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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 47 30
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,271 958 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.81% 5.82% 6.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.95% 15.86% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 977 770 1,422
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £34,563
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 £62,500
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 8,503 6,039 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 36.69% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,118 4,456 8,816
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £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 29 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
1 433 (34.07%) SharePoint
2 259 (20.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.65%) Confluence
4 16 (1.26%) IIS
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.39%) 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
1 163 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 4 (0.31%) 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 (0.39%) 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
1 649 (51.06%) Azure
2 390 (30.68%) Entra ID
3 224 (17.62%) Power Platform
4 163 (12.82%) AWS
5 130 (10.23%) OneDrive
6 104 (8.18%) PowerApps
7 102 (8.03%) Power Automate
8 99 (7.79%) SaaS
9 87 (6.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 52 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 45 (3.54%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.91%) Google Workspace
14 36 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
17 23 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
17 23 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (1.81%) IaaS
18 22 (1.73%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.21%) Firewall
2 182 (14.32%) DNS
3 142 (11.17%) VPN
4 140 (11.01%) DHCP
5 113 (8.89%) LAN
5 113 (8.89%) WAN
6 105 (8.26%) TCP/IP
7 93 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
8 55 (4.33%) VoIP
9 42 (3.30%) VLAN
10 38 (2.99%) Network Security
11 37 (2.91%) Wireless
12 18 (1.42%) Unified Communications
13 13 (1.02%) SAN
14 12 (0.94%) Internet
15 9 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.71%) WebEx
16 7 (0.55%) NGFW
16 7 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.22%) Power BI
2 53 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.94%) MySQL
5 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.63%) Metadata
7 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.24%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.16%) Power Query
11 1 (0.079%) Big Data
11 1 (0.079%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.079%) Parquet
11 1 (0.079%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 75 (5.90%) JIRA
2 9 (0.71%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) 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
General
1 628 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 168 (13.22%) Finance
3 122 (9.60%) Legal
4 107 (8.42%) Law
5 70 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 60 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.78%) Swedish Language
9 39 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.36%) French Language
12 29 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.12%) Retail
14 21 (1.65%) Marketing
15 18 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 16 (1.26%) Banking
17 14 (1.10%) Advertising
17 14 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.10%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 302 (23.76%) IT Support
2 232 (18.25%) Support Engineer
3 223 (17.55%) Analyst
4 215 (16.92%) IT Engineer
5 190 (14.95%) IT Support Engineer
6 144 (11.33%) Senior
7 105 (8.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 101 (7.95%) Service Analyst
9 96 (7.55%) Service Desk Analyst
10 85 (6.69%) Consultant
11 84 (6.61%) Support Analyst
12 72 (5.66%) Architect
13 68 (5.35%) Developer
14 63 (4.96%) IT Analyst
15 57 (4.48%) Lead
16 52 (4.09%) IT Support Analyst
17 51 (4.01%) IT Manager
18 49 (3.86%) 2nd Line Support
19 48 (3.78%) IT Technician
19 48 (3.78%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.62%) Microsoft Graph
2 43 (3.38%) HTML
3 39 (3.07%) .NET
4 37 (2.91%) CSS
5 34 (2.68%) HTML5 Canvas
5 34 (2.68%) SPFx
6 26 (2.05%) JSON
7 19 (1.49%) .NET Core
8 12 (0.94%) React
9 10 (0.79%) XML
10 9 (0.71%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.71%) REST
10 9 (0.71%) XMPP
11 5 (0.39%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.39%) OAuth
11 5 (0.39%) OpenID
11 5 (0.39%) RESTful
12 4 (0.31%) Next.js
12 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.73%) Onboarding
2 107 (8.42%) Driving Licence
3 33 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.52%) Security Posture
5 28 (2.20%) Clustering
5 28 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 25 (1.97%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 16 (1.26%) Replication
10 16 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 12 (0.94%) AI Agents
13 10 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
14 9 (0.71%) FlexPod
14 9 (0.71%) PKI
15 8 (0.63%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 515 (40.52%) Windows
2 224 (17.62%) Windows Server
3 83 (6.53%) Windows 10
4 67 (5.27%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.80%) Linux
6 35 (2.75%) Apple iOS
7 32 (2.52%) Android
8 28 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.47%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.31%) CentOS
14 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.079%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
2 311 (24.47%) ITIL
3 273 (21.48%) Customer Service
4 236 (18.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 195 (15.34%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (12.35%) ITSM
7 156 (12.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 124 (9.76%) Service Delivery
9 118 (9.28%) Roadmaps
10 115 (9.05%) AI
10 115 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 104 (8.18%) Mentoring
11 104 (8.18%) Project Delivery
11 104 (8.18%) User Experience
12 96 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
13 91 (7.16%) Service Management
14 88 (6.92%) Business Intelligence
15 87 (6.85%) Information Security
15 87 (6.85%) Technical Leadership
16 81 (6.37%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 177 (13.93%) PowerShell
2 100 (7.87%) SQL
3 59 (4.64%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.56%) C#
5 55 (4.33%) Python
6 31 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.28%) R
8 18 (1.42%) VBA
9 16 (1.26%) Bash
10 15 (1.18%) Bicep
11 14 (1.10%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.47%) PHP
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 4 (0.31%) Delphi
13 4 (0.31%) Pascal
14 3 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.24%) Java
14 3 (0.24%) Ruby
15 2 (0.16%) Korn
15 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 191 (15.03%) Degree
2 174 (13.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (6.61%) Security Cleared
4 80 (6.29%) MCSE
5 79 (6.22%) AWS Certification
6 78 (6.14%) SC Cleared
7 54 (4.25%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.28%) CISSP
9 27 (2.12%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.42%) CISM
13 15 (1.18%) CCNA
14 14 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.79%) CEH
15 10 (0.79%) HNC
15 10 (0.79%) HND
16 9 (0.71%) PMP
17 8 (0.63%) A+ Certification
17 8 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (8.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (6.45%) QA
3 77 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 62 (4.88%) SLA
5 50 (3.93%) GDPR
6 46 (3.62%) GRC
7 31 (2.44%) NIST
8 20 (1.57%) Accessibility
9 18 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (1.18%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.63%) PMO
12 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.24%) WCAG
15 2 (0.16%) NCSC
16 1 (0.079%) EU AI Act
16 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 418 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 136 (10.70%) Hyper-V
3 84 (6.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.73%) vSphere
5 17 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.87%) BitLocker
8 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.55%) VMware Server
11 6 (0.47%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
12 5 (0.39%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.31%) Docker
13 4 (0.31%) KVM
14 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.16%) Firmware
15 1 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 295 (23.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.12%) SCCM
3 25 (1.97%) Terraform
4 16 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.87%) Autotask
8 10 (0.79%) Ansible
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.71%) Grafana
10 8 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.55%) Kubernetes
11 7 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 7 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.31%) Graylog
12 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.24%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,130 (88.91%) Microsoft
2 132 (10.39%) ServiceNow
3 113 (8.89%) VMware
4 72 (5.66%) Cisco
5 46 (3.62%) Veeam
6 42 (3.30%) Google
7 37 (2.91%) Meraki
8 33 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
9 30 (2.36%) Apple
10 29 (2.28%) iManage
11 26 (2.05%) Adobe
12 25 (1.97%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.57%) Computacenter
14 17 (1.34%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.34%) Ubiquiti
15 16 (1.26%) SonicWALL
16 14 (1.10%) Dell
16 14 (1.10%) Splunk
17 13 (1.02%) Citrix