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 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,142 6,664 10,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 16.81% 14.03%
As % of the Vendors category 51.30% 41.39% 37.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,170 4,775 6,899
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £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 £80,000 £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 13,922 16,099 27,163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.43% 40.62% 37.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9,827 10,762 15,348
10th Percentile £31,500 £33,500 £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 £70,974 £77,500 £77,135
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 29 May 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
1 601 (8.42%) SharePoint
2 503 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 175 (2.45%) IIS
4 90 (1.26%) CMS
5 59 (0.83%) Umbraco
6 47 (0.66%) Confluence
6 47 (0.66%) Kentico
7 44 (0.62%) Apache
8 43 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
9 36 (0.50%) Headless CMS
10 32 (0.45%) Tomcat
11 17 (0.24%) Apache Spark
12 16 (0.22%) WordPress
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
1 973 (13.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 743 (10.40%) Microsoft Office
3 151 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 108 (1.51%) 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 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (0.81%) Primavera
3 44 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 43 (0.60%) NEC Housing
5 28 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 14 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 14 (0.20%) PlanetPress Connect
7 12 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 12 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 11 (0.15%) iTrent
8 11 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
9 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 10 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
10 9 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
11 8 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
12 7 (0.098%) Sage 50
13 5 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
13 5 (0.070%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,629 (50.81%) Azure
2 1,719 (24.07%) Microsoft 365
3 1,061 (14.86%) Power Platform
4 728 (10.19%) Entra ID
5 706 (9.89%) AWS
6 620 (8.68%) Dynamics 365
7 445 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
8 321 (4.49%) PowerApps
8 321 (4.49%) SaaS
9 289 (4.05%) Power Automate
10 223 (3.12%) GCP
11 129 (1.81%) PaaS
12 118 (1.65%) IaaS
13 114 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
14 106 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
15 105 (1.47%) OneDrive
16 102 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 95 (1.33%) Serverless
18 76 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
19 71 (0.99%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 770 (10.78%) Broadband
2 455 (6.37%) Firewall
3 383 (5.36%) DNS
4 328 (4.59%) WAN
5 281 (3.93%) DHCP
6 234 (3.28%) LAN
7 220 (3.08%) 5G
8 187 (2.62%) Internet
9 179 (2.51%) SAN
10 167 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
11 160 (2.24%) VPN
12 143 (2.00%) Wireless
13 138 (1.93%) TCP/IP
14 114 (1.60%) Network Security
15 113 (1.58%) SD-WAN
16 104 (1.46%) VLAN
17 83 (1.16%) VoIP
18 81 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
19 59 (0.83%) Unified Communications
20 45 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,680 (23.52%) SQL Server
2 706 (9.89%) Power BI
3 315 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 262 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
5 258 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 248 (3.47%) MongoDB
7 237 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
8 156 (2.18%) Relational Database
9 153 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 89 (1.25%) Data Lake
11 78 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 58 (0.81%) Oracle Database
13 56 (0.78%) MySQL
14 48 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
15 46 (0.64%) Big Data
15 46 (0.64%) DB2
15 46 (0.64%) Tableau
16 40 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
17 39 (0.55%) NoSQL
18 23 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 184 (2.58%) Git
2 172 (2.41%) JIRA
3 119 (1.67%) Visual Studio
4 48 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 41 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 40 (0.56%) Jenkins
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 2,365 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 1,714 (24.00%) Finance
3 1,210 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
4 490 (6.86%) Influencing Skills
5 457 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 411 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 351 (4.91%) Retail
8 349 (4.89%) Legal
9 268 (3.75%) Marketing
10 250 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 226 (3.16%) Law
12 210 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 149 (2.09%) Advertising
14 144 (2.02%) Banking
15 115 (1.61%) Telecoms
16 103 (1.44%) Games
17 93 (1.30%) Manufacturing
18 92 (1.29%) Local Government
19 73 (1.02%) Police
20 72 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,589 (22.25%) Developer
2 1,120 (15.68%) Analyst
3 1,101 (15.42%) Senior
4 865 (12.11%) .NET Developer
5 526 (7.36%) Architect
6 497 (6.96%) Consultant
7 419 (5.87%) Lead
8 370 (5.18%) C# Developer
9 353 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
10 309 (4.33%) C# .NET Developer
11 304 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 287 (4.02%) IT Support
13 281 (3.93%) Support Engineer
14 263 (3.68%) IT Engineer
15 217 (3.04%) Technical Specialist
16 210 (2.94%) Linux Specialist
17 185 (2.59%) Administrator
18 182 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
19 171 (2.39%) Senior Developer
20 170 (2.38%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,391 (19.48%) .NET
2 875 (12.25%) ASP.NET
3 853 (11.94%) .NET Core
4 769 (10.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 661 (9.26%) AngularJS
6 580 (8.12%) Entity Framework
7 569 (7.97%) ASP.NET Web API
8 559 (7.83%) HTML
9 548 (7.67%) .NET Framework
10 381 (5.33%) React
11 363 (5.08%) CSS
12 342 (4.79%) HTML5
13 281 (3.93%) RESTful
14 266 (3.72%) Node.js
15 259 (3.63%) Vue
16 179 (2.51%) LINQ
17 177 (2.48%) Blazor
17 177 (2.48%) CSS3
18 166 (2.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 134 (1.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 327 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
2 315 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 306 (4.28%) Social Media
4 283 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 264 (3.70%) Public Cloud
6 207 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
7 166 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
8 150 (2.10%) Driving Licence
8 150 (2.10%) PKI
9 139 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 109 (1.53%) Onboarding
11 87 (1.22%) Cloud Native
12 78 (1.09%) Mobile App
13 72 (1.01%) Low-Code
14 58 (0.81%) iPhone
15 44 (0.62%) PMI
15 44 (0.62%) Virtual Team
16 42 (0.59%) Client/Server
17 40 (0.56%) Social Network
18 39 (0.55%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1,338 (18.73%) Windows
2 676 (9.47%) Windows Server
3 562 (7.87%) Linux
4 334 (4.68%) Windows 10
5 222 (3.11%) Ubuntu
6 155 (2.17%) Android
7 153 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 144 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 113 (1.58%) Apple iOS
10 99 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 95 (1.33%) Unix
12 85 (1.19%) VMS
13 58 (0.81%) Windows 7
14 55 (0.77%) 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 15 (0.21%) Windows Vista
19 14 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,228 (31.20%) Agile
2 1,052 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
3 852 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
4 849 (11.89%) Mentoring
5 832 (11.65%) DevOps
6 829 (11.61%) MVC
7 799 (11.19%) Full Stack Development
8 773 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
9 718 (10.05%) Microservices
10 691 (9.68%) CRM
11 634 (8.88%) Decision-Making
12 618 (8.65%) Customer Service
13 593 (8.30%) ITIL
14 577 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
15 554 (7.76%) Roadmaps
16 539 (7.55%) Project Management
17 498 (6.97%) Scrum
18 492 (6.89%) Artificial Intelligence
19 487 (6.82%) Business Case
20 484 (6.78%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,486 (20.81%) C#
2 1,322 (18.51%) SQL
3 1,090 (15.26%) JavaScript
4 500 (7.00%) PowerShell
5 348 (4.87%) TypeScript
6 295 (4.13%) T-SQL
7 275 (3.85%) Bash
8 241 (3.37%) Python
9 98 (1.37%) Java
10 84 (1.18%) VB.NET
11 81 (1.13%) VB
12 64 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 45 (0.63%) Bicep
14 34 (0.48%) C++
15 33 (0.46%) VBScript
16 32 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 31 (0.43%) VB6
18 30 (0.42%) VBA
19 29 (0.41%) PL/SQL
20 21 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 962 (13.47%) Degree
2 473 (6.62%) Security Cleared
3 466 (6.52%) ACCA
4 463 (6.48%) CIMA
5 442 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 270 (3.78%) SC Cleared
7 187 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 185 (2.59%) DBS Check
9 142 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 139 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
11 119 (1.67%) CCNA
12 113 (1.58%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.16%) PMI Certification
14 79 (1.11%) CCNP
15 57 (0.80%) MCP
16 50 (0.70%) CISSP
17 48 (0.67%) Master's Degree
18 43 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
19 42 (0.59%) PMP
20 40 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (2.87%) QA
2 155 (2.17%) SLA
3 151 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 108 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 98 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 93 (1.30%) GDPR
7 86 (1.20%) Data Quality
8 49 (0.69%) PMO
9 41 (0.57%) 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 10 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.14%) 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 1,358 (19.01%) Active Directory
2 360 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 269 (3.77%) Hyper-V
4 167 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 126 (1.76%) Docker
6 95 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 62 (0.87%) vSphere
8 60 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
9 50 (0.70%) RACF
10 24 (0.34%) XenApp
11 23 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
12 22 (0.31%) XenDesktop
13 19 (0.27%) NFS
14 17 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 14 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 14 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
16 12 (0.17%) VirtualBox
17 11 (0.15%) Firmware
17 11 (0.15%) pfSense
18 9 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 613 (8.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 218 (3.05%) Jamf Pro
3 177 (2.48%) SCCM
4 153 (2.14%) Kubernetes
5 142 (1.99%) Terraform
6 87 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 86 (1.20%) WSUS
8 77 (1.08%) Ansible
9 58 (0.81%) SCOM
10 50 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 28 (0.39%) Stealthwatch
12 27 (0.38%) 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%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 553 (7.74%) VMware
2 322 (4.51%) Google
3 281 (3.93%) CyberArk
4 280 (3.92%) Cisco
5 254 (3.56%) Apple
6 224 (3.14%) Oracle
7 210 (2.94%) Tanium
8 205 (2.87%) Adobe
9 144 (2.02%) Citrix
10 124 (1.74%) SAP
11 123 (1.72%) HP
12 118 (1.65%) Meraki
13 109 (1.53%) Dell
14 101 (1.41%) Veeam
15 99 (1.39%) ServiceNow
16 89 (1.25%) Facebook
17 87 (1.22%) Fortinet
18 71 (0.99%) Databricks
19 69 (0.97%) Salesforce
20 55 (0.77%) IBM