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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 102 83
Rank change year-on-year +27 -19 +20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 550 518 945
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.38% 3.29% 3.44%
As % of the Applications category 23.06% 36.95% 45.52%
Number of salaries quoted 212 277 761
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,900 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,838 £41,367 £32,500
% change year-on-year -20.62% +27.28% -16.67%

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 2,385 1,402 2,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.65% 8.91% 7.55%
Number of salaries quoted 632 790 1,601
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,975 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +17.32% -5.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,274 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,050 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -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 12 February 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 45 (8.18%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.91%) Confluence
3 5 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.55%) WordPress
5 1 (0.18%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 142 (25.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (11.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.18%) InDesign
4 12 (2.18%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.27%) Trello
6 4 (0.73%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.55%) Simulink
8 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.73%) SAP PP
3 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.36%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.18%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 278 (50.55%) Microsoft 365
2 133 (24.18%) AWS
3 60 (10.91%) Entra ID
4 48 (8.73%) Azure
5 36 (6.55%) SaaS
6 33 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (6.00%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.00%) Intacct
8 10 (1.82%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.45%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.27%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.73%) Google Docs
11 4 (0.73%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.73%) Workato
12 3 (0.55%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.55%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.36%) Azure AI
13 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.36%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.64%) Firewall
2 17 (3.09%) DNS
2 17 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (2.91%) DHCP
4 12 (2.18%) VoIP
5 11 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.82%) LAN
6 10 (1.82%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.82%) VPN
7 8 (1.45%) WAN
8 4 (0.73%) Internet
9 3 (0.55%) DKIM
9 3 (0.55%) DMARC
9 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.55%) PuTTY
9 3 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.55%) Wireless
10 2 (0.36%) 4G
10 2 (0.36%) Broadband
11 1 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.09%) Power BI
2 5 (0.91%) GIS
2 5 (0.91%) Tableau
3 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.18%) DB2
5 1 (0.18%) DB2 UDB
5 1 (0.18%) EDMS
5 1 (0.18%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.18%) Metadata
5 1 (0.18%) Power Query
5 1 (0.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (1.45%) JIRA
2 3 (0.55%) Git
2 3 (0.55%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.55%) Maven
2 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 389 (70.73%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.00%) Finance
3 123 (22.36%) French Language
4 95 (17.27%) Swedish Language
5 89 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (11.82%) Back Office
7 54 (9.82%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (8.73%) Marketing
9 25 (4.55%) Legal
10 23 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (3.64%) Law
12 18 (3.27%) Public Sector
12 18 (3.27%) Retail
13 16 (2.91%) Advertising
14 15 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (2.55%) Billing
15 14 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.82%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.64%) Local Government
18 8 (1.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 217 (39.45%) Analyst
2 136 (24.73%) Service Analyst
3 135 (24.55%) Service Desk Analyst
4 94 (17.09%) Support Engineer
5 65 (11.82%) Desktop Support
6 62 (11.27%) Desktop Engineer
6 62 (11.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 60 (10.91%) IT Support
8 56 (10.18%) Site Engineer
9 45 (8.18%) Senior
10 31 (5.64%) Financial Analyst
11 29 (5.27%) IT Engineer
12 28 (5.09%) IT Analyst
12 28 (5.09%) IT Support Engineer
13 23 (4.18%) Support Analyst
14 22 (4.00%) IT Support Analyst
15 21 (3.82%) Administrator
16 18 (3.27%) Supply Chain Analyst
17 17 (3.09%) Junior
18 15 (2.73%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.09%) EDI
2 4 (0.73%) Middleware
3 3 (0.55%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.55%) RAML
3 3 (0.55%) REST
3 3 (0.55%) SOAP
3 3 (0.55%) XML
4 2 (0.36%) XSLT
5 1 (0.18%) .NET
5 1 (0.18%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.55%) Onboarding
2 48 (8.73%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 33 (6.00%) Social Media
5 12 (2.18%) Web Conferencing
6 11 (2.00%) Driving Licence
7 9 (1.64%) NHS
7 9 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.09%) e-Learning
9 5 (0.91%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.91%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.73%) Animation
10 4 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.73%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (0.73%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.73%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.55%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 137 (24.91%) Windows
2 85 (15.45%) Windows 10
3 27 (4.91%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.73%) Linux
5 14 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.45%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.27%) Android
9 7 (1.27%) Unix
10 6 (1.09%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (47.09%) Customer Service
2 228 (41.45%) ITIL
3 128 (23.27%) ITSM
4 127 (23.09%) Performance Metrics
5 120 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (14.73%) Analytics
8 80 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
9 70 (12.73%) Customer Experience
10 65 (11.82%) Patch Management
11 62 (11.27%) Ticket Management
12 61 (11.09%) Customer Acquisition
13 60 (10.91%) Software Deployment
14 53 (9.64%) Decision-Making
15 52 (9.45%) CRM
16 45 (8.18%) ERP
17 43 (7.82%) Project Management
18 40 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
19 34 (6.18%) Agile
19 34 (6.18%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.55%) SQL
2 12 (2.18%) Python
3 8 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.09%) Java
5 5 (0.91%) ABAP
5 5 (0.91%) C++
6 4 (0.73%) R
7 3 (0.55%) Assembly Language
7 3 (0.55%) C
7 3 (0.55%) C#
7 3 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.55%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.55%) Objective-C
7 3 (0.55%) Swift
7 3 (0.55%) VBA
8 2 (0.36%) VC++
9 1 (0.18%) Bash
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) Scala
9 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (48.36%) Degree
2 129 (23.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 120 (21.82%) MCSE
4 119 (21.64%) AWS Certification
5 82 (14.91%) Security Cleared
6 75 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 60 (10.91%) CTC Cleared
8 35 (6.36%) ACCA
9 33 (6.00%) CIMA
10 15 (2.73%) DBS Check
11 11 (2.00%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.82%) CIPD
13 9 (1.64%) CFA
14 8 (1.45%) A+ Certification
14 8 (1.45%) DV Cleared
15 7 (1.27%) CISSP
15 7 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.91%) CISA
18 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (22.18%) QA
2 79 (14.36%) SLA
3 25 (4.55%) GDPR
4 24 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.55%) ISO 9001
6 7 (1.27%) PMO
7 6 (1.09%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.55%) GRC
9 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.55%) NIST
9 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.36%) EMIR
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS
11 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 72 (13.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.09%) SCCM
3 9 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.36%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.18%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 456 (82.91%) Microsoft
2 125 (22.73%) ServiceNow
3 74 (13.45%) Cisco
4 22 (4.00%) Adobe
5 19 (3.45%) Google
6 13 (2.36%) Sage
6 13 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.82%) Oracle
8 9 (1.64%) Apple
8 9 (1.64%) Zoho
9 7 (1.27%) SAP
10 6 (1.09%) Dell
11 5 (0.91%) HP
11 5 (0.91%) iManage
11 5 (0.91%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (0.91%) VMware
12 4 (0.73%) Citrix
12 4 (0.73%) Concur
12 4 (0.73%) Mitel
13 3 (0.55%) HubSpot