Microsoft 365 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 30 44
Rank change year-on-year -32 +14 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 996 2,287 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.73% 6.95% 6.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.57% 16.57% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 805 1,808 1,925
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,086 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £72,500 £79,800
UK median annual salary £38,000 £38,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year - -8.43% -2.35%

All Cloud 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 6,838 13,798 16,664
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.50% 41.90% 47.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,562 10,942 12,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,775 £38,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,125 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% -

Microsoft 365
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft 365 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft 365.

Microsoft 365 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Microsoft 365 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft 365
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 273 (27.41%) SharePoint
2 223 (22.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.91%) IIS
4 9 (0.90%) Moodle
4 9 (0.90%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.60%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.40%) CMS
7 3 (0.30%) Confluence
7 3 (0.30%) WordPress
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Drupal
8 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 156 (15.66%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.30%) EPLAN
6 3 (0.30%) InDesign
6 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.10%) 1Password
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.10%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) Sketch
7 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.20%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.40%) Sage 1000
4 3 (0.30%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.30%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 521 (52.31%) Azure
2 198 (19.88%) Entra ID
3 113 (11.35%) Power Platform
4 80 (8.03%) OneDrive
5 78 (7.83%) Power Automate
6 69 (6.93%) PowerApps
7 64 (6.43%) AWS
8 54 (5.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 47 (4.72%) SaaS
10 44 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
11 42 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
13 23 (2.31%) IaaS
14 20 (2.01%) PaaS
15 19 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
17 16 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
18 14 (1.41%) Google Workspace
18 14 (1.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 180 (18.07%) Firewall
2 125 (12.55%) DNS
3 112 (11.24%) DHCP
4 88 (8.84%) WAN
5 83 (8.33%) LAN
6 75 (7.53%) VPN
7 59 (5.92%) TCP/IP
8 43 (4.32%) VoIP
9 37 (3.71%) VLAN
10 36 (3.61%) Wireless
11 31 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (1.81%) SAN
13 17 (1.71%) SD-WAN
14 16 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
14 16 (1.61%) WLAN
15 13 (1.31%) Internet
16 11 (1.10%) Network Security
16 11 (1.10%) SSL
17 10 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
18 9 (0.90%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 62 (6.22%) Power BI
3 13 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (0.70%) Metadata
7 4 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.30%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.30%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.20%) EDMS
9 2 (0.20%) MySQL
10 1 (0.10%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.10%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (2.11%) JIRA
2 7 (0.70%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.40%) WiX
4 2 (0.20%) Git
5 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.10%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.10%) GitLab
5 1 (0.10%) gulp
5 1 (0.10%) Hudson
5 1 (0.10%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.10%) Yeoman
General
1 433 (43.47%) Social Skills
2 189 (18.98%) Finance
3 124 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (6.33%) Law
6 61 (6.12%) Legal
7 49 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 34 (3.41%) Retail
10 29 (2.91%) Marketing
11 25 (2.51%) Back Office
12 23 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 20 (2.01%) Public Sector
15 18 (1.81%) Automotive
16 14 (1.41%) Local Government
17 13 (1.31%) Games
18 9 (0.90%) Advertising
18 9 (0.90%) Czech Language
18 9 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 212 (21.29%) IT Support
2 186 (18.67%) Analyst
3 105 (10.54%) Support Engineer
4 104 (10.44%) 2nd Line Support
5 83 (8.33%) IT Engineer
6 82 (8.23%) Support Analyst
7 80 (8.03%) IT Analyst
8 67 (6.73%) IT Manager
9 60 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (5.92%) Senior
11 54 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
11 54 (5.42%) Lead
12 53 (5.32%) IT Support Analyst
13 45 (4.52%) 1st Line Support
13 45 (4.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 44 (4.42%) Service Analyst
15 42 (4.22%) Support Technician
16 41 (4.12%) Service Desk Analyst
17 38 (3.82%) 3rd Line Support
18 36 (3.61%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.61%) .NET
2 15 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
2 15 (1.51%) JSON
3 14 (1.41%) SOAP
4 13 (1.31%) REST
5 11 (1.10%) HTML
5 11 (1.10%) React
6 10 (1.00%) XML
7 8 (0.80%) .NET Framework
8 7 (0.70%) SAML
9 6 (0.60%) CSS
10 5 (0.50%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.50%) Blazor
11 4 (0.40%) COM
11 4 (0.40%) Entity Framework
11 4 (0.40%) LDAP
11 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.40%) ML.NET
12 3 (0.30%) Lightning Web Components
12 3 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (8.03%) Driving Licence
2 68 (6.83%) Onboarding
3 56 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.41%) Microsoft Licensing
7 17 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.61%) PKI
9 15 (1.51%) IoT
10 14 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.31%) Learning Management System
12 11 (1.10%) iPhone
12 11 (1.10%) Social Media
13 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.00%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.80%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.80%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 483 (48.49%) Windows
2 206 (20.68%) Windows Server
3 109 (10.94%) Windows 10
4 60 (6.02%) Linux
5 52 (5.22%) Mac OS
6 40 (4.02%) Apple iOS
6 40 (4.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 28 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 21 (2.11%) Android
9 13 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.00%) Unix
10 10 (1.00%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.50%) CentOS
13 4 (0.40%) Debian
14 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.20%) SUSE
14 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
2 211 (21.18%) Customer Service
3 206 (20.68%) ITIL
4 147 (14.76%) Cybersecurity
5 114 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 84 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 79 (7.93%) Migration
8 77 (7.73%) Roadmaps
9 76 (7.63%) Mentoring
10 74 (7.43%) CRM
11 73 (7.33%) Project Management
12 69 (6.93%) Agile
13 68 (6.83%) DevOps
14 65 (6.53%) Business Intelligence
14 65 (6.53%) Disaster Recovery
15 60 (6.02%) Project Delivery
16 53 (5.32%) Data Protection
17 52 (5.22%) Service Delivery
17 52 (5.22%) Time Management
18 49 (4.92%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (16.06%) PowerShell
2 75 (7.53%) SQL
3 43 (4.32%) JavaScript
4 41 (4.12%) C#
5 23 (2.31%) Python
6 20 (2.01%) VBA
7 17 (1.71%) T-SQL
8 14 (1.41%) Java
9 12 (1.20%) Bash
10 6 (0.60%) VB
11 4 (0.40%) Bicep
11 4 (0.40%) C++
11 4 (0.40%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.30%) PHP
12 3 (0.30%) Progress 4GL
13 2 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.10%) Go
14 1 (0.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 181 (18.17%) Degree
2 95 (9.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (5.12%) Security Cleared
4 47 (4.72%) DBS Check
5 40 (4.02%) Azure Certification
6 39 (3.92%) SC Cleared
7 35 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (3.31%) CCNA
9 27 (2.71%) A+ Certification
10 25 (2.51%) MCSA
11 24 (2.41%) MCSE
12 19 (1.91%) CISSP
13 18 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
13 18 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
14 17 (1.71%) CCNP
15 16 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
16 15 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (1.31%) MCP
18 11 (1.10%) CISM
19 10 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.43%) SLA
2 36 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (3.21%) GDPR
4 20 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (1.10%) NIST
7 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.50%) PMO
9 4 (0.40%) GRC
9 4 (0.40%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.40%) QA
10 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.20%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.20%) NCSC
10 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.10%) COBIT
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 431 (43.27%) Active Directory
2 100 (10.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.51%) XenApp
6 13 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.20%) Docker
8 10 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (0.80%) vSphere
10 5 (0.50%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.40%) Dovecot
11 4 (0.40%) Firmware
11 4 (0.40%) Postfix
12 3 (0.30%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.10%) KVM
13 1 (0.10%) NFS
13 1 (0.10%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.10%) Xen
13 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 233 (23.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (4.32%) SCCM
3 27 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (1.61%) Terraform
5 10 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 9 (0.90%) Ansible
7 7 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.60%) SmoothWall
9 4 (0.40%) WSUS
10 3 (0.30%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.30%) Puppet
11 2 (0.20%) Autotask
11 2 (0.20%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.20%) SCOM
11 2 (0.20%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.20%) SCSM
12 1 (0.10%) DameWare
12 1 (0.10%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 754 (75.70%) Microsoft
2 133 (13.35%) VMware
3 105 (10.54%) Cisco
4 56 (5.62%) Meraki
5 42 (4.22%) Citrix
6 35 (3.51%) Apple
7 30 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.61%) SonicWALL
9 24 (2.41%) Salesforce
10 20 (2.01%) HP
10 20 (2.01%) Veeam
11 19 (1.91%) Google
12 18 (1.81%) iManage
13 17 (1.71%) CheckPoint
14 16 (1.61%) Sophos
15 15 (1.51%) Dell
16 14 (1.41%) Adobe
16 14 (1.41%) Fortinet
16 14 (1.41%) Sage
17 11 (1.10%) WatchGuard