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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 46 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,397 950 1,528
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.71% 5.84% 6.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.99% 16.37% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 724 997
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -17.19% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +2.34%

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 8,738 5,805 9,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.71% 35.68% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,410 4,185 6,564
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £37,500
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 20 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
1 509 (36.44%) SharePoint
2 289 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.79%) Confluence
4 17 (1.22%) IIS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 136 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.50%) Shopify
4 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.29%) 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%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 686 (49.11%) Azure
2 458 (32.78%) Entra ID
3 249 (17.82%) Power Platform
4 155 (11.10%) AWS
4 155 (11.10%) OneDrive
5 147 (10.52%) Microsoft Copilot
6 121 (8.66%) Power Automate
7 114 (8.16%) PowerApps
8 104 (7.44%) SaaS
9 81 (5.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 45 (3.22%) Mimecast
11 41 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
12 39 (2.79%) Copilot Studio
12 39 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (2.43%) Google Workspace
15 29 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
17 23 (1.65%) IaaS
18 22 (1.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 229 (16.39%) Firewall
2 211 (15.10%) DNS
3 163 (11.67%) DHCP
4 154 (11.02%) VPN
5 111 (7.95%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.59%) LAN
7 104 (7.44%) WAN
8 92 (6.59%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (4.01%) VLAN
10 47 (3.36%) VoIP
11 39 (2.79%) Network Security
12 38 (2.72%) Wireless
13 14 (1.00%) Intranet
13 14 (1.00%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.93%) SAN
15 9 (0.64%) IP Telephony
15 9 (0.64%) WebEx
16 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
17 7 (0.50%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.23%) Power BI
2 52 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.86%) Metadata
5 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.36%) MySQL
7 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.21%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.072%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.072%) GIS
9 1 (0.072%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.072%) Parquet
9 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.072%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (6.23%) JIRA
2 10 (0.72%) Git
3 6 (0.43%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.072%) Postman
6 1 (0.072%) Rational DOORS
General
1 723 (51.75%) Social Skills
2 154 (11.02%) Finance
3 121 (8.66%) Legal
4 96 (6.87%) Law
5 94 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 72 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.44%) Swedish Language
9 45 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (2.15%) Retail
13 29 (2.08%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.65%) Marketing
15 19 (1.36%) Advertising
16 17 (1.22%) Banking
16 17 (1.22%) Local Government
17 14 (1.00%) Games
18 13 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 301 (21.55%) IT Support
2 225 (16.11%) Support Engineer
3 214 (15.32%) Analyst
3 214 (15.32%) IT Engineer
4 182 (13.03%) IT Support Engineer
5 164 (11.74%) Senior
6 117 (8.38%) Consultant
7 112 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 90 (6.44%) Service Analyst
8 90 (6.44%) Support Analyst
9 85 (6.08%) Architect
10 80 (5.73%) Service Desk Analyst
11 72 (5.15%) Developer
12 65 (4.65%) Lead
13 61 (4.37%) IT Analyst
14 59 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support
15 58 (4.15%) 1st Line Support
16 52 (3.72%) IT Manager
16 52 (3.72%) IT Technician
17 49 (3.51%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.72%) Microsoft Graph
2 51 (3.65%) HTML
3 41 (2.93%) CSS
4 40 (2.86%) .NET
5 34 (2.43%) SPFx
6 32 (2.29%) Terraform
7 29 (2.08%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (1.29%) .NET Core
8 18 (1.29%) JSON
8 18 (1.29%) REST
9 15 (1.07%) Middleware
10 12 (0.86%) ASP.NET
11 11 (0.79%) React
12 8 (0.57%) RESTful
13 6 (0.43%) Langfuse
13 6 (0.43%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.43%) OAuth
13 6 (0.43%) Pandas
13 6 (0.43%) XMPP
14 5 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.88%) Driving Licence
2 134 (9.59%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.65%) Security Posture
5 34 (2.43%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.79%) Clustering
8 25 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.07%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.00%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.64%) PKI
14 9 (0.64%) Replication
14 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (0.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 579 (41.45%) Windows
2 256 (18.32%) Windows Server
3 72 (5.15%) Mac OS
4 67 (4.80%) Linux
5 62 (4.44%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.29%) Android
7 29 (2.08%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) Debian
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.072%) CentOS
14 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (29.78%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (22.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 298 (21.33%) Customer Service
4 287 (20.54%) ITIL
5 247 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
6 193 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 184 (13.17%) AI
8 157 (11.24%) ITSM
9 153 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 149 (10.67%) Mentoring
11 140 (10.02%) Service Delivery
12 136 (9.74%) Project Delivery
13 122 (8.73%) Roadmaps
14 112 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
15 111 (7.95%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (7.16%) Information Security
17 95 (6.80%) Agile
18 94 (6.73%) Service Management
19 90 (6.44%) Collaborative Working
20 87 (6.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 198 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 93 (6.66%) SQL
3 62 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.15%) Python
5 56 (4.01%) C#
6 33 (2.36%) R
7 26 (1.86%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.79%) Bicep
9 19 (1.36%) VBA
10 13 (0.93%) Bash
11 9 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.43%) VBScript
13 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.36%) 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
1 205 (14.67%) Degree
2 169 (12.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 85 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 73 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 70 (5.01%) MCSE
6 62 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 59 (4.22%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.93%) CISSP
10 26 (1.86%) CCNA
11 25 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.50%) CISM
14 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 14 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.93%) PMP
17 11 (0.79%) CCNP
18 10 (0.72%) A+ Certification
18 10 (0.72%) HNC
18 10 (0.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 79 (5.65%) SLA
4 67 (4.80%) QA
5 66 (4.72%) GDPR
6 41 (2.93%) GRC
7 34 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.36%) NIST
9 17 (1.22%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.50%) PMO
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.36%) 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 (0.072%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 460 (32.93%) Active Directory
2 154 (11.02%) Hyper-V
3 94 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.29%) vSphere
6 11 (0.79%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.57%) VMware Server
8 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.43%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.14%) Docker
13 1 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.072%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 330 (23.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.29%) SCCM
3 20 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 9 (0.64%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.57%) Autotask
8 7 (0.50%) Ansible
9 6 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.43%) Grafana
10 5 (0.36%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.29%) Graylog
11 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.14%) WMI
13 2 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,266 (90.62%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.45%) VMware
3 113 (8.09%) ServiceNow
4 70 (5.01%) Cisco
5 57 (4.08%) Veeam
6 52 (3.72%) Google
7 40 (2.86%) Apple
8 33 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.29%) Meraki
10 28 (2.00%) Fortinet
11 27 (1.93%) Adobe
12 24 (1.72%) iManage
13 20 (1.43%) SonicWALL
14 19 (1.36%) WatchGuard
15 17 (1.22%) Zscaler
16 16 (1.15%) Citrix
16 16 (1.15%) Palo Alto
16 16 (1.15%) Salesforce
17 15 (1.07%) N-able
18 14 (1.00%) OpenAI