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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 107 86
Rank change year-on-year +16 -21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 478 394 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 3.01% 3.35%
As % of the Applications category 38.77% 29.36% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 211 250 832
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,750 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +17.12% -18.89%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,375 £51,563
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +23.08% -16.60%

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 1,233 1,342 2,905
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.06% 10.24% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 599 757 1,808
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.09% -9.47%
75th Percentile £60,625 £66,253 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -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 15 April 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 (10.25%) SharePoint
2 33 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.88%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (1.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (1.88%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.26%) Confluence
5 4 (0.84%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (23.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (10.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (2.72%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.05%) InDesign
4 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.05%) Trello
5 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.42%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) BambooHR
2 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 231 (48.33%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (21.55%) AWS
3 60 (12.55%) Entra ID
4 50 (10.46%) Azure
5 31 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (5.86%) SaaS
7 25 (5.23%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.51%) Google Workspace
8 12 (2.51%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.05%) Intacct
10 4 (0.84%) Google Docs
11 3 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.63%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.63%) Google Drive
11 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.42%) Viva Engage
13 1 (0.21%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.21%) Canva
13 1 (0.21%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.23%) DNS
2 24 (5.02%) DHCP
2 24 (5.02%) Firewall
2 24 (5.02%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (3.56%) VoIP
4 16 (3.35%) VPN
5 15 (3.14%) TCP/IP
6 14 (2.93%) LAN
7 12 (2.51%) WAN
8 7 (1.46%) Internet
9 6 (1.26%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.63%) PuTTY
10 3 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.63%) Skype
11 2 (0.42%) 4G
11 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.42%) Extranet
11 2 (0.42%) Intranet
12 1 (0.21%) Broadband
12 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.23%) Power BI
2 9 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.88%) Tableau
3 4 (0.84%) DB2
3 4 (0.84%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (0.84%) MySQL
3 4 (0.84%) QlikView
4 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.21%) GIS
5 1 (0.21%) Metadata
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.21%) QGIS
5 1 (0.21%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (1.46%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Git
3 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.63%) Maven
3 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 325 (67.99%) Social Skills
2 116 (24.27%) Finance
3 82 (17.15%) French Language
4 73 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (13.39%) Back Office
6 61 (12.76%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (9.41%) Marketing
8 36 (7.53%) Swedish Language
9 26 (5.44%) Legal
10 23 (4.81%) Law
11 20 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (4.18%) Retail
12 19 (3.97%) Public Sector
13 14 (2.93%) Advertising
13 14 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (2.09%) Billing
15 8 (1.67%) Local Government
16 7 (1.46%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.26%) Games
18 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 166 (34.73%) Analyst
2 106 (22.18%) Support Engineer
3 93 (19.46%) Service Analyst
4 92 (19.25%) Service Desk Analyst
5 64 (13.39%) Desktop Support
6 62 (12.97%) Desktop Engineer
6 62 (12.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 60 (12.55%) IT Support
8 56 (11.72%) Site Engineer
9 41 (8.58%) IT Engineer
10 40 (8.37%) IT Support Engineer
11 34 (7.11%) Financial Analyst
12 31 (6.49%) Senior
13 18 (3.77%) Supply Chain Analyst
14 17 (3.56%) Administrator
15 16 (3.35%) IT Analyst
16 15 (3.14%) Support Analyst
17 14 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
17 14 (2.93%) Junior
18 13 (2.72%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.05%) EDI
2 4 (0.84%) REST
2 4 (0.84%) SOAP
2 4 (0.84%) XML
3 3 (0.63%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.63%) CSS
3 3 (0.63%) HTML
3 3 (0.63%) RAML
3 3 (0.63%) XSLT
4 1 (0.21%) .NET
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) FHIR
4 1 (0.21%) JSP
4 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.21%) SciPy
4 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (7.74%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.86%) Social Media
5 10 (2.09%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.09%) Web Conferencing
6 8 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.46%) NHS
8 5 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.84%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (0.84%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (0.84%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.84%) Wiki
10 3 (0.63%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.63%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 140 (29.29%) Windows
2 92 (19.25%) Windows 10
3 42 (8.79%) Windows Server
4 24 (5.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (3.35%) Linux
7 14 (2.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.51%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.88%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.26%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.26%) Unix
11 4 (0.84%) Android
12 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (43.72%) Customer Service
2 176 (36.82%) ITIL
3 108 (22.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (19.46%) Performance Metrics
5 92 (19.25%) ITSM
6 82 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
7 81 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (15.48%) Analytics
9 65 (13.60%) Patch Management
10 64 (13.39%) Customer Experience
11 63 (13.18%) CRM
12 62 (12.97%) Ticket Management
13 61 (12.76%) Customer Acquisition
14 60 (12.55%) Software Deployment
15 51 (10.67%) Decision-Making
16 38 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (7.74%) Project Management
18 34 (7.11%) ERP
18 34 (7.11%) Mentoring
19 31 (6.49%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.60%) SQL
2 11 (2.30%) Python
3 10 (2.09%) VBA
4 8 (1.67%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.46%) VBScript
6 6 (1.26%) VB
7 4 (0.84%) C#
7 4 (0.84%) Java
8 3 (0.63%) C++
8 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.63%) VC++
9 2 (0.42%) ABAP
9 2 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.21%) Bash
10 1 (0.21%) Bicep
10 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 221 (46.23%) Degree
2 95 (19.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (17.99%) MCSE
4 85 (17.78%) AWS Certification
5 77 (16.11%) Security Cleared
6 71 (14.85%) SC Cleared
7 60 (12.55%) CTC Cleared
8 33 (6.90%) ACCA
9 30 (6.28%) CIMA
10 10 (2.09%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.88%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.67%) HNC
13 7 (1.46%) CFA
14 6 (1.26%) A+ Certification
15 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.05%) HND
15 5 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.84%) CIPD
16 4 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (18.83%) QA
2 73 (15.27%) SLA
3 21 (4.39%) GDPR
4 14 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.72%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.88%) PMO
7 5 (1.05%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.05%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.84%) TickIT
9 3 (0.63%) EMIR
9 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.63%) MiFID
9 3 (0.63%) NIST
10 2 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) IFRS
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (14.85%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.18%) Hyper-V
3 13 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.93%) SCCM
3 13 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.63%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.21%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 386 (80.75%) Microsoft
2 89 (18.62%) ServiceNow
3 72 (15.06%) Cisco
4 21 (4.39%) Google
5 18 (3.77%) Adobe
5 18 (3.77%) VMware
6 13 (2.72%) Oracle
6 13 (2.72%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.30%) Sage
8 10 (2.09%) Dell
9 9 (1.88%) HP
9 9 (1.88%) SAP
10 8 (1.67%) Apple
11 7 (1.46%) Meraki
12 5 (1.05%) HubSpot
12 5 (1.05%) IBM
12 5 (1.05%) iManage
12 5 (1.05%) Snow
12 5 (1.05%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.05%) Zoho