Microsoft Jobs with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,179 6,628 10,407
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.63% 17.20% 13.97%
As % of the Vendors category 51.32% 43.02% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,180 4,763 6,922
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,870 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Work from Home

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,989 15,408 27,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.20% 39.98% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 10,739 15,440
10th Percentile £31,544 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft.

Microsoft salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Microsoft salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 619 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 502 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 175 (2.44%) IIS
4 90 (1.25%) CMS
5 59 (0.82%) Umbraco
6 47 (0.65%) Confluence
6 47 (0.65%) Kentico
7 44 (0.61%) Apache
8 43 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
9 36 (0.50%) Headless CMS
10 32 (0.45%) Tomcat
11 18 (0.25%) WordPress
12 17 (0.24%) Apache Spark
13 10 (0.14%) ArcGIS
13 10 (0.14%) EPiServer
14 8 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
14 8 (0.11%) Moodle
14 8 (0.11%) SAS
15 7 (0.098%) OpenStack
16 6 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 980 (13.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 744 (10.36%) Microsoft Office
3 151 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 108 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 36 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 13 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.11%) Acrobat
8 8 (0.11%) InDesign
8 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.098%) Adobe Captivate
9 7 (0.098%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.098%) Sketch
10 6 (0.084%) InVision
10 6 (0.084%) Trello
11 5 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
11 5 (0.070%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.056%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.042%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 276 (3.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (0.81%) Primavera
3 45 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 43 (0.60%) NEC Housing
5 28 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 14 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 12 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 12 (0.17%) PlanetPress Connect
7 12 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 12 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 11 (0.15%) iTrent
9 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 10 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
9 10 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 9 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
11 7 (0.098%) Sage 50
12 5 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
12 5 (0.070%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,645 (50.77%) Azure
2 1,728 (24.07%) Microsoft 365
3 1,060 (14.77%) Power Platform
4 731 (10.18%) Entra ID
5 703 (9.79%) AWS
6 624 (8.69%) Dynamics 365
7 446 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
8 323 (4.50%) PowerApps
9 320 (4.46%) SaaS
10 290 (4.04%) Power Automate
11 221 (3.08%) GCP
12 127 (1.77%) PaaS
13 116 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 116 (1.62%) IaaS
14 106 (1.48%) OneDrive
15 105 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
16 103 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 95 (1.32%) Serverless
18 78 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
19 71 (0.99%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 770 (10.73%) Broadband
2 460 (6.41%) Firewall
3 383 (5.34%) DNS
4 332 (4.62%) WAN
5 281 (3.91%) DHCP
6 235 (3.27%) LAN
7 220 (3.06%) 5G
8 189 (2.63%) Internet
9 179 (2.49%) SAN
10 165 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
11 162 (2.26%) VPN
12 143 (1.99%) Wireless
13 138 (1.92%) TCP/IP
14 115 (1.60%) Network Security
14 115 (1.60%) SD-WAN
15 104 (1.45%) VLAN
16 84 (1.17%) VoIP
17 80 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
18 59 (0.82%) Unified Communications
19 45 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,685 (23.47%) SQL Server
2 707 (9.85%) Power BI
3 316 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 260 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 259 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
6 248 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 237 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
8 158 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 154 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 89 (1.24%) Data Lake
11 78 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 56 (0.78%) MySQL
12 56 (0.78%) Oracle Database
13 48 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 46 (0.64%) Big Data
14 46 (0.64%) DB2
15 43 (0.60%) Tableau
16 41 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
17 39 (0.54%) NoSQL
18 24 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 185 (2.58%) Git
2 170 (2.37%) JIRA
3 119 (1.66%) Visual Studio
4 49 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 40 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 38 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 33 (0.46%) GitLab
8 28 (0.39%) Jasmine
8 28 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
9 27 (0.38%) NUnit
10 23 (0.32%) Selenium
11 21 (0.29%) Postman
12 15 (0.21%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.18%) Axure RP
14 12 (0.17%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.17%) JMeter
15 11 (0.15%) Moq
15 11 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.14%) MSTest
16 10 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 2,381 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 1,722 (23.99%) Finance
3 1,215 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 490 (6.83%) Influencing Skills
5 457 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 407 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 354 (4.93%) Retail
8 349 (4.86%) Legal
9 264 (3.68%) Marketing
10 252 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
11 227 (3.16%) Law
12 212 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 151 (2.10%) Advertising
14 141 (1.96%) Banking
15 116 (1.62%) Telecoms
16 103 (1.43%) Games
17 94 (1.31%) Manufacturing
18 88 (1.23%) Local Government
19 73 (1.02%) Police
20 72 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,599 (22.27%) Developer
2 1,117 (15.56%) Analyst
3 1,103 (15.36%) Senior
4 869 (12.10%) .NET Developer
5 537 (7.48%) Architect
6 507 (7.06%) Consultant
7 418 (5.82%) Lead
8 371 (5.17%) C# Developer
9 352 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
10 310 (4.32%) C# .NET Developer
11 304 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 289 (4.03%) IT Support
13 280 (3.90%) Support Engineer
14 265 (3.69%) IT Engineer
15 217 (3.02%) Technical Specialist
16 210 (2.93%) Linux Specialist
17 192 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
18 183 (2.55%) Administrator
19 173 (2.41%) Senior Developer
20 170 (2.37%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,397 (19.46%) .NET
2 875 (12.19%) ASP.NET
3 856 (11.92%) .NET Core
4 769 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 661 (9.21%) AngularJS
6 581 (8.09%) Entity Framework
7 569 (7.93%) ASP.NET Web API
8 562 (7.83%) HTML
9 553 (7.70%) .NET Framework
10 383 (5.34%) React
11 364 (5.07%) CSS
12 342 (4.76%) HTML5
13 282 (3.93%) RESTful
14 266 (3.71%) Node.js
15 259 (3.61%) Vue
16 179 (2.49%) LINQ
17 177 (2.47%) Blazor
17 177 (2.47%) CSS3
18 166 (2.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 133 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 326 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
2 313 (4.36%) Management Information System
3 306 (4.26%) Social Media
4 287 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 266 (3.71%) Public Cloud
6 207 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 166 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 150 (2.09%) Driving Licence
8 150 (2.09%) PKI
9 140 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 113 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 88 (1.23%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.09%) Mobile App
13 72 (1.00%) Low-Code
14 60 (0.84%) iPhone
15 44 (0.61%) PMI
15 44 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 42 (0.59%) Client/Server
17 40 (0.56%) Social Network
18 39 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,341 (18.68%) Windows
2 679 (9.46%) Windows Server
3 564 (7.86%) Linux
4 331 (4.61%) Windows 10
5 223 (3.11%) Ubuntu
6 156 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 155 (2.16%) Android
8 146 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 112 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 100 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 95 (1.32%) Unix
12 85 (1.18%) VMS
13 58 (0.81%) Windows 7
14 53 (0.74%) Mac OS
15 33 (0.46%) Windows 8
15 33 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
16 31 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 30 (0.42%) Solaris
18 17 (0.24%) Windows Vista
19 15 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,227 (31.02%) Agile
2 1,061 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
3 852 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
3 852 (11.87%) Mentoring
4 834 (11.62%) DevOps
5 829 (11.55%) MVC
6 799 (11.13%) Full Stack Development
7 775 (10.80%) Cybersecurity
8 718 (10.00%) Microservices
9 690 (9.61%) CRM
10 633 (8.82%) Decision-Making
11 630 (8.78%) Customer Service
12 593 (8.26%) ITIL
13 577 (8.04%) Actionable Insight
14 557 (7.76%) Roadmaps
15 540 (7.52%) Project Management
16 500 (6.96%) Scrum
17 490 (6.83%) Artificial Intelligence
18 487 (6.78%) Business Case
19 485 (6.76%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,493 (20.80%) C#
2 1,332 (18.55%) SQL
3 1,094 (15.24%) JavaScript
4 498 (6.94%) PowerShell
5 348 (4.85%) TypeScript
6 299 (4.16%) T-SQL
7 276 (3.84%) Bash
8 243 (3.38%) Python
9 102 (1.42%) Java
10 85 (1.18%) VB.NET
11 81 (1.13%) VB
12 65 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 48 (0.67%) Bicep
14 35 (0.49%) C++
15 33 (0.46%) VBScript
16 31 (0.43%) Shell Script
16 31 (0.43%) VB6
16 31 (0.43%) VBA
17 28 (0.39%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 977 (13.61%) Degree
2 476 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 469 (6.53%) ACCA
4 466 (6.49%) CIMA
5 446 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 271 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 191 (2.66%) Azure Certification
8 186 (2.59%) DBS Check
9 147 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 143 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 123 (1.71%) CCNA
12 113 (1.57%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.16%) PMI Certification
14 82 (1.14%) CCNP
15 58 (0.81%) MCP
16 49 (0.68%) CISSP
17 47 (0.65%) Master's Degree
18 43 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
19 42 (0.59%) PMP
20 41 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (2.87%) QA
2 154 (2.15%) SLA
3 152 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 108 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 100 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 95 (1.32%) GDPR
7 85 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 49 (0.68%) PMO
9 39 (0.54%) NIST
10 33 (0.46%) PCI DSS
11 26 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 21 (0.29%) GRC
13 18 (0.25%) WCAG
14 17 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 13 (0.18%) ITGC
16 11 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 11 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 9 (0.13%) COBIT
17 9 (0.13%) NCSC
18 6 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1,359 (18.93%) Active Directory
2 364 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 271 (3.77%) Hyper-V
4 168 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 127 (1.77%) Docker
6 98 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 62 (0.86%) vSphere
8 60 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
9 50 (0.70%) RACF
10 25 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 24 (0.33%) XenApp
12 22 (0.31%) XenDesktop
13 19 (0.26%) NFS
14 17 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 15 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 14 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
17 12 (0.17%) VirtualBox
18 11 (0.15%) Firmware
18 11 (0.15%) pfSense
19 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 613 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
3 176 (2.45%) SCCM
4 154 (2.15%) Kubernetes
5 141 (1.96%) Terraform
6 87 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 85 (1.18%) WSUS
8 78 (1.09%) Ansible
9 58 (0.81%) SCOM
10 50 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (0.43%) Stealthwatch
12 25 (0.35%) vCenter Server
13 23 (0.32%) Grafana
13 23 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 22 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 20 (0.28%) CASB
16 15 (0.21%) Nessus
17 14 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
17 14 (0.20%) FortiGate
17 14 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 557 (7.76%) VMware
2 324 (4.51%) Google
3 285 (3.97%) Cisco
4 281 (3.91%) CyberArk
5 254 (3.54%) Apple
6 224 (3.12%) Oracle
7 210 (2.93%) Tanium
8 206 (2.87%) Adobe
9 142 (1.98%) Citrix
10 124 (1.73%) HP
11 123 (1.71%) SAP
12 122 (1.70%) Meraki
13 110 (1.53%) Dell
14 103 (1.43%) Veeam
15 98 (1.37%) ServiceNow
16 91 (1.27%) Facebook
17 87 (1.21%) Fortinet
18 72 (1.00%) Databricks
19 68 (0.95%) Salesforce
20 56 (0.78%) IBM