Microsoft Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,508 7,112 6,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.47% 20.81% 16.76%
As % of the Vendors category 27.76% 51.30% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 5,182 4,837
10th Percentile £29,225 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 9,033 13,864 16,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 48.51% 40.56% 40.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,477 9,843 10,859
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,550 £33,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - -7.60% +3.52%
75th Percentile £70,600 £71,222 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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
1 258 (10.29%) SharePoint
2 217 (8.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 87 (3.47%) Confluence
4 60 (2.39%) IIS
5 46 (1.83%) CMS
6 29 (1.16%) Apache Spark
7 27 (1.08%) WordPress
8 19 (0.76%) Umbraco
9 13 (0.52%) IBM Domino
10 12 (0.48%) Apache
10 12 (0.48%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.32%) Kentico
11 8 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
12 7 (0.28%) Moodle
12 7 (0.28%) Skype for Business
13 6 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
14 5 (0.20%) Apache Solr
14 5 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
15 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
15 4 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 431 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
2 257 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 113 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (1.59%) Simulink
5 32 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
8 13 (0.52%) MS Visio
9 12 (0.48%) Chatbot
10 10 (0.40%) Acrobat
11 6 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.24%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.16%) Trello
14 3 (0.12%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.12%) Blender
14 3 (0.12%) InDesign
14 3 (0.12%) ProjectWise
14 3 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 131 (5.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.76%) Shopify
3 18 (0.72%) NetSuite
4 17 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.28%) Sage 50
5 7 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
7 5 (0.20%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.16%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
8 4 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 4 (0.16%) Magento
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.080%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.080%) Sage 1000
10 2 (0.080%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 986 (39.31%) Azure
2 690 (27.51%) Microsoft 365
3 406 (16.19%) Power Platform
4 233 (9.29%) Dynamics 365
5 201 (8.01%) AWS
6 182 (7.26%) Entra ID
7 171 (6.82%) Power Automate
8 163 (6.50%) PowerApps
9 151 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
10 118 (4.70%) SaaS
11 77 (3.07%) Miro
12 76 (3.03%) Asana
13 71 (2.83%) OneDrive
14 66 (2.63%) GCP
15 59 (2.35%) GitHub
16 58 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 51 (2.03%) Google Analytics
18 50 (1.99%) IaaS
18 50 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
19 48 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 290 (11.56%) Broadband
2 172 (6.86%) Firewall
3 124 (4.94%) DNS
4 102 (4.07%) DHCP
5 93 (3.71%) WAN
6 85 (3.39%) VPN
7 79 (3.15%) LAN
8 68 (2.71%) TCP/IP
9 52 (2.07%) SAN
10 48 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (1.71%) VLAN
11 43 (1.71%) VoIP
12 40 (1.59%) Wireless
13 31 (1.24%) Network Security
14 30 (1.20%) SD-WAN
15 25 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
16 22 (0.88%) HTTP
17 20 (0.80%) Intranet
17 20 (0.80%) NAS
18 16 (0.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 317 (12.64%) SQL Server
2 247 (9.85%) Power BI
3 76 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 75 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 73 (2.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 60 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 51 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 44 (1.75%) Data Lake
9 43 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.52%) MongoDB
11 37 (1.48%) Tableau
12 33 (1.32%) Metadata
13 31 (1.24%) Data Hub
14 25 (1.00%) DB2
15 24 (0.96%) Data Mining
16 22 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
17 21 (0.84%) MySQL
17 21 (0.84%) SQL CLR
18 20 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
18 20 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 150 (5.98%) JIRA
2 64 (2.55%) Git
3 43 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 12 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 11 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.36%) GitLab
7 7 (0.28%) Balsamiq
7 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (0.24%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.24%) NUnit
8 6 (0.24%) Selenium
8 6 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.16%) ERwin
10 4 (0.16%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.12%) Postman
11 3 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,123 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 560 (22.33%) Finance
3 316 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (6.34%) Marketing
5 152 (6.06%) Law
6 149 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 147 (5.86%) Retail
8 121 (4.82%) Legal
9 110 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
10 92 (3.67%) Public Sector
11 84 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
12 80 (3.19%) Banking
13 54 (2.15%) Advertising
14 52 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
15 50 (1.99%) Aerospace
16 48 (1.91%) Back Office
17 45 (1.79%) Manufacturing
18 42 (1.67%) Local Government
19 41 (1.63%) Games
20 31 (1.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 376 (14.99%) Analyst
2 327 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 308 (12.28%) Developer
4 275 (10.96%) Senior
5 211 (8.41%) Lead
6 188 (7.50%) IT Support
7 107 (4.27%) Support Analyst
8 103 (4.11%) Architect
9 101 (4.03%) Consultant
10 98 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 88 (3.51%) IT Engineer
12 79 (3.15%) Team Leader
13 76 (3.03%) Product Analyst
14 75 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
15 69 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
16 67 (2.67%) Administrator
17 64 (2.55%) .NET Developer
18 63 (2.51%) IT Analyst
18 63 (2.51%) IT Manager
18 63 (2.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (10.49%) .NET
2 108 (4.31%) HTML
3 93 (3.71%) React
4 92 (3.67%) CSS
5 81 (3.23%) .NET Framework
5 81 (3.23%) ASP.NET
6 80 (3.19%) .NET Core
7 64 (2.55%) AngularJS
8 53 (2.11%) ASP.NET MVC
9 49 (1.95%) Entity Framework
9 49 (1.95%) REST
10 45 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
11 43 (1.71%) RESTful
11 43 (1.71%) Web Services
12 37 (1.48%) JSON
13 33 (1.32%) Vue
14 28 (1.12%) HTML5
15 25 (1.00%) XML
16 23 (0.92%) LINQ
17 22 (0.88%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 140 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
2 136 (5.42%) Management Information System
3 134 (5.34%) Product Ownership
4 90 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 73 (2.91%) Video\Live Streaming
6 72 (2.87%) Over-the-Top Content
7 67 (2.67%) Data Centre
8 62 (2.47%) Driving Licence
9 47 (1.87%) Social Media
10 45 (1.79%) Data Structures
11 37 (1.48%) Cloud Native
12 34 (1.36%) Private Cloud
13 29 (1.16%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 27 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
15 26 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
16 24 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
17 23 (0.92%) Learning Management System
17 23 (0.92%) Mobile App
18 22 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 735 (29.31%) Windows
2 236 (9.41%) Windows Server 2012
3 217 (8.65%) Windows Server
4 147 (5.86%) Linux
5 116 (4.63%) Windows 10
6 44 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 39 (1.56%) Mac OS
8 34 (1.36%) Android
8 34 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (1.04%) Unix
11 11 (0.44%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.32%) AIX
13 6 (0.24%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.20%) CentOS
14 5 (0.20%) VMS
15 4 (0.16%) Debian
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
16 3 (0.12%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
2 493 (19.66%) Agile
3 350 (13.96%) Coaching
4 349 (13.92%) Customer Service
5 298 (11.88%) CRM
6 265 (10.57%) DevOps
7 259 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
8 249 (9.93%) Project Management
9 244 (9.73%) ITIL
10 240 (9.57%) Proactive Monitoring
11 238 (9.49%) Analytics
12 236 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
13 235 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 235 (9.37%) Proactive Maintenance
14 217 (8.65%) Procure-to-Pay
15 215 (8.57%) Broadcast Engineering
15 215 (8.57%) Post-Production
16 202 (8.05%) Roadmaps
17 181 (7.22%) Mentoring
18 171 (6.82%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 425 (16.95%) SQL
2 299 (11.92%) C#
3 238 (9.49%) JavaScript
4 237 (9.45%) PowerShell
5 178 (7.10%) Python
6 72 (2.87%) Java
7 65 (2.59%) T-SQL
8 49 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 37 (1.48%) VBA
10 36 (1.44%) Bash
11 34 (1.36%) VB.NET
12 24 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 22 (0.88%) PL/SQL
14 20 (0.80%) PHP
14 20 (0.80%) Scala
15 15 (0.60%) Bicep
16 14 (0.56%) X++
17 8 (0.32%) C
18 7 (0.28%) C++
18 7 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 549 (21.89%) Degree
2 174 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 94 (3.75%) Azure Certification
3 94 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.83%) DBS Check
5 65 (2.59%) SC Cleared
6 64 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 40 (1.59%) CISSP
9 39 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 32 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 30 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
12 29 (1.16%) MCSA
13 27 (1.08%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 26 (1.04%) CCNA
14 26 (1.04%) PMP
15 23 (0.92%) MCSE
16 21 (0.84%) ACCA
17 20 (0.80%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.55%) GDPR
1 89 (3.55%) SLA
2 70 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 62 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 61 (2.43%) QA
5 38 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 35 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 33 (1.32%) NIST
8 24 (0.96%) PMO
9 21 (0.84%) ISO 9001
10 19 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 16 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.60%) WCAG
13 9 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 8 (0.32%) PERC
15 5 (0.20%) COBIT
15 5 (0.20%) NCSC
15 5 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 5 (0.20%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 650 (25.92%) Active Directory
2 154 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 90 (3.59%) Hyper-V
4 40 (1.59%) Docker
5 39 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.72%) vSphere
9 13 (0.52%) Firmware
10 11 (0.44%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.40%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.24%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.16%) HDFS
13 4 (0.16%) Postfix
13 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.12%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.12%) KVM
14 3 (0.12%) NFS
15 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.080%) Xen
Systems Management
1 182 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (3.03%) Terraform
3 67 (2.67%) SCCM
4 61 (2.43%) Kubernetes
5 45 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 38 (1.52%) Ansible
7 14 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.40%) SCOM
10 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.28%) AirWatch
12 7 (0.28%) Grafana
12 7 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.28%) PaperCut
13 6 (0.24%) SCOrch
13 6 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 6 (0.24%) WSUS
14 5 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 215 (8.57%) Sun
1 215 (8.57%) VMware
2 164 (6.54%) Cisco
3 154 (6.14%) Google
4 127 (5.06%) Salesforce
5 72 (2.87%) Apple
6 71 (2.83%) Oracle
7 57 (2.27%) Dell
8 48 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 45 (1.79%) Databricks
10 44 (1.75%) Adobe
11 43 (1.71%) SAP
12 40 (1.59%) MathWorks
13 37 (1.48%) Citrix
14 36 (1.44%) Meraki
15 31 (1.24%) HP
16 30 (1.20%) Facebook
17 25 (1.00%) IBM
18 23 (0.92%) Sage
19 22 (0.88%) Tenable