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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 44 30
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,424 960 1,528
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.73% 5.70% 6.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.40% 16.61% 16.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,072 712 966
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,662 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -18.68% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,875
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% +7.14%

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 8,685 5,779 9,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.92% 34.29% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,370 4,093 6,176
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%

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 4 October 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
1 515 (36.17%) SharePoint
2 297 (20.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.83%) Confluence
4 17 (1.19%) IIS
5 6 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 137 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.35%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.56%) Shopify
4 5 (0.35%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 693 (48.67%) Azure
2 472 (33.15%) Entra ID
3 255 (17.91%) Power Platform
4 161 (11.31%) OneDrive
5 160 (11.24%) Microsoft Copilot
6 159 (11.17%) AWS
7 123 (8.64%) Power Automate
8 114 (8.01%) PowerApps
9 101 (7.09%) SaaS
10 87 (6.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.30%) Copilot Studio
12 42 (2.95%) Cloud Computing
13 40 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
14 39 (2.74%) Mimecast
15 36 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
16 34 (2.39%) Google Workspace
17 31 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
17 31 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
18 23 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (1.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 222 (15.59%) Firewall
2 220 (15.45%) DNS
3 170 (11.94%) DHCP
4 163 (11.45%) VPN
5 107 (7.51%) TCP/IP
6 105 (7.37%) LAN
6 105 (7.37%) WAN
7 95 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
8 58 (4.07%) VLAN
9 47 (3.30%) VoIP
10 40 (2.81%) Wireless
11 39 (2.74%) Network Security
12 15 (1.05%) Intranet
13 12 (0.84%) IP Telephony
13 12 (0.84%) SAN
14 11 (0.77%) Unified Communications
15 8 (0.56%) Internet
15 8 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.56%) SSL
15 8 (0.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.92%) Power BI
2 58 (4.07%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.84%) Metadata
5 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.35%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.35%) Spatial Data
8 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.28%) MySQL
8 4 (0.28%) Power Query
9 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.070%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.070%) GIS
11 1 (0.070%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.070%) Parquet
11 1 (0.070%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (5.97%) JIRA
2 12 (0.84%) Git
3 6 (0.42%) Claude Code
4 5 (0.35%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.070%) Postman
6 1 (0.070%) Rational DOORS
General
1 746 (52.39%) Social Skills
2 161 (11.31%) Finance
3 117 (8.22%) Legal
4 101 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (6.81%) Law
6 75 (5.27%) Public Sector
7 74 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.37%) Swedish Language
9 47 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.02%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 29 (2.04%) Retail
13 27 (1.90%) Marketing
14 19 (1.33%) Advertising
15 17 (1.19%) Local Government
16 16 (1.12%) Banking
16 16 (1.12%) Games
17 13 (0.91%) French Language
Job Titles
1 308 (21.63%) IT Support
2 225 (15.80%) Support Engineer
3 222 (15.59%) Analyst
4 217 (15.24%) IT Engineer
5 184 (12.92%) IT Support Engineer
6 161 (11.31%) Senior
7 123 (8.64%) Consultant
8 111 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 96 (6.74%) Support Analyst
10 93 (6.53%) Service Analyst
11 85 (5.97%) Architect
12 82 (5.76%) Service Desk Analyst
13 76 (5.34%) Developer
14 68 (4.78%) Lead
15 65 (4.56%) IT Analyst
16 62 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
17 57 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support
18 53 (3.72%) IT Support Analyst
19 51 (3.58%) IT Manager
19 51 (3.58%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.58%) HTML
2 49 (3.44%) Microsoft Graph
3 40 (2.81%) .NET
4 38 (2.67%) CSS
5 32 (2.25%) Terraform
6 31 (2.18%) SPFx
7 25 (1.76%) HTML5 Canvas
8 21 (1.47%) REST
9 16 (1.12%) JSON
10 15 (1.05%) Middleware
11 14 (0.98%) .NET Core
11 14 (0.98%) ASP.NET
12 13 (0.91%) React
13 10 (0.70%) RESTful
14 7 (0.49%) Pandas
15 6 (0.42%) Langfuse
15 6 (0.42%) Model Context Protocol
15 6 (0.42%) Next.js
15 6 (0.42%) Node.js
15 6 (0.42%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 151 (10.60%) Driving Licence
2 142 (9.97%) Onboarding
3 47 (3.30%) Security Posture
4 40 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.90%) AI Agents
8 25 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (1.69%) Clustering
9 24 (1.69%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.33%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.12%) Low-Code
13 14 (0.98%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.91%) CCTV
14 13 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
15 12 (0.84%) Replication
16 9 (0.63%) PKI
16 9 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 589 (41.36%) Windows
2 265 (18.61%) Windows Server
3 75 (5.27%) Mac OS
4 70 (4.92%) Linux
5 58 (4.07%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.25%) Android
7 31 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.56%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
13 1 (0.070%) CentOS
13 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (30.69%) Problem-Solving
2 326 (22.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 309 (21.70%) Customer Service
4 285 (20.01%) ITIL
5 260 (18.26%) Cybersecurity
6 192 (13.48%) AI
7 190 (13.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 164 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 162 (11.38%) ITSM
10 155 (10.88%) Mentoring
11 146 (10.25%) Service Delivery
12 139 (9.76%) Project Delivery
13 123 (8.64%) Roadmaps
14 118 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
15 108 (7.58%) Information Security
16 103 (7.23%) Technical Leadership
17 101 (7.09%) Agile
18 100 (7.02%) Collaborative Working
19 97 (6.81%) Service Management
20 92 (6.46%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 201 (14.12%) PowerShell
2 91 (6.39%) SQL
3 65 (4.56%) JavaScript
4 59 (4.14%) Python
5 57 (4.00%) C#
6 29 (2.04%) R
7 26 (1.83%) Bicep
8 24 (1.69%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.26%) VBA
10 13 (0.91%) Bash
11 11 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (0.70%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.42%) VBScript
14 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.35%) Ruby
15 3 (0.21%) C
15 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.21%) PHP
16 2 (0.14%) Java
16 2 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 209 (14.68%) Degree
2 170 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 92 (6.46%) Security Cleared
4 76 (5.34%) SC Cleared
5 72 (5.06%) MCSE
6 64 (4.49%) Azure Certification
7 62 (4.35%) AWS Certification
8 36 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (2.04%) CCNA
10 27 (1.90%) CISSP
11 26 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.54%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.47%) CISM
14 20 (1.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (1.05%) CCNP
17 13 (0.91%) MCSA
17 13 (0.91%) PMP
18 11 (0.77%) A+ Certification
19 10 (0.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (6.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 77 (5.41%) SLA
4 72 (5.06%) GDPR
5 69 (4.85%) QA
6 43 (3.02%) GRC
7 41 (2.88%) Accessibility
8 35 (2.46%) NIST
9 22 (1.54%) Data Quality
10 12 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.49%) PMO
12 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.21%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) WCAG
14 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.070%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 466 (32.72%) Active Directory
2 159 (11.17%) Hyper-V
3 92 (6.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (1.05%) vSphere
7 9 (0.63%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.56%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.28%) KVM
11 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.14%) Docker
14 1 (0.070%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.070%) Firmware
14 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 337 (23.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.18%) SCCM
3 18 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
4 13 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (0.63%) Autotask
5 9 (0.63%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.35%) Ansible
6 5 (0.35%) Grafana
7 4 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.28%) Graylog
7 4 (0.28%) Proxmox
7 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.14%) SCOM
9 2 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 1,288 (90.45%) Microsoft
2 132 (9.27%) VMware
3 110 (7.72%) ServiceNow
4 67 (4.71%) Cisco
5 56 (3.93%) Veeam
6 52 (3.65%) Google
7 43 (3.02%) Apple
8 30 (2.11%) Meraki
9 29 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
10 25 (1.76%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.69%) WatchGuard
12 22 (1.54%) Adobe
12 22 (1.54%) iManage
13 19 (1.33%) Citrix
13 19 (1.33%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.33%) SonicWALL
14 17 (1.19%) Zscaler
15 15 (1.05%) N-able
15 15 (1.05%) Palo Alto
16 14 (0.98%) Mitel