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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 101 104
Rank change year-on-year +32 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 539 535 687
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.52% 3.26% 3.16%
As % of the Applications category 22.69% 39.45% 47.44%
Number of salaries quoted 210 275 572
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,339 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,281 £57,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £68,635
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +18.06% -10.00%

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 2,376 1,356 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.53% 8.26% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 640 718 1,098
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,675 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,249
% change year-on-year -16.11% +18.47% -11.74%

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 January 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 33 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.93%) Confluence
4 3 (0.56%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.56%) WordPress
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) Drupal
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 143 (26.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (12.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (3.34%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.97%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.23%) InDesign
6 7 (1.30%) Trello
7 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.93%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.56%) Simulink
11 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) SAP PP
2 3 (0.56%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.37%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 244 (45.27%) Microsoft 365
2 123 (22.82%) AWS
3 34 (6.31%) Azure
4 33 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
4 33 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 31 (5.75%) Entra ID
6 28 (5.19%) SaaS
7 10 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (1.86%) Smartsheet
8 7 (1.30%) Intacct
8 7 (1.30%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.11%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.93%) Google Workspace
11 4 (0.74%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.74%) Workato
12 3 (0.56%) Google Drive
13 2 (0.37%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.37%) Google Analytics
13 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (1.86%) Unified Communications
3 9 (1.67%) VoIP
4 8 (1.48%) DNS
5 7 (1.30%) DHCP
5 7 (1.30%) Firewall
5 7 (1.30%) LAN
5 7 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.93%) VPN
6 5 (0.93%) WAN
7 3 (0.56%) Broadband
7 3 (0.56%) DKIM
7 3 (0.56%) DMARC
7 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.56%) Internet
7 3 (0.56%) PuTTY
7 3 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.37%) 4G
8 2 (0.37%) Wireless
9 1 (0.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.82%) Power BI
2 13 (2.41%) GIS
3 10 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
4 7 (1.30%) Tableau
5 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) EDMS
7 1 (0.19%) FileMaker
7 1 (0.19%) Metadata
7 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (1.86%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
2 3 (0.56%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.56%) Maven
2 3 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 369 (68.46%) Social Skills
2 146 (27.09%) Finance
3 118 (21.89%) French Language
4 101 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (17.63%) Swedish Language
6 49 (9.09%) Back Office
7 48 (8.91%) Marketing
8 47 (8.72%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (5.38%) Legal
10 27 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (4.27%) Law
12 19 (3.53%) Public Sector
13 18 (3.34%) Advertising
13 18 (3.34%) Billing
14 17 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.78%) Retail
16 13 (2.41%) Banking
17 12 (2.23%) Manufacturing
18 11 (2.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (39.15%) Analyst
2 134 (24.86%) Service Analyst
3 133 (24.68%) Service Desk Analyst
4 64 (11.87%) Support Engineer
5 47 (8.72%) Desktop Support
5 47 (8.72%) IT Support
6 46 (8.53%) Desktop Engineer
6 46 (8.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 40 (7.42%) Senior
7 40 (7.42%) Site Engineer
8 29 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
9 25 (4.64%) Administrator
9 25 (4.64%) IT Analyst
10 21 (3.90%) Support Analyst
11 19 (3.53%) IT Support Analyst
11 19 (3.53%) Lead
12 18 (3.34%) IT Manager
12 18 (3.34%) Supply Chain Analyst
13 17 (3.15%) Technical Support
14 15 (2.78%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.11%) EDI
2 4 (0.74%) Middleware
3 3 (0.56%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.56%) RAML
3 3 (0.56%) REST
3 3 (0.56%) SOAP
4 2 (0.37%) XML
4 2 (0.37%) XSLT
5 1 (0.19%) .NET
5 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.19%) CSS
5 1 (0.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.95%) Onboarding
2 55 (10.20%) Management Information System
3 51 (9.46%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.57%) Social Media
5 11 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
6 10 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (1.86%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.67%) NHS
8 8 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.30%) CMDB
9 7 (1.30%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.11%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.93%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.93%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.93%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.74%) Animation
12 4 (0.74%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.74%) PMI
12 4 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 112 (20.78%) Windows
2 59 (10.95%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.15%) Linux
4 16 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.67%) Unix
6 7 (1.30%) Android
6 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (43.78%) Customer Service
2 214 (39.70%) ITIL
3 125 (23.19%) ITSM
4 124 (23.01%) Performance Metrics
5 107 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
6 103 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (12.62%) Analytics
8 60 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
9 58 (10.76%) Decision-Making
10 53 (9.83%) Customer Experience
11 50 (9.28%) ERP
12 49 (9.09%) CRM
13 48 (8.91%) Patch Management
14 46 (8.53%) Customer Acquisition
14 46 (8.53%) Project Management
14 46 (8.53%) Ticket Management
15 44 (8.16%) Software Deployment
16 42 (7.79%) Agile
17 39 (7.24%) Asset Management
18 38 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.34%) SQL
2 14 (2.60%) Python
3 8 (1.48%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.30%) R
5 6 (1.11%) Java
6 5 (0.93%) ABAP
6 5 (0.93%) C++
7 4 (0.74%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.56%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.56%) C
8 3 (0.56%) C#
8 3 (0.56%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.56%) Objective-C
8 3 (0.56%) Swift
9 2 (0.37%) VBA
9 2 (0.37%) VC++
10 1 (0.19%) Bash
10 1 (0.19%) Bicep
10 1 (0.19%) Scala
10 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 260 (48.24%) Degree
2 120 (22.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 116 (21.52%) MCSE
4 115 (21.34%) AWS Certification
5 66 (12.24%) Security Cleared
6 58 (10.76%) SC Cleared
7 44 (8.16%) CTC Cleared
8 39 (7.24%) ACCA
9 36 (6.68%) CIMA
10 23 (4.27%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.86%) CFA
11 10 (1.86%) CIPD
11 10 (1.86%) CISSP
12 8 (1.48%) CISA
13 7 (1.30%) AAT
13 7 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (1.11%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (22.08%) QA
2 71 (13.17%) SLA
3 27 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.53%) GDPR
5 14 (2.60%) ISO 9001
6 12 (2.23%) PMO
7 11 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.74%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.56%) GRC
9 3 (0.56%) NIST
9 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.37%) EMIR
10 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 58 (10.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.34%) SCCM
2 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.37%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.19%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 445 (82.56%) Microsoft
2 122 (22.63%) ServiceNow
3 58 (10.76%) Cisco
4 21 (3.90%) Adobe
5 17 (3.15%) Google
6 13 (2.41%) Sage
6 13 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.23%) Oracle
8 10 (1.86%) Apple
9 9 (1.67%) Zoho
10 8 (1.48%) SAP
11 7 (1.30%) iManage
12 6 (1.11%) Xero
13 4 (0.74%) Citrix
13 4 (0.74%) Concur
13 4 (0.74%) Mitel
14 3 (0.56%) MuleSoft
15 2 (0.37%) Dell
15 2 (0.37%) HubSpot
15 2 (0.37%) Wyse