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 5 June 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,531 7,176 6,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.30% 20.60% 17.22%
As % of the Vendors category 27.18% 51.45% 43.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 5,175 4,726
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,170 £40,000 £38,837
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 9,313 13,948 15,258
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 48.96% 40.05% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,649 9,851 10,627
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £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 £71,236 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.00% -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 5 June 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
1 263 (10.39%) SharePoint
2 214 (8.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 90 (3.56%) Confluence
4 59 (2.33%) IIS
5 41 (1.62%) CMS
6 28 (1.11%) Apache Spark
7 23 (0.91%) WordPress
8 18 (0.71%) Umbraco
9 13 (0.51%) IBM Domino
10 12 (0.47%) Tomcat
11 9 (0.36%) Apache
12 7 (0.28%) Moodle
13 6 (0.24%) Kentico
13 6 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
14 5 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
14 5 (0.20%) Skype for Business
15 4 (0.16%) Apache Solr
16 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
16 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 435 (17.19%) Microsoft Office
2 262 (10.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (1.58%) Simulink
5 34 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 14 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
8 13 (0.51%) MS Visio
9 11 (0.43%) Chatbot
10 8 (0.32%) Acrobat
11 7 (0.28%) Adobe XD
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
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
1 134 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 18 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
4 17 (0.67%) Shopify
5 10 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
7 6 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 6 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.20%) CA PPM
8 5 (0.20%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
9 4 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 1000
10 3 (0.12%) Sage 200
11 2 (0.079%) Adobe Campaign
11 2 (0.079%) Carpe Diem
11 2 (0.079%) SAP Business One
11 2 (0.079%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 2 (0.079%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 997 (39.39%) Azure
2 695 (27.46%) Microsoft 365
3 411 (16.24%) Power Platform
4 241 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
5 198 (7.82%) AWS
6 183 (7.23%) Entra ID
7 172 (6.80%) Power Automate
8 169 (6.68%) PowerApps
9 153 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
10 114 (4.50%) SaaS
11 77 (3.04%) Miro
12 76 (3.00%) Asana
13 74 (2.92%) OneDrive
14 64 (2.53%) GitHub
15 63 (2.49%) GCP
16 57 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
17 52 (2.05%) IaaS
18 51 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
19 50 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
20 49 (1.94%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 291 (11.50%) Broadband
2 179 (7.07%) Firewall
3 122 (4.82%) DNS
4 104 (4.11%) DHCP
5 94 (3.71%) WAN
6 88 (3.48%) VPN
7 80 (3.16%) LAN
8 68 (2.69%) TCP/IP
9 51 (2.02%) SAN
10 50 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (1.82%) VLAN
12 43 (1.70%) VoIP
13 41 (1.62%) Wireless
14 35 (1.38%) Network Security
15 30 (1.19%) SD-WAN
16 25 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
17 20 (0.79%) HTTP
17 20 (0.79%) NAS
18 17 (0.67%) Intranet
19 16 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (12.64%) SQL Server
2 251 (9.92%) Power BI
3 76 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 73 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 73 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 60 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 52 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (1.74%) Data Lake
8 42 (1.66%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 36 (1.42%) Tableau
11 32 (1.26%) Metadata
12 31 (1.22%) Data Hub
13 27 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
14 26 (1.03%) MySQL
15 24 (0.95%) Data Mining
15 24 (0.95%) DB2
16 21 (0.83%) SQL CLR
17 20 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
17 20 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 152 (6.01%) JIRA
2 73 (2.88%) Git
3 41 (1.62%) Visual Studio
4 16 (0.63%) TeamCity
5 13 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 12 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.40%) NUnit
8 9 (0.36%) GitLab
9 8 (0.32%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.32%) Jasmine
10 7 (0.28%) Axure RP
10 7 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.24%) Selenium
11 6 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.20%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.16%) ERwin
13 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.12%) Postman
14 3 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,138 (44.96%) Social Skills
2 559 (22.09%) Finance
3 325 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (6.40%) Marketing
5 154 (6.08%) Law
6 149 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 148 (5.85%) Retail
8 112 (4.43%) Legal
9 109 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
10 98 (3.87%) Public Sector
11 85 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
12 78 (3.08%) Banking
13 53 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (2.02%) Advertising
15 47 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 47 (1.86%) Back Office
16 46 (1.82%) Games
16 46 (1.82%) Manufacturing
17 42 (1.66%) Local Government
18 34 (1.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 392 (15.49%) Analyst
2 331 (13.08%) Developer
3 328 (12.96%) Support Engineer
4 293 (11.58%) Senior
5 208 (8.22%) Lead
6 194 (7.66%) IT Support
7 110 (4.35%) Support Analyst
8 101 (3.99%) Architect
8 101 (3.99%) Consultant
9 94 (3.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 88 (3.48%) IT Engineer
11 78 (3.08%) Team Leader
12 77 (3.04%) 2nd Line Support
13 76 (3.00%) Product Analyst
14 68 (2.69%) .NET Developer
14 68 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
15 67 (2.65%) IT Analyst
16 64 (2.53%) Senior Developer
17 63 (2.49%) Administrator
17 63 (2.49%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (10.51%) .NET
2 113 (4.46%) HTML
3 96 (3.79%) React
4 95 (3.75%) CSS
5 85 (3.36%) ASP.NET
6 81 (3.20%) .NET Framework
7 80 (3.16%) .NET Core
8 71 (2.81%) AngularJS
9 53 (2.09%) ASP.NET MVC
10 52 (2.05%) REST
10 52 (2.05%) RESTful
11 48 (1.90%) Entity Framework
12 47 (1.86%) Web Services
13 44 (1.74%) ASP.NET Web API
14 41 (1.62%) Vue
15 38 (1.50%) JSON
16 35 (1.38%) HTML5
17 24 (0.95%) XML
18 23 (0.91%) LINQ
19 21 (0.83%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 142 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
2 136 (5.37%) Product Ownership
3 123 (4.86%) Management Information System
4 90 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 73 (2.88%) Video\Live Streaming
6 72 (2.84%) Over-the-Top Content
7 65 (2.57%) Driving Licence
8 63 (2.49%) Data Centre
9 50 (1.98%) Social Media
10 46 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 38 (1.50%) Cloud Native
12 31 (1.22%) Private Cloud
13 30 (1.19%) Security Posture
14 27 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 27 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
15 25 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
15 25 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (0.87%) Public Cloud
17 21 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 738 (29.16%) Windows
2 236 (9.32%) Windows Server 2012
3 209 (8.26%) Windows Server
4 142 (5.61%) Linux
5 117 (4.62%) Windows 10
6 44 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 42 (1.66%) Mac OS
8 35 (1.38%) Android
9 34 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 32 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 26 (1.03%) Unix
12 11 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 11 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.24%) AIX
14 5 (0.20%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.16%) CentOS
15 4 (0.16%) Debian
15 4 (0.16%) VMS
16 3 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
2 505 (19.95%) Agile
3 351 (13.87%) Coaching
3 351 (13.87%) Customer Service
4 302 (11.93%) CRM
5 262 (10.35%) Business Intelligence
6 260 (10.27%) DevOps
7 248 (9.80%) Project Management
8 243 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
9 241 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
10 239 (9.44%) ITIL
11 235 (9.28%) Analytics
11 235 (9.28%) Proactive Maintenance
12 230 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 217 (8.57%) Procure-to-Pay
14 215 (8.49%) Broadcast Engineering
14 215 (8.49%) Post-Production
15 199 (7.86%) Roadmaps
16 185 (7.31%) Mentoring
17 182 (7.19%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 433 (17.11%) SQL
2 306 (12.09%) C#
3 247 (9.76%) JavaScript
4 234 (9.25%) PowerShell
5 176 (6.95%) Python
6 69 (2.73%) Java
7 61 (2.41%) T-SQL
8 55 (2.17%) TypeScript
9 40 (1.58%) VBA
10 38 (1.50%) Bash
11 36 (1.42%) VB.NET
12 25 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 22 (0.87%) PHP
13 22 (0.87%) PL/SQL
14 19 (0.75%) Scala
15 13 (0.51%) Bicep
15 13 (0.51%) X++
16 10 (0.40%) C
17 9 (0.36%) VB
18 7 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 551 (21.77%) Degree
2 179 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (3.67%) Azure Certification
4 91 (3.60%) Security Cleared
5 77 (3.04%) DBS Check
6 64 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 63 (2.49%) SC Cleared
8 50 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (1.58%) CISSP
11 32 (1.26%) PMI Certification
12 31 (1.22%) CCNA
13 29 (1.15%) MCSA
14 27 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
15 25 (0.99%) PMP
16 24 (0.95%) AWS Certification
16 24 (0.95%) Master's Degree
16 24 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
17 23 (0.91%) MCSE
18 21 (0.83%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (3.56%) GDPR
2 84 (3.32%) SLA
3 73 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 61 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 61 (2.41%) QA
5 39 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 35 (1.38%) NIST
7 31 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (1.11%) PMO
9 21 (0.83%) ISO 9001
10 15 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.59%) WCAG
11 9 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.24%) GRC
12 6 (0.24%) PERC
12 6 (0.24%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.20%) COBIT
13 5 (0.20%) NCSC
13 5 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 643 (25.40%) Active Directory
2 150 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (3.67%) Hyper-V
4 37 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
5 34 (1.34%) Docker
6 26 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.67%) vSphere
9 12 (0.47%) Firmware
10 11 (0.43%) Terminal Services
11 10 (0.40%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.24%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.16%) HDFS
13 4 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.12%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.12%) NFS
14 3 (0.12%) Postfix
15 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.079%) SRDF
15 2 (0.079%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 184 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (2.96%) Terraform
3 64 (2.53%) SCCM
4 54 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 45 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
6 35 (1.38%) Ansible
7 13 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.36%) SCOM
10 7 (0.28%) AirWatch
10 7 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.28%) PaperCut
10 7 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.28%) WSUS
11 6 (0.24%) Grafana
11 6 (0.24%) SCOrch
12 5 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.20%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 215 (8.49%) Sun
2 206 (8.14%) VMware
3 169 (6.68%) Cisco
4 149 (5.89%) Google
5 124 (4.90%) Salesforce
6 74 (2.92%) Apple
7 65 (2.57%) Oracle
8 61 (2.41%) Dell
9 48 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 45 (1.78%) Adobe
11 43 (1.70%) Databricks
12 41 (1.62%) SAP
13 40 (1.58%) MathWorks
14 35 (1.38%) Meraki
15 34 (1.34%) Citrix
16 32 (1.26%) HP
17 30 (1.19%) Facebook
18 22 (0.87%) Sage
19 21 (0.83%) IBM
19 21 (0.83%) Tenable