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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 39 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 982 1,022 2,332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.33% 7.07% 7.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.03% 16.35% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 715 836 2,034
10th Percentile £28,600 £28,500 £25,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,875 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -6.02%

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 6,997 6,249 13,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 43.21% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,806 4,610 11,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,322 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +4.91% -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 10 May 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
1 321 (32.69%) SharePoint
2 194 (19.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.32%) Confluence
4 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.81%) IIS
6 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) Moodle
7 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 193 (19.65%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 13 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.51%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 493 (50.20%) Azure
2 283 (28.82%) Entra ID
3 130 (13.24%) AWS
4 129 (13.14%) Power Platform
5 106 (10.79%) OneDrive
6 60 (6.11%) SaaS
7 58 (5.91%) PowerApps
8 56 (5.70%) Power Automate
9 44 (4.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 43 (4.38%) Google Workspace
11 31 (3.16%) Mimecast
12 26 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
13 25 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 23 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (1.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (1.93%) IaaS
17 18 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
18 16 (1.63%) PaaS
19 10 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 147 (14.97%) Firewall
2 139 (14.15%) DNS
3 110 (11.20%) DHCP
4 107 (10.90%) VPN
5 87 (8.86%) WAN
6 80 (8.15%) Wi-Fi
7 75 (7.64%) LAN
8 71 (7.23%) TCP/IP
9 53 (5.40%) VoIP
10 36 (3.67%) VLAN
11 18 (1.83%) Network Security
11 18 (1.83%) SD-WAN
12 17 (1.73%) Unified Communications
13 10 (1.02%) SAN
14 9 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.92%) WebEx
14 9 (0.92%) Wireless
15 8 (0.81%) Internet
16 6 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.92%) Power BI
2 45 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 22 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 18 (1.83%) MySQL
5 16 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.41%) Metadata
9 3 (0.31%) Power Query
10 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.20%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.10%) Big Data
11 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (3.77%) JIRA
2 5 (0.51%) VersionOne
3 4 (0.41%) Git
4 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.20%) Selenium
5 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 470 (47.86%) Social Skills
2 124 (12.63%) Finance
3 78 (7.94%) Legal
4 59 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 57 (5.80%) Back Office
7 55 (5.60%) Law
8 53 (5.40%) French Language
9 48 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
10 47 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
11 29 (2.95%) Retail
12 19 (1.93%) Marketing
13 18 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.22%) Swedish Language
17 11 (1.12%) Banking
18 8 (0.81%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.61%) Local Government
20 5 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 223 (22.71%) Support Engineer
2 220 (22.40%) IT Support
3 191 (19.45%) Analyst
4 158 (16.09%) IT Engineer
5 135 (13.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 105 (10.69%) Senior
7 101 (10.29%) Service Analyst
8 94 (9.57%) Service Desk Analyst
9 87 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 63 (6.42%) IT Analyst
11 59 (6.01%) Consultant
12 57 (5.80%) Desktop Support
12 57 (5.80%) Support Analyst
13 55 (5.60%) Desktop Engineer
13 55 (5.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 49 (4.99%) Lead
15 48 (4.89%) Site Engineer
16 45 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
16 45 (4.58%) Architect
17 44 (4.48%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.36%) .NET
2 31 (3.16%) Microsoft Graph
3 29 (2.95%) HTML5 Canvas
3 29 (2.95%) JSON
4 24 (2.44%) CSS
4 24 (2.44%) HTML
4 24 (2.44%) SPFx
5 21 (2.14%) .NET Core
6 9 (0.92%) XMPP
7 8 (0.81%) XML
8 7 (0.71%) Middleware
8 7 (0.71%) OpenID
8 7 (0.71%) React
9 6 (0.61%) OAuth
10 5 (0.51%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.51%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.51%) EDI
11 4 (0.41%) REST
12 3 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.15%) Driving Licence
2 79 (8.04%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
6 22 (2.24%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.83%) Replication
9 16 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.32%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.02%) Clustering
14 9 (0.92%) CCTV
14 9 (0.92%) FlexPod
14 9 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.92%) Social Media
15 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
16 7 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 447 (45.52%) Windows
2 164 (16.70%) Windows Server
3 159 (16.19%) Windows 10
4 56 (5.70%) Apple iOS
5 46 (4.68%) Linux
6 44 (4.48%) Mac OS
7 42 (4.28%) Android
8 31 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.81%) Ubuntu
13 4 (0.41%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (31.47%) ITIL
2 267 (27.19%) Customer Service
3 247 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 167 (17.01%) Cybersecurity
6 115 (11.71%) ITSM
7 111 (11.30%) Service Delivery
8 98 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 81 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
10 78 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
11 75 (7.64%) Customer Experience
12 71 (7.23%) Mentoring
12 71 (7.23%) Patch Management
13 68 (6.92%) AI
14 67 (6.82%) Roadmaps
14 67 (6.82%) Service Management
15 64 (6.52%) Analytics
15 64 (6.52%) Software Deployment
16 62 (6.31%) Performance Metrics
16 62 (6.31%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (13.65%) PowerShell
2 80 (8.15%) SQL
3 42 (4.28%) C#
4 39 (3.97%) JavaScript
5 37 (3.77%) Python
6 26 (2.65%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.73%) R
8 14 (1.43%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.02%) Bash
9 10 (1.02%) VBA
10 8 (0.81%) Bicep
11 6 (0.61%) PHP
12 4 (0.41%) Delphi
12 4 (0.41%) Pascal
12 4 (0.41%) VBScript
13 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.31%) Java
14 2 (0.20%) Korn
14 2 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 212 (21.59%) Degree
2 160 (16.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 107 (10.90%) Security Cleared
4 103 (10.49%) SC Cleared
5 69 (7.03%) MCSE
6 67 (6.82%) AWS Certification
7 51 (5.19%) CTC Cleared
8 32 (3.26%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
10 24 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (2.34%) CISSP
11 23 (2.34%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.43%) CCNA
14 12 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (1.02%) A+ Certification
15 10 (1.02%) CEH
15 10 (1.02%) CISM
16 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 77 (7.84%) SLA
2 71 (7.23%) QA
3 57 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 22 (2.24%) GDPR
6 19 (1.93%) NIST
7 12 (1.22%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.12%) GRC
8 11 (1.12%) PMO
9 8 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.51%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.10%) Basel III
12 1 (0.10%) HL7
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.10%) MiFID
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 308 (31.36%) Active Directory
2 87 (8.86%) Hyper-V
3 63 (6.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (1.32%) vSphere
7 9 (0.92%) BitLocker
7 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 9 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.61%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.61%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.51%) Docker
9 5 (0.51%) Firmware
10 2 (0.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.20%) KVM
10 2 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 217 (22.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.26%) SCCM
3 19 (1.93%) Terraform
4 16 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 15 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (1.22%) Ansible
7 10 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.92%) Grafana
9 8 (0.81%) Autotask
10 7 (0.71%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.71%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.51%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.51%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.41%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.20%) Graylog
13 2 (0.20%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 819 (83.40%) Microsoft
2 101 (10.29%) Cisco
3 96 (9.78%) ServiceNow
4 87 (8.86%) VMware
5 46 (4.68%) Google
6 32 (3.26%) Apple
7 28 (2.85%) Adobe
8 26 (2.65%) Fortinet
9 24 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (2.44%) Meraki
10 22 (2.24%) iManage
11 21 (2.14%) Veeam
12 19 (1.93%) Dell
13 17 (1.73%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.63%) Computacenter
15 13 (1.32%) Citrix
15 13 (1.32%) Salesforce
16 12 (1.22%) HP
16 12 (1.22%) Ubiquiti
17 10 (1.02%) Okta