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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 45 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,372 941 1,488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.72% 5.81% 6.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.89% 16.41% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 714 995
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £28,100
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,831 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.33% -18.34% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,200 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +2.27%

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 8,636 5,733 9,437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.03% 35.42% 40.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,348 4,123 6,604
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 15 September 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
1 498 (36.30%) SharePoint
2 282 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.90%) Confluence
4 17 (1.24%) IIS
5 5 (0.36%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.51%) Shopify
4 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.22%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 676 (49.27%) Azure
2 441 (32.14%) Entra ID
3 246 (17.93%) Power Platform
4 161 (11.73%) AWS
5 147 (10.71%) OneDrive
6 138 (10.06%) Microsoft Copilot
7 117 (8.53%) Power Automate
8 112 (8.16%) PowerApps
9 103 (7.51%) SaaS
10 79 (5.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 46 (3.35%) Mimecast
12 40 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 36 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
14 35 (2.55%) Copilot Studio
15 31 (2.26%) Google Workspace
16 28 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
17 26 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
18 23 (1.68%) IaaS
19 22 (1.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 232 (16.91%) Firewall
2 203 (14.80%) DNS
3 156 (11.37%) DHCP
4 149 (10.86%) VPN
5 109 (7.94%) TCP/IP
6 106 (7.73%) LAN
7 104 (7.58%) WAN
8 91 (6.63%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (3.94%) VLAN
10 47 (3.43%) VoIP
11 38 (2.77%) Network Security
11 38 (2.77%) Wireless
12 15 (1.09%) Unified Communications
13 12 (0.87%) Intranet
13 12 (0.87%) SAN
14 9 (0.66%) WebEx
15 8 (0.58%) IP Telephony
15 8 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.58%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.51%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.39%) Power BI
2 52 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.87%) Metadata
5 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.44%) MySQL
7 4 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.22%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.073%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.073%) GIS
9 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.073%) Parquet
9 1 (0.073%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.073%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 88 (6.41%) JIRA
2 10 (0.73%) Git
3 6 (0.44%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.073%) Postman
6 1 (0.073%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 714 (52.04%) Social Skills
2 156 (11.37%) Finance
3 118 (8.60%) Legal
4 93 (6.78%) Law
5 90 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (5.32%) Public Sector
7 72 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.50%) Swedish Language
9 45 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (3.06%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (2.04%) Retail
14 27 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.75%) Marketing
16 19 (1.38%) Advertising
16 19 (1.38%) French Language
17 18 (1.31%) Banking
18 16 (1.17%) Local Government
19 13 (0.95%) Games
Job Titles
1 292 (21.28%) IT Support
2 222 (16.18%) Support Engineer
3 214 (15.60%) Analyst
4 208 (15.16%) IT Engineer
5 178 (12.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 164 (11.95%) Senior
7 114 (8.31%) Consultant
7 114 (8.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 93 (6.78%) Service Analyst
9 85 (6.20%) Service Desk Analyst
9 85 (6.20%) Support Analyst
10 84 (6.12%) Architect
11 67 (4.88%) Developer
12 64 (4.66%) Lead
13 57 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
13 57 (4.15%) IT Analyst
14 55 (4.01%) 1st Line Support
15 51 (3.72%) IT Manager
15 51 (3.72%) IT Technician
16 48 (3.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.79%) Microsoft Graph
2 47 (3.43%) HTML
3 40 (2.92%) .NET
3 40 (2.92%) CSS
4 35 (2.55%) SPFx
5 32 (2.33%) Terraform
6 29 (2.11%) HTML5 Canvas
7 19 (1.38%) .NET Core
7 19 (1.38%) JSON
8 17 (1.24%) REST
9 15 (1.09%) Middleware
10 11 (0.80%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.80%) React
11 8 (0.58%) RESTful
12 7 (0.51%) XMPP
13 6 (0.44%) Langfuse
13 6 (0.44%) Model Context Protocol
13 6 (0.44%) Pandas
14 5 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 128 (9.33%) Driving Licence
2 126 (9.18%) Onboarding
3 42 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.48%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.82%) Clustering
8 25 (1.82%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.75%) AI Agents
10 20 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.02%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
15 9 (0.66%) PKI
15 9 (0.66%) Replication
15 9 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 562 (40.96%) Windows
2 252 (18.37%) Windows Server
3 70 (5.10%) Mac OS
4 67 (4.88%) Linux
5 61 (4.45%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.33%) Android
7 28 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 19 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.29%) Debian
13 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.073%) CentOS
14 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
2 298 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 295 (21.50%) Customer Service
4 289 (21.06%) ITIL
5 236 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
6 192 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 181 (13.19%) AI
8 153 (11.15%) ITSM
9 151 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 149 (10.86%) Mentoring
11 135 (9.84%) Service Delivery
12 131 (9.55%) Project Delivery
13 120 (8.75%) Roadmaps
14 114 (8.31%) Disaster Recovery
15 111 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
16 96 (7.00%) Information Security
17 94 (6.85%) Agile
18 89 (6.49%) Service Management
19 87 (6.34%) User Experience
20 86 (6.27%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.99%) PowerShell
2 94 (6.85%) SQL
3 60 (4.37%) Python
4 59 (4.30%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.94%) C#
6 34 (2.48%) R
7 27 (1.97%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.75%) Bicep
9 20 (1.46%) VBA
10 13 (0.95%) Bash
11 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.44%) VBScript
14 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.36%) Ruby
15 3 (0.22%) C
15 3 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.22%) Java
16 2 (0.15%) Dart
16 2 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 210 (15.31%) Degree
2 173 (12.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 85 (6.20%) Security Cleared
4 75 (5.47%) MCSE
4 75 (5.47%) SC Cleared
5 68 (4.96%) AWS Certification
6 58 (4.23%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (2.04%) CISSP
9 25 (1.82%) CCNA
10 24 (1.75%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (1.53%) CISM
13 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 13 (0.95%) PMP
15 12 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.73%) CCNP
16 10 (0.73%) GIAC
16 10 (0.73%) HNC
16 10 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (5.54%) SLA
4 72 (5.25%) QA
5 66 (4.81%) GDPR
6 43 (3.13%) GRC
7 33 (2.41%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.33%) NIST
9 17 (1.24%) Data Quality
10 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.51%) PMO
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.22%) NCSC
14 3 (0.22%) WCAG
15 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.073%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 447 (32.58%) Active Directory
2 150 (10.93%) Hyper-V
3 93 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.46%) vSphere
6 11 (0.80%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.58%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.44%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.29%) KVM
12 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.073%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 324 (23.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.19%) SCCM
3 20 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
4 12 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 9 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 8 (0.58%) Ansible
6 8 (0.58%) Autotask
7 7 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (0.51%) Grafana
8 6 (0.44%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.29%) Graylog
9 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,239 (90.31%) Microsoft
2 130 (9.48%) VMware
3 120 (8.75%) ServiceNow
4 70 (5.10%) Cisco
5 57 (4.15%) Veeam
6 49 (3.57%) Google
7 41 (2.99%) Apple
8 35 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
9 34 (2.48%) Meraki
10 28 (2.04%) Fortinet
11 27 (1.97%) Adobe
12 24 (1.75%) iManage
13 19 (1.38%) SonicWALL
14 18 (1.31%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.24%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.24%) WatchGuard
15 17 (1.24%) Zscaler
16 14 (1.02%) Citrix
16 14 (1.02%) N-able
16 14 (1.02%) OpenAI