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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 131 93
Rank change year-on-year +45 -38 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 510 406 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.70% 2.78% 3.06%
As % of the Applications category 41.03% 22.98% 34.89%
Number of salaries quoted 224 268 775
10th Percentile £27,325 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +8.11% -17.78%
75th Percentile £55,156 £56,628 £52,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £64,900
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +15.38% -13.33%

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 1,243 1,767 2,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.57% 12.11% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 623 778 1,787
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,425 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +13.99% -7.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,248 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +16.88% -12.96%

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 24 May 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 48 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 34 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (1.76%) IIS
4 8 (1.57%) Confluence
5 5 (0.98%) WordPress
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 112 (21.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (14.51%) Microsoft Project
3 58 (11.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.39%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.78%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.59%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 199 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (16.08%) AWS
3 60 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 48 (9.41%) Azure
5 24 (4.71%) SaaS
6 20 (3.92%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.55%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.18%) ChatGPT
11 5 (0.98%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.98%) Intacct
11 5 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.78%) Canva
12 4 (0.78%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.59%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.39%) Viva Engage
15 1 (0.20%) GitHub
15 1 (0.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.88%) Firewall
2 26 (5.10%) DNS
3 25 (4.90%) DHCP
4 21 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (3.33%) VoIP
6 16 (3.14%) TCP/IP
7 15 (2.94%) LAN
7 15 (2.94%) VPN
8 13 (2.55%) WAN
9 7 (1.37%) Internet
10 6 (1.18%) NGFW
11 3 (0.59%) Network Security
11 3 (0.59%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.59%) Skype
12 2 (0.39%) 4G
12 2 (0.39%) Extranet
12 2 (0.39%) Intranet
12 2 (0.39%) WebEx
13 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.53%) Power BI
2 15 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.57%) Tableau
4 6 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.98%) MySQL
6 4 (0.78%) DB2
6 4 (0.78%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (0.78%) QlikView
7 3 (0.59%) GIS
8 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) QGIS
9 1 (0.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (2.35%) JIRA
2 4 (0.78%) Git
3 3 (0.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.59%) Maven
3 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 362 (70.98%) Social Skills
2 114 (22.35%) Finance
3 77 (15.10%) Organisational Skills
4 56 (10.98%) French Language
5 54 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (9.41%) Back Office
7 29 (5.69%) Marketing
8 28 (5.49%) Law
9 27 (5.29%) Legal
10 26 (5.10%) Public Sector
11 24 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (4.12%) Retail
13 19 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (3.14%) Swedish Language
16 10 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.57%) Advertising
17 8 (1.57%) Billing
18 6 (1.18%) Games
18 6 (1.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 125 (24.51%) Analyst
2 91 (17.84%) Senior
2 91 (17.84%) Support Engineer
3 80 (15.69%) Project Manager
4 74 (14.51%) Senior Manager
5 73 (14.31%) Service Analyst
6 72 (14.12%) Service Desk Analyst
7 66 (12.94%) Senior Project Manager
8 53 (10.39%) IT Support
9 51 (10.00%) Desktop Support
10 49 (9.61%) Desktop Engineer
10 49 (9.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 48 (9.41%) Site Engineer
12 39 (7.65%) IT Engineer
13 38 (7.45%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (2.94%) Administrator
15 14 (2.75%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (2.75%) Support Analyst
16 13 (2.55%) 2nd Line Support
16 13 (2.55%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.37%) CSS
1 7 (1.37%) HTML
2 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (0.98%) SOAP
4 4 (0.78%) REST
5 3 (0.59%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.59%) RAML
5 3 (0.59%) XML
6 2 (0.39%) XSLT
7 1 (0.20%) .NET
7 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.20%) FHIR
7 1 (0.20%) JSP
7 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.20%) SciPy
7 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.78%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 34 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 25 (4.90%) Social Media
5 13 (2.55%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
8 6 (1.18%) Video Editing
8 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.98%) NHS
9 5 (0.98%) Podcast
9 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (0.98%) Wiki
10 4 (0.78%) Derivative
10 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
11 3 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 133 (26.08%) Windows
2 78 (15.29%) Windows 10
3 44 (8.63%) Windows Server
4 28 (5.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (3.33%) Linux
7 14 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (2.55%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (1.37%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.98%) Unix
12 3 (0.59%) Android
13 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (34.12%) Customer Service
2 137 (26.86%) ITIL
3 120 (23.53%) Customer Experience
4 104 (20.39%) Project Management
5 102 (20.00%) Agile
6 97 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (16.86%) Coaching
8 85 (16.67%) Project Delivery
9 81 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (15.10%) Cybersecurity
10 77 (15.10%) PRINCE2
11 73 (14.31%) Budget Management
12 70 (13.73%) Impact Analysis
12 70 (13.73%) ITSM
13 68 (13.33%) CRM
14 66 (12.94%) Conflict Management
14 66 (12.94%) Operations Management
14 66 (12.94%) Performance Metrics
14 66 (12.94%) Programme Governance
15 61 (11.96%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.25%) SQL
2 19 (3.73%) PowerShell
3 13 (2.55%) VBA
4 11 (2.16%) VBScript
5 9 (1.76%) Python
6 7 (1.37%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.18%) VB
8 4 (0.78%) Java
9 3 (0.59%) C#
10 2 (0.39%) C++
10 2 (0.39%) VC++
11 1 (0.20%) ABAP
11 1 (0.20%) Bash
11 1 (0.20%) Bicep
11 1 (0.20%) R
11 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 261 (51.18%) Degree
2 78 (15.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 66 (12.94%) MCSE
3 66 (12.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 65 (12.75%) AWS Certification
5 63 (12.35%) Security Cleared
6 59 (11.57%) SC Cleared
7 48 (9.41%) CTC Cleared
8 12 (2.35%) ACCA
9 9 (1.76%) CIMA
9 9 (1.76%) HNC
10 8 (1.57%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.37%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.18%) A+ Certification
12 6 (1.18%) HND
12 6 (1.18%) PMP
13 5 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.98%) CFA
14 4 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.71%) QA
2 57 (11.18%) SLA
3 21 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.73%) GDPR
5 15 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.96%) PMO
7 8 (1.57%) NIST
8 7 (1.37%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.37%) TickIT
9 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.78%) MiFID
11 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.59%) IFRS
12 2 (0.39%) EMIR
13 1 (0.20%) GRC
13 1 (0.20%) HL7
13 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 74 (14.51%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 15 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.75%) SCCM
3 13 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.59%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.39%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.20%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.20%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 360 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 71 (13.92%) ServiceNow
3 56 (10.98%) Cisco
4 23 (4.51%) Google
5 20 (3.92%) VMware
6 19 (3.73%) Sage
7 17 (3.33%) Adobe
8 14 (2.75%) Apple
9 13 (2.55%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.35%) Xero
11 11 (2.16%) Oracle
12 10 (1.96%) iManage
13 9 (1.76%) Dell
13 9 (1.76%) HP
13 9 (1.76%) HubSpot
13 9 (1.76%) SAP
14 8 (1.57%) Meraki
15 6 (1.18%) Veeam
16 5 (0.98%) IBM
16 5 (0.98%) Synology