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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 49 31
Rank change year-on-year +12 -18 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 1,306 957 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.60% 5.79% 6.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.06% 16.06% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 762 1,155
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,525 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £63,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £74,700
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +1.13%

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 8,672 5,960 9,918
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.17% 36.09% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,347 4,353 7,332
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% - -4.53%

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 31 August 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
1 466 (35.68%) SharePoint
2 271 (20.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.91%) Confluence
4 18 (1.38%) IIS
5 5 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.077%) WordPress
Applications
1 144 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.54%) 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 (0.077%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 9 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.69%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
2 5 (0.38%) Shopify
3 4 (0.31%) 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 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 667 (51.07%) Azure
2 418 (32.01%) Entra ID
3 234 (17.92%) Power Platform
4 159 (12.17%) AWS
5 140 (10.72%) OneDrive
6 118 (9.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 112 (8.58%) Power Automate
8 110 (8.42%) PowerApps
9 101 (7.73%) SaaS
10 73 (5.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 47 (3.60%) Mimecast
12 40 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
13 38 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (2.37%) Google Workspace
15 28 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
16 25 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
16 25 (1.91%) Copilot Studio
17 24 (1.84%) IaaS
18 23 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 226 (17.30%) Firewall
2 197 (15.08%) DNS
3 150 (11.49%) DHCP
4 146 (11.18%) VPN
5 108 (8.27%) LAN
5 108 (8.27%) TCP/IP
6 104 (7.96%) WAN
7 92 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
8 51 (3.91%) VLAN
9 48 (3.68%) VoIP
10 41 (3.14%) Network Security
11 38 (2.91%) Wireless
12 16 (1.23%) Unified Communications
13 14 (1.07%) SAN
14 9 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.61%) Internet
15 8 (0.61%) WebEx
16 7 (0.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.36%) Power BI
2 51 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.77%) Metadata
5 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.46%) MySQL
7 4 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.31%) 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 (0.077%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.077%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.077%) Parquet
10 1 (0.077%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (6.58%) JIRA
2 10 (0.77%) Git
3 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
4 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.077%) Postman
5 1 (0.077%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 668 (51.15%) Social Skills
2 149 (11.41%) Finance
3 117 (8.96%) Legal
4 99 (7.58%) Law
5 76 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.68%) Swedish Language
9 44 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (2.07%) Retail
14 24 (1.84%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.76%) Marketing
16 21 (1.61%) French Language
17 18 (1.38%) Banking
18 17 (1.30%) Advertising
19 15 (1.15%) Local Government
20 12 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 284 (21.75%) IT Support
2 217 (16.62%) Support Engineer
3 206 (15.77%) Analyst
4 203 (15.54%) IT Engineer
5 175 (13.40%) IT Support Engineer
6 163 (12.48%) Senior
7 112 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 106 (8.12%) Consultant
9 92 (7.04%) Service Analyst
10 86 (6.58%) Service Desk Analyst
11 80 (6.13%) Architect
12 76 (5.82%) Support Analyst
13 68 (5.21%) Developer
14 56 (4.29%) Lead
15 55 (4.21%) IT Analyst
15 55 (4.21%) IT Manager
16 53 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support
17 50 (3.83%) 1st Line Support
18 47 (3.60%) IT Technician
19 46 (3.52%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.91%) Microsoft Graph
2 46 (3.52%) HTML
3 43 (3.29%) .NET
4 40 (3.06%) CSS
5 36 (2.76%) SPFx
6 33 (2.53%) HTML5 Canvas
6 33 (2.53%) Terraform
7 22 (1.68%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.61%) JSON
9 12 (0.92%) REST
10 11 (0.84%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.84%) React
11 9 (0.69%) Middleware
12 8 (0.61%) XMPP
13 7 (0.54%) RESTful
14 6 (0.46%) OpenID
15 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (0.38%) OAuth
15 5 (0.38%) XML
16 4 (0.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.81%) Onboarding
2 107 (8.19%) Driving Licence
3 38 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (2.76%) Security Posture
5 31 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 30 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.14%) Clustering
8 25 (1.91%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.38%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.30%) Data Centre
11 17 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
12 15 (1.15%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.07%) Low-Code
14 13 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
15 12 (0.92%) Replication
16 9 (0.69%) PKI
16 9 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
17 8 (0.61%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 541 (41.42%) Windows
2 244 (18.68%) Windows Server
3 63 (4.82%) Linux
4 62 (4.75%) Mac OS
4 62 (4.75%) Windows 10
5 30 (2.30%) Android
5 30 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.31%) Debian
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.077%) CentOS
11 1 (0.077%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
2 288 (22.05%) ITIL
3 281 (21.52%) Customer Service
4 260 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 210 (16.08%) Cybersecurity
6 187 (14.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 152 (11.64%) AI
8 148 (11.33%) ITSM
9 134 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 125 (9.57%) Mentoring
11 123 (9.42%) Service Delivery
12 118 (9.04%) Project Delivery
12 118 (9.04%) Roadmaps
13 116 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 110 (8.42%) Technical Leadership
15 95 (7.27%) User Experience
16 90 (6.89%) Information Security
17 88 (6.74%) Service Management
18 83 (6.36%) Agile
19 78 (5.97%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 188 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 95 (7.27%) SQL
3 58 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 57 (4.36%) C#
4 57 (4.36%) Python
5 33 (2.53%) R
6 30 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.84%) Bicep
8 20 (1.53%) VBA
9 13 (1.00%) Bash
10 9 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.46%) VBScript
12 5 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.38%) Ruby
13 3 (0.23%) C
13 3 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.23%) Java
14 2 (0.15%) Dart
14 2 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 200 (15.31%) Degree
2 169 (12.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 75 (5.74%) Security Cleared
4 73 (5.59%) MCSE
5 70 (5.36%) AWS Certification
5 70 (5.36%) SC Cleared
6 58 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 29 (2.22%) CISSP
8 28 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 20 (1.53%) CCNA
12 19 (1.45%) CISM
13 14 (1.07%) PMP
14 10 (0.77%) CEH
14 10 (0.77%) HNC
14 10 (0.77%) HND
15 9 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.69%) GIAC
15 9 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 73 (5.59%) SLA
4 71 (5.44%) QA
5 58 (4.44%) GDPR
6 45 (3.45%) GRC
7 31 (2.37%) NIST
8 21 (1.61%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.92%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.46%) PMO
12 5 (0.38%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.23%) WCAG
15 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 441 (33.77%) Active Directory
2 148 (11.33%) Hyper-V
3 93 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.61%) vSphere
6 20 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.92%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.61%) VMware Server
9 6 (0.46%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.38%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.31%) KVM
11 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.15%) Docker
13 1 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.077%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.077%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 309 (23.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.37%) SCCM
3 20 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (0.69%) Ansible
6 9 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.61%) Autotask
7 8 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 8 (0.61%) Grafana
8 7 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.46%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.31%) Graylog
10 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
11 3 (0.23%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1,178 (90.20%) Microsoft
2 120 (9.19%) VMware
3 119 (9.11%) ServiceNow
4 71 (5.44%) Cisco
5 56 (4.29%) Veeam
6 46 (3.52%) Google
7 35 (2.68%) Apple
7 35 (2.68%) Meraki
8 34 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
9 32 (2.45%) Adobe
10 27 (2.07%) Fortinet
10 27 (2.07%) iManage
11 19 (1.45%) SonicWALL
11 19 (1.45%) Zscaler
12 17 (1.30%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.30%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.23%) Citrix
14 14 (1.07%) Computacenter
15 13 (1.00%) HP
15 13 (1.00%) Splunk