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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 114 84
Rank change year-on-year +27 -30 +16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 502 423 1,037
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 3.10% 3.46%
As % of the Applications category 25.47% 33.57% 44.45%
Number of salaries quoted 207 259 829
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £36,539
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +17.68% -18.80%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,250
90th Percentile £71,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,748 £32,500
% change year-on-year -20.24% +25.38% -18.75%

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 1,971 1,260 2,333
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.69% 9.23% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 610 777 1,762
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,650 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% +20.12% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,253 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +27.15% -16.67%

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 March 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 51 (10.16%) SharePoint
2 28 (5.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.00%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 127 (25.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (11.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.79%) InDesign
5 7 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.39%) Trello
6 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.40%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.80%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 242 (48.21%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (22.91%) AWS
3 61 (12.15%) Entra ID
4 51 (10.16%) Azure
5 35 (6.97%) Power Platform
6 34 (6.77%) SaaS
7 33 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (2.39%) Google Workspace
9 10 (1.99%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.00%) Intacct
11 4 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.80%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.60%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.60%) Smartsheet
13 2 (0.40%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.40%) ChatGPT
13 2 (0.40%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.40%) Slack
13 2 (0.40%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.38%) DNS
1 22 (4.38%) Firewall
1 22 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
2 21 (4.18%) DHCP
3 17 (3.39%) VoIP
4 15 (2.99%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.79%) LAN
6 13 (2.59%) VPN
7 12 (2.39%) WAN
8 10 (1.99%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.20%) Internet
10 3 (0.60%) DKIM
10 3 (0.60%) DMARC
10 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.60%) PuTTY
10 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.40%) 4G
11 2 (0.40%) Extranet
11 2 (0.40%) Intranet
11 2 (0.40%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.37%) Power BI
2 11 (2.19%) Tableau
3 3 (0.60%) DB2
3 3 (0.60%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (0.60%) QlikView
3 3 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.20%) EDMS
5 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.20%) GIS
5 1 (0.20%) Metadata
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.20%) QGIS
5 1 (0.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (1.79%) JIRA
2 4 (0.80%) Git
3 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.60%) Maven
3 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 357 (71.12%) Social Skills
2 118 (23.51%) Finance
3 100 (19.92%) French Language
4 85 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (12.75%) Back Office
5 64 (12.75%) Swedish Language
6 54 (10.76%) Organisational Skills
7 43 (8.57%) Marketing
8 24 (4.78%) Legal
9 22 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (4.18%) Law
11 19 (3.78%) Public Sector
12 17 (3.39%) Retail
13 14 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (2.59%) Advertising
15 12 (2.39%) Billing
16 9 (1.79%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.59%) Local Government
18 5 (1.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 187 (37.25%) Analyst
2 106 (21.12%) Service Analyst
3 105 (20.92%) Service Desk Analyst
4 101 (20.12%) Support Engineer
5 64 (12.75%) Desktop Support
6 62 (12.35%) Desktop Engineer
6 62 (12.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 60 (11.95%) IT Support
8 56 (11.16%) Site Engineer
9 41 (8.17%) Senior
10 36 (7.17%) IT Engineer
11 35 (6.97%) IT Support Engineer
12 33 (6.57%) Financial Analyst
13 20 (3.98%) Administrator
13 20 (3.98%) IT Analyst
14 19 (3.78%) Support Analyst
15 18 (3.59%) Supply Chain Analyst
16 17 (3.39%) IT Support Analyst
16 17 (3.39%) Junior
17 16 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.20%) EDI
2 4 (0.80%) REST
2 4 (0.80%) SOAP
2 4 (0.80%) XML
3 3 (0.60%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.60%) RAML
3 3 (0.60%) XSLT
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.20%) HTML
4 1 (0.20%) JSP
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.20%) SciPy
4 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.36%) Onboarding
2 46 (9.16%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (6.97%) Management Information System
4 33 (6.57%) Social Media
5 12 (2.39%) Web Conferencing
6 11 (2.19%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.59%) NHS
7 8 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.00%) e-Learning
10 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (0.80%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.60%) CMDB
11 3 (0.60%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.60%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 140 (27.89%) Windows
2 92 (18.33%) Windows 10
3 35 (6.97%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (3.19%) Linux
7 14 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.39%) Mac OS
9 10 (1.99%) Unix
10 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.80%) Android
12 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (45.42%) Customer Service
2 195 (38.84%) ITIL
3 116 (23.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 103 (20.52%) ITSM
4 103 (20.52%) Performance Metrics
5 94 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
7 78 (15.54%) Analytics
8 68 (13.55%) Customer Experience
9 65 (12.95%) Patch Management
10 62 (12.35%) Ticket Management
11 61 (12.15%) Customer Acquisition
12 60 (11.95%) CRM
12 60 (11.95%) Software Deployment
13 54 (10.76%) Decision-Making
14 45 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (7.97%) ERP
16 39 (7.77%) Project Management
17 36 (7.17%) Mentoring
18 35 (6.97%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.78%) SQL
2 13 (2.59%) Python
3 8 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.59%) VBA
4 5 (1.00%) ABAP
4 5 (1.00%) VB
4 5 (1.00%) VBScript
5 4 (0.80%) C#
5 4 (0.80%) Java
5 4 (0.80%) R
6 3 (0.60%) C++
6 3 (0.60%) VC++
7 1 (0.20%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) Scala
7 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 232 (46.22%) Degree
2 105 (20.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 96 (19.12%) MCSE
4 95 (18.92%) AWS Certification
5 79 (15.74%) Security Cleared
6 71 (14.14%) SC Cleared
7 60 (11.95%) CTC Cleared
8 35 (6.97%) ACCA
9 32 (6.37%) CIMA
10 11 (2.19%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.99%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.79%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.39%) CFA
13 7 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.20%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.20%) CISSP
15 5 (1.00%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (20.12%) QA
2 73 (14.54%) SLA
3 25 (4.98%) GDPR
4 20 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.19%) ISO 9001
6 10 (1.99%) PMO
7 9 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.79%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.80%) NIST
10 3 (0.60%) EMIR
10 3 (0.60%) GRC
10 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.40%) MiFID
11 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.20%) IFRS
12 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 68 (13.55%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.59%) Hyper-V
3 7 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (5.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.19%) SCCM
3 13 (2.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.20%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 409 (81.47%) Microsoft
2 99 (19.72%) ServiceNow
3 72 (14.34%) Cisco
4 22 (4.38%) Google
5 21 (4.18%) Adobe
6 15 (2.99%) Oracle
7 12 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.39%) VMware
8 9 (1.79%) SAP
8 9 (1.79%) Zoho
9 8 (1.59%) Apple
10 7 (1.39%) Dell
11 6 (1.20%) HP
11 6 (1.20%) Sage
12 5 (1.00%) IBM
12 5 (1.00%) iManage
12 5 (1.00%) Snow
12 5 (1.00%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.80%) Mitel