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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 38 26
Rank change year-on-year +5 -12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 994 965 2,434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.96% 7.52% 7.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 15.33% 16.02% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 693 799 2,104
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,539
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,785 £77,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £39,870
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.60% -5.07%

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 6,483 6,024 13,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 46.95% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 4,689 11,989
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 31 March 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
1 288 (28.97%) SharePoint
2 194 (19.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (0.70%) Confluence
5 6 (0.60%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.50%) IIS
7 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) Apache
8 2 (0.20%) Moodle
8 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) CMS
Applications
1 237 (23.84%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.91%) InDesign
4 9 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 485 (48.79%) Azure
2 266 (26.76%) Entra ID
3 160 (16.10%) AWS
4 112 (11.27%) Power Platform
5 84 (8.45%) OneDrive
6 65 (6.54%) SaaS
7 54 (5.43%) Power Automate
8 52 (5.23%) Google Workspace
9 51 (5.13%) PowerApps
10 30 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (2.92%) Microsoft Copilot
11 29 (2.92%) Mimecast
12 23 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (1.71%) IaaS
16 13 (1.31%) PaaS
17 10 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
18 9 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
19 8 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 150 (15.09%) DNS
2 136 (13.68%) Firewall
3 128 (12.88%) DHCP
4 114 (11.47%) VPN
5 82 (8.25%) Wi-Fi
6 79 (7.95%) WAN
7 74 (7.44%) TCP/IP
8 64 (6.44%) LAN
9 45 (4.53%) VLAN
10 42 (4.23%) VoIP
11 21 (2.11%) SD-WAN
12 20 (2.01%) Unified Communications
13 16 (1.61%) Network Security
14 9 (0.91%) Internet
14 9 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.91%) SAN
14 9 (0.91%) Wireless
15 7 (0.70%) IP Telephony
16 5 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (0.50%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.34%) Power BI
2 40 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.61%) MySQL
4 14 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.40%) Power Query
8 4 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.20%) QlikView
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.10%) Metadata
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (0.20%) Selenium
3 1 (0.10%) Git
General
1 498 (50.10%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.18%) Finance
3 88 (8.85%) French Language
4 78 (7.85%) Legal
5 69 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 66 (6.64%) Back Office
7 59 (5.94%) Law
8 52 (5.23%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.13%) Swedish Language
10 50 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (3.32%) Retail
13 31 (3.12%) Marketing
14 16 (1.61%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (1.41%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.70%) Digital Health
18 6 (0.60%) Banking
19 5 (0.50%) German Language
Job Titles
1 260 (26.16%) Support Engineer
2 249 (25.05%) IT Support
3 211 (21.23%) Analyst
4 180 (18.11%) IT Engineer
5 161 (16.20%) IT Support Engineer
6 123 (12.37%) Service Analyst
7 120 (12.07%) Service Desk Analyst
8 98 (9.86%) Senior
9 80 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 69 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support
11 67 (6.74%) IT Analyst
12 66 (6.64%) Desktop Support
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Engineer
13 64 (6.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 56 (5.63%) Site Engineer
15 51 (5.13%) Support Analyst
16 48 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 47 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 47 (4.73%) Lead
18 44 (4.43%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.41%) HTML5 Canvas
2 23 (2.31%) JSON
3 21 (2.11%) .NET
4 13 (1.31%) XML
5 9 (0.91%) .NET Core
5 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
5 9 (0.91%) REST
6 8 (0.80%) CSS
6 8 (0.80%) HTML
6 8 (0.80%) Middleware
6 8 (0.80%) SPFx
7 7 (0.70%) Web Services
8 5 (0.50%) EDI
8 5 (0.50%) OAuth
8 5 (0.50%) OpenID
8 5 (0.50%) RESTful
8 5 (0.50%) SOAP
8 5 (0.50%) XMPP
9 4 (0.40%) FIDO
9 4 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 99 (9.96%) Driving Licence
2 85 (8.55%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.12%) Management Information System
3 31 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 19 (1.91%) CCTV
5 19 (1.91%) Replication
5 19 (1.91%) Social Media
5 19 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 14 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
8 12 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (1.21%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.11%) Product Ownership
10 9 (0.91%) CMDB
10 9 (0.91%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.80%) Client/Server
11 8 (0.80%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 478 (48.09%) Windows
2 195 (19.62%) Windows Server
3 181 (18.21%) Windows 10
4 51 (5.13%) Linux
5 50 (5.03%) Apple iOS
6 47 (4.73%) Mac OS
7 33 (3.32%) Android
8 31 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 21 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) Unix
13 4 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.30%) CentOS
15 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (34.61%) ITIL
2 307 (30.89%) Customer Service
3 227 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
4 211 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 165 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
6 152 (15.29%) ITSM
7 109 (10.97%) Service Delivery
8 99 (9.96%) Customer Experience
9 92 (9.26%) Analytics
10 90 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 90 (9.05%) Performance Metrics
11 80 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
11 80 (8.05%) Patch Management
12 72 (7.24%) Roadmaps
12 72 (7.24%) Ticket Management
13 71 (7.14%) Change Management
14 68 (6.84%) Software Deployment
15 66 (6.64%) Service Management
16 62 (6.24%) Disaster Recovery
16 62 (6.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (9.96%) PowerShell
2 65 (6.54%) SQL
3 36 (3.62%) Python
4 35 (3.52%) JavaScript
5 33 (3.32%) C#
6 17 (1.71%) R
7 12 (1.21%) Bash
8 10 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 10 (1.01%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.70%) Java
10 6 (0.60%) Bicep
11 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.40%) Delphi
12 4 (0.40%) Pascal
12 4 (0.40%) PHP
12 4 (0.40%) VBA
13 3 (0.30%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 251 (25.25%) Degree
2 187 (18.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (11.67%) Security Cleared
4 113 (11.37%) SC Cleared
5 102 (10.26%) MCSE
6 99 (9.96%) AWS Certification
7 60 (6.04%) CTC Cleared
8 37 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (3.62%) Azure Certification
10 27 (2.72%) DBS Check
11 26 (2.62%) CISSP
12 20 (2.01%) CCNA
12 20 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.41%) MCSA
14 14 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 12 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (1.11%) A+ Certification
16 11 (1.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (9.86%) QA
2 83 (8.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (8.25%) SLA
4 60 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 24 (2.41%) GDPR
7 19 (1.91%) NIST
8 15 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 13 (1.31%) GRC
10 12 (1.21%) Data Quality
11 11 (1.11%) ISO 9001
11 11 (1.11%) PMO
12 8 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.30%) NCSC
15 2 (0.20%) HL7
16 1 (0.10%) COBIT
16 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
16 1 (0.10%) MiFID
16 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 321 (32.29%) Active Directory
2 97 (9.76%) Hyper-V
3 61 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.11%) vSphere
7 9 (0.91%) Firmware
7 9 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.80%) Docker
8 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.60%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.30%) Postfix
11 2 (0.20%) XenApp
12 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 223 (22.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.41%) SCCM
3 20 (2.01%) Terraform
4 18 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (1.41%) Autotask
6 13 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (1.11%) Kubernetes
8 10 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.80%) Ansible
10 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.50%) Grafana
12 4 (0.40%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.40%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
14 1 (0.10%) CASB
14 1 (0.10%) Forefront Identity Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Kibana
14 1 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 789 (79.38%) Microsoft
2 123 (12.37%) Cisco
3 122 (12.27%) ServiceNow
4 100 (10.06%) VMware
5 58 (5.84%) Google
6 35 (3.52%) Apple
7 31 (3.12%) Adobe
8 28 (2.82%) Meraki
9 23 (2.31%) Dell
10 22 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
11 20 (2.01%) Fortinet
11 20 (2.01%) HP
12 18 (1.81%) Veeam
13 16 (1.61%) Oracle
14 15 (1.51%) iManage
14 15 (1.51%) Salesforce
15 14 (1.41%) Palo Alto
16 13 (1.31%) Citrix
16 13 (1.31%) Draytek
17 12 (1.21%) SAP