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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 48 30
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,261 962 1,819
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.77% 5.83% 6.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.84% 15.82% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 966 775 1,456
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,375
25th Percentile £33,813 £31,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,086 £62,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -4.76%

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 8,495 6,080 11,149
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.88% 36.83% 41.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,080 4,488 9,006
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,569 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 27 July 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
1 429 (34.02%) SharePoint
2 262 (20.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.67%) Confluence
4 16 (1.27%) IIS
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.40%) CMS
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.079%) Apache
8 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 164 (13.01%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.40%) CorelDRAW
5 4 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.40%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Shopify
5 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.079%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 643 (50.99%) Azure
2 387 (30.69%) Entra ID
3 219 (17.37%) Power Platform
4 162 (12.85%) AWS
5 129 (10.23%) OneDrive
6 102 (8.09%) SaaS
7 101 (8.01%) PowerApps
8 98 (7.77%) Power Automate
9 86 (6.82%) Microsoft Copilot
10 51 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 44 (3.49%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.93%) Google Workspace
14 33 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
17 23 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (1.82%) IaaS
18 21 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
19 20 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.34%) Firewall
2 183 (14.51%) DNS
3 140 (11.10%) DHCP
3 140 (11.10%) VPN
4 113 (8.96%) LAN
4 113 (8.96%) WAN
5 105 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 94 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
7 56 (4.44%) VoIP
8 42 (3.33%) VLAN
9 37 (2.93%) Network Security
9 37 (2.93%) Wireless
10 18 (1.43%) Unified Communications
11 13 (1.03%) SAN
12 12 (0.95%) Internet
13 9 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (0.71%) WebEx
14 7 (0.56%) NGFW
14 7 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.34%) Power BI
2 52 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (1.03%) MySQL
5 13 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.56%) Metadata
7 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.24%) Power Query
9 3 (0.24%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.079%) Big Data
11 1 (0.079%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.079%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.079%) Parquet
11 1 (0.079%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 75 (5.95%) JIRA
2 8 (0.63%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.079%) Postman
5 1 (0.079%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.079%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 623 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 170 (13.48%) Finance
3 121 (9.60%) Legal
4 105 (8.33%) Law
5 71 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 53 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.81%) Swedish Language
9 47 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 38 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.38%) French Language
11 30 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.14%) Retail
14 21 (1.67%) Marketing
15 18 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 15 (1.19%) Banking
17 14 (1.11%) Advertising
18 13 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.03%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 301 (23.87%) IT Support
2 236 (18.72%) Support Engineer
3 223 (17.68%) Analyst
4 217 (17.21%) IT Engineer
5 192 (15.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 142 (11.26%) Senior
7 104 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 101 (8.01%) Service Analyst
9 96 (7.61%) Service Desk Analyst
10 86 (6.82%) Consultant
11 85 (6.74%) Support Analyst
12 68 (5.39%) Architect
13 67 (5.31%) Developer
14 62 (4.92%) IT Analyst
15 57 (4.52%) Lead
16 51 (4.04%) IT Support Analyst
17 49 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
17 49 (3.89%) IT Manager
18 48 (3.81%) IT Technician
18 48 (3.81%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 43 (3.41%) HTML
3 38 (3.01%) .NET
4 37 (2.93%) CSS
5 34 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
5 34 (2.70%) SPFx
6 27 (2.14%) JSON
7 19 (1.51%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.95%) React
9 11 (0.87%) XML
10 9 (0.71%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.71%) XMPP
11 7 (0.56%) REST
12 5 (0.40%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (0.40%) OAuth
12 5 (0.40%) OpenID
12 5 (0.40%) RESTful
13 4 (0.32%) EDI
13 4 (0.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.88%) Onboarding
2 106 (8.41%) Driving Licence
3 33 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (2.46%) Security Posture
5 28 (2.22%) Clustering
6 27 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 25 (1.98%) Product Ownership
8 23 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.59%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.35%) Replication
12 16 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (0.87%) AI Agents
13 11 (0.87%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.71%) FlexPod
15 9 (0.71%) PKI
16 8 (0.63%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 511 (40.52%) Windows
2 219 (17.37%) Windows Server
3 84 (6.66%) Windows 10
4 68 (5.39%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.84%) Linux
6 35 (2.78%) Apple iOS
7 32 (2.54%) Android
8 30 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.48%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.32%) CentOS
14 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.079%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (27.12%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (24.50%) ITIL
3 269 (21.33%) Customer Service
4 231 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 195 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (12.45%) ITSM
7 153 (12.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 123 (9.75%) Service Delivery
9 113 (8.96%) AI
9 113 (8.96%) Roadmaps
10 110 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 105 (8.33%) Mentoring
12 104 (8.25%) Project Delivery
13 101 (8.01%) User Experience
14 95 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
15 90 (7.14%) Service Management
16 89 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (6.90%) Information Security
18 84 (6.66%) Technical Leadership
19 81 (6.42%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.04%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.69%) SQL
3 57 (4.52%) JavaScript
4 55 (4.36%) C#
5 54 (4.28%) Python
6 31 (2.46%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.30%) R
8 18 (1.43%) VBA
9 16 (1.27%) Bash
10 15 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.03%) Bicep
12 6 (0.48%) PHP
12 6 (0.48%) VBScript
13 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.32%) Delphi
13 4 (0.32%) Pascal
14 3 (0.24%) Java
14 3 (0.24%) Ruby
15 2 (0.16%) Korn
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 194 (15.38%) Degree
2 174 (13.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (6.66%) Security Cleared
4 80 (6.34%) MCSE
5 78 (6.19%) AWS Certification
5 78 (6.19%) SC Cleared
6 54 (4.28%) Azure Certification
7 29 (2.30%) CISSP
8 27 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.43%) CISM
12 15 (1.19%) CCNA
13 14 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.79%) CEH
14 10 (0.79%) HNC
14 10 (0.79%) HND
15 9 (0.71%) A+ Certification
16 8 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 8 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (8.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (6.50%) QA
3 77 (6.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 59 (4.68%) SLA
5 50 (3.97%) GDPR
6 46 (3.65%) GRC
7 31 (2.46%) NIST
8 20 (1.59%) Accessibility
9 18 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (1.03%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.63%) PMO
12 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.40%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.24%) WCAG
15 2 (0.16%) NCSC
16 1 (0.079%) Disclosure Scotland
16 1 (0.079%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 419 (33.23%) Active Directory
2 138 (10.94%) Hyper-V
3 85 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.74%) vSphere
5 17 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.87%) BitLocker
8 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.56%) VMware Server
10 6 (0.48%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.48%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.40%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.32%) Docker
12 4 (0.32%) KVM
13 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.16%) Firmware
14 1 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 293 (23.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.06%) SCCM
3 23 (1.82%) Terraform
4 16 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.87%) Autotask
8 10 (0.79%) Ansible
9 9 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.71%) Grafana
10 8 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.56%) Kubernetes
11 7 (0.56%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.32%) Graylog
12 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.24%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,123 (89.06%) Microsoft
2 133 (10.55%) ServiceNow
3 114 (9.04%) VMware
4 70 (5.55%) Cisco
5 46 (3.65%) Veeam
6 42 (3.33%) Google
7 36 (2.85%) Meraki
8 33 (2.62%) CrowdStrike
9 31 (2.46%) Apple
10 29 (2.30%) iManage
11 26 (2.06%) Adobe
12 25 (1.98%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.67%) Computacenter
14 17 (1.35%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.35%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
15 16 (1.27%) SonicWALL
16 15 (1.19%) Dell
17 14 (1.11%) Splunk
18 13 (1.03%) Citrix