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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 42 30
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,437 960 1,484
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.72% 5.81% 7.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.47% 16.75% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 701 935
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,408 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -17.19% +0.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £74,150
UK median annual salary £40,000 £36,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -18.89% +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 8,723 5,733 9,068
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.69% 34.68% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6,378 4,060 5,948
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,425
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 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +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 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
1 527 (36.67%) SharePoint
2 310 (21.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.81%) Confluence
4 15 (1.04%) IIS
5 6 (0.42%) CMS
6 3 (0.21%) SAS
7 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 117 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.35%) CorelDRAW
7 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.56%) Shopify
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
4 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 714 (49.69%) Azure
2 488 (33.96%) Entra ID
3 267 (18.58%) Power Platform
4 178 (12.39%) Microsoft Copilot
5 166 (11.55%) OneDrive
6 137 (9.53%) AWS
7 133 (9.26%) Power Automate
8 122 (8.49%) PowerApps
9 108 (7.52%) SaaS
10 98 (6.82%) Microsoft Purview
11 57 (3.97%) Copilot Studio
12 42 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
12 42 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
13 41 (2.85%) Mimecast
14 35 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
14 35 (2.44%) Google Workspace
15 34 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
16 29 (2.02%) IaaS
17 28 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
18 22 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 232 (16.14%) DNS
2 222 (15.45%) Firewall
3 180 (12.53%) DHCP
4 166 (11.55%) VPN
5 109 (7.59%) TCP/IP
6 107 (7.45%) LAN
7 106 (7.38%) WAN
8 92 (6.40%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (4.18%) VLAN
10 42 (2.92%) Wireless
11 40 (2.78%) VoIP
12 38 (2.64%) Network Security
13 17 (1.18%) Intranet
14 16 (1.11%) SAN
15 13 (0.90%) IP Telephony
15 13 (0.90%) Unified Communications
16 12 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
17 10 (0.70%) WebEx
18 9 (0.63%) SSL
18 9 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (5.01%) Power BI
2 60 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (0.90%) Metadata
5 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.42%) Spatial Data
7 5 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.28%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.28%) Power Query
9 2 (0.14%) GIS
9 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.14%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.070%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.070%) MySQL
10 1 (0.070%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.070%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 88 (6.12%) JIRA
2 13 (0.90%) Git
3 7 (0.49%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.070%) Postman
5 1 (0.070%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.070%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.070%) VersionOne
General
1 746 (51.91%) Social Skills
2 172 (11.97%) Finance
3 123 (8.56%) Legal
4 116 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (6.61%) Law
6 77 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 77 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 50 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
9 41 (2.85%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.78%) Swedish Language
11 36 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (2.44%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.16%) Marketing
13 31 (2.16%) Retail
14 21 (1.46%) Advertising
15 19 (1.32%) Banking
16 17 (1.18%) Games
16 17 (1.18%) Local Government
17 12 (0.84%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 314 (21.85%) IT Support
2 229 (15.94%) Support Engineer
3 223 (15.52%) IT Engineer
4 209 (14.54%) Analyst
5 187 (13.01%) IT Support Engineer
6 169 (11.76%) Senior
7 124 (8.63%) Consultant
8 123 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 99 (6.89%) Support Analyst
10 88 (6.12%) Architect
11 83 (5.78%) Developer
12 74 (5.15%) Service Analyst
13 71 (4.94%) Lead
14 69 (4.80%) IT Analyst
15 68 (4.73%) 1st Line Support
16 64 (4.45%) Service Desk Analyst
17 56 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
18 55 (3.83%) IT Support Analyst
19 50 (3.48%) IT Manager
20 47 (3.27%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.62%) HTML
2 49 (3.41%) Microsoft Graph
3 43 (2.99%) .NET
4 37 (2.57%) CSS
5 32 (2.23%) Terraform
6 29 (2.02%) SPFx
7 25 (1.74%) REST
8 22 (1.53%) HTML5 Canvas
9 17 (1.18%) ASP.NET
10 16 (1.11%) Middleware
11 15 (1.04%) React
12 13 (0.90%) JSON
13 11 (0.77%) .NET Core
13 11 (0.77%) RESTful
14 7 (0.49%) ASP.NET Core
14 7 (0.49%) Model Context Protocol
14 7 (0.49%) Next.js
14 7 (0.49%) Node.js
15 6 (0.42%) Langfuse
15 6 (0.42%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 163 (11.34%) Driving Licence
2 147 (10.23%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.34%) Security Posture
4 41 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 33 (2.30%) AI Agents
8 27 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (1.67%) Clustering
9 24 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (1.60%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.32%) Replication
12 19 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.25%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.04%) CCTV
15 13 (0.90%) Cloud Native
16 12 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (0.77%) Web Conferencing
18 10 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 608 (42.31%) Windows
2 278 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 78 (5.43%) macOS
4 70 (4.87%) Linux
5 56 (3.90%) Windows 10
6 32 (2.23%) Apple iOS
7 31 (2.16%) Android
8 18 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.35%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.28%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (31.80%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 298 (20.74%) Customer Service
4 272 (18.93%) ITIL
5 269 (18.72%) Cybersecurity
6 207 (14.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 205 (14.27%) AI
8 177 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 160 (11.13%) Mentoring
10 148 (10.30%) ITSM
11 146 (10.16%) Service Delivery
12 145 (10.09%) Project Delivery
13 133 (9.26%) Roadmaps
14 124 (8.63%) Disaster Recovery
15 117 (8.14%) Information Security
16 110 (7.65%) Agile
17 107 (7.45%) Collaborative Working
17 107 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
18 103 (7.17%) Service Management
19 97 (6.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 212 (14.75%) PowerShell
2 85 (5.92%) SQL
3 71 (4.94%) JavaScript
4 65 (4.52%) C#
5 61 (4.24%) Python
6 29 (2.02%) R
7 27 (1.88%) Bicep
8 24 (1.67%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.97%) VBA
10 12 (0.84%) Bash
10 12 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.35%) Ruby
13 4 (0.28%) PHP
13 4 (0.28%) VBScript
14 3 (0.21%) C
14 3 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.14%) Dart
15 2 (0.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 192 (13.36%) Degree
2 151 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (6.47%) Security Cleared
4 76 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 69 (4.80%) Azure Certification
6 53 (3.69%) MCSE
7 42 (2.92%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (2.09%) CCNA
10 25 (1.74%) CISSP
10 25 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.60%) DBS Check
12 22 (1.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 19 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.32%) CISM
14 17 (1.18%) MCSA
15 15 (1.04%) CCNP
16 13 (0.90%) PMP
17 12 (0.84%) A+ Certification
18 10 (0.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 96 (6.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 76 (5.29%) SLA
4 72 (5.01%) GDPR
5 51 (3.55%) QA
6 47 (3.27%) Accessibility
7 44 (3.06%) GRC
8 35 (2.44%) NIST
9 25 (1.74%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.42%) PMO
12 5 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.28%) WCAG
14 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.21%) NCSC
15 2 (0.14%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 480 (33.40%) Active Directory
2 172 (11.97%) Hyper-V
3 97 (6.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.90%) vSphere
7 8 (0.56%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 8 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.56%) VMware Server
8 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
9 4 (0.28%) KVM
10 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.14%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.070%) Docker
12 1 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.070%) Firmware
12 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 348 (24.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.23%) SCCM
3 22 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
4 14 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 10 (0.70%) Autotask
6 8 (0.56%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.42%) Ansible
7 6 (0.42%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.42%) Grafana
8 5 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.28%) Graylog
9 4 (0.28%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.21%) SCOM
10 3 (0.21%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 1,298 (90.33%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.60%) VMware
3 90 (6.26%) ServiceNow
4 69 (4.80%) Cisco
5 54 (3.76%) Veeam
6 53 (3.69%) Google
7 44 (3.06%) Apple
8 28 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
9 27 (1.88%) Meraki
10 25 (1.74%) WatchGuard
11 24 (1.67%) Fortinet
12 21 (1.46%) Citrix
12 21 (1.46%) Zscaler
13 20 (1.39%) Adobe
13 20 (1.39%) Salesforce
14 19 (1.32%) iManage
15 18 (1.25%) SonicWALL
16 16 (1.11%) Palo Alto
17 15 (1.04%) Mitel
17 15 (1.04%) OpenAI