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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 48 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,320 943 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 5.77% 6.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.22% 16.03% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 747 1,139
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.00% -18.80% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £74,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +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 8,671 5,881 9,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.11% 35.98% 40.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 4,297 7,268
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £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 £82,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 3 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
1 471 (35.68%) SharePoint
2 274 (20.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.89%) Confluence
4 18 (1.36%) 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
1 144 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (3.03%) 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
1 667 (50.53%) Azure
2 423 (32.05%) Entra ID
3 239 (18.11%) Power Platform
4 161 (12.20%) AWS
5 141 (10.68%) OneDrive
6 121 (9.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 115 (8.71%) Power Automate
8 111 (8.41%) PowerApps
9 103 (7.80%) SaaS
10 74 (5.61%) Microsoft Purview
11 49 (3.71%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
13 37 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 37 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (2.35%) Google Workspace
15 28 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
16 26 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
17 25 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
18 24 (1.82%) IaaS
19 22 (1.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 228 (17.27%) Firewall
2 196 (14.85%) DNS
3 150 (11.36%) DHCP
4 146 (11.06%) VPN
5 108 (8.18%) TCP/IP
6 107 (8.11%) LAN
7 103 (7.80%) WAN
8 91 (6.89%) Wi-Fi
9 51 (3.86%) VLAN
10 48 (3.64%) VoIP
11 42 (3.18%) Network Security
12 38 (2.88%) Wireless
13 15 (1.14%) Unified Communications
14 14 (1.06%) SAN
15 9 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.61%) Internet
17 7 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
17 7 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
17 7 (0.53%) NGFW
17 7 (0.53%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.53%) Power BI
2 51 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 27 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.45%) 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 (6.67%) 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
1 679 (51.44%) Social Skills
2 150 (11.36%) Finance
3 120 (9.09%) Legal
4 98 (7.42%) Law
5 78 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.39%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.64%) Swedish Language
9 45 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 31 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (2.12%) Retail
14 26 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.82%) Marketing
16 21 (1.59%) French Language
17 18 (1.36%) Banking
18 17 (1.29%) Advertising
19 16 (1.21%) Local Government
20 13 (0.98%) Games
Job Titles
1 288 (21.82%) IT Support
2 221 (16.74%) Support Engineer
3 206 (15.61%) Analyst
4 205 (15.53%) IT Engineer
5 177 (13.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 162 (12.27%) Senior
7 113 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 110 (8.33%) Consultant
9 92 (6.97%) Service Analyst
10 86 (6.52%) Service Desk Analyst
11 79 (5.98%) Architect
12 76 (5.76%) Support Analyst
13 68 (5.15%) Developer
14 56 (4.24%) Lead
15 55 (4.17%) IT Analyst
16 53 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
17 52 (3.94%) IT Manager
18 51 (3.86%) 1st Line Support
19 49 (3.71%) IT Technician
20 46 (3.48%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 48 (3.64%) HTML
3 42 (3.18%) .NET
3 42 (3.18%) CSS
4 36 (2.73%) SPFx
5 32 (2.42%) HTML5 Canvas
5 32 (2.42%) Terraform
6 21 (1.59%) .NET Core
7 20 (1.52%) JSON
8 13 (0.98%) REST
9 11 (0.83%) ASP.NET
9 11 (0.83%) React
10 9 (0.68%) Middleware
11 8 (0.61%) RESTful
12 7 (0.53%) XMPP
13 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (0.38%) OpenID
13 5 (0.38%) XML
14 4 (0.30%) Next.js
14 4 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.71%) Onboarding
2 112 (8.48%) Driving Licence
3 41 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (2.73%) Security Posture
5 30 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (2.12%) Clustering
7 27 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.74%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.36%) AI Agents
9 18 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 17 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.06%) Low-Code
13 13 (0.98%) 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
1 543 (41.14%) Windows
2 246 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 64 (4.85%) Linux
3 64 (4.85%) Mac OS
4 63 (4.77%) Windows 10
5 30 (2.27%) Android
5 30 (2.27%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.76%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.30%) Debian
11 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.076%) CentOS
12 1 (0.076%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
2 290 (21.97%) ITIL
3 288 (21.82%) Customer Service
4 267 (20.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 213 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
6 189 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 157 (11.89%) AI
8 151 (11.44%) ITSM
9 138 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 127 (9.62%) Mentoring
11 126 (9.55%) Service Delivery
12 121 (9.17%) Project Delivery
13 118 (8.94%) Roadmaps
14 117 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
15 111 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (7.12%) User Experience
17 91 (6.89%) Information Security
18 89 (6.74%) Service Management
19 84 (6.36%) Agile
20 78 (5.91%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 189 (14.32%) PowerShell
2 95 (7.20%) SQL
3 59 (4.47%) JavaScript
4 57 (4.32%) C#
5 56 (4.24%) Python
6 35 (2.65%) R
7 29 (2.20%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.82%) Bicep
9 20 (1.52%) VBA
10 13 (0.98%) Bash
11 9 (0.68%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.45%) VBScript
13 5 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
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 (15.23%) Degree
2 169 (12.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 75 (5.68%) MCSE
5 70 (5.30%) AWS Certification
5 70 (5.30%) SC Cleared
6 58 (4.39%) Azure Certification
7 29 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (2.20%) CISSP
8 23 (1.74%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.67%) CCNA
9 22 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (1.52%) CISM
11 12 (0.91%) PMP
12 10 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.76%) CEH
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 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 75 (5.68%) SLA
4 72 (5.45%) QA
5 60 (4.55%) GDPR
6 45 (3.41%) GRC
7 32 (2.42%) NIST
8 23 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.98%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.45%) 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 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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
System Software
1 444 (33.64%) Active Directory
2 151 (11.44%) Hyper-V
3 93 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.12%) 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 (0.45%) 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 (23.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.35%) SCCM
3 20 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (0.98%) 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 (0.45%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.30%) Graylog
10 4 (0.30%) ZABBIX
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 1,189 (90.08%) Microsoft
2 121 (9.17%) VMware
3 120 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 70 (5.30%) Cisco
5 57 (4.32%) Veeam
6 47 (3.56%) Google
7 36 (2.73%) Apple
7 36 (2.73%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.65%) Meraki
9 31 (2.35%) Adobe
10 27 (2.05%) Fortinet
10 27 (2.05%) iManage
11 20 (1.52%) SonicWALL
12 19 (1.44%) Zscaler
13 17 (1.29%) Palo Alto
13 17 (1.29%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.21%) Citrix
15 15 (1.14%) WatchGuard
16 14 (1.06%) Computacenter
16 14 (1.06%) N-able