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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 46 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,394 951 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.69% 5.83% 6.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.88% 16.31% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 724 996
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,662 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.82% -18.68% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,200 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% +2.19%

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 8,777 5,830 9,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.82% 35.74% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,441 4,200 6,586
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £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 19 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
1 507 (36.37%) SharePoint
2 288 (20.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.79%) Confluence
4 17 (1.22%) IIS
5 6 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) 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 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.51%) 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 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.22%) 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
1 684 (49.07%) Azure
2 457 (32.78%) Entra ID
3 249 (17.86%) Power Platform
4 155 (11.12%) AWS
5 153 (10.98%) OneDrive
6 147 (10.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 121 (8.68%) Power Automate
8 114 (8.18%) PowerApps
9 104 (7.46%) SaaS
10 81 (5.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 45 (3.23%) Mimecast
12 41 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
13 39 (2.80%) Copilot Studio
14 38 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
15 35 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
16 33 (2.37%) Google Workspace
17 29 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
18 26 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
19 23 (1.65%) IaaS
20 22 (1.58%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 229 (16.43%) Firewall
2 208 (14.92%) DNS
3 161 (11.55%) DHCP
4 153 (10.98%) VPN
5 111 (7.96%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.60%) LAN
7 104 (7.46%) WAN
8 92 (6.60%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (3.87%) VLAN
10 47 (3.37%) VoIP
11 39 (2.80%) Network Security
12 38 (2.73%) Wireless
13 14 (1.00%) Intranet
13 14 (1.00%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.93%) SAN
15 9 (0.65%) IP Telephony
15 9 (0.65%) WebEx
16 8 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
17 7 (0.50%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.24%) Power BI
2 51 (3.66%) 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 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.22%) 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 (6.24%) 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
1 719 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 156 (11.19%) Finance
3 122 (8.75%) Legal
4 97 (6.96%) Law
5 94 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (5.38%) Public Sector
7 71 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.44%) Swedish Language
9 45 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (2.08%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.01%) Retail
15 24 (1.72%) Marketing
16 19 (1.36%) Advertising
17 17 (1.22%) Banking
17 17 (1.22%) Local Government
18 14 (1.00%) Games
19 13 (0.93%) French Language
Job Titles
1 300 (21.52%) IT Support
2 223 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 214 (15.35%) Analyst
4 213 (15.28%) IT Engineer
5 181 (12.98%) IT Support Engineer
6 163 (11.69%) Senior
7 116 (8.32%) Consultant
8 110 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 90 (6.46%) Support Analyst
10 89 (6.38%) Service Analyst
11 85 (6.10%) Architect
12 80 (5.74%) Service Desk Analyst
13 72 (5.16%) Developer
14 65 (4.66%) Lead
15 61 (4.38%) IT Analyst
16 59 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
16 59 (4.23%) 2nd Line Support
17 52 (3.73%) IT Technician
18 51 (3.66%) IT Manager
19 49 (3.52%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.73%) Microsoft Graph
2 51 (3.66%) HTML
3 41 (2.94%) CSS
4 40 (2.87%) .NET
5 34 (2.44%) SPFx
6 31 (2.22%) 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 (1.08%) 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%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.90%) Driving Licence
2 134 (9.61%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 37 (2.65%) Security Posture
5 34 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.79%) Clustering
8 25 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 19 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.08%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
13 14 (1.00%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.65%) PKI
14 9 (0.65%) Replication
14 9 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (0.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 576 (41.32%) Windows
2 252 (18.08%) Windows Server
3 72 (5.16%) Mac OS
4 67 (4.81%) Linux
5 63 (4.52%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.30%) Android
7 29 (2.08%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.65%) 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
1 411 (29.48%) Problem-Solving
2 310 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 297 (21.31%) Customer Service
4 287 (20.59%) ITIL
5 246 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 192 (13.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 184 (13.20%) AI
8 155 (11.12%) ITSM
9 154 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
10 150 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 140 (10.04%) Service Delivery
12 135 (9.68%) Project Delivery
13 124 (8.90%) Roadmaps
14 112 (8.03%) Disaster Recovery
15 111 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
16 99 (7.10%) Information Security
17 95 (6.81%) Agile
18 93 (6.67%) Service Management
19 90 (6.46%) Collaborative Working
20 87 (6.24%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 196 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 93 (6.67%) SQL
3 62 (4.45%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.16%) Python
5 56 (4.02%) C#
6 33 (2.37%) R
7 26 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.72%) Bicep
9 19 (1.36%) VBA
10 13 (0.93%) Bash
11 9 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.43%) VBScript
13 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.36%) Ruby
14 3 (0.22%) C
14 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.14%) Java
15 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 204 (14.63%) Degree
2 169 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 84 (6.03%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.16%) SC Cleared
5 70 (5.02%) MCSE
6 62 (4.45%) AWS Certification
7 59 (4.23%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (1.94%) CISSP
10 26 (1.87%) CCNA
11 24 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.72%) DBS Check
12 21 (1.51%) CISM
13 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 14 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.93%) PMP
16 11 (0.79%) CCNP
17 10 (0.72%) A+ Certification
17 10 (0.72%) GIAC
17 10 (0.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (6.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 78 (5.60%) SLA
4 67 (4.81%) QA
5 66 (4.73%) GDPR
6 42 (3.01%) GRC
7 34 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.37%) 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%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.22%) NCSC
14 3 (0.22%) WCAG
15 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.072%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 458 (32.86%) Active Directory
2 152 (10.90%) Hyper-V
3 92 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (2.51%) 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 (0.22%) 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 (23.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.30%) 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 (0.65%) 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 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.22%) 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 1,262 (90.53%) Microsoft
2 130 (9.33%) VMware
3 114 (8.18%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.95%) Cisco
5 56 (4.02%) Veeam
6 51 (3.66%) Google
7 41 (2.94%) Apple
8 33 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.30%) Meraki
10 27 (1.94%) Adobe
10 27 (1.94%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.72%) iManage
12 19 (1.36%) SonicWALL
13 18 (1.29%) WatchGuard
14 17 (1.22%) Zscaler
15 16 (1.15%) Salesforce
16 15 (1.08%) Citrix
16 15 (1.08%) Palo Alto
17 14 (1.00%) Computacenter
17 14 (1.00%) SAP