Microsoft 365 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 31 49
Rank change year-on-year -30 +18 +31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 945 2,356 2,303
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.09% 6.97% 5.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.66% 16.07% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 770 1,974 1,978
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £59,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,525 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -8.43% -2.35%

All Cloud 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 6,445 14,663 19,507
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 43.36% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,184 11,912 14,210
10th Percentile £32,075 £35,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,000 £79,600 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £98,376 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Microsoft 365 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 257 (27.20%) SharePoint
2 199 (21.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.17%) IIS
4 9 (0.95%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.53%) Moodle
6 5 (0.53%) WordPress
7 4 (0.42%) Confluence
8 3 (0.32%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.21%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 165 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.95%) Acrobat
5 6 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.32%) EPLAN
7 3 (0.32%) InDesign
7 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) 1Password
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.11%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 26 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.85%) Sage 50
4 7 (0.74%) Elite 3E
5 6 (0.63%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.11%) Sage 1000
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 526 (55.66%) Azure
2 186 (19.68%) Entra ID
3 114 (12.06%) Power Platform
4 90 (9.52%) AWS
5 75 (7.94%) OneDrive
6 67 (7.09%) SaaS
7 65 (6.88%) Power Automate
8 61 (6.46%) PowerApps
9 53 (5.61%) Microsoft Copilot
10 38 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
11 37 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
13 30 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
14 25 (2.65%) Google Workspace
15 24 (2.54%) PaaS
16 23 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
17 22 (2.33%) IaaS
18 21 (2.22%) Mimecast
19 19 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
20 13 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 166 (17.57%) Firewall
2 114 (12.06%) DNS
3 89 (9.42%) DHCP
4 80 (8.47%) WAN
5 77 (8.15%) LAN
6 72 (7.62%) VPN
7 39 (4.13%) TCP/IP
8 37 (3.92%) VLAN
8 37 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (3.81%) VoIP
10 31 (3.28%) Wireless
11 18 (1.90%) Intranet
12 17 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
12 17 (1.80%) SAN
13 14 (1.48%) Internet
13 14 (1.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (1.48%) SD-WAN
13 14 (1.48%) WLAN
14 13 (1.38%) SSL
15 12 (1.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 60 (6.35%) Power BI
3 17 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.63%) Metadata
7 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.32%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.32%) MySQL
9 2 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.21%) EDMS
9 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.11%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (2.75%) JIRA
2 7 (0.74%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.42%) WiX
4 3 (0.32%) Git
5 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.11%) gulp
5 1 (0.11%) Hudson
5 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 382 (40.42%) Social Skills
2 166 (17.57%) Finance
3 124 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (8.57%) Law
5 79 (8.36%) Legal
6 44 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
7 37 (3.92%) Retail
8 33 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.12%) Marketing
11 19 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.80%) Automotive
12 17 (1.80%) Public Sector
13 14 (1.48%) Local Government
14 11 (1.16%) Back Office
14 11 (1.16%) Billing
14 11 (1.16%) Games
14 11 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.95%) Czech Language
16 8 (0.85%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 208 (22.01%) IT Support
2 174 (18.41%) Analyst
3 123 (13.02%) Support Engineer
4 101 (10.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 84 (8.89%) IT Engineer
6 81 (8.57%) Support Analyst
7 72 (7.62%) IT Analyst
8 70 (7.41%) IT Manager
9 67 (7.09%) Senior
10 65 (6.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 60 (6.35%) Lead
12 55 (5.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 50 (5.29%) IT Support Analyst
14 41 (4.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 37 (3.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 35 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
16 35 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
16 35 (3.70%) Administrator
17 32 (3.39%) Developer
17 32 (3.39%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.17%) .NET
2 18 (1.90%) JSON
3 15 (1.59%) SOAP
4 13 (1.38%) REST
5 12 (1.27%) XML
6 10 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 8 (0.85%) HTML
7 8 (0.85%) React
8 5 (0.53%) Blazor
8 5 (0.53%) SAML
9 4 (0.42%) COM
9 4 (0.42%) CSS
9 4 (0.42%) Entity Framework
9 4 (0.42%) LDAP
9 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.42%) ML.NET
9 4 (0.42%) SPFx
10 3 (0.32%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.56%) Driving Licence
2 61 (6.46%) Onboarding
3 49 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 43 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 17 (1.80%) PKI
8 15 (1.59%) IoT
9 14 (1.48%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.38%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.27%) iPhone
11 12 (1.27%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.16%) e-Learning
12 11 (1.16%) Private Cloud
12 11 (1.16%) Social Media
12 11 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
13 10 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 441 (46.67%) Windows
2 194 (20.53%) Windows Server
3 106 (11.22%) Windows 10
4 74 (7.83%) Linux
5 46 (4.87%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.34%) Apple iOS
7 37 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (2.43%) Android
9 15 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.16%) Unix
11 10 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.85%) AIX
13 6 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.42%) CentOS
15 4 (0.42%) SUSE
16 3 (0.32%) Debian
16 3 (0.32%) VMS
17 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
2 196 (20.74%) ITIL
3 163 (17.25%) Customer Service
4 134 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
5 111 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 77 (8.15%) Project Management
7 76 (8.04%) Mentoring
8 74 (7.83%) CRM
9 73 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 73 (7.72%) Migration
10 72 (7.62%) Agile
11 69 (7.30%) Roadmaps
12 67 (7.09%) Business Intelligence
13 64 (6.77%) Project Delivery
14 62 (6.56%) Problem Management
15 60 (6.35%) DevOps
15 60 (6.35%) Information Security
16 56 (5.93%) Change Management
16 56 (5.93%) Disaster Recovery
17 55 (5.82%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 156 (16.51%) PowerShell
2 74 (7.83%) SQL
3 34 (3.60%) C#
4 33 (3.49%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.86%) Python
6 17 (1.80%) T-SQL
7 14 (1.48%) Java
8 13 (1.38%) VBA
9 10 (1.06%) Bash
10 8 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.53%) C++
12 4 (0.42%) PHP
12 4 (0.42%) VB
13 3 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.32%) Progress 4GL
14 2 (0.21%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) Go
14 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.11%) C
15 1 (0.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 148 (15.66%) Degree
2 92 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 37 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (3.81%) Security Cleared
6 32 (3.39%) CCNA
6 32 (3.39%) DBS Check
7 31 (3.28%) CISSP
7 31 (3.28%) ITIL Certification
8 26 (2.75%) SC Cleared
9 24 (2.54%) MCSA
9 24 (2.54%) MCSE
10 22 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.90%) A+ Certification
12 17 (1.80%) CCNP
13 16 (1.69%) CISM
14 15 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
15 13 (1.38%) MCP
16 12 (1.27%) PMI Certification
16 12 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.89%) SLA
2 45 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (3.70%) GDPR
4 26 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.90%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.95%) PERC
9 8 (0.85%) NIST
10 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.53%) QA
11 3 (0.32%) GRC
11 3 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.32%) PMO
12 2 (0.21%) NCSC
12 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) COBIT
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 406 (42.96%) Active Directory
2 104 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (6.88%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.69%) XenApp
6 12 (1.27%) Docker
7 11 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.16%) vSphere
8 10 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.42%) Firmware
10 4 (0.42%) Postfix
11 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.32%) Dovecot
12 2 (0.21%) KVM
13 1 (0.11%) NFS
13 1 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 228 (24.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (5.29%) SCCM
3 29 (3.07%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (1.69%) Terraform
5 11 (1.16%) Ansible
6 10 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.95%) Kubernetes
8 7 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.42%) SCOM
9 4 (0.42%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.32%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.32%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.21%) Autotask
11 2 (0.21%) Grafana
11 2 (0.21%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) Puppet
11 2 (0.21%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.21%) SCSM
11 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 690 (73.02%) Microsoft
2 142 (15.03%) VMware
3 95 (10.05%) Cisco
4 57 (6.03%) Meraki
5 56 (5.93%) Citrix
6 39 (4.13%) Apple
6 39 (4.13%) Salesforce
7 30 (3.17%) ServiceNow
8 28 (2.96%) Google
9 27 (2.86%) SonicWALL
10 23 (2.43%) iManage
10 23 (2.43%) Oracle
11 22 (2.33%) Adobe
12 18 (1.90%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.80%) CheckPoint
13 17 (1.80%) Veeam
14 16 (1.69%) Aderant
14 16 (1.69%) Sage
14 16 (1.69%) Tenable
15 14 (1.48%) Sophos