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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 29
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 983 945 2,277
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.23% 6.47% 7.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.78% 16.32% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 712 770 1,974
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,375 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,640 £59,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £88,625 £72,525 £73,750
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 7,134 5,792 14,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.95% 39.64% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 4,178 11,916
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,175 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,987
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 22 May 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
1 323 (32.86%) SharePoint
2 197 (20.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.63%) Confluence
4 11 (1.12%) IIS
5 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 195 (19.84%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.51%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 484 (49.24%) Azure
2 291 (29.60%) Entra ID
3 132 (13.43%) AWS
4 129 (13.12%) Power Platform
5 104 (10.58%) OneDrive
6 67 (6.82%) SaaS
7 57 (5.80%) Power Automate
7 57 (5.80%) PowerApps
8 49 (4.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 41 (4.17%) Google Workspace
10 32 (3.26%) Mimecast
11 26 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 26 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (1.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (1.93%) IaaS
14 18 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 155 (15.77%) Firewall
2 140 (14.24%) DNS
3 111 (11.29%) DHCP
4 110 (11.19%) VPN
5 85 (8.65%) Wi-Fi
6 81 (8.24%) WAN
7 72 (7.32%) TCP/IP
8 70 (7.12%) LAN
9 52 (5.29%) VoIP
10 33 (3.36%) VLAN
11 18 (1.83%) Network Security
12 16 (1.63%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.63%) Unified Communications
13 10 (1.02%) SAN
13 10 (1.02%) Wireless
14 9 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.92%) Internet
14 9 (0.92%) WebEx
15 6 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.51%) Power BI
2 47 (4.78%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.63%) MySQL
5 16 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.41%) Metadata
8 3 (0.31%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 3 (0.31%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (4.78%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) Git
2 5 (0.51%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.20%) Selenium
4 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 464 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 129 (13.12%) Finance
3 85 (8.65%) Legal
4 58 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (5.70%) Law
5 56 (5.70%) Public Sector
6 54 (5.49%) Back Office
7 52 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (4.98%) French Language
9 46 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.85%) Retail
11 19 (1.93%) Marketing
11 19 (1.93%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.22%) Swedish Language
15 11 (1.12%) Banking
16 8 (0.81%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.71%) Local Government
18 5 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (23.19%) IT Support
2 224 (22.79%) Support Engineer
3 190 (19.33%) Analyst
4 166 (16.89%) IT Engineer
5 139 (14.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 104 (10.58%) Senior
7 102 (10.38%) Service Analyst
8 95 (9.66%) Service Desk Analyst
9 88 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 64 (6.51%) IT Analyst
11 59 (6.00%) Support Analyst
12 58 (5.90%) Consultant
13 55 (5.60%) Desktop Support
14 53 (5.39%) Desktop Engineer
14 53 (5.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 48 (4.88%) Site Engineer
16 47 (4.78%) IT Technician
17 46 (4.68%) Developer
18 44 (4.48%) Lead
18 44 (4.48%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 34 (3.46%) .NET
3 28 (2.85%) JSON
4 27 (2.75%) CSS
4 27 (2.75%) HTML
4 27 (2.75%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (2.44%) SPFx
6 21 (2.14%) .NET Core
7 9 (0.92%) XMPP
8 8 (0.81%) React
8 8 (0.81%) XML
9 7 (0.71%) Middleware
9 7 (0.71%) OpenID
10 6 (0.61%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.61%) OAuth
11 5 (0.51%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.51%) EDI
12 4 (0.41%) RESTful
13 3 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
13 3 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 82 (8.34%) Onboarding
2 76 (7.73%) Driving Licence
3 33 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
6 19 (1.93%) Cloud Native
6 19 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.63%) Replication
7 16 (1.63%) Security Posture
8 13 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.22%) Clustering
10 10 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 9 (0.92%) CCTV
11 9 (0.92%) FlexPod
12 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
13 7 (0.71%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 450 (45.78%) Windows
2 159 (16.17%) Windows Server
3 148 (15.06%) Windows 10
4 55 (5.60%) Apple iOS
5 46 (4.68%) Linux
5 46 (4.68%) Mac OS
6 44 (4.48%) Android
7 33 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (0.81%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.41%) CentOS
13 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (31.43%) ITIL
2 264 (26.86%) Customer Service
3 248 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 171 (17.40%) Cybersecurity
6 114 (11.60%) ITSM
7 109 (11.09%) Service Delivery
8 99 (10.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 83 (8.44%) Disaster Recovery
10 77 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
11 74 (7.53%) Service Management
12 73 (7.43%) Customer Experience
13 72 (7.32%) Roadmaps
14 71 (7.22%) AI
15 68 (6.92%) User Experience
16 67 (6.82%) Mentoring
16 67 (6.82%) Patch Management
17 62 (6.31%) Performance Metrics
18 61 (6.21%) Software Deployment
19 60 (6.10%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 145 (14.75%) PowerShell
2 79 (8.04%) SQL
3 42 (4.27%) C#
4 38 (3.87%) Python
5 37 (3.76%) JavaScript
6 27 (2.75%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.73%) R
8 16 (1.63%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.12%) Bash
9 11 (1.12%) VBA
10 8 (0.81%) Bicep
11 6 (0.61%) PHP
11 6 (0.61%) VBScript
12 4 (0.41%) Delphi
12 4 (0.41%) Pascal
13 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.31%) Java
13 3 (0.31%) Ruby
14 2 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 210 (21.36%) Degree
2 156 (15.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 101 (10.27%) Security Cleared
4 97 (9.87%) SC Cleared
5 69 (7.02%) MCSE
6 66 (6.71%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.88%) CTC Cleared
8 34 (3.46%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.14%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.93%) CISSP
13 14 (1.42%) CCNA
13 14 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (1.22%) A+ Certification
15 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.92%) CISM
17 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 7 (0.71%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (7.53%) SLA
3 71 (7.22%) QA
4 57 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (2.75%) GDPR
6 24 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (2.14%) NIST
8 11 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 10 (1.02%) PMO
10 9 (0.92%) GRC
11 5 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.10%) HL7
13 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 309 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 84 (8.55%) Hyper-V
3 63 (6.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.53%) vSphere
6 14 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.61%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.61%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.51%) Docker
11 4 (0.41%) Firmware
12 3 (0.31%) KVM
13 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.20%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.10%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 218 (22.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.26%) SCCM
3 19 (1.93%) Terraform
4 15 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.22%) Ansible
7 10 (1.02%) Autotask
8 9 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.92%) Grafana
9 7 (0.71%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.71%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.61%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.31%) Graylog
12 3 (0.31%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.20%) PaperCut
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 828 (84.23%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.87%) Cisco
3 96 (9.77%) ServiceNow
4 84 (8.55%) VMware
5 42 (4.27%) Google
6 30 (3.05%) Apple
7 28 (2.85%) Adobe
7 28 (2.85%) Veeam
8 25 (2.54%) Fortinet
8 25 (2.54%) Meraki
9 24 (2.44%) iManage
10 23 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (1.83%) Computacenter
11 18 (1.83%) Dell
12 15 (1.53%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.42%) Citrix
13 14 (1.42%) SonicWALL
14 13 (1.32%) Salesforce
14 13 (1.32%) Ubiquiti
15 12 (1.22%) HP