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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 45 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,369 956 1,513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.72% 5.89% 6.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.70% 16.45% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 738 1,022
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -19.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% -12.35% +1.19%

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 8,718 5,811 9,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.46% 35.80% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,388 4,198 6,746
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 £85,000
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 12 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
1 499 (36.45%) SharePoint
2 286 (20.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.83%) Confluence
4 17 (1.24%) IIS
5 5 (0.37%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 142 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.37%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 10 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Shopify
4 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 681 (49.74%) Azure
2 445 (32.51%) Entra ID
3 244 (17.82%) Power Platform
4 162 (11.83%) AWS
5 150 (10.96%) OneDrive
6 133 (9.72%) Microsoft Copilot
7 116 (8.47%) Power Automate
8 112 (8.18%) PowerApps
9 103 (7.52%) SaaS
10 78 (5.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.51%) Mimecast
12 40 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
14 36 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
15 32 (2.34%) Google Workspace
16 31 (2.26%) Copilot Studio
17 28 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
18 26 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
19 24 (1.75%) IaaS
20 22 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 235 (17.17%) Firewall
2 204 (14.90%) DNS
3 157 (11.47%) DHCP
4 150 (10.96%) VPN
5 110 (8.04%) TCP/IP
6 107 (7.82%) LAN
7 105 (7.67%) WAN
8 93 (6.79%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (3.87%) VLAN
10 48 (3.51%) VoIP
11 40 (2.92%) Network Security
12 38 (2.78%) Wireless
13 15 (1.10%) Unified Communications
14 12 (0.88%) SAN
15 9 (0.66%) Intranet
15 9 (0.66%) WebEx
16 8 (0.58%) IP Telephony
16 8 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
17 7 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.41%) Power BI
2 52 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.80%) Metadata
5 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.44%) MySQL
7 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.22%) Power Query
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.22%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.073%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.073%) Parquet
10 1 (0.073%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (6.43%) JIRA
2 10 (0.73%) Git
3 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
4 4 (0.29%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.073%) Postman
6 1 (0.073%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 710 (51.86%) Social Skills
2 153 (11.18%) Finance
3 119 (8.69%) Legal
4 95 (6.94%) Law
5 86 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
7 70 (5.11%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.51%) Swedish Language
9 46 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 41 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (2.12%) Retail
14 26 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.75%) Marketing
16 19 (1.39%) French Language
17 18 (1.31%) Advertising
17 18 (1.31%) Banking
18 16 (1.17%) Local Government
19 13 (0.95%) Games
Job Titles
1 294 (21.48%) IT Support
2 227 (16.58%) Support Engineer
3 213 (15.56%) Analyst
4 211 (15.41%) IT Engineer
5 181 (13.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 166 (12.13%) Senior
7 114 (8.33%) Consultant
7 114 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 93 (6.79%) Service Analyst
9 85 (6.21%) Service Desk Analyst
10 83 (6.06%) Architect
11 82 (5.99%) Support Analyst
12 69 (5.04%) Developer
13 63 (4.60%) Lead
14 57 (4.16%) 2nd Line Support
14 57 (4.16%) IT Analyst
15 54 (3.94%) 1st Line Support
16 51 (3.73%) IT Manager
17 50 (3.65%) IT Technician
18 47 (3.43%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.80%) Microsoft Graph
2 48 (3.51%) HTML
3 41 (2.99%) .NET
3 41 (2.99%) CSS
4 36 (2.63%) SPFx
5 32 (2.34%) Terraform
6 31 (2.26%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (1.46%) .NET Core
7 20 (1.46%) JSON
8 16 (1.17%) REST
9 13 (0.95%) Middleware
10 11 (0.80%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.80%) React
11 8 (0.58%) RESTful
12 7 (0.51%) XMPP
13 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.37%) OAuth
13 5 (0.37%) OpenID
13 5 (0.37%) XML
14 4 (0.29%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 129 (9.42%) Driving Licence
2 125 (9.13%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 31 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 25 (1.83%) Clustering
8 24 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 20 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
13 15 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
14 14 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 14 (1.02%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.66%) PKI
15 9 (0.66%) Replication
15 9 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 565 (41.27%) Windows
2 254 (18.55%) Windows Server
3 71 (5.19%) Mac OS
4 67 (4.89%) Linux
5 64 (4.67%) Windows 10
6 33 (2.41%) Android
7 30 (2.19%) Apple iOS
8 20 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) Debian
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) CentOS
14 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (28.63%) Problem-Solving
2 293 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 293 (21.40%) Customer Service
3 290 (21.18%) ITIL
4 235 (17.17%) Cybersecurity
5 192 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 175 (12.78%) AI
7 154 (11.25%) ITSM
8 151 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 144 (10.52%) Mentoring
10 133 (9.72%) Service Delivery
11 129 (9.42%) Project Delivery
12 120 (8.77%) Roadmaps
13 115 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
14 112 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
15 96 (7.01%) Information Security
16 90 (6.57%) Agile
16 90 (6.57%) Service Management
17 88 (6.43%) User Experience
18 83 (6.06%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 194 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 91 (6.65%) SQL
3 60 (4.38%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.24%) Python
5 56 (4.09%) C#
6 35 (2.56%) R
7 28 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.75%) Bicep
9 20 (1.46%) VBA
10 13 (0.95%) Bash
11 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) VBScript
14 5 (0.37%) Ruby
15 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.22%) C
16 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.22%) Java
17 2 (0.15%) PHP
17 2 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 208 (15.19%) Degree
2 173 (12.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (6.28%) Security Cleared
4 76 (5.55%) SC Cleared
5 75 (5.48%) MCSE
6 68 (4.97%) AWS Certification
7 58 (4.24%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.12%) CISSP
10 25 (1.83%) CCNA
11 24 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (1.68%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.53%) CISM
14 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 12 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.88%) PMP
16 10 (0.73%) CEH
16 10 (0.73%) GIAC
16 10 (0.73%) HNC
16 10 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (5.55%) SLA
4 72 (5.26%) QA
5 65 (4.75%) GDPR
6 43 (3.14%) GRC
7 32 (2.34%) NIST
8 30 (2.19%) Accessibility
9 16 (1.17%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.51%) PMO
12 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.15%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 452 (33.02%) Active Directory
2 152 (11.10%) Hyper-V
3 95 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.46%) vSphere
6 13 (0.95%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.58%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.44%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 327 (23.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.34%) SCCM
3 20 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.58%) Ansible
6 8 (0.58%) Autotask
7 7 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (0.51%) Grafana
8 6 (0.44%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.29%) Graylog
9 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,236 (90.28%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.64%) VMware
3 119 (8.69%) ServiceNow
4 71 (5.19%) Cisco
5 57 (4.16%) Veeam
6 50 (3.65%) Google
7 40 (2.92%) Apple
8 36 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
9 34 (2.48%) Meraki
10 29 (2.12%) Fortinet
11 28 (2.05%) Adobe
12 25 (1.83%) iManage
13 19 (1.39%) SonicWALL
14 18 (1.31%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.24%) WatchGuard
15 17 (1.24%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.10%) Citrix
16 15 (1.10%) N-able
17 14 (1.02%) Computacenter