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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 44 31
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,113 972 2,389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.51% 6.27% 6.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.49% 16.41% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 833 792 1,977
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,775 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -7.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% +1.32% -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 7,680 5,923 14,641
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.01% 38.23% 42.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,414 4,315 12,172
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -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% -8.82%

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 21 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
1 375 (33.69%) SharePoint
2 228 (20.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.53%) Confluence
4 14 (1.26%) IIS
5 9 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.36%) CMS
7 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.090%) Apache
8 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 184 (16.53%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) CorelDRAW
4 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.090%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 8 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.45%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.18%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.18%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 552 (49.60%) Azure
2 346 (31.09%) Entra ID
3 165 (14.82%) Power Platform
4 144 (12.94%) AWS
5 121 (10.87%) OneDrive
6 90 (8.09%) SaaS
7 78 (7.01%) PowerApps
8 75 (6.74%) Power Automate
9 71 (6.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (3.41%) Mimecast
11 36 (3.23%) Google Workspace
12 34 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
13 30 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
14 29 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 23 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
15 23 (2.07%) IaaS
16 21 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
17 19 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 18 (1.62%) PaaS
19 15 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 179 (16.08%) Firewall
2 157 (14.11%) DNS
3 122 (10.96%) DHCP
3 122 (10.96%) VPN
4 89 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
5 86 (7.73%) TCP/IP
6 77 (6.92%) WAN
7 69 (6.20%) LAN
8 55 (4.94%) VoIP
9 32 (2.88%) VLAN
10 24 (2.16%) Network Security
11 19 (1.71%) Unified Communications
12 18 (1.62%) Wireless
13 12 (1.08%) SAN
14 11 (0.99%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.90%) Internet
16 9 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.81%) WebEx
17 7 (0.63%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.65%) Power BI
2 51 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 22 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.35%) MySQL
5 15 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.45%) Metadata
7 5 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.27%) Power Query
8 3 (0.27%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.18%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.090%) Big Data
10 1 (0.090%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.090%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.090%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (5.21%) JIRA
2 5 (0.45%) Git
2 5 (0.45%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.18%) Selenium
3 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.090%) Postman
General
1 546 (49.06%) Social Skills
2 133 (11.95%) Finance
3 101 (9.07%) Legal
4 67 (6.02%) Law
5 61 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (5.21%) Public Sector
7 57 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (3.50%) Back Office
9 39 (3.50%) French Language
10 27 (2.43%) Retail
10 27 (2.43%) Swedish Language
11 25 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 21 (1.89%) Marketing
13 17 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.17%) Banking
14 13 (1.17%) Legal Technology
15 11 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.90%) Local Government
17 9 (0.81%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 262 (23.54%) IT Support
2 246 (22.10%) Support Engineer
3 198 (17.79%) IT Engineer
4 192 (17.25%) Analyst
5 169 (15.18%) IT Support Engineer
6 130 (11.68%) Senior
7 99 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 93 (8.36%) Service Analyst
9 87 (7.82%) Service Desk Analyst
10 72 (6.47%) Consultant
11 65 (5.84%) Support Analyst
12 58 (5.21%) Developer
13 55 (4.94%) Lead
14 52 (4.67%) IT Analyst
15 49 (4.40%) Support Technician
16 47 (4.22%) IT Technician
17 45 (4.04%) 2nd Line Support
18 42 (3.77%) Desktop Support
19 40 (3.59%) Desktop Engineer
19 40 (3.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.68%) Microsoft Graph
2 37 (3.32%) .NET
3 34 (3.05%) HTML
4 31 (2.79%) HTML5 Canvas
5 30 (2.70%) CSS
6 29 (2.61%) SPFx
7 28 (2.52%) JSON
8 21 (1.89%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.99%) React
9 11 (0.99%) XML
10 9 (0.81%) XMPP
11 8 (0.72%) ASP.NET
11 8 (0.72%) OAuth
11 8 (0.72%) OpenID
12 6 (0.54%) EDI
13 5 (0.45%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.45%) Middleware
13 5 (0.45%) REST
13 5 (0.45%) RESTful
13 5 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.36%) Onboarding
2 91 (8.18%) Driving Licence
3 23 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (2.07%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.07%) Product Ownership
4 22 (1.98%) Clustering
4 22 (1.98%) Security Posture
5 21 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 21 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
7 17 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.44%) Replication
9 12 (1.08%) CMDB
10 10 (0.90%) AI Agents
11 9 (0.81%) CCTV
11 9 (0.81%) FlexPod
12 8 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.72%) PKI
12 8 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 489 (43.94%) Windows
2 190 (17.07%) Windows Server
3 131 (11.77%) Windows 10
4 56 (5.03%) Mac OS
5 52 (4.67%) Linux
6 39 (3.50%) Apple iOS
7 35 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (2.79%) Android
9 22 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
10 21 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.36%) CentOS
14 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.090%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (28.21%) ITIL
2 288 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
3 273 (24.53%) Customer Service
4 214 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 192 (17.25%) Cybersecurity
6 143 (12.85%) ITSM
7 128 (11.50%) Service Delivery
8 118 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 94 (8.45%) AI
10 93 (8.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 91 (8.18%) Service Management
12 89 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 86 (7.73%) Mentoring
14 85 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
14 85 (7.64%) User Experience
15 74 (6.65%) Roadmaps
16 69 (6.20%) Performance Metrics
16 69 (6.20%) Technical Leadership
17 62 (5.57%) Workflow
18 59 (5.30%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 164 (14.73%) PowerShell
2 91 (8.18%) SQL
3 49 (4.40%) C#
4 46 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 45 (4.04%) Python
6 30 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 21 (1.89%) R
8 17 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 13 (1.17%) VBA
10 12 (1.08%) Bash
11 9 (0.81%) Bicep
12 6 (0.54%) PHP
12 6 (0.54%) VBScript
13 4 (0.36%) Delphi
13 4 (0.36%) Pascal
14 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.27%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.27%) Java
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
15 2 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 209 (18.78%) Degree
2 165 (14.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 102 (9.16%) Security Cleared
4 97 (8.72%) SC Cleared
5 74 (6.65%) MCSE
6 69 (6.20%) AWS Certification
7 42 (3.77%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.96%) CTC Cleared
9 25 (2.25%) DBS Check
10 23 (2.07%) CISSP
11 21 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.17%) CISM
15 12 (1.08%) A+ Certification
16 11 (0.99%) CCNA
17 10 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
18 8 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 8 (0.72%) HNC
18 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (7.10%) SLA
3 75 (6.74%) QA
4 63 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 35 (3.14%) GDPR
6 27 (2.43%) NIST
7 20 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 13 (1.17%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.08%) GRC
10 11 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.99%) PMO
11 5 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.27%) WCAG
14 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 1 (0.090%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.090%) EU AI Act
15 1 (0.090%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 359 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 115 (10.33%) Hyper-V
3 75 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.71%) vSphere
5 18 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 12 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (0.99%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.54%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.54%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.45%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.45%) VMware Server
11 4 (0.36%) Docker
11 4 (0.36%) KVM
12 3 (0.27%) Firmware
13 2 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 251 (22.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.88%) SCCM
3 18 (1.62%) Terraform
4 17 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.35%) Autotask
6 14 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.90%) Ansible
9 9 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.81%) Grafana
10 8 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (0.63%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.63%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.54%) Kubernetes
13 4 (0.36%) Graylog
13 4 (0.36%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.27%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.18%) WhatsUp Gold
16 1 (0.090%) SCOM
Vendors
1 987 (88.68%) Microsoft
2 124 (11.14%) ServiceNow
3 101 (9.07%) VMware
4 88 (7.91%) Cisco
5 39 (3.50%) Google
5 39 (3.50%) Veeam
6 33 (2.96%) Meraki
7 31 (2.79%) Apple
8 28 (2.52%) iManage
9 27 (2.43%) Adobe
10 25 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
11 23 (2.07%) Computacenter
11 23 (2.07%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.71%) Dell
13 15 (1.35%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 15 (1.35%) SonicWALL
14 14 (1.26%) Citrix
15 13 (1.17%) Splunk
16 12 (1.08%) Ubiquiti