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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 48 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,287 966 1,625
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.62% 5.86% 6.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.86% 16.29% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 778 1,242
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,425 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £40,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -18.90% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,825 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% -

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 8,659 5,930 10,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 35.96% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,293 4,346 7,812
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 19 August 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
1 454 (35.28%) SharePoint
2 270 (20.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.94%) Confluence
4 17 (1.32%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.078%) Apache
8 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 144 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.078%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 664 (51.59%) Azure
2 412 (32.01%) Entra ID
3 231 (17.95%) Power Platform
4 158 (12.28%) AWS
5 133 (10.33%) OneDrive
6 113 (8.78%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (8.62%) Power Automate
8 110 (8.55%) PowerApps
9 97 (7.54%) SaaS
10 67 (5.21%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.65%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (2.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 29 (2.25%) Google Workspace
16 26 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
17 24 (1.86%) IaaS
18 23 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 214 (16.63%) Firewall
2 186 (14.45%) DNS
3 141 (10.96%) DHCP
4 138 (10.72%) VPN
5 108 (8.39%) LAN
6 104 (8.08%) WAN
7 102 (7.93%) TCP/IP
8 92 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (3.65%) VoIP
10 46 (3.57%) VLAN
11 42 (3.26%) Network Security
12 38 (2.95%) Wireless
13 17 (1.32%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.17%) SAN
15 9 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.70%) Internet
15 9 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.70%) WebEx
16 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.52%) Power BI
2 49 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.78%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) MySQL
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) Power Query
10 1 (0.078%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.078%) Parquet
10 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (6.60%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Postman
5 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
General
1 640 (49.73%) Social Skills
2 157 (12.20%) Finance
3 125 (9.71%) Legal
4 103 (8.00%) Law
5 75 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.51%) Public Sector
7 48 (3.73%) Swedish Language
8 42 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 35 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.33%) Retail
12 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.79%) Marketing
14 21 (1.63%) French Language
15 18 (1.40%) Banking
16 16 (1.24%) Advertising
17 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
18 12 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 278 (21.60%) IT Support
2 207 (16.08%) Support Engineer
3 206 (16.01%) Analyst
4 193 (15.00%) IT Engineer
5 167 (12.98%) IT Support Engineer
6 157 (12.20%) Senior
7 107 (8.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 102 (7.93%) Consultant
9 90 (6.99%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.60%) Service Desk Analyst
11 78 (6.06%) Support Analyst
12 77 (5.98%) Architect
13 71 (5.52%) Developer
14 59 (4.58%) IT Analyst
14 59 (4.58%) Lead
15 57 (4.43%) IT Manager
16 50 (3.89%) IT Technician
17 49 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
18 47 (3.65%) IT Support Analyst
19 46 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.89%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.57%) HTML
3 43 (3.34%) .NET
4 40 (3.11%) CSS
5 35 (2.72%) SPFx
6 34 (2.64%) HTML5 Canvas
7 22 (1.71%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.63%) JSON
9 12 (0.93%) React
10 11 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.85%) REST
11 9 (0.70%) XMPP
12 7 (0.54%) Middleware
12 7 (0.54%) RESTful
13 6 (0.47%) OpenID
14 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.39%) OAuth
14 5 (0.39%) XML
15 4 (0.31%) Next.js
15 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 96 (7.46%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.64%) Security Posture
5 33 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.18%) Clustering
8 24 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.32%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.09%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.09%) Replication
14 11 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.70%) FlexPod
15 9 (0.70%) PKI
15 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 525 (40.79%) Windows
2 235 (18.26%) Windows Server
3 67 (5.21%) Windows 10
4 66 (5.13%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.74%) Linux
6 30 (2.33%) Android
6 30 (2.33%) Apple iOS
7 24 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.70%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.23%) Debian
12 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.078%) CentOS
13 1 (0.078%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (27.89%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (22.92%) ITIL
3 262 (20.36%) Customer Service
4 254 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 203 (15.77%) Cybersecurity
6 179 (13.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 144 (11.19%) ITSM
8 140 (10.88%) AI
9 129 (10.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (9.40%) Service Delivery
11 115 (8.94%) Roadmaps
12 114 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
12 114 (8.86%) Mentoring
13 113 (8.78%) Project Delivery
14 106 (8.24%) Technical Leadership
15 98 (7.61%) User Experience
16 90 (6.99%) Information Security
16 90 (6.99%) Service Management
17 82 (6.37%) Agile
18 78 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 184 (14.30%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.54%) SQL
3 60 (4.66%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.51%) C#
5 55 (4.27%) Python
6 31 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.33%) R
8 23 (1.79%) Bicep
9 20 (1.55%) VBA
10 15 (1.17%) Bash
11 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Ruby
14 4 (0.31%) Java
15 3 (0.23%) C
15 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
16 2 (0.16%) Dart
Qualifications
1 192 (14.92%) Degree
2 168 (13.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (5.98%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.52%) MCSE
6 70 (5.44%) AWS Certification
7 58 (4.51%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.41%) CISSP
9 24 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.71%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.48%) CISM
12 16 (1.24%) CCNA
13 13 (1.01%) PMP
14 12 (0.93%) CEH
15 10 (0.78%) HNC
15 10 (0.78%) HND
16 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.70%) GIAC
16 9 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 72 (5.59%) QA
3 69 (5.36%) SLA
4 55 (4.27%) GDPR
5 46 (3.57%) GRC
6 31 (2.41%) NIST
7 20 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (0.85%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.39%) PMO
10 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.23%) WCAG
13 2 (0.16%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 435 (33.80%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.03%) Hyper-V
3 92 (7.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.71%) vSphere
6 20 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
10 6 (0.47%) Terminal Services
11 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.31%) KVM
13 3 (0.23%) Docker
14 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.16%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 303 (23.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (2.56%) Terraform
3 31 (2.41%) SCCM
4 20 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.78%) Ansible
7 10 (0.78%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.70%) Grafana
9 8 (0.62%) Autotask
10 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.31%) Graylog
12 4 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
14 2 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,159 (90.05%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.32%) ServiceNow
3 119 (9.25%) VMware
4 72 (5.59%) Cisco
5 52 (4.04%) Veeam
6 41 (3.19%) Google
7 36 (2.80%) Meraki
8 35 (2.72%) CrowdStrike
9 33 (2.56%) Apple
10 30 (2.33%) Adobe
11 29 (2.25%) iManage
12 27 (2.10%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.48%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.48%) Zscaler
14 18 (1.40%) SonicWALL
15 17 (1.32%) Salesforce
16 16 (1.24%) Citrix
16 16 (1.24%) Computacenter
17 15 (1.17%) Splunk
18 14 (1.09%) Ubiquiti