Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Office Job Trends

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Office skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 115 115
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 550 480 672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.90% 2.71%
As % of the Applications category 38.12% 18.80% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 298 302 443
10th Percentile £26,875 £25,020 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £37,844
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -2.23% -24.31%
75th Percentile £45,000 £59,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -1.32%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Office falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,443 2,553 2,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.22% 15.44% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 822 840 1,113
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £46,533 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +3.41% -14.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

Microsoft Office
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Office and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Office.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Microsoft Office salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 24 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.36%) Confluence
4 12 (2.18%) IIS
5 9 (1.64%) WordPress
6 4 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 157 (28.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 104 (18.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 84 (15.27%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (4.00%) Acrobat
5 9 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.91%) CorelDRAW
6 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.55%) Trello
8 2 (0.36%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.18%) InDesign
9 1 (0.18%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 16 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.73%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.55%) BambooHR
4 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.36%) Shopify
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 144 (26.18%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (14.36%) AWS
3 23 (4.18%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.00%) Azure
5 19 (3.45%) SaaS
6 13 (2.36%) OneDrive
7 12 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 11 (2.00%) Entra ID
9 10 (1.82%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.27%) Canva
10 7 (1.27%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.09%) ChatGPT
12 5 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.55%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.18%) Asana
15 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
15 1 (0.18%) Google Docs
15 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.45%) DNS
2 16 (2.91%) Firewall
3 15 (2.73%) DHCP
4 14 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.82%) VPN
7 8 (1.45%) LAN
7 8 (1.45%) Network Security
7 8 (1.45%) WAN
8 7 (1.27%) NGFW
9 5 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.91%) Internet
10 4 (0.73%) VoIP
11 3 (0.55%) Skype
12 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.36%) WebEx
13 1 (0.18%) Extranet
13 1 (0.18%) GoToMeeting
13 1 (0.18%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.45%) Power BI
3 6 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.91%) MySQL
5 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.36%) Db2
5 2 (0.36%) DB2 UDB
5 2 (0.36%) GIS
5 2 (0.36%) KNIME
5 2 (0.36%) MS Access
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.36%) QlikView
5 2 (0.36%) Tableau
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (6.18%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.36%) JMeter
2 2 (0.36%) Postman
3 1 (0.18%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
3 1 (0.18%) Selenium
3 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 410 (74.55%) Social Skills
2 137 (24.91%) Organisational Skills
3 124 (22.55%) Finance
4 87 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (11.64%) Marketing
6 51 (9.27%) Legal
7 48 (8.73%) Swedish Language
8 32 (5.82%) Retail
9 27 (4.91%) Public Sector
10 23 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (4.00%) French Language
11 22 (4.00%) Law
12 21 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (3.09%) Manufacturing
14 17 (3.09%) Telecoms
15 16 (2.91%) Advertising
16 11 (2.00%) German Language
17 10 (1.82%) Billing
18 7 (1.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (23.27%) Analyst
2 87 (15.82%) Project Manager
3 85 (15.45%) Service Analyst
3 85 (15.45%) Service Desk Analyst
4 75 (13.64%) Senior
5 69 (12.55%) Senior Manager
5 69 (12.55%) Senior Project Manager
6 38 (6.91%) Administrator
7 35 (6.36%) Support Engineer
8 34 (6.18%) IT Support
9 23 (4.18%) IT Engineer
9 23 (4.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 19 (3.45%) Support Analyst
11 16 (2.91%) Applications Support
12 14 (2.55%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.36%) Coordinator
14 12 (2.18%) Sales Administrator
14 12 (2.18%) Support Officer
15 11 (2.00%) 1st Line Support
15 11 (2.00%) Sales Representative
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.27%) CSS
1 7 (1.27%) HTML
1 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.55%) Godot
2 3 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (0.36%) SOAP
3 2 (0.36%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) XML
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) EDI
4 1 (0.18%) FHIR
4 1 (0.18%) JSON
4 1 (0.18%) JSP
4 1 (0.18%) Middleware
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.36%) Onboarding
2 39 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (6.55%) Management Information System
4 31 (5.64%) Social Media
5 21 (3.82%) Web Conferencing
6 20 (3.64%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.82%) NHS
9 8 (1.45%) Video Editing
10 6 (1.09%) Blog
10 6 (1.09%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.91%) Fat Client
11 5 (0.91%) IoT
11 5 (0.91%) Podcast
11 5 (0.91%) Raspberry Pi
11 5 (0.91%) Thin Client
11 5 (0.91%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.73%) Derivative
13 3 (0.55%) CMDB
13 3 (0.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 81 (14.73%) Windows
2 37 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.55%) Windows 10
4 13 (2.36%) Linux
4 13 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.09%) Android
7 5 (0.91%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (28.18%) Customer Service
2 131 (23.82%) Project Management
3 119 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
4 101 (18.36%) ITIL
5 97 (17.64%) Agile
5 97 (17.64%) CRM
6 94 (17.09%) Project Delivery
7 92 (16.73%) Customer Experience
8 85 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 85 (15.45%) PRINCE2
9 77 (14.00%) Coaching
10 74 (13.45%) Budget Management
10 74 (13.45%) ITSM
11 72 (13.09%) Performance Metrics
12 69 (12.55%) Conflict Management
13 68 (12.36%) Impact Analysis
14 66 (12.00%) Operations Management
14 66 (12.00%) Programme Governance
15 56 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (8.18%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.18%) SQL
2 20 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.82%) Python
4 9 (1.64%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.45%) VBA
6 7 (1.27%) VBScript
7 6 (1.09%) C#
7 6 (1.09%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.73%) C++
8 4 (0.73%) Java
8 4 (0.73%) R
9 3 (0.55%) C
10 2 (0.36%) Bash
10 2 (0.36%) VB
11 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 222 (40.36%) Degree
2 73 (13.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (12.36%) AWS Certification
3 68 (12.36%) MCSE
4 66 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 14 (2.55%) Security Cleared
6 12 (2.18%) HNC
7 11 (2.00%) HND
8 10 (1.82%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.64%) SC Cleared
10 7 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.09%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.91%) PMP
13 4 (0.73%) CIPD
13 4 (0.73%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.55%) ACCA
14 3 (0.55%) CAPM
14 3 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (14.73%) QA
2 26 (4.73%) GDPR
3 25 (4.55%) SLA
4 20 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (3.45%) PMO
6 17 (3.09%) Data Quality
7 14 (2.55%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.55%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.45%) NIST
9 7 (1.27%) TickIT
10 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.55%) MiFID
11 2 (0.36%) IFRS
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.18%) EMIR
12 1 (0.18%) HL7
12 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 58 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.91%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.91%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (0.55%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 435 (79.09%) Microsoft
2 76 (13.82%) ServiceNow
3 40 (7.27%) Adobe
4 21 (3.82%) Apple
4 21 (3.82%) HubSpot
5 19 (3.45%) Cisco
6 18 (3.27%) Google
7 15 (2.73%) VMware
8 14 (2.55%) Sage
9 13 (2.36%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.36%) Xero
10 12 (2.18%) iManage
11 10 (1.82%) SAP
12 8 (1.45%) Oracle
12 8 (1.45%) Veeam
13 7 (1.27%) HP
13 7 (1.27%) Meraki
14 6 (1.09%) Citrix
15 5 (0.91%) Acronis
15 5 (0.91%) Synology