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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 30 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,050 1,254 2,167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.47% 8.00% 7.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.17% 17.10% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 694 802 1,931
10th Percentile £28,075 £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 £73,750
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 6,114 7,333 12,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.66% 46.79% 45.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,218 4,748 11,145
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,925 £35,550
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,050 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +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 14 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
1 294 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 184 (17.52%) 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 (0.095%) Apache
8 1 (0.095%) CMS
Applications
1 277 (26.38%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.14%) InDesign
5 8 (0.76%) 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 (0.095%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 21 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) Shopify
3 6 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.095%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.095%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.095%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.095%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.095%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.095%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 486 (46.29%) Azure
2 272 (25.90%) Entra ID
3 190 (18.10%) AWS
4 127 (12.10%) Power Platform
5 75 (7.14%) OneDrive
6 59 (5.62%) SaaS
7 58 (5.52%) Power Automate
7 58 (5.52%) PowerApps
8 49 (4.67%) Google Workspace
9 36 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (3.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 27 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
14 20 (1.90%) Mimecast
15 19 (1.81%) IaaS
16 17 (1.62%) Copilot Studio
17 16 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
18 14 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
19 11 (1.05%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 140 (13.33%) DNS
2 125 (11.90%) DHCP
2 125 (11.90%) Firewall
3 116 (11.05%) VPN
4 76 (7.24%) WAN
5 67 (6.38%) TCP/IP
6 64 (6.10%) Wi-Fi
7 54 (5.14%) LAN
8 48 (4.57%) VLAN
9 37 (3.52%) VoIP
10 28 (2.67%) SD-WAN
11 16 (1.52%) Unified Communications
12 11 (1.05%) SSL
13 10 (0.95%) Wireless
14 9 (0.86%) Network Security
15 7 (0.67%) IP Telephony
15 7 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.57%) SAN
17 5 (0.48%) Broadband
17 5 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.10%) Power BI
2 32 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.43%) MySQL
4 14 (1.33%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.95%) 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 (0.095%) Metadata
10 1 (0.095%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (1.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.095%) Git
3 1 (0.095%) MSBuild
General
1 547 (52.10%) Social Skills
2 158 (15.05%) Finance
3 119 (11.33%) French Language
4 95 (9.05%) Swedish Language
5 81 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.10%) Back Office
7 54 (5.14%) Law
7 54 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (4.95%) Public Sector
9 51 (4.86%) Legal
10 40 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
11 27 (2.57%) Marketing
12 25 (2.38%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.38%) Retail
13 15 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.67%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.67%) German Language
17 6 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 257 (24.48%) Analyst
2 229 (21.81%) IT Support
3 226 (21.52%) Support Engineer
4 162 (15.43%) Service Analyst
5 159 (15.14%) Service Desk Analyst
6 152 (14.48%) IT Engineer
7 136 (12.95%) IT Support Engineer
8 101 (9.62%) Senior
9 70 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
10 69 (6.57%) IT Analyst
11 67 (6.38%) Desktop Support
11 67 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 65 (6.19%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.10%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 59 (5.62%) Consultant
15 57 (5.43%) Lead
16 56 (5.33%) Site Engineer
16 56 (5.33%) Support Analyst
17 43 (4.10%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 43 (4.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.00%) .NET
2 17 (1.62%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (1.62%) JSON
3 13 (1.24%) XML
4 11 (1.05%) REST
5 10 (0.95%) Middleware
5 10 (0.95%) Web Services
6 6 (0.57%) EDI
6 6 (0.57%) SOAP
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 (9.05%) Driving Licence
2 84 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 38 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.29%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.19%) Social Media
8 20 (1.90%) CCTV
8 20 (1.90%) Security Posture
9 16 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (1.43%) Low-Code
11 14 (1.33%) CMDB
12 13 (1.24%) AI Agents
13 12 (1.14%) Client/Server
14 10 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.95%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.95%) iPad
15 9 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 479 (45.62%) Windows
2 213 (20.29%) Windows Server
3 176 (16.76%) Windows 10
4 57 (5.43%) Apple iOS
5 47 (4.48%) Linux
6 39 (3.71%) Mac OS
7 30 (2.86%) Android
8 24 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (1.62%) 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 (0.095%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.095%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (37.05%) ITIL
2 353 (33.62%) Customer Service
3 242 (23.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 218 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
5 189 (18.00%) ITSM
6 165 (15.71%) Cybersecurity
7 122 (11.62%) Performance Metrics
8 120 (11.43%) Service Delivery
9 111 (10.57%) Analytics
10 99 (9.43%) Customer Experience
11 96 (9.14%) Roadmaps
12 95 (9.05%) Mentoring
13 79 (7.52%) Patch Management
14 77 (7.33%) AI
15 76 (7.24%) Service Management
16 74 (7.05%) Coaching
17 73 (6.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 72 (6.86%) Agile
19 71 (6.76%) Business Intelligence
20 69 (6.57%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (10.57%) PowerShell
2 63 (6.00%) SQL
3 44 (4.19%) Python
4 30 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.57%) C#
6 21 (2.00%) Bash
7 9 (0.86%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.76%) 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 (0.095%) Scala
Qualifications
1 297 (28.29%) Degree
2 217 (20.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 136 (12.95%) AWS Certification
4 133 (12.67%) MCSE
5 128 (12.19%) Security Cleared
6 124 (11.81%) SC Cleared
7 60 (5.71%) CTC Cleared
8 41 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (3.81%) Azure Certification
10 30 (2.86%) DBS Check
11 23 (2.19%) CCNA
12 22 (2.10%) CISSP
13 21 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (1.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 16 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
16 15 (1.43%) MCSA
17 13 (1.24%) A+ Certification
18 12 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 12 (1.14%) CISM
19 11 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (12.38%) QA
2 90 (8.57%) SLA
3 73 (6.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 53 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (3.14%) GDPR
6 23 (2.19%) NIST
7 22 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 19 (1.81%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.43%) ISO 9001
10 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
11 8 (0.76%) GRC
11 8 (0.76%) PMO
12 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.29%) HL7
13 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.29%) NCSC
13 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.095%) Basel III
14 1 (0.095%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 342 (32.57%) Active Directory
2 91 (8.67%) Hyper-V
3 52 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.95%) Firmware
7 9 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.76%) 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
1 234 (22.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (3.90%) Terraform
3 36 (3.43%) SCCM
4 20 (1.90%) Autotask
5 14 (1.33%) 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 (0.095%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.095%) CASB
11 1 (0.095%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.095%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.095%) Kibana
11 1 (0.095%) SCOM
Vendors
1 830 (79.05%) Microsoft
2 145 (13.81%) ServiceNow
3 113 (10.76%) Cisco
4 89 (8.48%) VMware
5 55 (5.24%) Google
6 33 (3.14%) Apple
7 22 (2.10%) Adobe
7 22 (2.10%) Meraki
8 20 (1.90%) HP
9 19 (1.81%) Dell
10 17 (1.62%) Citrix
10 17 (1.62%) Oracle
11 16 (1.52%) Veeam
12 14 (1.33%) Datto
13 13 (1.24%) Salesforce
14 12 (1.14%) Freshdesk
14 12 (1.14%) Sage
14 12 (1.14%) SAP
15 11 (1.05%) Draytek
15 11 (1.05%) Okta