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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 38 26
Rank change year-on-year +5 -12 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 994 971 2,447
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.91% 7.57% 7.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.51% 15.98% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 688 803 2,122
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,247 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £39,870
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.60% -5.07%

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 6,407 6,077 13,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.07% 47.37% 44.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,328 4,694 11,994
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,625 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 27 March 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
1 285 (28.67%) SharePoint
2 191 (19.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (0.70%) Confluence
5 6 (0.60%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.50%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) Apache
8 2 (0.20%) Moodle
8 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 239 (24.04%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.91%) InDesign
4 9 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
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
1 484 (48.69%) Azure
2 263 (26.46%) Entra ID
3 166 (16.70%) AWS
4 113 (11.37%) Power Platform
5 83 (8.35%) OneDrive
6 62 (6.24%) SaaS
7 54 (5.43%) Google Workspace
7 54 (5.43%) Power Automate
8 50 (5.03%) PowerApps
9 30 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (3.02%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (2.41%) Mimecast
11 23 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 22 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (1.61%) IaaS
15 12 (1.21%) PaaS
16 10 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
17 8 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 149 (14.99%) DNS
2 136 (13.68%) Firewall
3 129 (12.98%) DHCP
4 115 (11.57%) VPN
5 82 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
6 80 (8.05%) WAN
7 73 (7.34%) TCP/IP
8 65 (6.54%) LAN
9 47 (4.73%) VLAN
10 43 (4.33%) VoIP
11 22 (2.21%) SD-WAN
12 20 (2.01%) Unified Communications
13 14 (1.41%) Network Security
14 10 (1.01%) Wireless
15 9 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.80%) Internet
17 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
17 7 (0.70%) SAN
18 5 (0.50%) iSCSI
18 5 (0.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.24%) Power BI
2 40 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.61%) MySQL
4 14 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.40%) Power Query
8 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.20%) QlikView
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.10%) Metadata
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.12%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (0.20%) Selenium
3 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 498 (50.10%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.18%) Finance
3 92 (9.26%) French Language
4 74 (7.44%) Legal
5 70 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 66 (6.64%) Back Office
7 59 (5.94%) Law
8 55 (5.53%) Swedish Language
9 52 (5.23%) Public Sector
10 48 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
12 34 (3.42%) Retail
13 31 (3.12%) Marketing
14 16 (1.61%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.41%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
18 6 (0.60%) Banking
19 5 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 256 (25.75%) Support Engineer
2 245 (24.65%) IT Support
3 214 (21.53%) Analyst
4 176 (17.71%) IT Engineer
5 157 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 127 (12.78%) Service Analyst
7 124 (12.47%) Service Desk Analyst
8 94 (9.46%) Senior
9 81 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support
11 67 (6.74%) IT Analyst
12 66 (6.64%) Desktop Support
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (5.63%) Site Engineer
15 51 (5.13%) Support Analyst
16 48 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 47 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 47 (4.73%) Lead
18 43 (4.33%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.31%) HTML5 Canvas
2 22 (2.21%) .NET
2 22 (2.21%) JSON
3 13 (1.31%) XML
4 9 (0.91%) REST
5 8 (0.80%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (0.80%) Middleware
6 7 (0.70%) CSS
6 7 (0.70%) HTML
6 7 (0.70%) SPFx
6 7 (0.70%) Web Services
7 5 (0.50%) EDI
7 5 (0.50%) OAuth
7 5 (0.50%) OpenID
7 5 (0.50%) RESTful
7 5 (0.50%) SOAP
7 5 (0.50%) XMPP
8 4 (0.40%) FIDO
8 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.06%) Driving Licence
2 84 (8.45%) Onboarding
3 32 (3.22%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.01%) CCTV
7 19 (1.91%) Replication
7 19 (1.91%) Social Media
7 19 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
8 15 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.41%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
11 12 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (1.21%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.11%) Product Ownership
13 9 (0.91%) CMDB
13 9 (0.91%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.91%) iPad
14 8 (0.80%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 480 (48.29%) Windows
2 199 (20.02%) Windows Server
3 183 (18.41%) Windows 10
4 52 (5.23%) Linux
5 51 (5.13%) Apple iOS
6 48 (4.83%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.32%) Android
8 31 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 28 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 10 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 4 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.30%) CentOS
15 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (35.21%) ITIL
2 311 (31.29%) Customer Service
3 225 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
4 212 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (16.80%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (15.79%) ITSM
7 110 (11.07%) Service Delivery
8 99 (9.96%) Customer Experience
9 94 (9.46%) Performance Metrics
10 92 (9.26%) Analytics
11 89 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 80 (8.05%) Patch Management
13 79 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
14 72 (7.24%) Roadmaps
14 72 (7.24%) Ticket Management
15 68 (6.84%) Change Management
15 68 (6.84%) Service Management
15 68 (6.84%) Software Deployment
16 66 (6.64%) Mentoring
17 63 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 98 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 64 (6.44%) SQL
3 35 (3.52%) Python
4 34 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.22%) C#
6 14 (1.41%) R
7 12 (1.21%) Bash
8 10 (1.01%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.91%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.70%) Java
11 5 (0.50%) Bicep
11 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.40%) Delphi
12 4 (0.40%) Pascal
12 4 (0.40%) PHP
13 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.30%) VBA
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.10%) Korn
15 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 256 (25.75%) Degree
2 191 (19.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 115 (11.57%) Security Cleared
4 112 (11.27%) SC Cleared
5 106 (10.66%) MCSE
6 105 (10.56%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.04%) CTC Cleared
8 37 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.82%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.62%) CISSP
12 20 (2.01%) CCNA
12 20 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (1.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 14 (1.41%) MCSA
16 12 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
17 11 (1.11%) A+ Certification
17 11 (1.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (10.36%) QA
2 83 (8.35%) SLA
3 81 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 25 (2.52%) GDPR
7 19 (1.91%) NIST
8 16 (1.61%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.31%) GRC
10 12 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 11 (1.11%) ISO 9001
11 11 (1.11%) PMO
12 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.30%) NCSC
15 2 (0.20%) HL7
16 1 (0.10%) Basel III
16 1 (0.10%) COBIT
16 1 (0.10%) MiFID
16 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 320 (32.19%) Active Directory
2 95 (9.56%) Hyper-V
3 59 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.11%) vSphere
7 9 (0.91%) Firmware
7 9 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.80%) Docker
8 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.30%) Postfix
12 2 (0.20%) XenApp
13 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 220 (22.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.62%) SCCM
3 20 (2.01%) Terraform
4 18 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (1.51%) Autotask
6 14 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (1.11%) Kubernetes
8 10 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.50%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.50%) Grafana
11 5 (0.50%) PaperCut
12 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.10%) CASB
13 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.10%) Kibana
13 1 (0.10%) Nessus
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 791 (79.58%) Microsoft
2 125 (12.58%) ServiceNow
3 122 (12.27%) Cisco
4 99 (9.96%) VMware
5 60 (6.04%) Google
6 36 (3.62%) Apple
7 30 (3.02%) Adobe
8 27 (2.72%) Meraki
9 22 (2.21%) Dell
10 20 (2.01%) HP
11 19 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
11 19 (1.91%) Fortinet
12 17 (1.71%) Veeam
13 16 (1.61%) Oracle
14 15 (1.51%) iManage
14 15 (1.51%) Salesforce
15 13 (1.31%) Citrix
15 13 (1.31%) Draytek
15 13 (1.31%) Palo Alto
16 12 (1.21%) SAP