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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 46 30
Rank change year-on-year +12 -16 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,263 996 2,208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.92% 6.02% 6.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.18% 16.10% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 932 805 1,808
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,086 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £38,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -8.43%

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 8,320 6,185 13,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.97% 37.40% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,942 4,559 10,942
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,775
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 13 July 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
1 421 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 262 (20.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.50%) Confluence
4 16 (1.27%) IIS
5 9 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
6 6 (0.48%) CMS
7 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.079%) Apache
8 1 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.079%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.079%) WordPress
Applications
1 197 (15.60%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.40%) CorelDRAW
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.63%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.40%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.16%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.079%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 638 (50.51%) Azure
2 403 (31.91%) Entra ID
3 208 (16.47%) Power Platform
4 157 (12.43%) AWS
5 132 (10.45%) OneDrive
6 108 (8.55%) SaaS
7 87 (6.89%) PowerApps
8 83 (6.57%) Power Automate
9 78 (6.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 48 (3.80%) Mimecast
11 46 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
12 38 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
13 36 (2.85%) Google Workspace
14 32 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
15 29 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
17 23 (1.82%) IaaS
18 22 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
19 19 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
20 18 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (16.31%) Firewall
2 183 (14.49%) DNS
3 144 (11.40%) DHCP
4 136 (10.77%) VPN
5 117 (9.26%) WAN
6 112 (8.87%) LAN
7 99 (7.84%) TCP/IP
7 99 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
8 56 (4.43%) VoIP
9 42 (3.33%) VLAN
10 31 (2.45%) Network Security
11 30 (2.38%) Wireless
12 18 (1.43%) Unified Communications
13 13 (1.03%) SAN
14 12 (0.95%) Internet
15 9 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.71%) WebEx
16 8 (0.63%) SD-WAN
17 7 (0.55%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.25%) Power BI
2 56 (4.43%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 17 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.19%) MySQL
5 15 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.48%) Metadata
7 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.24%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.24%) Power Query
8 3 (0.24%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.079%) Big Data
10 1 (0.079%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.079%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.079%) Parquet
10 1 (0.079%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.079%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 70 (5.54%) JIRA
2 7 (0.55%) Git
3 5 (0.40%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.16%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.16%) Selenium
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.079%) Postman
5 1 (0.079%) Rational DOORS
General
1 647 (51.23%) Social Skills
2 168 (13.30%) Finance
3 117 (9.26%) Legal
4 102 (8.08%) Law
5 70 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (4.91%) Public Sector
7 55 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
9 48 (3.80%) Swedish Language
10 41 (3.25%) Back Office
11 36 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.38%) French Language
12 30 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 22 (1.74%) Retail
15 21 (1.66%) Marketing
16 14 (1.11%) Legal Technology
17 13 (1.03%) Advertising
17 13 (1.03%) Banking
17 13 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 309 (24.47%) IT Support
2 281 (22.25%) Support Engineer
3 230 (18.21%) IT Engineer
4 227 (17.97%) Analyst
5 201 (15.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 144 (11.40%) Senior
7 110 (8.71%) Service Analyst
8 108 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 104 (8.23%) Service Desk Analyst
10 83 (6.57%) Support Analyst
11 78 (6.18%) Consultant
12 70 (5.54%) Architect
12 70 (5.54%) IT Analyst
13 60 (4.75%) Developer
14 54 (4.28%) IT Support Analyst
14 54 (4.28%) Lead
15 50 (3.96%) 2nd Line Support
16 49 (3.88%) Support Technician
17 47 (3.72%) IT Technician
18 45 (3.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 38 (3.01%) HTML
3 35 (2.77%) .NET
4 33 (2.61%) HTML5 Canvas
5 32 (2.53%) CSS
6 31 (2.45%) SPFx
7 29 (2.30%) JSON
8 19 (1.50%) .NET Core
9 13 (1.03%) XML
10 11 (0.87%) React
11 9 (0.71%) XMPP
12 8 (0.63%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.63%) OAuth
12 8 (0.63%) OpenID
13 6 (0.48%) EDI
14 5 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (0.40%) Middleware
14 5 (0.40%) REST
14 5 (0.40%) RESTful
14 5 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.63%) Driving Licence
2 108 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 31 (2.45%) Security Posture
4 28 (2.22%) Clustering
5 26 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (1.98%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 24 (1.90%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.27%) Data Centre
10 16 (1.27%) Replication
11 11 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.79%) CMDB
13 9 (0.71%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.71%) CCTV
13 9 (0.71%) FlexPod
13 9 (0.71%) PKI
14 8 (0.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 549 (43.47%) Windows
2 219 (17.34%) Windows Server
3 127 (10.06%) Windows 10
4 64 (5.07%) Mac OS
5 58 (4.59%) Linux
6 37 (2.93%) Apple iOS
7 33 (2.61%) Android
7 33 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.48%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.32%) CentOS
13 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.079%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.32%) ITIL
2 329 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
3 310 (24.54%) Customer Service
4 243 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (17.18%) Cybersecurity
6 158 (12.51%) ITSM
7 148 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 133 (10.53%) Service Delivery
9 112 (8.87%) Roadmaps
10 105 (8.31%) AI
11 101 (8.00%) Mentoring
12 100 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
13 98 (7.76%) Project Delivery
14 94 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 94 (7.44%) User Experience
15 89 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (7.05%) Information Security
16 87 (6.89%) Service Management
17 81 (6.41%) Performance Metrics
18 78 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 171 (13.54%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.68%) SQL
3 50 (3.96%) JavaScript
4 49 (3.88%) C#
4 49 (3.88%) Python
5 30 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 28 (2.22%) R
7 17 (1.35%) T-SQL
8 14 (1.11%) VBA
9 12 (0.95%) Bash
10 10 (0.79%) Bicep
11 6 (0.48%) PHP
11 6 (0.48%) VBScript
12 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.32%) Delphi
12 4 (0.32%) Pascal
13 3 (0.24%) Java
13 3 (0.24%) Ruby
14 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 229 (18.13%) Degree
2 179 (14.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 114 (9.03%) Security Cleared
4 108 (8.55%) SC Cleared
5 85 (6.73%) MCSE
6 78 (6.18%) AWS Certification
7 50 (3.96%) Azure Certification
8 35 (2.77%) CTC Cleared
9 27 (2.14%) CISSP
10 26 (2.06%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 17 (1.35%) CISM
14 16 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (1.19%) CCNA
16 10 (0.79%) A+ Certification
16 10 (0.79%) HNC
16 10 (0.79%) HND
17 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 8 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (6.81%) SLA
3 84 (6.65%) QA
4 81 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 46 (3.64%) GDPR
5 46 (3.64%) GRC
6 31 (2.45%) NIST
7 21 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.87%) PMO
11 5 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.40%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.24%) WCAG
14 1 (0.079%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.079%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.079%) NCSC
System Software
1 415 (32.86%) Active Directory
2 136 (10.77%) Hyper-V
3 80 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.66%) vSphere
5 18 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.87%) BitLocker
7 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 11 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.48%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.48%) Terminal Services
9 6 (0.48%) VMware Server
10 5 (0.40%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.32%) Docker
11 4 (0.32%) KVM
12 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.16%) Firmware
13 1 (0.079%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 290 (22.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.45%) SCCM
3 20 (1.58%) Terraform
4 17 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.03%) Autotask
7 12 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.79%) Ansible
9 9 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (0.71%) Grafana
10 8 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.55%) Kubernetes
11 7 (0.55%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.32%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.32%) Graylog
13 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.24%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1,127 (89.23%) Microsoft
2 139 (11.01%) ServiceNow
3 108 (8.55%) VMware
4 94 (7.44%) Cisco
5 45 (3.56%) Veeam
6 39 (3.09%) Google
7 35 (2.77%) Meraki
8 33 (2.61%) Apple
9 32 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
10 29 (2.30%) iManage
11 27 (2.14%) Adobe
12 24 (1.90%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.66%) Computacenter
14 19 (1.50%) Dell
15 17 (1.35%) Citrix
15 17 (1.35%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.35%) SonicWALL
16 16 (1.27%) Ubiquiti
17 15 (1.19%) Salesforce
18 14 (1.11%) Splunk