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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,289 974 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.63% 5.89% 6.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.86% 16.40% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 784 1,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £40,631 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% -18.74% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% -

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 8,673 5,940 10,043
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 35.92% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,303 4,355 7,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 18 August 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
1 454 (35.22%) SharePoint
2 272 (21.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.94%) Confluence
4 17 (1.32%) IIS
5 5 (0.39%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.078%) Apache
8 1 (0.078%) WordPress
Applications
1 146 (11.33%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.078%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.31%) Shopify
5 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 665 (51.59%) Azure
2 411 (31.89%) Entra ID
3 232 (18.00%) Power Platform
4 159 (12.34%) AWS
5 132 (10.24%) OneDrive
6 112 (8.69%) Microsoft Copilot
7 111 (8.61%) Power Automate
8 110 (8.53%) PowerApps
9 98 (7.60%) SaaS
10 65 (5.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.72%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (2.33%) Google Workspace
16 26 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
16 26 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
17 25 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
17 25 (1.94%) IaaS
18 23 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 212 (16.45%) Firewall
2 184 (14.27%) DNS
3 139 (10.78%) DHCP
4 137 (10.63%) VPN
5 109 (8.46%) LAN
6 105 (8.15%) WAN
7 102 (7.91%) TCP/IP
8 92 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
9 47 (3.65%) VoIP
10 44 (3.41%) VLAN
11 42 (3.26%) Network Security
12 38 (2.95%) Wireless
13 17 (1.32%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.16%) SAN
15 9 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.70%) Internet
15 9 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (0.70%) WebEx
16 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.51%) Power BI
2 49 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.78%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) MySQL
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) Power Query
10 1 (0.078%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.078%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.078%) Parquet
10 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (6.59%) JIRA
2 10 (0.78%) Git
3 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.078%) Postman
5 1 (0.078%) Rational DOORS
General
1 639 (49.57%) Social Skills
2 160 (12.41%) Finance
3 128 (9.93%) Legal
4 105 (8.15%) Law
5 74 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
6 58 (4.50%) Public Sector
7 48 (3.72%) Swedish Language
8 42 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 35 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
11 30 (2.33%) Retail
12 23 (1.78%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.78%) Marketing
13 21 (1.63%) French Language
14 18 (1.40%) Banking
15 16 (1.24%) Advertising
16 13 (1.01%) Legal Technology
17 11 (0.85%) Games
Job Titles
1 281 (21.80%) IT Support
2 208 (16.14%) Support Engineer
3 207 (16.06%) Analyst
4 193 (14.97%) IT Engineer
5 168 (13.03%) IT Support Engineer
6 156 (12.10%) Senior
7 106 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 102 (7.91%) Consultant
9 90 (6.98%) Service Analyst
10 85 (6.59%) Service Desk Analyst
11 79 (6.13%) Support Analyst
12 78 (6.05%) Architect
13 71 (5.51%) Developer
14 60 (4.65%) IT Analyst
15 59 (4.58%) Lead
16 57 (4.42%) IT Manager
17 50 (3.88%) IT Technician
18 49 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
19 48 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
20 47 (3.65%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.57%) HTML
3 43 (3.34%) .NET
4 40 (3.10%) CSS
5 35 (2.72%) SPFx
6 34 (2.64%) HTML5 Canvas
7 22 (1.71%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.63%) JSON
9 12 (0.93%) React
10 11 (0.85%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.85%) REST
11 9 (0.70%) XMPP
12 8 (0.62%) Middleware
13 7 (0.54%) RESTful
14 6 (0.47%) OpenID
15 5 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.39%) OAuth
15 5 (0.39%) XML
16 4 (0.31%) Next.js
16 4 (0.31%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.69%) Onboarding
2 96 (7.45%) Driving Licence
3 37 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.64%) Security Posture
5 33 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.17%) Clustering
8 24 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.47%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.32%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.32%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
14 15 (1.16%) Replication
15 14 (1.09%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
17 9 (0.70%) FlexPod
17 9 (0.70%) PKI
17 9 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 525 (40.73%) Windows
2 233 (18.08%) Windows Server
3 70 (5.43%) Windows 10
4 67 (5.20%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.73%) Linux
6 30 (2.33%) Android
6 30 (2.33%) Apple iOS
7 25 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.62%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.16%) CentOS
12 2 (0.16%) Debian
12 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.078%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (22.96%) ITIL
3 263 (20.40%) Customer Service
4 250 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (15.59%) Cybersecurity
6 177 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 145 (11.25%) ITSM
8 138 (10.71%) AI
9 128 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (9.39%) Service Delivery
11 115 (8.92%) Roadmaps
12 113 (8.77%) Mentoring
13 112 (8.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 112 (8.69%) Project Delivery
14 106 (8.22%) Technical Leadership
15 98 (7.60%) User Experience
16 91 (7.06%) Service Management
17 90 (6.98%) Information Security
18 83 (6.44%) Agile
19 78 (6.05%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 183 (14.20%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.53%) SQL
3 60 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 58 (4.50%) C#
5 55 (4.27%) Python
6 31 (2.40%) R
6 31 (2.40%) TypeScript
7 22 (1.71%) Bicep
8 20 (1.55%) VBA
9 16 (1.24%) Bash
10 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.47%) VBScript
12 5 (0.39%) Ruby
13 4 (0.31%) Java
14 3 (0.23%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 2 (0.16%) Dart
Qualifications
1 191 (14.82%) Degree
2 167 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 77 (5.97%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.59%) SC Cleared
5 71 (5.51%) MCSE
6 70 (5.43%) AWS Certification
7 57 (4.42%) Azure Certification
8 31 (2.40%) CISSP
9 23 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.71%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.47%) CISM
12 15 (1.16%) CCNA
13 13 (1.01%) PMP
14 12 (0.93%) CEH
15 10 (0.78%) HNC
15 10 (0.78%) HND
16 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.70%) GIAC
16 9 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (5.59%) QA
3 71 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 69 (5.35%) SLA
5 55 (4.27%) GDPR
6 46 (3.57%) GRC
7 31 (2.40%) NIST
8 20 (1.55%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.85%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.39%) PMO
11 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.23%) WCAG
14 2 (0.16%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 436 (33.82%) Active Directory
2 142 (11.02%) Hyper-V
3 92 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.71%) vSphere
6 20 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 9 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (0.62%) VMware Server
10 6 (0.47%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.39%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.31%) KVM
13 3 (0.23%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.23%) Docker
14 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.078%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 304 (23.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.48%) Terraform
3 31 (2.40%) SCCM
4 20 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 12 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.78%) Ansible
8 9 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.70%) Grafana
8 9 (0.70%) Kubernetes
9 8 (0.62%) Autotask
10 7 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.31%) Graylog
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,159 (89.91%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.39%) VMware
3 120 (9.31%) ServiceNow
4 72 (5.59%) Cisco
5 51 (3.96%) Veeam
6 42 (3.26%) Google
7 36 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.79%) Meraki
8 32 (2.48%) Apple
9 30 (2.33%) Adobe
10 29 (2.25%) iManage
11 27 (2.09%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.47%) Zscaler
13 18 (1.40%) SonicWALL
14 17 (1.32%) Salesforce
15 16 (1.24%) Citrix
15 16 (1.24%) Computacenter
16 15 (1.16%) Splunk
17 14 (1.09%) Ubiquiti