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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,005 1,089 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.07% 7.75% 7.98%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.31% 16.32% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 678 816 2,085
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,552
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,721 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -4.76%

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 6,162 6,673 13,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.22% 47.48% 45.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 4,785 11,796
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 9 March 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
1 292 (29.05%) SharePoint
2 198 (19.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.70%) Anypoint
3 7 (0.70%) IIS
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.40%) Confluence
6 2 (0.20%) Apache
6 2 (0.20%) Moodle
6 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.100%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.100%) CMS
Applications
1 251 (24.98%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.90%) InDesign
5 8 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.100%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.100%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.100%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 482 (47.96%) Azure
2 268 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 181 (18.01%) AWS
4 119 (11.84%) Power Platform
5 75 (7.46%) OneDrive
6 57 (5.67%) SaaS
7 55 (5.47%) Google Workspace
8 53 (5.27%) PowerApps
9 52 (5.17%) Power Automate
10 34 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
12 27 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (2.09%) Mimecast
15 19 (1.89%) IaaS
16 15 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (1.39%) PaaS
18 13 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
19 11 (1.09%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 149 (14.83%) DNS
2 131 (13.03%) DHCP
3 127 (12.64%) Firewall
4 116 (11.54%) VPN
5 79 (7.86%) WAN
6 76 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
7 69 (6.87%) TCP/IP
8 61 (6.07%) LAN
9 49 (4.88%) VLAN
10 40 (3.98%) VoIP
11 24 (2.39%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.79%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.09%) Network Security
14 10 (1.00%) Wireless
15 8 (0.80%) Internet
15 8 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.80%) SAN
16 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
17 6 (0.60%) SSL
18 5 (0.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.27%) Power BI
2 35 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.59%) MySQL
3 16 (1.59%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.40%) Power Query
6 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.20%) QlikView
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.100%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.100%) Big Data
9 1 (0.100%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.100%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.100%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.100%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (2.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.100%) Git
3 1 (0.100%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.100%) Selenium
General
1 515 (51.24%) Social Skills
2 143 (14.23%) Finance
3 104 (10.35%) French Language
4 75 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (7.26%) Swedish Language
6 64 (6.37%) Back Office
6 64 (6.37%) Legal
7 58 (5.77%) Law
8 52 (5.17%) Public Sector
9 47 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (3.08%) Retail
12 26 (2.59%) Marketing
13 16 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.29%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.70%) German Language
18 6 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 239 (23.78%) Support Engineer
2 237 (23.58%) IT Support
3 236 (23.48%) Analyst
4 163 (16.22%) IT Engineer
5 146 (14.53%) IT Support Engineer
6 141 (14.03%) Service Analyst
7 138 (13.73%) Service Desk Analyst
8 93 (9.25%) Senior
9 74 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (6.87%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (6.87%) IT Analyst
11 67 (6.67%) Desktop Support
12 65 (6.47%) Desktop Engineer
12 65 (6.47%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (5.57%) Site Engineer
14 55 (5.47%) Support Analyst
15 49 (4.88%) Lead
16 47 (4.68%) Consultant
17 45 (4.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 45 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.99%) .NET
2 19 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
3 18 (1.79%) JSON
4 13 (1.29%) XML
5 11 (1.09%) REST
6 9 (0.90%) Web Services
7 8 (0.80%) Middleware
8 6 (0.60%) EDI
8 6 (0.60%) SOAP
9 5 (0.50%) RESTful
10 4 (0.40%) FIDO
10 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.40%) OAuth
10 4 (0.40%) OpenID
10 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.30%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.30%) FHIR
11 3 (0.30%) XMPP
12 2 (0.20%) CSS
12 2 (0.20%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.85%) Driving Licence
2 82 (8.16%) Onboarding
3 36 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 23 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 21 (2.09%) CCTV
9 19 (1.89%) Social Media
10 18 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
11 16 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 15 (1.49%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.49%) Replication
13 13 (1.29%) AI Agents
13 13 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.19%) Client/Server
15 11 (1.09%) CMDB
15 11 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
16 9 (0.90%) iPad
16 9 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 476 (47.36%) Windows
2 207 (20.60%) Windows Server
3 178 (17.71%) Windows 10
4 52 (5.17%) Apple iOS
5 51 (5.07%) Linux
6 47 (4.68%) Mac OS
7 31 (3.08%) Android
8 28 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 3 (0.30%) CentOS
14 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.100%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.100%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (36.62%) ITIL
2 329 (32.74%) Customer Service
3 234 (23.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 219 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (16.72%) ITSM
6 166 (16.52%) Cybersecurity
7 114 (11.34%) Service Delivery
8 106 (10.55%) Performance Metrics
9 101 (10.05%) Analytics
9 101 (10.05%) Customer Experience
10 80 (7.96%) Roadmaps
11 79 (7.86%) Patch Management
12 78 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 75 (7.46%) Mentoring
14 73 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (6.97%) Change Management
16 69 (6.87%) Agile
16 69 (6.87%) Service Management
16 69 (6.87%) Ticket Management
17 68 (6.77%) AI
Programming Languages
1 103 (10.25%) PowerShell
2 60 (5.97%) SQL
3 43 (4.28%) Python
4 31 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 29 (2.89%) C#
6 18 (1.79%) Bash
7 9 (0.90%) R
7 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.70%) Bicep
9 6 (0.60%) Java
9 6 (0.60%) VBA
10 5 (0.50%) PHP
10 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.40%) Delphi
11 4 (0.40%) Pascal
11 4 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.100%) Korn
14 1 (0.100%) Scala
Qualifications
1 274 (27.26%) Degree
2 205 (20.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 121 (12.04%) AWS Certification
4 119 (11.84%) Security Cleared
5 117 (11.64%) MCSE
6 116 (11.54%) SC Cleared
7 60 (5.97%) CTC Cleared
8 40 (3.98%) Azure Certification
9 38 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (2.59%) DBS Check
11 25 (2.49%) CISSP
12 21 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
13 20 (1.99%) CCNA
14 18 (1.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
16 14 (1.39%) MCSA
17 12 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 12 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (1.09%) A+ Certification
18 11 (1.09%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.54%) QA
2 85 (8.46%) SLA
3 78 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 59 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (2.99%) GDPR
6 27 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (2.09%) NIST
8 19 (1.89%) Accessibility
9 12 (1.19%) Data Quality
9 12 (1.19%) ISO 9001
10 10 (1.00%) PMO
11 9 (0.90%) GRC
12 6 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.30%) HL7
14 3 (0.30%) NCSC
14 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.100%) COBIT
15 1 (0.100%) MiFID
15 1 (0.100%) SOC 2
System Software
1 325 (32.34%) Active Directory
2 94 (9.35%) Hyper-V
3 55 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.90%) Docker
6 9 (0.90%) Firmware
6 9 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.70%) vSphere
8 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
8 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.30%) Postfix
10 2 (0.20%) XenApp
11 1 (0.100%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 222 (22.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (3.18%) Terraform
3 30 (2.99%) SCCM
4 17 (1.69%) Autotask
5 16 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 14 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (1.19%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.70%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.60%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) PaperCut
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.40%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.30%) Grafana
12 3 (0.30%) Nessus
13 1 (0.100%) CASB
13 1 (0.100%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 1 (0.100%) Kibana
13 1 (0.100%) SCOM
Vendors
1 792 (78.81%) Microsoft
2 133 (13.23%) ServiceNow
3 113 (11.24%) Cisco
4 95 (9.45%) VMware
5 61 (6.07%) Google
6 32 (3.18%) Apple
7 23 (2.29%) Meraki
8 22 (2.19%) Adobe
9 20 (1.99%) Dell
10 19 (1.89%) HP
11 17 (1.69%) Veeam
12 15 (1.49%) Oracle
12 15 (1.49%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
13 14 (1.39%) Fortinet
14 12 (1.19%) Citrix
14 12 (1.19%) Datto
15 11 (1.09%) Draytek
15 11 (1.09%) Mitel
15 11 (1.09%) SAP