Microsoft Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 545 618
Rank change year-on-year +152 +73 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 24 39 59
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 35 56
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £39,747 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - -29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -33.33% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Microsoft Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Microsoft Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (41.67%) Azure
4 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
5 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (25.00%) Onboarding
7 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (20.83%) Windows
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (20.83%) Migration
7 5 (20.83%) Degree
8 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 4 (16.67%) ITSM
8 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 4 (16.67%) CCNA
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (16.67%) DevOps
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
8 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
8 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 3 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
9 3 (12.50%) CSOC
9 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
9 3 (12.50%) Architectural Design
9 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
9 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (41.67%) Azure
3 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
5 2 (8.33%) AWS
5 2 (8.33%) IaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.17%) Dropbox
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.17%) Miro
6 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) CSOC
2 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) CentOS
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (20.83%) Migration
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 4 (16.67%) DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) ITSM
4 3 (12.50%) Architectural Design
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Identity Management
4 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 3 (12.50%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (12.50%) SIEM
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Trend Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) CCNA
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (4.17%) Linux+ Certification
5 1 (4.17%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Dovecot
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) Postfix
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (12.50%) QRadar
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) ConnectWise
2 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
3 1 (4.17%) Citrix
3 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.17%) Okta
3 1 (4.17%) Ping Identity
3 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.17%) Ribbon
3 1 (4.17%) VMware