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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 47 30
Rank change year-on-year +9 -17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,415 950 1,523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.67% 5.66% 6.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.14% 16.62% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 708 960
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,925 £27,450
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -17.19% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,125 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +1.19%

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 8,767 5,717 9,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.15% 34.09% 41.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,423 4,060 6,164
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,000
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 30 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
1 514 (36.33%) SharePoint
2 296 (20.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.70%) Confluence
4 17 (1.20%) IIS
5 6 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.071%) WordPress
Applications
1 136 (9.61%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.35%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.071%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.85%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.57%) Shopify
4 5 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 684 (48.34%) Azure
2 465 (32.86%) Entra ID
3 254 (17.95%) Power Platform
4 160 (11.31%) OneDrive
5 156 (11.02%) AWS
5 156 (11.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 124 (8.76%) Power Automate
7 114 (8.06%) PowerApps
8 102 (7.21%) SaaS
9 84 (5.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 45 (3.18%) Copilot Studio
11 42 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
12 39 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (2.76%) Mimecast
13 34 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 34 (2.40%) Google Workspace
14 32 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
16 23 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (1.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 222 (15.69%) Firewall
2 218 (15.41%) DNS
3 168 (11.87%) DHCP
4 159 (11.24%) VPN
5 108 (7.63%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.49%) LAN
6 106 (7.49%) WAN
7 95 (6.71%) Wi-Fi
8 57 (4.03%) VLAN
9 48 (3.39%) VoIP
10 40 (2.83%) Wireless
11 39 (2.76%) Network Security
12 15 (1.06%) Intranet
13 12 (0.85%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.78%) IP Telephony
14 11 (0.78%) SAN
15 9 (0.64%) WebEx
16 8 (0.57%) Internet
16 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.02%) Power BI
2 54 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 21 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.85%) Metadata
5 7 (0.49%) 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 83 (5.87%) JIRA
2 12 (0.85%) Git
3 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.35%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.071%) Postman
6 1 (0.071%) Rational DOORS
General
1 739 (52.23%) Social Skills
2 161 (11.38%) Finance
3 119 (8.41%) Legal
4 100 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (6.93%) Law
6 76 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 74 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.39%) Swedish Language
9 47 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 43 (3.04%) Telecoms
11 34 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.12%) Retail
13 29 (2.05%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.91%) Marketing
15 19 (1.34%) Advertising
16 17 (1.20%) Banking
16 17 (1.20%) Local Government
17 15 (1.06%) Games
18 13 (0.92%) French Language
Job Titles
1 305 (21.55%) IT Support
2 225 (15.90%) Support Engineer
3 219 (15.48%) Analyst
4 216 (15.27%) IT Engineer
5 183 (12.93%) IT Support Engineer
6 161 (11.38%) Senior
7 120 (8.48%) Consultant
8 111 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 96 (6.78%) Support Analyst
10 92 (6.50%) Service Analyst
11 84 (5.94%) Architect
12 81 (5.72%) Service Desk Analyst
13 74 (5.23%) Developer
14 68 (4.81%) Lead
15 63 (4.45%) IT Analyst
16 61 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
17 58 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support
18 52 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
19 51 (3.60%) IT Manager
19 51 (3.60%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.60%) HTML
2 50 (3.53%) Microsoft Graph
3 39 (2.76%) .NET
3 39 (2.76%) CSS
4 32 (2.26%) SPFx
4 32 (2.26%) Terraform
5 26 (1.84%) HTML5 Canvas
6 20 (1.41%) REST
7 16 (1.13%) JSON
8 15 (1.06%) .NET Core
8 15 (1.06%) Middleware
9 12 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.78%) React
11 8 (0.57%) RESTful
12 7 (0.49%) Pandas
13 6 (0.42%) Langfuse
13 6 (0.42%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.42%) NumPy
14 5 (0.35%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.35%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.46%) Driving Licence
2 143 (10.11%) Onboarding
3 44 (3.11%) Security Posture
4 39 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.84%) AI Agents
7 26 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (1.70%) Clustering
8 24 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 24 (1.70%) Product Ownership
9 20 (1.41%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
11 16 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 14 (0.99%) Cloud Native
13 12 (0.85%) CCTV
13 12 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
14 11 (0.78%) Replication
15 9 (0.64%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 585 (41.34%) Windows
2 259 (18.30%) Windows Server
3 74 (5.23%) Mac OS
4 67 (4.73%) Linux
5 60 (4.24%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.26%) Android
7 30 (2.12%) Apple iOS
8 17 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.57%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.071%) CentOS
13 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 428 (30.25%) Problem-Solving
2 321 (22.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 310 (21.91%) Customer Service
4 283 (20.00%) ITIL
5 257 (18.16%) Cybersecurity
6 190 (13.43%) AI
7 189 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 162 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 159 (11.24%) ITSM
10 153 (10.81%) Mentoring
11 144 (10.18%) Service Delivery
12 135 (9.54%) Project Delivery
13 121 (8.55%) Roadmaps
14 115 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
15 105 (7.42%) Information Security
15 105 (7.42%) Technical Leadership
16 99 (7.00%) Agile
16 99 (7.00%) Collaborative Working
17 96 (6.78%) Service Management
18 91 (6.43%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 199 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 91 (6.43%) SQL
3 62 (4.38%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.10%) Python
5 55 (3.89%) C#
6 29 (2.05%) R
7 26 (1.84%) Bicep
8 23 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.27%) VBA
10 13 (0.92%) Bash
11 10 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (0.71%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.42%) VBScript
13 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.35%) Ruby
14 3 (0.21%) C
14 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.21%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Java
15 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 207 (14.63%) Degree
2 170 (12.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 91 (6.43%) Security Cleared
4 76 (5.37%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.02%) MCSE
6 63 (4.45%) Azure Certification
7 62 (4.38%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (1.98%) CCNA
10 27 (1.91%) CISSP
11 25 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.55%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.48%) CISM
14 19 (1.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
16 14 (0.99%) CCNP
17 13 (0.92%) PMP
18 12 (0.85%) MCSA
19 10 (0.71%) A+ Certification
19 10 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (6.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (5.51%) SLA
4 73 (5.16%) GDPR
5 69 (4.88%) QA
6 41 (2.90%) GRC
7 38 (2.69%) Accessibility
8 35 (2.47%) NIST
9 21 (1.48%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.49%) PMO
12 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.35%) 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%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 462 (32.65%) Active Directory
2 156 (11.02%) Hyper-V
3 90 (6.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.06%) vSphere
7 10 (0.71%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.57%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.28%) KVM
12 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.14%) Docker
14 1 (0.071%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.071%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.071%) Firmware
14 1 (0.071%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 333 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.12%) SCCM
3 19 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
5 12 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 9 (0.64%) Autotask
6 9 (0.64%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.42%) Ansible
7 6 (0.42%) Grafana
8 5 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.35%) 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 1,284 (90.74%) Microsoft
2 129 (9.12%) VMware
3 110 (7.77%) ServiceNow
4 68 (4.81%) Cisco
5 56 (3.96%) Veeam
6 52 (3.67%) Google
7 43 (3.04%) Apple
8 31 (2.19%) Meraki
9 29 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
10 26 (1.84%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.63%) Adobe
12 22 (1.55%) iManage
12 22 (1.55%) WatchGuard
13 19 (1.34%) SonicWALL
14 18 (1.27%) Citrix
14 18 (1.27%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.20%) Zscaler
16 16 (1.13%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.99%) Computacenter
17 14 (0.99%) OpenAI