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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 45 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,298 972 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.61% 5.87% 6.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.95% 16.37% 16.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 779 1,228
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,662 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -18.68% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,005
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.72% -0.10%

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 8,685 5,936 10,100
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.50% 35.87% 40.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,339 4,337 7,667
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,101
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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.99%

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 25 August 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
1 463 (35.67%) SharePoint
2 268 (20.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.93%) Confluence
4 18 (1.39%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.077%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.077%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 667 (51.39%) Azure
2 414 (31.90%) Entra ID
3 233 (17.95%) Power Platform
4 158 (12.17%) AWS
5 136 (10.48%) OneDrive
6 114 (8.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (8.55%) Power Automate
8 109 (8.40%) PowerApps
9 101 (7.78%) SaaS
10 69 (5.32%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.70%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
13 39 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (2.39%) Google Workspace
16 27 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 26 (2.00%) Copilot Studio
18 24 (1.85%) IaaS
19 23 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 218 (16.80%) Firewall
2 190 (14.64%) DNS
3 144 (11.09%) DHCP
4 141 (10.86%) VPN
5 107 (8.24%) LAN
6 104 (8.01%) TCP/IP
7 103 (7.94%) WAN
8 92 (7.09%) Wi-Fi
9 48 (3.70%) VoIP
10 47 (3.62%) VLAN
11 42 (3.24%) Network Security
12 38 (2.93%) Wireless
13 16 (1.23%) Unified Communications
14 14 (1.08%) SAN
15 9 (0.69%) Internet
15 9 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (0.62%) WebEx
17 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.55%) Power BI
2 49 (3.78%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.77%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.46%) MySQL
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.15%) Power Query
10 1 (0.077%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.077%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.077%) Parquet
10 1 (0.077%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 87 (6.70%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.077%) Postman
5 1 (0.077%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 653 (50.31%) Social Skills
2 152 (11.71%) Finance
3 126 (9.71%) Legal
4 102 (7.86%) Law
5 76 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
7 60 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.70%) Swedish Language
9 42 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.77%) Telecoms
11 34 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (2.23%) Retail
14 24 (1.85%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.77%) Marketing
16 21 (1.62%) French Language
17 18 (1.39%) Banking
18 16 (1.23%) Advertising
19 12 (0.92%) Games
19 12 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 283 (21.80%) IT Support
2 211 (16.26%) Support Engineer
3 207 (15.95%) Analyst
4 198 (15.25%) IT Engineer
5 171 (13.17%) IT Support Engineer
6 157 (12.10%) Senior
7 110 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 102 (7.86%) Consultant
9 91 (7.01%) Service Analyst
10 86 (6.63%) Service Desk Analyst
11 80 (6.16%) Architect
12 77 (5.93%) Support Analyst
13 70 (5.39%) Developer
14 58 (4.47%) Lead
15 57 (4.39%) IT Analyst
16 55 (4.24%) IT Manager
17 51 (3.93%) IT Technician
18 50 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
19 47 (3.62%) 1st Line Support
19 47 (3.62%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.54%) HTML
3 43 (3.31%) .NET
4 40 (3.08%) CSS
5 34 (2.62%) HTML5 Canvas
5 34 (2.62%) SPFx
6 33 (2.54%) Terraform
7 22 (1.69%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.62%) JSON
9 11 (0.85%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.85%) React
10 10 (0.77%) REST
11 9 (0.69%) Middleware
12 8 (0.62%) XMPP
13 7 (0.54%) RESTful
14 6 (0.46%) OpenID
15 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.39%) OAuth
15 5 (0.39%) XML
16 4 (0.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 114 (8.78%) Onboarding
2 100 (7.70%) Driving Licence
3 38 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.70%) Security Posture
5 31 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (2.16%) Clustering
7 24 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.39%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 17 (1.31%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.08%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.00%) Replication
14 12 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.69%) PKI
15 9 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (0.62%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 534 (41.14%) Windows
2 238 (18.34%) Windows Server
3 67 (5.16%) Windows 10
4 65 (5.01%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.70%) Linux
6 31 (2.39%) Android
7 30 (2.31%) Apple iOS
8 24 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.69%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.23%) Debian
14 1 (0.077%) CentOS
14 1 (0.077%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 292 (22.50%) ITIL
3 273 (21.03%) Customer Service
4 259 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 146 (11.25%) AI
8 144 (11.09%) ITSM
9 132 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (9.32%) Service Delivery
11 118 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 117 (9.01%) Roadmaps
13 116 (8.94%) Project Delivery
14 115 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
15 110 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
16 97 (7.47%) User Experience
17 91 (7.01%) Information Security
18 89 (6.86%) Service Management
19 84 (6.47%) Agile
20 78 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 182 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 95 (7.32%) SQL
3 59 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.47%) C#
5 53 (4.08%) Python
6 31 (2.39%) R
7 30 (2.31%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.85%) Bicep
9 20 (1.54%) VBA
10 14 (1.08%) Bash
11 9 (0.69%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Ruby
14 3 (0.23%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.23%) Java
14 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.15%) PHP
15 2 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 196 (15.10%) Degree
2 168 (12.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (5.86%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.55%) MCSE
5 71 (5.47%) SC Cleared
6 70 (5.39%) AWS Certification
7 58 (4.47%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.39%) CISSP
9 26 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.69%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.46%) CISM
13 18 (1.39%) CCNA
14 14 (1.08%) PMP
15 12 (0.92%) CEH
16 10 (0.77%) HNC
16 10 (0.77%) HND
17 9 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 9 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (5.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (5.47%) QA
3 71 (5.47%) SLA
4 56 (4.31%) GDPR
5 46 (3.54%) GRC
6 31 (2.39%) NIST
7 21 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.46%) PMO
10 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.23%) WCAG
13 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 441 (33.98%) Active Directory
2 143 (11.02%) Hyper-V
3 91 (7.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.62%) vSphere
6 20 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.31%) KVM
12 2 (0.15%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.15%) Docker
13 1 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.077%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 303 (23.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.39%) SCCM
3 19 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (0.69%) Ansible
6 9 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.62%) Autotask
7 8 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (0.62%) Grafana
8 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.46%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.31%) Graylog
11 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,170 (90.14%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.24%) ServiceNow
3 118 (9.09%) VMware
4 71 (5.47%) Cisco
5 53 (4.08%) Veeam
6 45 (3.47%) Google
7 36 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.70%) Meraki
9 34 (2.62%) Apple
10 32 (2.47%) Adobe
11 29 (2.23%) iManage
12 26 (2.00%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.46%) Zscaler
14 18 (1.39%) SonicWALL
15 17 (1.31%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.31%) Salesforce
16 16 (1.23%) Citrix
17 15 (1.16%) Computacenter
18 14 (1.08%) Splunk
18 14 (1.08%) Ubiquiti