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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,056 1,147 2,258
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.30% 7.90% 7.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.84% 16.76% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 704 798 2,003
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £46,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% +3.06% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,175 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -4.19%

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 6,269 6,843 13,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.42% 47.12% 45.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,279 4,683 11,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,264 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.16% +10.02% -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 6 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
1 302 (28.60%) SharePoint
2 202 (19.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.76%) IIS
4 7 (0.66%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.47%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.38%) Confluence
8 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 2 (0.19%) Moodle
8 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.095%) CMS
Applications
1 272 (25.76%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.04%) InDesign
5 8 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.66%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) Shopify
3 6 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.095%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 496 (46.97%) Azure
2 278 (26.33%) Entra ID
3 196 (18.56%) AWS
4 122 (11.55%) Power Platform
5 75 (7.10%) OneDrive
6 59 (5.59%) SaaS
7 56 (5.30%) PowerApps
8 54 (5.11%) Google Workspace
8 54 (5.11%) Power Automate
9 35 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
10 32 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 28 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (1.99%) IaaS
13 21 (1.99%) Mimecast
14 16 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
16 14 (1.33%) PaaS
17 12 (1.14%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 151 (14.30%) DNS
2 133 (12.59%) DHCP
3 132 (12.50%) Firewall
4 121 (11.46%) VPN
5 79 (7.48%) WAN
6 74 (7.01%) Wi-Fi
7 72 (6.82%) TCP/IP
8 60 (5.68%) LAN
9 51 (4.83%) VLAN
10 40 (3.79%) VoIP
11 25 (2.37%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.70%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.95%) Wireless
14 9 (0.85%) Network Security
14 9 (0.85%) SSL
15 8 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.66%) Internet
16 7 (0.66%) IP Telephony
16 7 (0.66%) SAN
17 5 (0.47%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.06%) Power BI
2 35 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.52%) MySQL
3 16 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.38%) Power Query
6 4 (0.38%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.19%) GIS
8 2 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.19%) QlikView
8 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.095%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.095%) Big Data
9 1 (0.095%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.095%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.095%) Git
3 1 (0.095%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.095%) Selenium
General
1 540 (51.14%) Social Skills
2 148 (14.02%) Finance
3 120 (11.36%) French Language
4 91 (8.62%) Swedish Language
5 80 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.06%) Back Office
7 63 (5.97%) Legal
8 59 (5.59%) Law
9 55 (5.21%) Public Sector
10 50 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
12 30 (2.84%) Retail
13 28 (2.65%) Marketing
14 18 (1.70%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.66%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.66%) German Language
18 6 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 257 (24.34%) Analyst
2 238 (22.54%) IT Support
2 238 (22.54%) Support Engineer
3 162 (15.34%) IT Engineer
4 159 (15.06%) Service Analyst
5 156 (14.77%) Service Desk Analyst
6 144 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 96 (9.09%) Senior
8 76 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 70 (6.63%) IT Analyst
10 68 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
11 67 (6.34%) Desktop Support
12 65 (6.16%) Desktop Engineer
12 65 (6.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 60 (5.68%) Consultant
14 59 (5.59%) Lead
15 58 (5.49%) Support Analyst
16 56 (5.30%) Site Engineer
17 44 (4.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 44 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.99%) .NET
2 20 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
3 18 (1.70%) JSON
4 13 (1.23%) XML
5 11 (1.04%) REST
6 9 (0.85%) Web Services
7 8 (0.76%) Middleware
8 6 (0.57%) EDI
8 6 (0.57%) SOAP
9 5 (0.47%) RESTful
10 4 (0.38%) FIDO
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.38%) OAuth
10 4 (0.38%) OpenID
10 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.28%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.28%) FHIR
11 3 (0.28%) XMPP
12 2 (0.19%) CSS
12 2 (0.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.47%) Driving Licence
2 84 (7.95%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.65%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.46%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.08%) CCTV
7 22 (2.08%) Social Media
8 18 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.42%) Low-Code
10 15 (1.42%) Replication
11 14 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.23%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.14%) Client/Server
13 12 (1.14%) CMDB
14 11 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.95%) iPad
16 9 (0.85%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 488 (46.21%) Windows
2 215 (20.36%) Windows Server
3 180 (17.05%) Windows 10
4 54 (5.11%) Apple iOS
5 51 (4.83%) Linux
6 46 (4.36%) Mac OS
7 31 (2.94%) Android
8 27 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 25 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.47%) Unix
13 3 (0.28%) CentOS
14 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.095%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.095%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (37.03%) ITIL
2 353 (33.43%) Customer Service
3 239 (22.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 221 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (17.80%) ITSM
6 168 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
7 122 (11.55%) Performance Metrics
8 118 (11.17%) Service Delivery
9 106 (10.04%) Analytics
10 101 (9.56%) Customer Experience
11 85 (8.05%) Roadmaps
12 82 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 81 (7.67%) Mentoring
14 79 (7.48%) Patch Management
15 76 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
16 73 (6.91%) Service Management
17 72 (6.82%) Agile
18 71 (6.72%) AI
19 70 (6.63%) Change Management
20 69 (6.53%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (10.13%) PowerShell
2 61 (5.78%) SQL
3 45 (4.26%) Python
4 32 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 30 (2.84%) C#
6 20 (1.89%) Bash
7 9 (0.85%) R
7 9 (0.85%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.66%) Bicep
9 6 (0.57%) Java
9 6 (0.57%) VBA
10 5 (0.47%) PHP
10 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.38%) Delphi
11 4 (0.38%) Pascal
11 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.095%) Korn
14 1 (0.095%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 300 (28.41%) Degree
2 223 (21.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 137 (12.97%) AWS Certification
4 134 (12.69%) MCSE
5 131 (12.41%) Security Cleared
6 128 (12.12%) SC Cleared
7 60 (5.68%) CTC Cleared
8 41 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (3.79%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.65%) DBS Check
11 24 (2.27%) CISSP
12 23 (2.18%) CCNA
13 22 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (1.42%) MCSA
17 12 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 12 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (1.04%) A+ Certification
18 11 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (12.50%) QA
2 87 (8.24%) SLA
3 79 (7.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (2.84%) GDPR
6 26 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 22 (2.08%) NIST
8 19 (1.80%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.33%) ISO 9001
10 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
11 10 (0.95%) PMO
12 9 (0.85%) GRC
13 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.28%) HL7
15 3 (0.28%) NCSC
15 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 1 (0.095%) COBIT
16 1 (0.095%) MiFID
16 1 (0.095%) P3O
System Software
1 342 (32.39%) Active Directory
2 95 (9.00%) Hyper-V
3 55 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.85%) Docker
7 9 (0.85%) Firmware
7 9 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.66%) vSphere
9 6 (0.57%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.28%) Postfix
11 2 (0.19%) XenApp
12 1 (0.095%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 234 (22.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (3.41%) Terraform
3 33 (3.13%) SCCM
4 19 (1.80%) Autotask
5 15 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (1.14%) Kubernetes
7 9 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.66%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.57%) Ansible
9 6 (0.57%) PaperCut
9 6 (0.57%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.28%) Grafana
11 3 (0.28%) Nessus
12 1 (0.095%) CASB
12 1 (0.095%) Forefront Identity Manager
12 1 (0.095%) Kibana
12 1 (0.095%) SCOM
Vendors
1 841 (79.64%) Microsoft
2 148 (14.02%) ServiceNow
3 116 (10.98%) Cisco
4 96 (9.09%) VMware
5 60 (5.68%) Google
6 33 (3.13%) Apple
7 24 (2.27%) Meraki
8 23 (2.18%) Adobe
9 21 (1.99%) Dell
10 20 (1.89%) HP
11 16 (1.52%) Veeam
12 15 (1.42%) Oracle
12 15 (1.42%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
13 14 (1.33%) Fortinet
14 13 (1.23%) Datto
15 12 (1.14%) Citrix
16 11 (1.04%) Draytek
16 11 (1.04%) Mitel
16 11 (1.04%) SAP