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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 137 93
Rank change year-on-year +42 -44 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 510 414 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.62% 2.74% 3.00%
As % of the Applications category 40.16% 21.89% 35.03%
Number of salaries quoted 234 278 770
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,502 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +2.70% -18.86%
75th Percentile £50,250 £56,284 £53,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,850
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +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 1,270 1,891 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.53% 12.53% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 653 837 1,794
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +16.28% -9.47%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,230 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +15.38% -13.33%

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 9 June 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 35 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.35%) IIS
4 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (1.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (1.57%) Confluence
6 6 (1.18%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 114 (22.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (14.90%) Microsoft Project
3 63 (12.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.39%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.39%) CorelDRAW
5 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (3.53%) 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%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 198 (38.82%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (15.69%) AWS
3 58 (11.37%) Entra ID
4 44 (8.63%) Azure
5 24 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 21 (4.12%) SaaS
7 13 (2.55%) Google Workspace
8 11 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
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%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.59%) Smartsheet
14 2 (0.39%) Viva Engage
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
15 1 (0.20%) GitHub
15 1 (0.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.08%) Firewall
2 25 (4.90%) DNS
3 24 (4.71%) DHCP
4 20 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (3.53%) VPN
6 16 (3.14%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.14%) VoIP
7 14 (2.75%) LAN
8 12 (2.35%) WAN
9 8 (1.57%) Internet
10 7 (1.37%) NGFW
11 4 (0.78%) Network Security
12 3 (0.59%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.59%) Skype
13 2 (0.39%) 4G
13 2 (0.39%) Extranet
13 2 (0.39%) Intranet
13 2 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.39%) WebEx
14 1 (0.20%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.92%) Power BI
2 17 (3.33%) 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%) Oracle Database
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%) KNIME
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata
9 1 (0.20%) MS Access
9 1 (0.20%) QGIS
9 1 (0.20%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (2.55%) JIRA
2 3 (0.59%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Maven
3 1 (0.20%) Ranorex
3 1 (0.20%) Selenium
3 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 367 (71.96%) Social Skills
2 116 (22.75%) Finance
3 82 (16.08%) Organisational Skills
4 56 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (9.80%) French Language
6 48 (9.41%) Back Office
7 27 (5.29%) Legal
7 27 (5.29%) Marketing
7 27 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.51%) Retail
9 22 (4.31%) Law
10 20 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.92%) Swedish Language
11 19 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.94%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.76%) Advertising
15 7 (1.37%) Banking
15 7 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.18%) Billing
Job Titles
1 124 (24.31%) Analyst
2 90 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 88 (17.25%) Senior
4 81 (15.88%) Project Manager
5 73 (14.31%) Senior Manager
6 72 (14.12%) Service Analyst
7 71 (13.92%) Service Desk Analyst
8 66 (12.94%) Senior Project Manager
9 53 (10.39%) Desktop Support
10 51 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
10 51 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 51 (10.00%) IT Support
11 48 (9.41%) Site Engineer
12 38 (7.45%) IT Engineer
13 37 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (3.53%) Administrator
14 18 (3.53%) Support Analyst
15 13 (2.55%) Business Analyst
16 12 (2.35%) IT Analyst
16 12 (2.35%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.37%) CSS
1 7 (1.37%) HTML
1 7 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (0.59%) SOAP
3 2 (0.39%) REST
3 2 (0.39%) XML
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.20%) FHIR
4 1 (0.20%) JSP
4 1 (0.20%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.20%) RAML
4 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.20%) SciPy
4 1 (0.20%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.61%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (6.47%) Management Information System
3 32 (6.27%) Onboarding
4 24 (4.71%) Social Media
5 12 (2.35%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.18%) Video Editing
7 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.98%) Podcast
8 5 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (0.78%) Blog
9 4 (0.78%) Derivative
9 4 (0.78%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (0.78%) NHS
9 4 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
9 4 (0.78%) Wiki
10 3 (0.59%) CMDB
10 3 (0.59%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 136 (26.67%) Windows
2 76 (14.90%) Windows 10
3 45 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 27 (5.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (2.55%) Linux
6 13 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.35%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.98%) Unix
10 3 (0.59%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 133 (26.08%) ITIL
3 120 (23.53%) Customer Experience
4 102 (20.00%) Project Management
5 97 (19.02%) Agile
6 94 (18.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (16.86%) Project Delivery
8 83 (16.27%) Coaching
9 79 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
10 76 (14.90%) Cybersecurity
10 76 (14.90%) PRINCE2
11 73 (14.31%) Budget Management
12 70 (13.73%) CRM
12 70 (13.73%) Impact Analysis
13 67 (13.14%) ITSM
14 66 (12.94%) Conflict Management
14 66 (12.94%) Operations Management
14 66 (12.94%) Programme Governance
15 65 (12.75%) Performance Metrics
16 62 (12.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.65%) SQL
2 20 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.35%) VBA
4 11 (2.16%) VBScript
5 9 (1.76%) Python
6 7 (1.37%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.18%) VB
8 3 (0.59%) C#
8 3 (0.59%) Java
9 2 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.20%) ABAP
10 1 (0.20%) Bash
10 1 (0.20%) Bicep
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Scala
10 1 (0.20%) VC++
Qualifications
1 257 (50.39%) Degree
2 76 (14.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 66 (12.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 64 (12.55%) AWS Certification
4 64 (12.55%) MCSE
5 59 (11.57%) Security Cleared
6 56 (10.98%) SC Cleared
7 48 (9.41%) CTC Cleared
8 11 (2.16%) HNC
9 9 (1.76%) ACCA
10 8 (1.57%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.57%) HND
11 7 (1.37%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.18%) A+ Certification
12 6 (1.18%) CIMA
12 6 (1.18%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.98%) PMP
14 3 (0.59%) CAPM
14 3 (0.59%) CFA
14 3 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.71%) QA
2 57 (11.18%) SLA
3 22 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.53%) GDPR
5 16 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.16%) PMO
7 9 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.76%) NIST
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 1 (0.20%) EMIR
12 1 (0.20%) GRC
12 1 (0.20%) HL7
12 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (15.10%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.73%) Hyper-V
3 14 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.75%) SCCM
3 12 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.59%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (0.59%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.20%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 366 (71.76%) Microsoft
2 72 (14.12%) ServiceNow
3 54 (10.59%) Cisco
4 21 (4.12%) VMware
5 20 (3.92%) Google
6 19 (3.73%) Sage
7 13 (2.55%) Adobe
7 13 (2.55%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.35%) Apple
8 12 (2.35%) iManage
8 12 (2.35%) Xero
9 11 (2.16%) SAP
10 10 (1.96%) Oracle
11 9 (1.76%) Dell
11 9 (1.76%) HP
11 9 (1.76%) HubSpot
12 8 (1.57%) Meraki
12 8 (1.57%) Veeam
13 5 (0.98%) IBM
13 5 (0.98%) Synology