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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 46 28
Rank change year-on-year +9 -18 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,038 956 2,325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.41% 6.40% 6.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.13% 16.32% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 745 782 1,991
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,828
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.26% -4.53%
75th Percentile £65,640 £58,750 £58,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £39,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% +5.26% -9.52%

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 7,345 5,859 14,213
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.28% 39.22% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5,055 4,237 12,027
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,968
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 31 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
1 336 (32.37%) SharePoint
2 210 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.54%) Confluence
4 13 (1.25%) IIS
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.096%) CMS
8 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 200 (19.27%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.096%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 12 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.48%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 511 (49.23%) Azure
2 306 (29.48%) Entra ID
3 142 (13.68%) AWS
4 138 (13.29%) Power Platform
5 108 (10.40%) OneDrive
6 74 (7.13%) SaaS
7 63 (6.07%) PowerApps
8 61 (5.88%) Power Automate
9 48 (4.62%) Microsoft Copilot
10 39 (3.76%) Google Workspace
11 34 (3.28%) Mimecast
12 28 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 23 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (2.02%) IaaS
17 19 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
18 17 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 167 (16.09%) Firewall
2 148 (14.26%) DNS
3 117 (11.27%) DHCP
3 117 (11.27%) VPN
4 88 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
5 83 (8.00%) WAN
6 78 (7.51%) TCP/IP
7 72 (6.94%) LAN
8 54 (5.20%) VoIP
9 32 (3.08%) VLAN
10 20 (1.93%) Network Security
11 18 (1.73%) Unified Communications
12 16 (1.54%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.16%) SAN
14 11 (1.06%) Wireless
15 9 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.87%) Internet
15 9 (0.87%) WebEx
16 7 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.65%) Power BI
2 49 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 23 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.54%) MySQL
5 16 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.39%) Metadata
9 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.29%) Power Query
9 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.19%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.096%) Big Data
11 1 (0.096%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.096%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (4.91%) JIRA
2 5 (0.48%) Git
2 5 (0.48%) VersionOne
3 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (0.19%) Selenium
4 1 (0.096%) Postman
General
1 497 (47.88%) Social Skills
2 134 (12.91%) Finance
3 93 (8.96%) Legal
4 60 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 60 (5.78%) Law
4 60 (5.78%) Public Sector
5 59 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (5.20%) Back Office
7 49 (4.72%) French Language
8 48 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (2.60%) Retail
10 21 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.93%) Marketing
12 16 (1.54%) Swedish Language
13 15 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.16%) Banking
16 10 (0.96%) Local Government
17 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 243 (23.41%) IT Support
2 239 (23.03%) Support Engineer
3 192 (18.50%) Analyst
4 182 (17.53%) IT Engineer
5 152 (14.64%) IT Support Engineer
6 116 (11.18%) Senior
7 99 (9.54%) Service Analyst
8 96 (9.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 91 (8.77%) Service Desk Analyst
10 62 (5.97%) Consultant
11 61 (5.88%) Support Analyst
12 56 (5.39%) Desktop Support
12 56 (5.39%) IT Analyst
13 54 (5.20%) Desktop Engineer
13 54 (5.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 50 (4.82%) IT Technician
15 49 (4.72%) Support Technician
16 48 (4.62%) Lead
16 48 (4.62%) Site Engineer
17 47 (4.53%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.66%) Microsoft Graph
2 35 (3.37%) .NET
3 29 (2.79%) JSON
4 28 (2.70%) CSS
4 28 (2.70%) HTML
4 28 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (2.31%) SPFx
6 21 (2.02%) .NET Core
7 9 (0.87%) React
7 9 (0.87%) XMPP
8 8 (0.77%) XML
9 7 (0.67%) OAuth
9 7 (0.67%) OpenID
10 6 (0.58%) ASP.NET
10 6 (0.58%) EDI
11 5 (0.48%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.48%) Middleware
11 5 (0.48%) RESTful
12 4 (0.39%) Next.js
12 4 (0.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 85 (8.19%) Onboarding
2 80 (7.71%) Driving Licence
3 31 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.02%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
6 20 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 17 (1.64%) Replication
9 14 (1.35%) Clustering
9 14 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (0.96%) CMDB
12 9 (0.87%) CCTV
12 9 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.87%) FlexPod
13 8 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 471 (45.38%) Windows
2 175 (16.86%) Windows Server
3 150 (14.45%) Windows 10
4 50 (4.82%) Linux
4 50 (4.82%) Mac OS
5 46 (4.43%) Apple iOS
6 37 (3.56%) Android
7 35 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 22 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.39%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (31.21%) ITIL
2 278 (26.78%) Customer Service
3 265 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 188 (18.11%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (12.14%) ITSM
7 117 (11.27%) Service Delivery
8 108 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 89 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 87 (8.38%) Service Management
11 83 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (7.32%) AI
12 76 (7.32%) Roadmaps
13 72 (6.94%) Mentoring
13 72 (6.94%) User Experience
14 70 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 68 (6.55%) Patch Management
16 67 (6.45%) Performance Metrics
17 65 (6.26%) Customer Experience
18 62 (5.97%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 151 (14.55%) PowerShell
2 84 (8.09%) SQL
3 43 (4.14%) C#
4 40 (3.85%) Python
5 39 (3.76%) JavaScript
6 28 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 17 (1.64%) R
8 16 (1.54%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.16%) Bash
10 11 (1.06%) VBA
11 9 (0.87%) Bicep
12 6 (0.58%) PHP
12 6 (0.58%) VBScript
13 4 (0.39%) Delphi
13 4 (0.39%) Pascal
14 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.29%) Java
14 3 (0.29%) Ruby
15 2 (0.19%) Korn
Qualifications
1 221 (21.29%) Degree
2 168 (16.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 103 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 99 (9.54%) SC Cleared
5 73 (7.03%) MCSE
6 70 (6.74%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.62%) CTC Cleared
8 38 (3.66%) Azure Certification
9 24 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (2.31%) DBS Check
10 22 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (1.93%) CISSP
12 14 (1.35%) A+ Certification
12 14 (1.35%) CCNA
12 14 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.96%) CISM
15 9 (0.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (0.67%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (7.71%) SLA
3 74 (7.13%) QA
4 58 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.18%) GDPR
6 24 (2.31%) NIST
7 23 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (1.16%) Data Quality
9 11 (1.06%) GRC
9 11 (1.06%) PMO
10 6 (0.58%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.096%) HL7
13 1 (0.096%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.096%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.096%) WCAG
System Software
1 327 (31.50%) Active Directory
2 92 (8.86%) Hyper-V
3 69 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.64%) vSphere
6 13 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 12 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.96%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.58%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.58%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.48%) Docker
10 5 (0.48%) Firmware
11 4 (0.39%) KVM
12 3 (0.29%) ClearTrust
12 3 (0.29%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 223 (21.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.08%) SCCM
3 20 (1.93%) Terraform
4 15 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.25%) Autotask
7 11 (1.06%) Ansible
8 9 (0.87%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.87%) Grafana
9 7 (0.67%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.67%) Proxmox
9 7 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.48%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.39%) Graylog
11 4 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.19%) CASB
13 2 (0.19%) PaperCut
13 2 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 891 (85.84%) Microsoft
2 107 (10.31%) ServiceNow
3 102 (9.83%) Cisco
4 93 (8.96%) VMware
5 41 (3.95%) Google
6 35 (3.37%) Veeam
7 31 (2.99%) Apple
8 30 (2.89%) Meraki
9 27 (2.60%) Adobe
10 25 (2.41%) Fortinet
11 24 (2.31%) iManage
12 23 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
13 21 (2.02%) Computacenter
14 18 (1.73%) Dell
15 15 (1.45%) Palo Alto
15 15 (1.45%) SonicWALL
16 14 (1.35%) Citrix
16 14 (1.35%) Ubiquiti
17 12 (1.16%) HP
17 12 (1.16%) Salesforce