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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 117 117
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 543 466 665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 2.81% 2.69%
As % of the Applications category 38.00% 18.85% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 293 296 452
10th Percentile £27,298 £25,020 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,011 £36,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% -2.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £48,000 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,709 £70,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +2.74% -6.41%

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 1,429 2,472 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.26% 14.90% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 816 827 1,156
10th Percentile £28,625 £26,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,102 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% - -10.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,625
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% -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 16 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 49 (9.02%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.39%) IIS
4 12 (2.21%) Confluence
5 9 (1.66%) WordPress
6 4 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 156 (28.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (18.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 84 (15.47%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (3.87%) Acrobat
5 9 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.92%) CorelDRAW
6 5 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.55%) Trello
8 2 (0.37%) 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 18 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.74%) Sage 50
4 3 (0.55%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (27.26%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (15.10%) AWS
3 29 (5.34%) Power Platform
4 26 (4.79%) Azure
5 20 (3.68%) SaaS
6 13 (2.39%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.39%) OneDrive
7 11 (2.03%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (1.10%) Canva
8 6 (1.10%) ChatGPT
8 6 (1.10%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.92%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.55%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.37%) GitHub
12 1 (0.18%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.18%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.18%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.18%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.68%) DNS
2 19 (3.50%) Firewall
3 17 (3.13%) DHCP
4 15 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (2.58%) VPN
6 13 (2.39%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.66%) LAN
7 9 (1.66%) WAN
8 8 (1.47%) Network Security
9 7 (1.29%) NGFW
10 6 (1.10%) Internet
11 5 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.92%) VoIP
12 3 (0.55%) Skype
13 2 (0.37%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.37%) Extranet
13 2 (0.37%) Intranet
13 2 (0.37%) WebEx
14 1 (0.18%) GoToMeeting
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.60%) Power BI
2 22 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (1.10%) Tableau
4 5 (0.92%) MySQL
5 3 (0.55%) Db2
5 3 (0.55%) DB2 UDB
5 3 (0.55%) GIS
5 3 (0.55%) QlikView
6 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.37%) KNIME
6 2 (0.37%) MS Access
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.18%) QGIS
7 1 (0.18%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 35 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) Git
2 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.37%) JMeter
2 2 (0.37%) Postman
3 1 (0.18%) Ranorex
3 1 (0.18%) Selenium
3 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 404 (74.40%) Social Skills
2 129 (23.76%) Finance
3 126 (23.20%) Organisational Skills
4 85 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (11.23%) Marketing
6 54 (9.94%) Legal
7 48 (8.84%) Swedish Language
8 30 (5.52%) Retail
9 28 (5.16%) Public Sector
10 24 (4.42%) Law
11 23 (4.24%) French Language
12 22 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (2.95%) Telecoms
16 15 (2.76%) Advertising
17 14 (2.58%) Manufacturing
18 9 (1.66%) German Language
19 8 (1.47%) Billing
20 7 (1.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (24.13%) Analyst
2 87 (16.02%) Project Manager
3 85 (15.65%) Service Analyst
3 85 (15.65%) Service Desk Analyst
4 78 (14.36%) Senior
5 69 (12.71%) Senior Manager
5 69 (12.71%) Senior Project Manager
6 37 (6.81%) Support Engineer
7 36 (6.63%) IT Support
8 34 (6.26%) Administrator
9 25 (4.60%) IT Engineer
9 25 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (3.68%) Support Analyst
11 15 (2.76%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.58%) Applications Support
12 14 (2.58%) Coordinator
13 12 (2.21%) Sales Administrator
14 11 (2.03%) Consultant
14 11 (2.03%) Sales Representative
15 10 (1.84%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.29%) CSS
1 7 (1.29%) HTML
1 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.55%) Godot
2 3 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
3 2 (0.37%) SOAP
3 2 (0.37%) 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%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.18%) SciPy
4 1 (0.18%) Web Services
4 1 (0.18%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.55%) Onboarding
1 41 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (6.63%) Management Information System
3 29 (5.34%) Social Media
4 21 (3.87%) Web Conferencing
5 14 (2.58%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.47%) NHS
8 7 (1.29%) Video Editing
9 6 (1.10%) Blog
9 6 (1.10%) e-Learning
10 5 (0.92%) Derivative
10 5 (0.92%) IoT
10 5 (0.92%) Podcast
10 5 (0.92%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (0.92%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.74%) Fat Client
11 4 (0.74%) OTC Derivatives
11 4 (0.74%) Thin Client
11 4 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 84 (15.47%) Windows
2 40 (7.37%) Windows Server
3 17 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 15 (2.76%) Linux
5 14 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.10%) Android
8 5 (0.92%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.55%) Unix
11 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (27.44%) Customer Service
2 129 (23.76%) Project Management
3 118 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (18.42%) ITIL
5 98 (18.05%) Agile
6 94 (17.31%) CRM
7 93 (17.13%) Project Delivery
8 88 (16.21%) Customer Experience
9 86 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (15.65%) PRINCE2
11 76 (14.00%) Coaching
12 74 (13.63%) Budget Management
12 74 (13.63%) ITSM
13 71 (13.08%) Performance Metrics
14 69 (12.71%) Conflict Management
14 69 (12.71%) Impact Analysis
15 66 (12.15%) Operations Management
15 66 (12.15%) Programme Governance
16 56 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
17 47 (8.66%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.47%) SQL
2 20 (3.68%) PowerShell
3 13 (2.39%) Python
4 10 (1.84%) VBA
5 9 (1.66%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.66%) VBScript
6 6 (1.10%) C#
6 6 (1.10%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.92%) R
8 4 (0.74%) C++
8 4 (0.74%) Java
8 4 (0.74%) VB
9 3 (0.55%) C
10 2 (0.37%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 228 (41.99%) Degree
2 73 (13.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 68 (12.52%) AWS Certification
3 68 (12.52%) MCSE
4 66 (12.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 14 (2.58%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.39%) HNC
7 11 (2.03%) HND
8 10 (1.84%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.84%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.10%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.92%) PMP
12 4 (0.74%) CIPD
12 4 (0.74%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.55%) ACCA
13 3 (0.55%) CAPM
13 3 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.55%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (15.10%) QA
2 25 (4.60%) SLA
3 24 (4.42%) GDPR
4 20 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (3.68%) PMO
5 14 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.58%) ISO 9001
6 8 (1.47%) NIST
7 7 (1.29%) TickIT
8 4 (0.74%) MiFID
9 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.37%) IFRS
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.18%) EMIR
11 1 (0.18%) HL7
11 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 61 (11.23%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.55%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
3 3 (0.55%) SCCM
4 2 (0.37%) Ansible
4 2 (0.37%) Terraform
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 421 (77.53%) Microsoft
2 76 (14.00%) ServiceNow
3 37 (6.81%) Adobe
4 20 (3.68%) VMware
5 19 (3.50%) Google
5 19 (3.50%) HubSpot
6 18 (3.31%) Cisco
7 17 (3.13%) Apple
8 14 (2.58%) Sage
9 12 (2.21%) iManage
9 12 (2.21%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.21%) Xero
10 10 (1.84%) Oracle
10 10 (1.84%) SAP
11 8 (1.47%) Meraki
11 8 (1.47%) Veeam
12 7 (1.29%) HP
13 6 (1.10%) Citrix
14 5 (0.92%) Synology
15 4 (0.74%) Palo Alto