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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 981 1,316 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.31% 8.03% 7.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.23% 17.20% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 636 842 1,727
10th Percentile £27,900 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £77,475 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.43% -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 5,695 7,652 11,338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.64% 46.68% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 4,868 9,839
10th Percentile £32,038 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%

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 23 January 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
1 257 (26.20%) SharePoint
2 158 (16.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.82%) IIS
4 7 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.20%) Moodle
6 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 263 (26.81%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.22%) InDesign
5 8 (0.82%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.71%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 21 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.82%) Shopify
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 448 (45.67%) Azure
2 229 (23.34%) Entra ID
3 181 (18.45%) AWS
4 124 (12.64%) Power Platform
5 64 (6.52%) Power Automate
5 64 (6.52%) PowerApps
6 55 (5.61%) OneDrive
7 42 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (3.47%) Microsoft Copilot
8 34 (3.47%) SaaS
9 33 (3.36%) Google Workspace
10 31 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (2.14%) Copilot Studio
14 19 (1.94%) IaaS
15 17 (1.73%) Mimecast
16 16 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (1.22%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 110 (11.21%) DNS
2 103 (10.50%) DHCP
3 99 (10.09%) Firewall
4 98 (9.99%) VPN
5 69 (7.03%) WAN
6 52 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (5.20%) TCP/IP
8 49 (4.99%) LAN
9 45 (4.59%) VLAN
10 27 (2.75%) SD-WAN
11 26 (2.65%) VoIP
12 18 (1.83%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.12%) SSL
14 10 (1.02%) Network Security
14 10 (1.02%) Wireless
15 8 (0.82%) SAN
16 7 (0.71%) IP Telephony
16 7 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (0.51%) Broadband
18 4 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.81%) Power BI
2 20 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.22%) Relational Database
4 8 (0.82%) MySQL
5 5 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.41%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.31%) GIS
7 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.20%) QlikView
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.10%) MSBuild
General
1 509 (51.89%) Social Skills
2 147 (14.98%) Finance
3 115 (11.72%) French Language
4 95 (9.68%) Swedish Language
5 72 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.52%) Back Office
7 53 (5.40%) Law
8 49 (4.99%) Legal
9 45 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (4.38%) Public Sector
11 30 (3.06%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
13 26 (2.65%) Retail
14 25 (2.55%) Marketing
15 22 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (1.12%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.71%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.71%) German Language
17 7 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 248 (25.28%) Analyst
2 184 (18.76%) IT Support
3 183 (18.65%) Support Engineer
4 162 (16.51%) Service Analyst
5 160 (16.31%) Service Desk Analyst
6 116 (11.82%) IT Engineer
7 102 (10.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 87 (8.87%) Senior
9 65 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support
9 65 (6.63%) IT Analyst
10 64 (6.52%) Desktop Engineer
10 64 (6.52%) Desktop Support
11 63 (6.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 57 (5.81%) Lead
13 56 (5.71%) Site Engineer
14 53 (5.40%) Support Analyst
15 50 (5.10%) Consultant
16 48 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 44 (4.49%) Support Technician
18 42 (4.28%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.45%) .NET
2 19 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
3 13 (1.33%) Web Services
4 11 (1.12%) REST
5 10 (1.02%) JSON
6 8 (0.82%) Middleware
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (0.61%) SOAP
7 6 (0.61%) XML
8 5 (0.51%) RESTful
9 4 (0.41%) EDI
9 4 (0.41%) FIDO
9 4 (0.41%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.31%) FHIR
11 2 (0.20%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.20%) CSS
11 2 (0.20%) HTML
11 2 (0.20%) OAuth
11 2 (0.20%) OpenID
11 2 (0.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.26%) Driving Licence
1 81 (8.26%) Onboarding
2 40 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.55%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.14%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.94%) Social Media
9 14 (1.43%) CCTV
10 13 (1.33%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.33%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.22%) Client/Server
11 12 (1.22%) CMDB
11 12 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.12%) iPad
13 9 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 439 (44.75%) Windows
2 190 (19.37%) Windows Server
3 173 (17.64%) Windows 10
4 60 (6.12%) Apple iOS
5 37 (3.77%) Linux
6 35 (3.57%) Mac OS
7 25 (2.55%) Android
8 19 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 16 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.61%) Unix
12 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (39.04%) ITIL
2 326 (33.23%) Customer Service
3 223 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 195 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (18.04%) ITSM
6 163 (16.62%) Cybersecurity
7 118 (12.03%) Performance Metrics
8 113 (11.52%) Service Delivery
9 112 (11.42%) Analytics
10 97 (9.89%) Customer Experience
11 95 (9.68%) Roadmaps
12 86 (8.77%) Mentoring
13 78 (7.95%) Patch Management
14 77 (7.85%) Agile
15 72 (7.34%) Asset Management
16 70 (7.14%) AI
17 69 (7.03%) User Experience
18 68 (6.93%) Ticket Management
19 67 (6.83%) Migration
19 67 (6.83%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (10.40%) PowerShell
2 56 (5.71%) SQL
3 40 (4.08%) Python
4 32 (3.26%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.85%) C#
6 21 (2.14%) Bash
7 10 (1.02%) Bicep
8 6 (0.61%) VBA
9 5 (0.51%) Java
9 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.10%) PHP
12 1 (0.10%) R
12 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 286 (29.15%) Degree
2 203 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 132 (13.46%) AWS Certification
4 129 (13.15%) MCSE
5 120 (12.23%) Security Cleared
6 117 (11.93%) SC Cleared
7 60 (6.12%) CTC Cleared
8 41 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.87%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.75%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.65%) CISSP
12 23 (2.34%) CCNA
13 22 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (1.83%) MCP
15 16 (1.63%) CISM
16 15 (1.53%) MCSA
17 14 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
18 12 (1.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
19 10 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (12.74%) QA
2 96 (9.79%) SLA
3 63 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 51 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (4.49%) GDPR
6 26 (2.65%) NIST
7 21 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 17 (1.73%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.53%) ISO 9001
10 8 (0.82%) GRC
11 4 (0.41%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.31%) HL7
12 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.31%) NCSC
12 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.31%) PMO
12 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.10%) Basel III
13 1 (0.10%) COBIT
13 1 (0.10%) MiFID
System Software
1 318 (32.42%) Active Directory
2 80 (8.15%) Hyper-V
3 46 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.92%) Firmware
7 8 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.71%) Docker
9 5 (0.51%) vSphere
10 3 (0.31%) Postfix
10 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.20%) XenApp
11 2 (0.20%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 215 (21.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (4.59%) Terraform
3 42 (4.28%) SCCM
4 18 (1.83%) Autotask
5 14 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.02%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.82%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.61%) PaperCut
8 6 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.41%) Ansible
10 3 (0.31%) Nessus
10 3 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.10%) CASB
11 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.10%) Kibana
11 1 (0.10%) SCOM
Vendors
1 771 (78.59%) Microsoft
2 133 (13.56%) ServiceNow
3 108 (11.01%) Cisco
4 81 (8.26%) VMware
5 40 (4.08%) Google
6 35 (3.57%) Apple
7 21 (2.14%) Adobe
8 18 (1.83%) Citrix
8 18 (1.83%) Oracle
9 17 (1.73%) HP
9 17 (1.73%) Veeam
10 16 (1.63%) Dell
10 16 (1.63%) Meraki
11 15 (1.53%) Datto
12 13 (1.33%) Freshdesk
13 12 (1.22%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.22%) SAP
14 11 (1.12%) Mitel
14 11 (1.12%) Sage
15 10 (1.02%) IBM