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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +24
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,007 1,080 2,391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.01% 7.78% 8.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.12% 16.40% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 685 814 2,088
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -3.75%

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 6,248 6,587 13,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.26% 47.43% 45.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,246 4,735 11,797
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,319 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 12 March 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
1 290 (28.80%) SharePoint
2 197 (19.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.79%) IIS
4 7 (0.70%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.40%) Confluence
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Moodle
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.099%) CMS
Applications
1 251 (24.93%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.89%) InDesign
5 8 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.099%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.099%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.099%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 486 (48.26%) Azure
2 265 (26.32%) Entra ID
3 180 (17.87%) AWS
4 118 (11.72%) Power Platform
5 77 (7.65%) OneDrive
6 57 (5.66%) SaaS
7 55 (5.46%) Google Workspace
8 54 (5.36%) Power Automate
9 52 (5.16%) PowerApps
10 35 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
11 33 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 26 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (2.09%) Mimecast
15 18 (1.79%) IaaS
16 16 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
17 13 (1.29%) PaaS
18 12 (1.19%) Copilot Studio
19 11 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
19 11 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 149 (14.80%) DNS
2 131 (13.01%) DHCP
3 129 (12.81%) Firewall
4 116 (11.52%) VPN
5 78 (7.75%) WAN
6 77 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
7 71 (7.05%) TCP/IP
8 60 (5.96%) LAN
9 51 (5.06%) VLAN
10 41 (4.07%) VoIP
11 24 (2.38%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.79%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.99%) Network Security
13 10 (0.99%) Wireless
14 9 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.89%) SAN
15 8 (0.79%) Internet
16 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
17 6 (0.60%) SSL
18 5 (0.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.16%) Power BI
2 37 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.49%) MySQL
4 14 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.40%) Power Query
8 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.20%) QlikView
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.099%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.099%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.099%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.099%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (2.58%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.099%) Git
3 1 (0.099%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.099%) Selenium
General
1 513 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 139 (13.80%) Finance
3 104 (10.33%) French Language
4 73 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 73 (7.25%) Swedish Language
5 67 (6.65%) Legal
6 64 (6.36%) Back Office
7 58 (5.76%) Law
8 52 (5.16%) Public Sector
9 46 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (3.08%) Retail
12 28 (2.78%) Marketing
13 16 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
18 6 (0.60%) German Language
18 6 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 240 (23.83%) Support Engineer
2 239 (23.73%) IT Support
3 231 (22.94%) Analyst
4 164 (16.29%) IT Engineer
5 147 (14.60%) IT Support Engineer
6 140 (13.90%) Service Analyst
7 137 (13.60%) Service Desk Analyst
8 93 (9.24%) Senior
9 75 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (6.85%) IT Analyst
11 66 (6.55%) Desktop Support
12 64 (6.36%) Desktop Engineer
12 64 (6.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (5.56%) Site Engineer
13 56 (5.56%) Support Analyst
14 48 (4.77%) Lead
15 45 (4.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 45 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 45 (4.47%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.09%) .NET
2 20 (1.99%) HTML5 Canvas
3 18 (1.79%) JSON
4 13 (1.29%) XML
5 10 (0.99%) REST
6 9 (0.89%) Web Services
7 8 (0.79%) Middleware
8 6 (0.60%) EDI
8 6 (0.60%) SOAP
9 5 (0.50%) RESTful
10 4 (0.40%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.40%) FIDO
10 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.40%) OAuth
10 4 (0.40%) OpenID
10 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.30%) CSS
11 3 (0.30%) HTML
11 3 (0.30%) SPFx
11 3 (0.30%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.83%) Driving Licence
2 82 (8.14%) Onboarding
3 37 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.09%) CCTV
6 21 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.89%) Social Media
8 18 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 17 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.59%) Replication
11 15 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.49%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.39%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.19%) Client/Server
13 12 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.09%) CMDB
15 9 (0.89%) iPad
15 9 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 476 (47.27%) Windows
2 206 (20.46%) Windows Server
3 179 (17.78%) Windows 10
4 52 (5.16%) Apple iOS
5 50 (4.97%) Linux
6 47 (4.67%) Mac OS
7 31 (3.08%) Android
8 29 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 3 (0.30%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.099%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (36.25%) ITIL
2 330 (32.77%) Customer Service
3 228 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 167 (16.58%) Cybersecurity
5 167 (16.58%) ITSM
6 112 (11.12%) Service Delivery
7 106 (10.53%) Performance Metrics
8 101 (10.03%) Customer Experience
9 98 (9.73%) Analytics
10 81 (8.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 80 (7.94%) Patch Management
12 77 (7.65%) Roadmaps
13 75 (7.45%) Mentoring
14 74 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (6.95%) Change Management
15 70 (6.95%) Ticket Management
16 68 (6.75%) Service Management
17 67 (6.65%) AI
18 66 (6.55%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 100 (9.93%) PowerShell
2 62 (6.16%) SQL
3 39 (3.87%) Python
4 31 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 30 (2.98%) C#
6 16 (1.59%) Bash
7 10 (0.99%) R
8 9 (0.89%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.60%) Bicep
9 6 (0.60%) Java
10 5 (0.50%) PHP
10 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.50%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.40%) Delphi
11 4 (0.40%) Pascal
11 4 (0.40%) VBA
12 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.099%) Korn
14 1 (0.099%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 273 (27.11%) Degree
2 205 (20.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 121 (12.02%) AWS Certification
4 118 (11.72%) MCSE
5 117 (11.62%) Security Cleared
6 114 (11.32%) SC Cleared
7 60 (5.96%) CTC Cleared
8 39 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.77%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.58%) DBS Check
11 24 (2.38%) CISSP
12 22 (2.18%) CCNA
13 21 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
16 14 (1.39%) MCSA
17 12 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 11 (1.09%) A+ Certification
19 10 (0.99%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.52%) QA
2 84 (8.34%) SLA
3 79 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 60 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (2.88%) GDPR
6 28 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (1.99%) NIST
8 19 (1.89%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.19%) Data Quality
9 12 (1.19%) ISO 9001
10 11 (1.09%) GRC
10 11 (1.09%) PMO
11 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.30%) NCSC
14 2 (0.20%) HL7
14 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.099%) Basel III
15 1 (0.099%) COBIT
15 1 (0.099%) MiFID
System Software
1 325 (32.27%) Active Directory
2 99 (9.83%) Hyper-V
3 56 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.89%) Docker
6 9 (0.89%) Firmware
6 9 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.70%) vSphere
8 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.30%) Postfix
10 2 (0.20%) XenApp
11 1 (0.099%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 221 (21.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.88%) Terraform
3 26 (2.58%) SCCM
4 17 (1.69%) Autotask
5 16 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.19%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.60%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.30%) Grafana
12 3 (0.30%) Nessus
13 1 (0.099%) CASB
13 1 (0.099%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.099%) Kibana
13 1 (0.099%) SCOM
Vendors
1 797 (79.15%) Microsoft
2 133 (13.21%) ServiceNow
3 116 (11.52%) Cisco
4 96 (9.53%) VMware
5 61 (6.06%) Google
6 34 (3.38%) Apple
7 24 (2.38%) Adobe
7 24 (2.38%) Meraki
8 21 (2.09%) Dell
9 19 (1.89%) HP
10 17 (1.69%) Veeam
11 15 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
11 15 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 15 (1.49%) Oracle
11 15 (1.49%) Salesforce
12 13 (1.29%) Citrix
13 12 (1.19%) Datto
13 12 (1.19%) Draytek
14 11 (1.09%) iManage
14 11 (1.09%) Okta
276 hybrid/remote Microsoft 365 jobs