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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,090 7,108 9,621
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.01% 16.47% 14.41%
As % of the Vendors category 50.33% 40.71% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,235 5,175 6,782
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,999 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,137 £73,750 £68,938
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 14,088 17,460 24,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.75% 40.46% 37.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,055 11,613 15,144
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,206 £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 £77,530 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £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 27 April 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
1 615 (8.67%) SharePoint
2 537 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 166 (2.34%) IIS
4 91 (1.28%) CMS
5 61 (0.86%) Umbraco
6 51 (0.72%) Confluence
7 48 (0.68%) Kentico
8 42 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
9 35 (0.49%) Headless CMS
10 32 (0.45%) Apache
11 22 (0.31%) Tomcat
12 17 (0.24%) Apache Spark
13 16 (0.23%) WordPress
14 10 (0.14%) ArcGIS
14 10 (0.14%) EPiServer
15 8 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
15 8 (0.11%) SAS
16 7 (0.099%) Exchange Server 2010
16 7 (0.099%) Moodle
16 7 (0.099%) OpenStack
Applications
1 986 (13.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 779 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
3 177 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 106 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 30 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 14 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.11%) InDesign
8 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.099%) Acrobat
9 7 (0.099%) Adobe Captivate
9 7 (0.099%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.099%) Sketch
10 6 (0.085%) InVision
10 6 (0.085%) Trello
11 5 (0.071%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.056%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.056%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.042%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 278 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (0.82%) Primavera
3 45 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 32 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
5 24 (0.34%) PlanetPress Connect
6 20 (0.28%) NEC Housing
7 13 (0.18%) Elite 3E
8 12 (0.17%) Sage 200
9 11 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
10 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
10 10 (0.14%) iTrent
11 9 (0.13%) NetSuite
12 8 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
12 8 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
13 7 (0.099%) Payment Gateway
13 7 (0.099%) Sage 50
14 6 (0.085%) BusinessWorks
14 6 (0.085%) Oracle EBS
14 6 (0.085%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 5 (0.071%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3,599 (50.76%) Azure
2 1,737 (24.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1,061 (14.96%) Power Platform
4 728 (10.27%) AWS
5 676 (9.53%) Entra ID
6 611 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
7 450 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
8 331 (4.67%) SaaS
9 315 (4.44%) PowerApps
10 274 (3.86%) Power Automate
11 222 (3.13%) GCP
12 134 (1.89%) PaaS
13 125 (1.76%) IaaS
14 117 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
15 110 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
16 107 (1.51%) OneDrive
17 103 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 100 (1.41%) Serverless
19 78 (1.10%) GitHub
20 74 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 782 (11.03%) Broadband
2 462 (6.52%) Firewall
3 400 (5.64%) DNS
4 336 (4.74%) WAN
5 292 (4.12%) DHCP
6 256 (3.61%) LAN
7 224 (3.16%) 5G
8 180 (2.54%) SAN
9 179 (2.52%) Internet
10 176 (2.48%) VPN
11 163 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
12 150 (2.12%) Wireless
13 132 (1.86%) TCP/IP
14 119 (1.68%) VLAN
15 107 (1.51%) Network Security
16 99 (1.40%) SD-WAN
17 90 (1.27%) VoIP
18 81 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
19 58 (0.82%) Unified Communications
20 45 (0.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,677 (23.65%) SQL Server
2 697 (9.83%) Power BI
3 306 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 279 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
5 269 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 238 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 231 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
8 156 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 149 (2.10%) Relational Database
10 87 (1.23%) Data Lake
11 78 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 52 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
12 52 (0.73%) MySQL
13 45 (0.63%) Big Data
14 44 (0.62%) DB2
15 42 (0.59%) Oracle Database
15 42 (0.59%) Tableau
16 39 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
17 37 (0.52%) NoSQL
18 23 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 192 (2.71%) JIRA
2 189 (2.67%) Git
3 121 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 51 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 46 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
6 40 (0.56%) GitLab
7 39 (0.55%) Jenkins
8 28 (0.39%) Jasmine
8 28 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
9 27 (0.38%) NUnit
10 21 (0.30%) Postman
11 18 (0.25%) Selenium
12 15 (0.21%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.18%) Axure RP
13 13 (0.18%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.14%) gulp
14 10 (0.14%) JMeter
14 10 (0.14%) Moq
14 10 (0.14%) Trac
14 10 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 2,365 (33.36%) Social Skills
2 1,655 (23.34%) Finance
3 1,205 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
4 494 (6.97%) Influencing Skills
5 457 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 388 (5.47%) Public Sector
7 352 (4.96%) Retail
8 301 (4.25%) Legal
9 272 (3.84%) Marketing
10 256 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
11 226 (3.19%) Law
12 216 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 143 (2.02%) Advertising
14 123 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 106 (1.50%) Banking
16 100 (1.41%) Games
17 90 (1.27%) Manufacturing
18 69 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
19 65 (0.92%) Local Government
20 52 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,566 (22.09%) Developer
2 1,100 (15.51%) Analyst
3 1,017 (14.34%) Senior
4 844 (11.90%) .NET Developer
5 499 (7.04%) Architect
6 475 (6.70%) Consultant
7 403 (5.68%) Lead
8 352 (4.96%) C# Developer
9 327 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 301 (4.25%) Support Engineer
11 297 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
12 294 (4.15%) C# .NET Developer
13 285 (4.02%) IT Support
14 264 (3.72%) IT Engineer
15 215 (3.03%) Technical Specialist
16 210 (2.96%) Linux Specialist
17 188 (2.65%) Administrator
18 177 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
19 173 (2.44%) Project Manager
20 169 (2.38%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,376 (19.41%) .NET
2 873 (12.31%) ASP.NET
3 844 (11.90%) .NET Core
4 755 (10.65%) ASP.NET MVC
5 653 (9.21%) AngularJS
6 569 (8.03%) Entity Framework
7 557 (7.86%) ASP.NET Web API
7 557 (7.86%) HTML
8 534 (7.53%) .NET Framework
9 370 (5.22%) React
10 369 (5.20%) CSS
11 336 (4.74%) HTML5
12 277 (3.91%) RESTful
13 262 (3.70%) Node.js
14 249 (3.51%) Vue
15 177 (2.50%) LINQ
16 170 (2.40%) CSS3
17 169 (2.38%) Blazor
18 164 (2.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 117 (1.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 336 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
2 307 (4.33%) Social Media
3 274 (3.86%) Data Centre
4 271 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 240 (3.39%) Public Cloud
6 204 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 164 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
8 150 (2.12%) PKI
9 147 (2.07%) Driving Licence
10 136 (1.92%) Product Ownership
11 109 (1.54%) Onboarding
12 79 (1.11%) Mobile App
13 77 (1.09%) Cloud Native
14 74 (1.04%) Low-Code
15 53 (0.75%) iPhone
16 44 (0.62%) Client/Server
17 42 (0.59%) Data Structures
18 41 (0.58%) PMI
19 39 (0.55%) Social Network
20 38 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,394 (19.66%) Windows
2 729 (10.28%) Windows Server
3 533 (7.52%) Linux
4 359 (5.06%) Windows 10
5 220 (3.10%) Ubuntu
6 155 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 152 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 145 (2.05%) Android
9 112 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 106 (1.50%) Apple iOS
11 85 (1.20%) VMS
12 82 (1.16%) Unix
13 67 (0.94%) Windows 7
14 60 (0.85%) Mac OS
15 35 (0.49%) Windows 8
15 35 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
16 34 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 17 (0.24%) Mac OS X
17 17 (0.24%) Solaris
17 17 (0.24%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,158 (30.44%) Agile
2 1,071 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
3 841 (11.86%) DevOps
4 833 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
4 833 (11.75%) Mentoring
5 820 (11.57%) MVC
6 784 (11.06%) Full Stack Development
7 726 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
8 703 (9.92%) Microservices
9 691 (9.75%) CRM
10 655 (9.24%) Decision-Making
11 616 (8.69%) Customer Service
12 613 (8.65%) ITIL
13 580 (8.18%) Actionable Insight
14 523 (7.38%) Project Management
15 492 (6.94%) Roadmaps
16 489 (6.90%) Artificial Intelligence
17 485 (6.84%) Business Case
18 484 (6.83%) Scrum
19 475 (6.70%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 1,442 (20.34%) C#
2 1,261 (17.79%) SQL
3 1,075 (15.16%) JavaScript
4 458 (6.46%) PowerShell
5 343 (4.84%) TypeScript
6 304 (4.29%) T-SQL
7 280 (3.95%) Bash
8 247 (3.48%) Python
9 98 (1.38%) Java
10 78 (1.10%) VB
11 74 (1.04%) VB.NET
12 59 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 41 (0.58%) Bicep
14 31 (0.44%) VB6
15 28 (0.39%) C++
15 28 (0.39%) VBScript
16 27 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 23 (0.32%) VBA
18 22 (0.31%) R
19 20 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 940 (13.26%) Degree
2 462 (6.52%) ACCA
3 461 (6.50%) CIMA
3 461 (6.50%) Security Cleared
4 445 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 272 (3.84%) SC Cleared
6 180 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 168 (2.37%) DBS Check
8 137 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
9 135 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 116 (1.64%) CCNA
11 115 (1.62%) DV Cleared
12 73 (1.03%) PMI Certification
13 64 (0.90%) CCNP
14 55 (0.78%) CISSP
15 51 (0.72%) MCP
16 49 (0.69%) Master's Degree
17 44 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
18 43 (0.61%) MCSE
19 39 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (2.93%) QA
2 167 (2.36%) SLA
3 155 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 92 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 88 (1.24%) Data Quality
5 88 (1.24%) GDPR
6 82 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 55 (0.78%) PMO
8 50 (0.71%) NIST
9 34 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 25 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 22 (0.31%) GRC
12 18 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 18 (0.25%) WCAG
13 15 (0.21%) ITGC
14 12 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.16%) NCSC
16 9 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.13%) COBIT
16 9 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,362 (19.21%) Active Directory
2 374 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 276 (3.89%) Hyper-V
4 166 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 132 (1.86%) Docker
6 89 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 62 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 58 (0.82%) vSphere
9 25 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
10 24 (0.34%) XenApp
11 20 (0.28%) XenDesktop
12 16 (0.23%) NFS
13 15 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 14 (0.20%) VirtualBox
14 14 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
15 12 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 11 (0.16%) DFS Replication
16 11 (0.16%) Firmware
17 10 (0.14%) pfSense
18 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 629 (8.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 221 (3.12%) Jamf Pro
3 189 (2.67%) SCCM
4 150 (2.12%) Kubernetes
5 140 (1.97%) Terraform
6 94 (1.33%) WSUS
7 86 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 81 (1.14%) Ansible
9 56 (0.79%) SCOM
10 51 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
11 25 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 24 (0.34%) CASB
12 24 (0.34%) Grafana
12 24 (0.34%) Puppet
12 24 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 24 (0.34%) ZABBIX
13 18 (0.25%) FortiGate
14 16 (0.23%) Stealthwatch
15 15 (0.21%) SCDPM
16 14 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 571 (8.05%) VMware
2 314 (4.43%) Google
3 279 (3.94%) Cisco
4 257 (3.62%) Apple
5 231 (3.26%) CyberArk
6 213 (3.00%) Oracle
7 210 (2.96%) Tanium
8 201 (2.83%) Adobe
9 148 (2.09%) Citrix
10 142 (2.00%) SAP
11 131 (1.85%) HP
12 114 (1.61%) ServiceNow
13 109 (1.54%) Meraki
14 103 (1.45%) Dell
15 101 (1.42%) Veeam
16 86 (1.21%) Facebook
17 79 (1.11%) Fortinet
18 75 (1.06%) Salesforce
19 70 (0.99%) Databricks
20 58 (0.82%) IBM