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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 43 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,152 981 2,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 6.27% 6.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.84% 16.50% 16.34%
Number of salaries quoted 858 801 1,931
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £80,619 £71,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -8.43%

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 7,761 5,947 14,326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.09% 38.02% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,508 4,349 11,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 26 June 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
1 393 (34.11%) SharePoint
2 237 (20.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.48%) Confluence
4 14 (1.22%) IIS
5 9 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 1 (0.087%) Apache
8 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.087%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.087%) WordPress
Applications
1 194 (16.84%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) CorelDRAW
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.087%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.69%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.43%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 568 (49.31%) Azure
2 362 (31.42%) Entra ID
3 168 (14.58%) Power Platform
4 152 (13.19%) AWS
5 127 (11.02%) OneDrive
6 96 (8.33%) SaaS
7 80 (6.94%) PowerApps
8 77 (6.68%) Power Automate
9 73 (6.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 42 (3.65%) Mimecast
11 40 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 34 (2.95%) Google Workspace
13 30 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
15 24 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (2.00%) IaaS
17 21 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
18 19 (1.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 18 (1.56%) PaaS
20 16 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 188 (16.32%) Firewall
2 165 (14.32%) DNS
3 130 (11.28%) DHCP
4 124 (10.76%) VPN
5 93 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
6 89 (7.73%) TCP/IP
7 82 (7.12%) WAN
8 74 (6.42%) LAN
9 56 (4.86%) VoIP
10 35 (3.04%) VLAN
11 27 (2.34%) Network Security
12 22 (1.91%) Wireless
13 19 (1.65%) Unified Communications
14 12 (1.04%) SAN
14 12 (1.04%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.87%) Internet
16 9 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.78%) WebEx
17 7 (0.61%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.51%) Power BI
2 52 (4.51%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.30%) MySQL
5 15 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.52%) Metadata
7 5 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.26%) Power Query
8 3 (0.26%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.17%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.087%) Big Data
10 1 (0.087%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.087%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.087%) Parquet
10 1 (0.087%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (5.38%) JIRA
2 5 (0.43%) Git
2 5 (0.43%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.17%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.17%) Selenium
3 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.087%) Postman
General
1 570 (49.48%) Social Skills
2 135 (11.72%) Finance
3 106 (9.20%) Legal
4 68 (5.90%) Law
5 62 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (5.12%) Public Sector
7 56 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (4.43%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (3.47%) Back Office
10 39 (3.39%) French Language
11 35 (3.04%) Swedish Language
12 27 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 25 (2.17%) Retail
14 21 (1.82%) Marketing
15 20 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.13%) Banking
16 13 (1.13%) Legal Technology
17 11 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.95%) Manufacturing
18 9 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 272 (23.61%) IT Support
2 256 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 205 (17.80%) IT Engineer
4 204 (17.71%) Analyst
5 176 (15.28%) IT Support Engineer
6 136 (11.81%) Senior
7 104 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 103 (8.94%) Service Analyst
9 97 (8.42%) Service Desk Analyst
10 73 (6.34%) Consultant
11 69 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 58 (5.03%) Developer
13 56 (4.86%) IT Analyst
14 54 (4.69%) Lead
15 49 (4.25%) Support Technician
16 47 (4.08%) 2nd Line Support
16 47 (4.08%) IT Technician
17 43 (3.73%) Desktop Support
18 42 (3.65%) Administrator
18 42 (3.65%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 36 (3.13%) .NET
3 35 (3.04%) HTML
4 32 (2.78%) HTML5 Canvas
5 31 (2.69%) CSS
6 30 (2.60%) SPFx
7 29 (2.52%) JSON
8 20 (1.74%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.04%) XML
10 11 (0.95%) React
11 9 (0.78%) XMPP
12 8 (0.69%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.69%) OAuth
12 8 (0.69%) OpenID
13 6 (0.52%) EDI
14 5 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.43%) Middleware
14 5 (0.43%) REST
14 5 (0.43%) RESTful
14 5 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 95 (8.25%) Driving Licence
3 25 (2.17%) Security Posture
4 24 (2.08%) Clustering
4 24 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 21 (1.82%) Cloud Native
6 21 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.39%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.39%) Replication
10 11 (0.95%) CMDB
11 9 (0.78%) AI Agents
11 9 (0.78%) CCTV
11 9 (0.78%) FlexPod
12 8 (0.69%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.69%) PKI
12 8 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 505 (43.84%) Windows
2 198 (17.19%) Windows Server
3 132 (11.46%) Windows 10
4 56 (4.86%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.51%) Linux
6 39 (3.39%) Apple iOS
7 35 (3.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 33 (2.86%) Android
9 22 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.52%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.35%) CentOS
14 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.087%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (28.47%) ITIL
2 294 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
3 287 (24.91%) Customer Service
4 223 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 199 (17.27%) Cybersecurity
6 152 (13.19%) ITSM
7 132 (11.46%) Service Delivery
8 130 (11.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 98 (8.51%) AI
10 93 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 93 (8.07%) Mentoring
10 93 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 91 (7.90%) Service Management
12 88 (7.64%) User Experience
13 86 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
14 77 (6.68%) Performance Metrics
15 75 (6.51%) Roadmaps
15 75 (6.51%) Technical Leadership
16 66 (5.73%) Workflow
17 63 (5.47%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 93 (8.07%) SQL
3 49 (4.25%) C#
4 47 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 47 (4.08%) Python
5 30 (2.60%) TypeScript
6 25 (2.17%) R
7 17 (1.48%) T-SQL
8 13 (1.13%) VBA
9 12 (1.04%) Bash
10 9 (0.78%) Bicep
11 6 (0.52%) PHP
11 6 (0.52%) VBScript
12 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.35%) Delphi
12 4 (0.35%) Pascal
13 3 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.26%) Java
13 3 (0.26%) Ruby
14 2 (0.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 220 (19.10%) Degree
2 173 (15.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 106 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 101 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 82 (7.12%) MCSE
6 76 (6.60%) AWS Certification
7 43 (3.73%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.95%) CTC Cleared
9 26 (2.26%) DBS Check
10 24 (2.08%) CISSP
11 22 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (1.22%) CISM
15 13 (1.13%) CCNA
16 12 (1.04%) A+ Certification
17 9 (0.78%) HNC
17 9 (0.78%) HND
17 9 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
18 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (7.12%) QA
2 82 (7.12%) SLA
3 66 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 39 (3.39%) GDPR
5 27 (2.34%) NIST
6 20 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (1.13%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.04%) GRC
9 11 (0.95%) PMO
10 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.26%) WCAG
13 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.087%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 380 (32.99%) Active Directory
2 122 (10.59%) Hyper-V
3 74 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.65%) vSphere
5 18 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.95%) BitLocker
9 8 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.52%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.52%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.43%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.43%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.35%) Docker
12 4 (0.35%) KVM
13 3 (0.26%) Firmware
14 2 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 266 (23.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.78%) SCCM
3 19 (1.65%) Terraform
4 18 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.30%) Autotask
6 14 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.87%) Ansible
9 9 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (0.78%) Grafana
10 7 (0.61%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.61%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.52%) Kubernetes
12 4 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.35%) Graylog
12 4 (0.35%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.26%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.17%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,026 (89.06%) Microsoft
2 132 (11.46%) ServiceNow
3 100 (8.68%) VMware
4 91 (7.90%) Cisco
5 40 (3.47%) Veeam
6 37 (3.21%) Google
7 35 (3.04%) Meraki
8 32 (2.78%) Apple
9 29 (2.52%) CrowdStrike
10 28 (2.43%) iManage
11 27 (2.34%) Adobe
12 24 (2.08%) Computacenter
13 23 (2.00%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.65%) Dell
15 16 (1.39%) Salesforce
16 15 (1.30%) Palo Alto
16 15 (1.30%) SonicWALL
17 14 (1.22%) Citrix
18 13 (1.13%) Splunk
19 12 (1.04%) Ubiquiti