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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 47 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,315 925 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.63% 5.76% 6.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.20% 16.17% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 728 1,103
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% +1.08%

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 8,653 5,719 9,651
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.02% 35.64% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,339 4,142 7,069
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +4.17% -1.97% -2.07%

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 September 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
1 472 (35.89%) SharePoint
2 273 (20.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.90%) Confluence
4 18 (1.37%) IIS
5 5 (0.38%) CMS
6 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.23%) SAS
7 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.38%) CorelDRAW
5 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.076%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
2 5 (0.38%) Shopify
3 4 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.23%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.15%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 663 (50.42%) Azure
2 422 (32.09%) Entra ID
3 240 (18.25%) Power Platform
4 160 (12.17%) AWS
5 142 (10.80%) OneDrive
6 122 (9.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 116 (8.82%) Power Automate
8 112 (8.52%) PowerApps
9 103 (7.83%) SaaS
10 75 (5.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 48 (3.65%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
13 37 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
14 30 (2.28%) Google Workspace
15 28 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
16 27 (2.05%) Copilot Studio
17 25 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
18 24 (1.83%) IaaS
19 22 (1.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 227 (17.26%) Firewall
2 195 (14.83%) DNS
3 149 (11.33%) DHCP
4 146 (11.10%) VPN
5 107 (8.14%) TCP/IP
6 106 (8.06%) LAN
7 102 (7.76%) WAN
8 88 (6.69%) Wi-Fi
9 51 (3.88%) VLAN
10 47 (3.57%) VoIP
11 40 (3.04%) Network Security
12 38 (2.89%) Wireless
13 15 (1.14%) Unified Communications
14 13 (0.99%) SAN
15 9 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
16 7 (0.53%) Internet
16 7 (0.53%) NGFW
16 7 (0.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.55%) Power BI
2 51 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.46%) MySQL
7 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.23%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.15%) Power Query
10 1 (0.076%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.076%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.076%) Parquet
10 1 (0.076%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 88 (6.69%) JIRA
2 10 (0.76%) Git
3 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.076%) Postman
5 1 (0.076%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.076%) Selenium
General
1 676 (51.41%) Social Skills
2 151 (11.48%) Finance
3 120 (9.13%) Legal
4 97 (7.38%) Law
5 78 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.41%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.65%) Swedish Language
9 45 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.05%) Retail
14 26 (1.98%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.83%) Marketing
16 21 (1.60%) French Language
17 18 (1.37%) Banking
18 17 (1.29%) Advertising
19 16 (1.22%) Local Government
20 13 (0.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 284 (21.60%) IT Support
2 218 (16.58%) Support Engineer
3 208 (15.82%) Analyst
4 202 (15.36%) IT Engineer
5 174 (13.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 162 (12.32%) Senior
7 113 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 110 (8.37%) Consultant
9 92 (7.00%) Service Analyst
10 86 (6.54%) Service Desk Analyst
11 79 (6.01%) Architect
12 77 (5.86%) Support Analyst
13 69 (5.25%) Developer
14 56 (4.26%) IT Analyst
15 55 (4.18%) Lead
16 52 (3.95%) 2nd Line Support
16 52 (3.95%) IT Manager
17 50 (3.80%) 1st Line Support
18 47 (3.57%) IT Technician
19 45 (3.42%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 49 (3.73%) HTML
3 42 (3.19%) .NET
3 42 (3.19%) CSS
4 36 (2.74%) SPFx
5 32 (2.43%) HTML5 Canvas
5 32 (2.43%) Terraform
6 21 (1.60%) .NET Core
6 21 (1.60%) JSON
7 13 (0.99%) REST
8 11 (0.84%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.84%) React
9 9 (0.68%) Middleware
10 8 (0.61%) RESTful
11 7 (0.53%) XMPP
12 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (0.38%) OpenID
12 5 (0.38%) XML
13 4 (0.30%) Next.js
13 4 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 114 (8.67%) Onboarding
2 111 (8.44%) Driving Licence
3 41 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (2.66%) Security Posture
5 30 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 27 (2.05%) Clustering
6 27 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 23 (1.75%) Product Ownership
8 19 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 17 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.06%) Low-Code
13 13 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
14 10 (0.76%) Replication
15 9 (0.68%) PKI
15 9 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
16 8 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 539 (40.99%) Windows
2 245 (18.63%) Windows Server
3 64 (4.87%) Linux
4 62 (4.71%) Mac OS
5 61 (4.64%) Windows 10
6 31 (2.36%) Android
7 30 (2.28%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.76%) Ubuntu
11 8 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.30%) Debian
13 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.076%) CentOS
14 1 (0.076%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 289 (21.98%) ITIL
3 288 (21.90%) Customer Service
4 266 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 214 (16.27%) Cybersecurity
6 189 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 157 (11.94%) AI
8 150 (11.41%) ITSM
9 136 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 128 (9.73%) Mentoring
11 125 (9.51%) Service Delivery
12 121 (9.20%) Project Delivery
13 118 (8.97%) Roadmaps
14 117 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
15 111 (8.44%) Technical Leadership
16 92 (7.00%) User Experience
17 91 (6.92%) Information Security
18 88 (6.69%) Service Management
19 85 (6.46%) Agile
20 78 (5.93%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (14.37%) PowerShell
2 94 (7.15%) SQL
3 60 (4.56%) JavaScript
4 57 (4.33%) C#
5 56 (4.26%) Python
6 35 (2.66%) R
7 29 (2.21%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.83%) Bicep
9 20 (1.52%) VBA
10 13 (0.99%) Bash
11 9 (0.68%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.46%) VBScript
13 5 (0.38%) Ruby
14 3 (0.23%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.23%) Java
15 2 (0.15%) Dart
15 2 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 201 (15.29%) Degree
2 169 (12.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (5.78%) Security Cleared
4 75 (5.70%) MCSE
5 70 (5.32%) AWS Certification
5 70 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 58 (4.41%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (2.21%) CISSP
9 22 (1.67%) CCNA
9 22 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.67%) DBS Check
10 21 (1.60%) CISM
11 12 (0.91%) PMP
12 10 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.76%) GIAC
12 10 (0.76%) HNC
12 10 (0.76%) HND
13 9 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 75 (5.70%) SLA
4 72 (5.48%) QA
5 61 (4.64%) GDPR
6 45 (3.42%) GRC
7 32 (2.43%) NIST
8 24 (1.83%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.46%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.23%) NCSC
13 3 (0.23%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 442 (33.61%) Active Directory
2 149 (11.33%) Hyper-V
3 93 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.52%) vSphere
6 12 (0.91%) BitLocker
7 8 (0.61%) VMware Server
8 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.38%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.30%) KVM
12 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.15%) Docker
14 1 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.076%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.076%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 311 (23.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.36%) SCCM
3 20 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.61%) Ansible
7 8 (0.61%) Autotask
8 7 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.53%) Grafana
8 7 (0.53%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.46%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.30%) Graylog
10 4 (0.30%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,185 (90.11%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.20%) VMware
3 119 (9.05%) ServiceNow
4 70 (5.32%) Cisco
5 56 (4.26%) Veeam
6 46 (3.50%) Google
7 37 (2.81%) Apple
8 36 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
9 35 (2.66%) Meraki
10 30 (2.28%) Adobe
11 27 (2.05%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.98%) iManage
13 19 (1.44%) SonicWALL
14 18 (1.37%) Zscaler
15 17 (1.29%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.29%) Salesforce
16 16 (1.22%) Citrix
17 15 (1.14%) WatchGuard
18 14 (1.06%) Computacenter
18 14 (1.06%) N-able