Microsoft Office Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Office
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 Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 106 166
Rank change year-on-year +12 +60 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,049 1,315 1,641
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.10% 3.10% 2.40%
As % of the Applications category 35.94% 42.53% 34.14%
Number of salaries quoted 804 914 1,200
10th Percentile £23,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,539 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £52,688 £59,313 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,871 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.18% +0.99% -

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications 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 software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,919 3,092 4,806
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.62% 7.30% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,794 2,053 2,756
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,050 £26,816
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,586 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,345 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.44% -1.46% +5.88%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
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 Office.

Microsoft Office salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Office salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
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
1 104 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (9.72%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.10%) IIS
4 18 (1.72%) CMS
5 9 (0.86%) Confluence
6 7 (0.67%) SAS
7 4 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.38%) Moodle
8 3 (0.29%) Apache
8 3 (0.29%) GlassFish
8 3 (0.29%) JBoss
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 313 (29.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 148 (14.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.53%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.86%) InDesign
7 8 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.67%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.67%) SPSS
9 6 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.38%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.19%) Trello
14 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.095%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.095%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.095%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.95%) Elite 3E
2 10 (0.95%) Infor SunSystems
2 10 (0.95%) iTrent
2 10 (0.95%) Sage 200
3 8 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.48%) Relativity
5 5 (0.48%) Sage 50
5 5 (0.48%) Sage CRM
6 4 (0.38%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 266 (25.36%) Microsoft 365
2 168 (16.02%) Azure
3 63 (6.01%) Power Platform
4 54 (5.15%) Entra ID
5 27 (2.57%) SaaS
6 26 (2.48%) AWS
7 20 (1.91%) GitHub
7 20 (1.91%) Power Automate
8 17 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.24%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.05%) Google Workspace
12 8 (0.76%) Smartsheet
12 8 (0.76%) Snowflake
13 7 (0.67%) Google Analytics
13 7 (0.67%) OCI
13 7 (0.67%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.48%) Google Drive
14 5 (0.48%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 69 (6.58%) LAN
2 64 (6.10%) WAN
3 49 (4.67%) VPN
4 47 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
5 40 (3.81%) Firewall
5 40 (3.81%) Internet
6 39 (3.72%) DHCP
7 34 (3.24%) DNS
8 30 (2.86%) VLAN
9 27 (2.57%) Wireless
10 24 (2.29%) TCP/IP
11 22 (2.10%) VoIP
12 19 (1.81%) Remote Desktop
13 14 (1.33%) FTP
14 13 (1.24%) Broadband
15 10 (0.95%) Skype
16 9 (0.86%) Intranet
17 8 (0.76%) ADSL
18 7 (0.67%) HTTP
19 6 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.15%) Power BI
2 48 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (0.95%) Big Data
4 10 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 9 (0.86%) Oracle Database
5 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.67%) EDRMS
8 6 (0.57%) Tableau
9 5 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.48%) EDMS
10 4 (0.38%) Metadata
10 4 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.29%) MySQL
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (4.29%) JIRA
2 20 (1.91%) Visual Studio
2 20 (1.91%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (0.76%) Git
4 7 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.48%) eggPlant
5 5 (0.48%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.38%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.38%) InstallShield
6 4 (0.38%) MSI
7 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.29%) GCC
7 3 (0.29%) Subversion
8 2 (0.19%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.095%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.095%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 503 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 298 (28.41%) Finance
3 149 (14.20%) Organisational Skills
4 139 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (10.39%) Legal
6 84 (8.01%) Marketing
7 82 (7.82%) Law
8 70 (6.67%) Retail
9 49 (4.67%) Public Sector
10 46 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (3.43%) Advertising
11 36 (3.43%) Banking
12 31 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (2.67%) Aerospace
14 23 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.72%) German Language
17 17 (1.62%) Automotive
17 17 (1.62%) Local Government
18 14 (1.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 259 (24.69%) Analyst
2 94 (8.96%) IT Support
3 82 (7.82%) Support Engineer
4 74 (7.05%) Senior
5 71 (6.77%) Coordinator
6 67 (6.39%) Administrator
7 62 (5.91%) Lead
8 60 (5.72%) Support Analyst
9 57 (5.43%) Consultant
10 53 (5.05%) IT Analyst
11 51 (4.86%) IT Engineer
12 48 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
13 41 (3.91%) Project Manager
14 39 (3.72%) Business Analyst
15 38 (3.62%) Service Analyst
16 36 (3.43%) Developer
17 32 (3.05%) Service Desk Analyst
18 30 (2.86%) Trainer
19 29 (2.76%) 1st Line Support
19 29 (2.76%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.29%) HTML
2 34 (3.24%) .NET
3 20 (1.91%) Blazor
3 20 (1.91%) HTML5
4 15 (1.43%) CSS
5 14 (1.33%) JSON
5 14 (1.33%) REST
6 11 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.05%) XML
7 8 (0.76%) jQuery
8 7 (0.67%) XSL
9 5 (0.48%) EDI
10 4 (0.38%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.38%) DAO
10 4 (0.38%) EDIFACT
11 3 (0.29%) HTML5 Canvas
11 3 (0.29%) LDAP
11 3 (0.29%) Middleware
11 3 (0.29%) SAML
11 3 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 143 (13.63%) Self-Motivation
2 71 (6.77%) Social Media
3 60 (5.72%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.91%) Driving Licence
5 30 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.53%) e-Learning
6 16 (1.53%) Taxonomies
7 14 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.05%) NHS
10 10 (0.95%) Blackberry
10 10 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.86%) Blog
11 9 (0.86%) BYOD
11 9 (0.86%) Graphic Design
12 8 (0.76%) Client/Server
12 8 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.76%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.76%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 291 (27.74%) Windows
2 111 (10.58%) Windows 10
3 78 (7.44%) Windows Server
4 48 (4.58%) Apple iOS
5 39 (3.72%) Android
6 24 (2.29%) Linux
7 19 (1.81%) Windows 7
8 18 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.24%) Mac OS
11 11 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.76%) Unix
13 7 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.57%) Solaris
15 5 (0.48%) AIX
15 5 (0.48%) Windows NT
15 5 (0.48%) Windows XP
16 4 (0.38%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.38%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (18.40%) Customer Service
3 128 (12.20%) Project Management
4 117 (11.15%) Time Management
5 109 (10.39%) ITIL
6 103 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (7.63%) Agile
8 76 (7.24%) CRM
9 66 (6.29%) Business Intelligence
9 66 (6.29%) ITSM
10 62 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
11 61 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (5.62%) Decision-Making
12 59 (5.62%) ERP
13 57 (5.43%) Analytics
14 56 (5.34%) Service Management
15 52 (4.96%) Mentoring
16 48 (4.58%) Change Management
17 47 (4.48%) Process Improvement
18 45 (4.29%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 131 (12.49%) SQL
2 42 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 23 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 16 (1.53%) C#
5 15 (1.43%) T-SQL
6 10 (0.95%) Python
7 9 (0.86%) VBA
8 8 (0.76%) VB
9 6 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.48%) VBScript
11 4 (0.38%) ActionScript
11 4 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
11 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.38%) Java
11 4 (0.38%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.095%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 248 (23.64%) Degree
2 70 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 51 (4.86%) Security Cleared
4 36 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 19 (1.81%) ISEB
6 15 (1.43%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.24%) HNC
9 12 (1.14%) CCNA
9 12 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.14%) MCITP
10 10 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 10 (0.95%) MCP
11 9 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.86%) HND
12 8 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.10%) SLA
2 59 (5.62%) QA
3 27 (2.57%) GDPR
4 17 (1.62%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.62%) PMO
5 16 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.76%) GRC
9 6 (0.57%) NCSC
9 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.48%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.29%) GxP
11 3 (0.29%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.19%) COSHH
12 2 (0.19%) ITGC
12 2 (0.19%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
12 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 193 (18.40%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.86%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.86%) Forefront TMG
4 9 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.38%) XenApp
8 4 (0.38%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.19%) vSphere
11 1 (0.095%) Firmware
11 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 64 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (4.67%) SCCM
3 18 (1.72%) WSUS
4 13 (1.24%) SCOM
5 6 (0.57%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.48%) AirWatch
6 5 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.29%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.29%) Oracle Statspack
8 3 (0.29%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 3 (0.29%) Terraform
9 2 (0.19%) Autotask
9 2 (0.19%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.19%) DatAdvantage
9 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.19%) QRadar
9 2 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 768 (73.21%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.01%) VMware
3 41 (3.91%) Oracle
4 40 (3.81%) SAP
5 37 (3.53%) Adobe
6 34 (3.24%) Cisco
7 31 (2.96%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.86%) Apple
9 29 (2.76%) Citrix
10 28 (2.67%) ServiceNow
11 27 (2.57%) Google
12 26 (2.48%) iManage
13 24 (2.29%) Dell
14 23 (2.19%) HP
15 18 (1.72%) Sage
16 11 (1.05%) Barracuda Networks
17 10 (0.95%) Infor
18 9 (0.86%) Facebook
18 9 (0.86%) Intapp
19 8 (0.76%) Aderant