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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 131 93
Rank change year-on-year +41 -38 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 496 426 1,019
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 2.82% 3.13%
As % of the Applications category 40.99% 24.83% 35.27%
Number of salaries quoted 219 284 777
10th Percentile £27,450 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £37,127
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +7.74% -17.50%
75th Percentile £53,125 £55,969 £53,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +15.38% -14.47%

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 1,210 1,716 2,889
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.46% 11.37% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 605 819 1,790
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,680 £50,000 £43,865
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +13.99% -7.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -14.11%

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 19 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 50 (10.08%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.81%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (1.81%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (1.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (1.61%) Confluence
5 6 (1.21%) IIS
6 5 (1.01%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 113 (22.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (14.92%) Microsoft Project
3 58 (11.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.81%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.40%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.60%) BambooHR
2 3 (0.60%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (14.92%) AWS
3 60 (12.10%) Entra ID
4 48 (9.68%) Azure
5 23 (4.64%) SaaS
6 21 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.62%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
8 9 (1.81%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.21%) ChatGPT
11 5 (1.01%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.01%) Intacct
11 5 (1.01%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.81%) Canva
12 4 (0.81%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.60%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.40%) Viva Engage
15 1 (0.20%) GitHub
15 1 (0.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.05%) Firewall
2 26 (5.24%) DNS
3 25 (5.04%) DHCP
4 21 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (3.43%) VoIP
6 16 (3.23%) TCP/IP
7 15 (3.02%) LAN
8 14 (2.82%) VPN
9 13 (2.62%) WAN
10 7 (1.41%) Internet
11 6 (1.21%) NGFW
12 3 (0.60%) Network Security
12 3 (0.60%) PuTTY
12 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.60%) Skype
13 2 (0.40%) 4G
13 2 (0.40%) Extranet
13 2 (0.40%) Intranet
13 2 (0.40%) WebEx
14 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.83%) Power BI
2 12 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.61%) Tableau
4 5 (1.01%) MySQL
5 4 (0.81%) DB2
5 4 (0.81%) DB2 UDB
5 4 (0.81%) QlikView
5 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.60%) GIS
7 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.20%) QGIS
8 1 (0.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (2.42%) JIRA
2 4 (0.81%) Git
3 3 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.60%) Maven
3 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 349 (70.36%) Social Skills
2 110 (22.18%) Finance
3 77 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
4 56 (11.29%) French Language
5 55 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (9.68%) Back Office
7 29 (5.85%) Marketing
8 27 (5.44%) Law
9 25 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (5.04%) Legal
10 24 (4.84%) Public Sector
11 22 (4.44%) Retail
12 17 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.02%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.61%) Billing
14 8 (1.61%) Swedish Language
15 6 (1.21%) Advertising
15 6 (1.21%) Games
15 6 (1.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 117 (23.59%) Analyst
2 91 (18.35%) Senior
3 90 (18.15%) Support Engineer
4 80 (16.13%) Project Manager
5 74 (14.92%) Senior Manager
6 66 (13.31%) Senior Project Manager
7 65 (13.10%) Service Analyst
8 64 (12.90%) Service Desk Analyst
9 53 (10.69%) IT Support
10 50 (10.08%) Desktop Support
11 48 (9.68%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 48 (9.68%) Site Engineer
12 39 (7.86%) IT Engineer
13 38 (7.66%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (3.02%) Administrator
15 14 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
16 13 (2.62%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.62%) Coordinator
16 13 (2.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (1.01%) CSS
2 5 (1.01%) HTML
3 4 (0.81%) REST
3 4 (0.81%) SOAP
4 3 (0.60%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.60%) RAML
4 3 (0.60%) XML
5 2 (0.40%) XSLT
6 1 (0.20%) .NET
6 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.20%) FHIR
6 1 (0.20%) JSP
6 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.20%) SciPy
6 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.09%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 32 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 26 (5.24%) Social Media
5 11 (2.22%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
8 6 (1.21%) Video Editing
8 6 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.01%) NHS
9 5 (1.01%) Podcast
9 5 (1.01%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (1.01%) Wiki
10 4 (0.81%) Derivative
10 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (0.81%) OTC Derivatives
11 3 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 129 (26.01%) Windows
2 78 (15.73%) Windows 10
3 41 (8.27%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (3.43%) Linux
7 14 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (2.62%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.81%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (1.41%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.01%) Unix
12 3 (0.60%) Android
13 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (33.27%) Customer Service
2 129 (26.01%) ITIL
3 120 (24.19%) Customer Experience
4 106 (21.37%) Project Management
5 102 (20.56%) Agile
6 97 (19.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (17.54%) Coaching
8 86 (17.34%) Project Delivery
9 82 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
10 77 (15.52%) PRINCE2
11 73 (14.72%) Budget Management
12 70 (14.11%) Impact Analysis
13 66 (13.31%) Conflict Management
13 66 (13.31%) Operations Management
13 66 (13.31%) Programme Governance
14 65 (13.10%) CRM
15 62 (12.50%) ITSM
16 60 (12.10%) Analytics
17 58 (11.69%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 34 (6.85%) SQL
2 17 (3.43%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.22%) VBA
4 9 (1.81%) Python
4 9 (1.81%) VBScript
5 6 (1.21%) VB
6 5 (1.01%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.81%) Java
8 3 (0.60%) C#
9 2 (0.40%) C++
9 2 (0.40%) VC++
10 1 (0.20%) ABAP
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Bicep
10 1 (0.20%) R
10 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 249 (50.20%) Degree
2 70 (14.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 66 (13.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 64 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 59 (11.90%) SC Cleared
6 58 (11.69%) MCSE
7 57 (11.49%) AWS Certification
8 48 (9.68%) CTC Cleared
9 12 (2.42%) ACCA
10 9 (1.81%) CIMA
10 9 (1.81%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.81%) HNC
11 7 (1.41%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.41%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.21%) A+ Certification
12 6 (1.21%) HND
12 6 (1.21%) PMP
13 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.01%) CFA
14 4 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (13.51%) QA
2 57 (11.49%) SLA
3 20 (4.03%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.83%) GDPR
5 13 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.02%) PMO
7 8 (1.61%) NIST
8 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.41%) TickIT
9 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.81%) MiFID
11 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.60%) IFRS
12 2 (0.40%) 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 70 (14.11%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.03%) Hyper-V
3 14 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.01%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.82%) SCCM
3 13 (2.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.60%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.40%) 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%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 349 (70.36%) Microsoft
2 62 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 56 (11.29%) Cisco
4 23 (4.64%) Google
5 19 (3.83%) VMware
6 18 (3.63%) Sage
7 16 (3.23%) Adobe
8 12 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.22%) Apple
9 11 (2.22%) Oracle
10 10 (2.02%) Xero
11 9 (1.81%) Dell
11 9 (1.81%) HP
11 9 (1.81%) HubSpot
11 9 (1.81%) SAP
12 8 (1.61%) iManage
12 8 (1.61%) Meraki
13 5 (1.01%) Snow
13 5 (1.01%) Synology
13 5 (1.01%) Ubiquiti