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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 30 27
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,045 1,254 2,155
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.47% 7.99% 7.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.22% 17.05% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 686 803 1,920
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £73,775
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -3.61%

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 6,069 7,355 12,660
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.59% 46.88% 45.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,172 4,761 11,075
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 13 February 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 (27.94%) SharePoint
2 185 (17.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.86%) IIS
4 7 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.29%) Confluence
6 3 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) Moodle
7 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.096%) Apache
8 1 (0.096%) CMS
Applications
1 277 (26.51%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.15%) InDesign
5 8 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.67%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.29%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.096%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 21 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) Shopify
3 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.096%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.096%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.096%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 486 (46.51%) Azure
2 275 (26.32%) Entra ID
3 190 (18.18%) AWS
4 127 (12.15%) Power Platform
5 73 (6.99%) OneDrive
6 60 (5.74%) PowerApps
7 59 (5.65%) Power Automate
8 58 (5.55%) SaaS
9 49 (4.69%) Google Workspace
10 37 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
11 35 (3.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 28 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (2.01%) Mimecast
15 19 (1.82%) IaaS
16 18 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
17 17 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
18 14 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
19 11 (1.05%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 139 (13.30%) DNS
2 125 (11.96%) DHCP
3 122 (11.67%) Firewall
4 115 (11.00%) VPN
5 76 (7.27%) WAN
6 66 (6.32%) TCP/IP
7 64 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
8 54 (5.17%) LAN
9 48 (4.59%) VLAN
10 37 (3.54%) VoIP
11 28 (2.68%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.53%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.05%) SSL
14 10 (0.96%) Wireless
15 9 (0.86%) Network Security
16 7 (0.67%) IP Telephony
16 7 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.57%) SAN
18 5 (0.48%) Broadband
18 5 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.12%) Power BI
2 32 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.44%) MySQL
4 14 (1.34%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.38%) Power Query
7 4 (0.38%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.29%) GIS
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.19%) QlikView
10 1 (0.096%) Metadata
10 1 (0.096%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (1.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.096%) Git
3 1 (0.096%) MSBuild
General
1 542 (51.87%) Social Skills
2 161 (15.41%) Finance
3 119 (11.39%) French Language
4 95 (9.09%) Swedish Language
5 77 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.12%) Back Office
7 53 (5.07%) Law
7 53 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (4.88%) Public Sector
9 50 (4.78%) Legal
10 40 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
11 27 (2.58%) Marketing
12 26 (2.49%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.39%) Retail
14 15 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.67%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.67%) German Language
18 6 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 257 (24.59%) Analyst
2 224 (21.44%) IT Support
3 223 (21.34%) Support Engineer
4 162 (15.50%) Service Analyst
5 159 (15.22%) Service Desk Analyst
6 150 (14.35%) IT Engineer
7 134 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
8 100 (9.57%) Senior
9 70 (6.70%) 2nd Line Support
10 68 (6.51%) IT Analyst
11 67 (6.41%) Desktop Support
12 66 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 65 (6.22%) Desktop Engineer
14 64 (6.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 58 (5.55%) Consultant
16 57 (5.45%) Lead
17 56 (5.36%) Site Engineer
17 56 (5.36%) Support Analyst
18 43 (4.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 43 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.01%) .NET
2 17 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (1.63%) JSON
3 13 (1.24%) XML
4 11 (1.05%) REST
5 10 (0.96%) Middleware
5 10 (0.96%) Web Services
6 6 (0.57%) SOAP
7 5 (0.48%) EDI
7 5 (0.48%) RESTful
8 4 (0.38%) FIDO
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.29%) FHIR
9 3 (0.29%) OAuth
9 3 (0.29%) OpenID
10 2 (0.19%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.19%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.19%) CSS
10 2 (0.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 84 (8.04%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.73%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (2.30%) Cloud Native
8 23 (2.20%) Social Media
9 22 (2.11%) Security Posture
10 19 (1.82%) CCTV
11 15 (1.44%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.34%) CMDB
13 13 (1.24%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.15%) Client/Server
15 10 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.96%) Data Centre
15 10 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.96%) iPad
16 9 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 477 (45.65%) Windows
2 212 (20.29%) Windows Server
3 177 (16.94%) Windows 10
4 56 (5.36%) Apple iOS
5 46 (4.40%) Linux
6 39 (3.73%) Mac OS
7 29 (2.78%) Android
8 24 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
12 6 (0.57%) Unix
13 2 (0.19%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.096%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (37.42%) ITIL
2 351 (33.59%) Customer Service
3 241 (23.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 214 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (17.89%) ITSM
6 166 (15.89%) Cybersecurity
7 122 (11.67%) Performance Metrics
8 119 (11.39%) Service Delivery
9 114 (10.91%) Analytics
10 99 (9.47%) Customer Experience
10 99 (9.47%) Roadmaps
11 95 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 79 (7.56%) Patch Management
13 78 (7.46%) AI
13 78 (7.46%) Coaching
14 74 (7.08%) Agile
14 74 (7.08%) Service Management
15 72 (6.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 71 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
17 69 (6.60%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.91%) PowerShell
2 63 (6.03%) SQL
3 46 (4.40%) Python
4 30 (2.87%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.58%) C#
6 23 (2.20%) Bash
7 9 (0.86%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.77%) Bicep
9 6 (0.57%) VBA
10 5 (0.48%) Java
10 5 (0.48%) R
10 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.29%) PHP
12 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.19%) Delphi
12 2 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.19%) Pascal
12 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.096%) Scala
Qualifications
1 295 (28.23%) Degree
2 216 (20.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 136 (13.01%) AWS Certification
4 133 (12.73%) MCSE
5 127 (12.15%) Security Cleared
6 123 (11.77%) SC Cleared
7 60 (5.74%) CTC Cleared
8 41 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (3.83%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.78%) DBS Check
11 23 (2.20%) CCNA
12 22 (2.11%) CISSP
13 21 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (1.44%) MCSA
17 13 (1.24%) A+ Certification
18 12 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 12 (1.15%) CISM
19 11 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (12.44%) QA
2 90 (8.61%) SLA
3 73 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.16%) GDPR
6 24 (2.30%) NIST
7 22 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 18 (1.72%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.44%) ISO 9001
10 12 (1.15%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.77%) GRC
12 7 (0.67%) PMO
13 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.29%) HL7
14 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.29%) NCSC
14 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.096%) Basel III
15 1 (0.096%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 344 (32.92%) Active Directory
2 90 (8.61%) Hyper-V
3 52 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.96%) Firmware
7 9 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.77%) Docker
9 6 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.48%) vSphere
11 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.29%) Postfix
12 2 (0.19%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 238 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (4.21%) Terraform
3 38 (3.64%) SCCM
4 19 (1.82%) Autotask
5 15 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (1.05%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.67%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.57%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.29%) Ansible
10 3 (0.29%) Nessus
10 3 (0.29%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.29%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.096%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.096%) CASB
11 1 (0.096%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.096%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.096%) Kibana
11 1 (0.096%) SCOM
Vendors
1 823 (78.76%) Microsoft
2 144 (13.78%) ServiceNow
3 113 (10.81%) Cisco
4 89 (8.52%) VMware
5 55 (5.26%) Google
6 33 (3.16%) Apple
7 22 (2.11%) Adobe
7 22 (2.11%) Meraki
8 20 (1.91%) HP
9 19 (1.82%) Dell
10 18 (1.72%) Citrix
11 17 (1.63%) Oracle
12 16 (1.53%) Veeam
13 14 (1.34%) Datto
14 12 (1.15%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.15%) Sage
14 12 (1.15%) Salesforce
14 12 (1.15%) SAP
15 11 (1.05%) Draytek
15 11 (1.05%) Fortinet