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 1 December 2023 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
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 5 10 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,984 9,267 7,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.50% 16.83% 15.03%
As % of the Vendors category 42.06% 43.17% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,069 6,179 6,014
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +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 9,473 21,464 18,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.60% 38.99% 37.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,961 14,144 13,752
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £76,750 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 1 December 2023.

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
1 401 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 155 (3.89%) MS Exchange
3 98 (2.46%) IIS
4 61 (1.53%) Confluence
5 28 (0.70%) WebLogic
6 16 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 15 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 14 (0.35%) CMS
9 13 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
10 9 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
11 8 (0.20%) Apache
11 8 (0.20%) Apache Spark
11 8 (0.20%) Skype for Business
12 7 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 7 (0.18%) WordPress
13 6 (0.15%) OpenStack
14 4 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 4 (0.10%) NServiceBus
14 4 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
15 3 (0.075%) SAS
Applications
1 504 (12.65%) Microsoft Office
2 300 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 142 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 64 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.18%) OrCAD
8 5 (0.13%) Trello
9 4 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.10%) Simulink
10 3 (0.075%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.050%) 1Password
11 2 (0.050%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.050%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.050%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.050%) PTC Creo
11 2 (0.050%) XMetaL
12 1 (0.025%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.025%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 443 (11.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (0.70%) PlanetPress Connect
3 20 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 14 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
5 11 (0.28%) SAP Business One
6 9 (0.23%) Shopify
7 7 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
7 7 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.15%) Sage X3
8 6 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
9 5 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 5 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.10%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.10%) SAP CRM
10 4 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 3 (0.075%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2,257 (56.65%) Azure
2 1,180 (29.62%) Microsoft 365
3 978 (24.55%) Power Platform
4 735 (18.45%) Dynamics 365
5 557 (13.98%) Azure DevOps
6 466 (11.70%) SaaS
7 416 (10.44%) AWS
8 405 (10.17%) PaaS
9 382 (9.59%) IaaS
10 323 (8.11%) Entra ID
11 311 (7.81%) Serverless
12 270 (6.78%) Azure Functions
13 199 (4.99%) PowerApps
14 114 (2.86%) Power Automate
15 113 (2.84%) GCP
16 79 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
17 69 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
18 65 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
19 64 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
19 64 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 392 (9.84%) Firewall
2 299 (7.51%) DNS
3 234 (5.87%) DHCP
4 212 (5.32%) WAN
5 184 (4.62%) LAN
6 158 (3.97%) VPN
7 119 (2.99%) TCP/IP
8 99 (2.48%) SAN
8 99 (2.48%) Wireless
9 94 (2.36%) VLAN
10 83 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
11 81 (2.03%) Network Security
12 72 (1.81%) VoIP
13 50 (1.26%) SD-WAN
14 45 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
15 41 (1.03%) SMTP
16 40 (1.00%) Internet
17 37 (0.93%) NAS
18 32 (0.80%) Broadband
19 30 (0.75%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 685 (17.19%) SQL Server
2 395 (9.91%) Power BI
3 176 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
4 126 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 105 (2.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 91 (2.28%) Relational Database
7 77 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
8 64 (1.61%) Data Lake
9 50 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 42 (1.05%) MySQL
11 38 (0.95%) Big Data
11 38 (0.95%) Oracle Database
12 37 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
12 37 (0.93%) NoSQL
13 36 (0.90%) Tableau
14 33 (0.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 30 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
16 28 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
17 25 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
18 22 (0.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 181 (4.54%) JIRA
2 167 (4.19%) Git
3 53 (1.33%) GitLab
4 49 (1.23%) Visual Studio
5 44 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 38 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 30 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
8 24 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
9 20 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
9 20 (0.50%) Postman
10 19 (0.48%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.43%) MSI
11 17 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 16 (0.40%) AdminStudio
12 16 (0.40%) InstallShield
13 13 (0.33%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.30%) NUnit
15 11 (0.28%) Selenium
15 11 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
16 8 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 1,156 (29.02%) Finance
2 1,018 (25.55%) Social Skills
3 429 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (4.59%) Retail
5 175 (4.39%) Marketing
6 172 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 169 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 150 (3.77%) Legal
8 150 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
9 126 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
10 121 (3.04%) Law
11 104 (2.61%) Banking
12 92 (2.31%) Manufacturing
13 76 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 50 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
14 50 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 39 (0.98%) Local Government
16 32 (0.80%) Back Office
17 28 (0.70%) Advertising
18 27 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 594 (14.91%) Architect
2 574 (14.41%) Developer
3 530 (13.30%) Analyst
4 488 (12.25%) Senior
5 419 (10.52%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 302 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 285 (7.15%) Lead
8 239 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
9 236 (5.92%) Support Engineer
10 224 (5.62%) CRM Architect
11 222 (5.57%) Dynamics CRM Architect
12 204 (5.12%) Consultant
13 189 (4.74%) IT Engineer
14 188 (4.72%) Support Analyst
15 173 (4.34%) IT Support
16 156 (3.92%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
17 146 (3.66%) .NET Developer
18 142 (3.56%) Applications Support
19 139 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
20 128 (3.21%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 622 (15.61%) .NET
2 240 (6.02%) HTML
3 226 (5.67%) CSS
4 187 (4.69%) ASP.NET
5 156 (3.92%) .NET Core
6 132 (3.31%) AngularJS
7 128 (3.21%) .NET Framework
8 104 (2.61%) React
9 88 (2.21%) ASP.NET MVC
10 71 (1.78%) Web Services
11 67 (1.68%) Entity Framework
12 65 (1.63%) REST
13 62 (1.56%) jQuery
14 59 (1.48%) RESTful
15 56 (1.41%) XML
16 53 (1.33%) JSON
17 49 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
18 47 (1.18%) HTML5
19 35 (0.88%) Node.js
19 35 (0.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 175 (4.39%) Data Centre
2 172 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 143 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
4 85 (2.13%) Public Cloud
5 80 (2.01%) Product Ownership
6 76 (1.91%) Driving Licence
7 61 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (1.53%) Replication
8 56 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 52 (1.31%) Onboarding
10 41 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 36 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
12 35 (0.88%) Clustering
13 33 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 32 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
15 30 (0.75%) PKI
16 28 (0.70%) Taxonomies
17 27 (0.68%) Private Cloud
18 26 (0.65%) Mobile App
19 25 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1,111 (27.89%) Windows
2 587 (14.73%) Windows Server
3 259 (6.50%) Windows 10
4 196 (4.92%) Linux
5 152 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 147 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 115 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 86 (2.16%) Android
9 73 (1.83%) Unix
10 60 (1.51%) Apple iOS
11 48 (1.20%) Mac OS
12 38 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 23 (0.58%) Mac OS X
13 23 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
14 20 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 16 (0.40%) VMS
16 14 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
17 13 (0.33%) AIX
17 13 (0.33%) Windows NT
18 11 (0.28%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,239 (31.10%) Agile
2 794 (19.93%) DevOps
3 732 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 521 (13.08%) Actionable Insight
5 520 (13.05%) CRM
6 519 (13.03%) ITIL
7 446 (11.19%) Roadmaps
8 443 (11.12%) Mentoring
9 432 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
10 367 (9.21%) Customer Service
11 357 (8.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 307 (7.71%) CI/CD
13 292 (7.33%) Presales
14 288 (7.23%) Project Management
15 277 (6.95%) Migration
16 275 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
17 267 (6.70%) Project Delivery
18 261 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
19 249 (6.25%) Project Planning
20 240 (6.02%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 786 (19.73%) SQL
2 629 (15.79%) C#
3 558 (14.01%) PowerShell
4 383 (9.61%) JavaScript
5 234 (5.87%) Python
6 153 (3.84%) T-SQL
7 124 (3.11%) Java
8 111 (2.79%) Bash
9 78 (1.96%) TypeScript
10 35 (0.88%) Ruby
10 35 (0.88%) VB
11 34 (0.85%) Bicep
12 27 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 27 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 26 (0.65%) C++
14 25 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 22 (0.55%) VB.NET
16 20 (0.50%) PHP
17 17 (0.43%) VBScript
18 14 (0.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 517 (12.98%) Degree
2 359 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 287 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 253 (6.35%) SC Cleared
5 122 (3.06%) Azure Certification
6 90 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
7 74 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 73 (1.83%) MCSE
9 72 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
10 70 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 67 (1.68%) CCNA
12 51 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 50 (1.26%) CISSP
14 44 (1.10%) MCSA
15 39 (0.98%) CCNP
16 36 (0.90%) MCP
17 30 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
18 27 (0.68%) A+ Certification
19 26 (0.65%) CISM
20 25 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (3.82%) SLA
2 127 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 106 (2.66%) QA
4 95 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 81 (2.03%) Data Quality
6 73 (1.83%) GDPR
7 58 (1.46%) PMO
8 46 (1.15%) NIST
9 34 (0.85%) Accessibility
10 31 (0.78%) PCI DSS
11 27 (0.68%) NCSC
12 22 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.20%) GRC
15 7 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.18%) COBIT
15 7 (0.18%) WCAG
16 5 (0.13%) GxP
16 5 (0.13%) HL7
System Software
1 869 (21.81%) Active Directory
2 293 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 201 (5.05%) Hyper-V
4 149 (3.74%) Docker
5 85 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
6 68 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
7 59 (1.48%) vSphere
8 53 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 29 (0.73%) Firmware
10 21 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
10 21 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
11 20 (0.50%) VMware NSX
12 16 (0.40%) XenApp
13 14 (0.35%) vCloud
14 13 (0.33%) BitLocker
15 10 (0.25%) DFS Replication
16 9 (0.23%) Terminal Server
16 9 (0.23%) XenDesktop
17 5 (0.13%) NFS
18 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 295 (7.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 190 (4.77%) SCCM
3 175 (4.39%) Terraform
4 160 (4.02%) Kubernetes
5 53 (1.33%) Ansible
6 51 (1.28%) WSUS
7 44 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 42 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
9 36 (0.90%) FortiGate
10 34 (0.85%) AirWatch
11 32 (0.80%) vCenter Server
12 29 (0.73%) Nessus
13 27 (0.68%) Puppet
14 26 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
14 26 (0.65%) OpenSSO
15 22 (0.55%) SCOM
16 20 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
17 15 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
18 13 (0.33%) Grafana
19 11 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 453 (11.37%) VMware
2 201 (5.05%) Oracle
3 198 (4.97%) Cisco
4 125 (3.14%) SAP
5 124 (3.11%) Google
6 117 (2.94%) Citrix
6 117 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 83 (2.08%) Apple
8 59 (1.48%) HP
9 56 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 52 (1.31%) Adobe
10 52 (1.31%) Databricks
10 52 (1.31%) Veeam
11 51 (1.28%) Meraki
12 46 (1.15%) Dell
13 37 (0.93%) CheckPoint
14 36 (0.90%) IBM
15 31 (0.78%) Palo Alto
16 29 (0.73%) SolarWinds
16 29 (0.73%) Splunk