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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 45 28
Rank change year-on-year +9 -17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,053 950 2,369
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.43% 6.33% 6.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.36% 16.33% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 763 782 1,993
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -8.43%

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 7,332 5,818 14,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.81% 38.75% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,039 4,234 12,103
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,020
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 8 June 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
1 345 (32.76%) SharePoint
2 218 (20.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.42%) Confluence
4 13 (1.23%) IIS
5 9 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
6 3 (0.28%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 201 (19.09%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) CorelDRAW
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.47%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.095%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 512 (48.62%) Azure
2 314 (29.82%) Entra ID
3 144 (13.68%) Power Platform
4 140 (13.30%) AWS
5 115 (10.92%) OneDrive
6 75 (7.12%) SaaS
7 65 (6.17%) PowerApps
8 63 (5.98%) Power Automate
9 53 (5.03%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (3.61%) Google Workspace
11 34 (3.23%) Mimecast
12 29 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
15 23 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
17 21 (1.99%) IaaS
18 19 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 17 (1.61%) PaaS
20 16 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 168 (15.95%) Firewall
2 150 (14.25%) DNS
3 119 (11.30%) DHCP
4 117 (11.11%) VPN
5 90 (8.55%) Wi-Fi
6 82 (7.79%) TCP/IP
7 81 (7.69%) WAN
8 71 (6.74%) LAN
9 55 (5.22%) VoIP
10 30 (2.85%) VLAN
11 20 (1.90%) Network Security
12 19 (1.80%) Unified Communications
13 15 (1.42%) SD-WAN
14 12 (1.14%) SAN
14 12 (1.14%) Wireless
15 9 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.85%) Internet
15 9 (0.85%) WebEx
16 7 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.55%) Power BI
2 49 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.52%) MySQL
5 16 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.38%) Metadata
9 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.28%) Power Query
9 3 (0.28%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.095%) Big Data
11 1 (0.095%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (4.84%) JIRA
2 5 (0.47%) Git
2 5 (0.47%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.19%) Selenium
4 1 (0.095%) Postman
4 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 508 (48.24%) Social Skills
2 135 (12.82%) Finance
3 92 (8.74%) Legal
4 62 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (5.79%) Law
6 60 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 54 (5.13%) Back Office
9 49 (4.65%) French Language
9 49 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.66%) Retail
11 23 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.90%) Marketing
13 16 (1.52%) Swedish Language
14 13 (1.23%) Banking
14 13 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.95%) Local Government
17 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 245 (23.27%) IT Support
2 242 (22.98%) Support Engineer
3 196 (18.61%) Analyst
4 186 (17.66%) IT Engineer
5 153 (14.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 118 (11.21%) Senior
7 99 (9.40%) Service Analyst
8 96 (9.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 91 (8.64%) Service Desk Analyst
10 65 (6.17%) Support Analyst
11 64 (6.08%) Consultant
12 58 (5.51%) IT Analyst
13 57 (5.41%) Desktop Support
14 55 (5.22%) Desktop Engineer
14 55 (5.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 49 (4.65%) IT Technician
15 49 (4.65%) Lead
15 49 (4.65%) Support Technician
16 48 (4.56%) Developer
16 48 (4.56%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.61%) Microsoft Graph
2 35 (3.32%) .NET
3 29 (2.75%) HTML
3 29 (2.75%) HTML5 Canvas
3 29 (2.75%) JSON
4 28 (2.66%) CSS
5 25 (2.37%) SPFx
6 21 (1.99%) .NET Core
7 10 (0.95%) XML
8 9 (0.85%) React
8 9 (0.85%) XMPP
9 8 (0.76%) OAuth
9 8 (0.76%) OpenID
10 6 (0.57%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.57%) EDI
11 5 (0.47%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.47%) Middleware
11 5 (0.47%) RESTful
12 4 (0.38%) Next.js
12 4 (0.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.17%) Onboarding
2 80 (7.60%) Driving Licence
3 28 (2.66%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.99%) Cloud Native
5 21 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.71%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.61%) Replication
10 15 (1.42%) Clustering
11 14 (1.33%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.04%) CMDB
14 9 (0.85%) CCTV
14 9 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.85%) FlexPod
15 8 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 480 (45.58%) Windows
2 178 (16.90%) Windows Server
3 148 (14.06%) Windows 10
4 52 (4.94%) Mac OS
5 49 (4.65%) Linux
6 46 (4.37%) Apple iOS
7 39 (3.70%) Android
8 35 (3.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 22 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.66%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.38%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.095%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (30.58%) ITIL
2 279 (26.50%) Customer Service
3 271 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
4 215 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (17.85%) Cybersecurity
6 131 (12.44%) ITSM
7 119 (11.30%) Service Delivery
8 108 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 91 (8.64%) Service Management
10 89 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 83 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
12 78 (7.41%) AI
13 74 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 74 (7.03%) User Experience
14 73 (6.93%) Mentoring
15 72 (6.84%) Roadmaps
16 69 (6.55%) Patch Management
17 67 (6.36%) Performance Metrics
18 64 (6.08%) Customer Experience
19 63 (5.98%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (14.91%) PowerShell
2 86 (8.17%) SQL
3 44 (4.18%) C#
4 42 (3.99%) Python
5 40 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 28 (2.66%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.61%) R
7 17 (1.61%) T-SQL
8 13 (1.23%) Bash
9 11 (1.04%) VBA
10 9 (0.85%) Bicep
11 6 (0.57%) PHP
11 6 (0.57%) VBScript
12 4 (0.38%) Delphi
12 4 (0.38%) Pascal
13 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.28%) Java
13 3 (0.28%) Ruby
14 2 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 224 (21.27%) Degree
2 172 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 107 (10.16%) Security Cleared
4 103 (9.78%) SC Cleared
5 73 (6.93%) MCSE
6 71 (6.74%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.56%) CTC Cleared
8 40 (3.80%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (2.28%) DBS Check
10 22 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.90%) CISSP
12 15 (1.42%) A+ Certification
13 14 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (1.33%) CCNA
14 13 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (0.95%) CISM
16 9 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 7 (0.66%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 82 (7.79%) SLA
2 74 (7.03%) QA
3 58 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (2.75%) GDPR
5 23 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 22 (2.09%) NIST
7 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.04%) PMO
9 10 (0.95%) GRC
10 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.095%) HL7
13 1 (0.095%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.095%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.095%) WCAG
System Software
1 332 (31.53%) Active Directory
2 96 (9.12%) Hyper-V
3 70 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.61%) vSphere
6 12 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 12 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (1.04%) BitLocker
7 11 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.57%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.57%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.47%) Docker
9 5 (0.47%) Firmware
10 4 (0.38%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.38%) KVM
11 3 (0.28%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 231 (21.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.04%) SCCM
3 20 (1.90%) Terraform
4 17 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
6 14 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (1.23%) Autotask
8 11 (1.04%) Ansible
9 9 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.85%) Grafana
10 7 (0.66%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.66%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.38%) Graylog
11 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.28%) Norton AntiVirus
13 2 (0.19%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 909 (86.32%) Microsoft
2 112 (10.64%) ServiceNow
3 102 (9.69%) Cisco
4 95 (9.02%) VMware
5 40 (3.80%) Google
6 37 (3.51%) Veeam
7 35 (3.32%) Apple
8 32 (3.04%) Meraki
9 27 (2.56%) Adobe
10 26 (2.47%) iManage
11 24 (2.28%) Fortinet
12 23 (2.18%) Computacenter
12 23 (2.18%) CrowdStrike
13 18 (1.71%) Dell
14 15 (1.42%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.42%) SonicWALL
15 14 (1.33%) Citrix
15 14 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
16 12 (1.14%) HP
16 12 (1.14%) Sophos