) Adobe
11 22 (1.56%) iManage
12 20 (1.42%) WatchGuard
13 18 (1.28%) Citrix
13 18 (1.28%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.28%) SonicWALL
14 17 (1.21%) Zscaler
15 15 (1.07%) Palo Alto
16 14 (1.00%) Computacenter
16 14 (1.00%) OpenAI