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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 117 88
Rank change year-on-year +20 -29 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 463 423 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.51% 2.91% 3.19%
As % of the Applications category 39.44% 26.39% 35.51%
Number of salaries quoted 214 282 795
10th Percentile £27,693 £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,438 £29,000 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +10.81% -17.78%
75th Percentile £54,688 £57,000 £53,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.67% +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 1,174 1,603 2,926
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.36% 11.02% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 593 820 1,795
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,205 £50,000 £43,586
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +14.72% -8.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,125 £68,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +22.67% -15.49%

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 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 49 (10.58%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (1.51%) Confluence
5 6 (1.30%) IIS
6 5 (1.08%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
Applications
1 114 (24.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (12.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 30 (6.48%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.43%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.65%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.43%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 190 (41.04%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (16.41%) AWS
3 59 (12.74%) Entra ID
4 47 (10.15%) Azure
5 23 (4.97%) SaaS
6 20 (4.32%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (2.59%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.94%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.30%) ChatGPT
12 5 (1.08%) Google Analytics
12 5 (1.08%) Intacct
12 5 (1.08%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.86%) Canva
13 4 (0.86%) Google Docs
14 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.43%) Viva Engage
15 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.05%) Firewall
2 25 (5.40%) DNS
3 24 (5.18%) DHCP
4 21 (4.54%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (3.67%) VoIP
6 15 (3.24%) TCP/IP
7 14 (3.02%) LAN
7 14 (3.02%) VPN
8 12 (2.59%) WAN
9 7 (1.51%) Internet
10 4 (0.86%) NGFW
11 3 (0.65%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.65%) Skype
12 2 (0.43%) 4G
12 2 (0.43%) Extranet
12 2 (0.43%) Intranet
12 2 (0.43%) Network Security
12 2 (0.43%) WebEx
13 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.10%) Power BI
2 12 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.73%) Tableau
4 5 (1.08%) MySQL
5 4 (0.86%) DB2
5 4 (0.86%) DB2 UDB
5 4 (0.86%) QlikView
5 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.65%) GIS
7 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.22%) Metadata
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.22%) QGIS
8 1 (0.22%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (2.16%) JIRA
2 4 (0.86%) Git
3 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.65%) Maven
3 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 312 (67.39%) Social Skills
2 111 (23.97%) Finance
3 76 (16.41%) Organisational Skills
4 65 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (12.31%) French Language
6 51 (11.02%) Back Office
7 35 (7.56%) Marketing
8 28 (6.05%) Law
9 24 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (5.18%) Legal
10 23 (4.97%) Public Sector
10 23 (4.97%) Retail
11 17 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.16%) Advertising
12 10 (2.16%) Swedish Language
13 9 (1.94%) Billing
13 9 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.30%) Games
14 6 (1.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 127 (27.43%) Analyst
2 92 (19.87%) Support Engineer
3 67 (14.47%) Service Analyst
4 66 (14.25%) Service Desk Analyst
5 53 (11.45%) Desktop Support
6 51 (11.02%) Desktop Engineer
6 51 (11.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 51 (11.02%) IT Support
7 50 (10.80%) Senior
8 48 (10.37%) Site Engineer
9 39 (8.42%) Project Manager
10 38 (8.21%) IT Engineer
11 37 (7.99%) IT Support Engineer
12 33 (7.13%) Senior Manager
13 25 (5.40%) Senior Project Manager
14 22 (4.75%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (3.02%) Administrator
16 13 (2.81%) 2nd Line Support
16 13 (2.81%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.81%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.08%) CSS
1 5 (1.08%) HTML
2 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (0.86%) REST
2 4 (0.86%) SOAP
3 3 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (0.65%) RAML
3 3 (0.65%) XML
4 2 (0.43%) XSLT
5 1 (0.22%) .NET
5 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.22%) FHIR
5 1 (0.22%) JSP
5 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.22%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.22%) SciPy
5 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.88%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (6.70%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.83%) Social Media
4 10 (2.16%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (1.51%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.30%) Video Editing
7 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.08%) NHS
8 5 (1.08%) Podcast
8 5 (1.08%) Raspberry Pi
8 5 (1.08%) Wiki
9 4 (0.86%) Derivative
9 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (0.86%) OTC Derivatives
10 3 (0.65%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 128 (27.65%) Windows
2 81 (17.49%) Windows 10
3 41 (8.86%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (3.46%) Linux
7 14 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.59%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (1.51%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.08%) Unix
12 2 (0.43%) Android
13 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (36.93%) Customer Service
2 132 (28.51%) ITIL
3 99 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 82 (17.71%) Customer Experience
5 81 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (16.85%) Cybersecurity
7 67 (14.47%) CRM
8 64 (13.82%) Project Management
9 63 (13.61%) Analytics
9 63 (13.61%) ITSM
10 60 (12.96%) Agile
10 60 (12.96%) Performance Metrics
11 56 (12.10%) Patch Management
12 53 (11.45%) Ticket Management
13 51 (11.02%) Customer Acquisition
13 51 (11.02%) Software Deployment
14 47 (10.15%) Coaching
15 45 (9.72%) Project Delivery
16 40 (8.64%) Decision-Making
17 33 (7.13%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.34%) SQL
2 13 (2.81%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.38%) VBA
4 9 (1.94%) Python
4 9 (1.94%) VBScript
5 6 (1.30%) VB
6 5 (1.08%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.86%) Java
8 3 (0.65%) C#
9 2 (0.43%) C++
9 2 (0.43%) VC++
10 1 (0.22%) ABAP
10 1 (0.22%) Bash
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
10 1 (0.22%) R
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 210 (45.36%) Degree
2 70 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 67 (14.47%) Security Cleared
4 62 (13.39%) SC Cleared
5 60 (12.96%) MCSE
6 59 (12.74%) AWS Certification
7 51 (11.02%) CTC Cleared
8 25 (5.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 21 (4.54%) ACCA
10 18 (3.89%) CIMA
11 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.94%) HNC
12 7 (1.51%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.30%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.30%) CFA
13 6 (1.30%) HND
14 5 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (14.04%) QA
2 59 (12.74%) SLA
3 20 (4.32%) GDPR
4 19 (4.10%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.16%) PMO
6 7 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.51%) TickIT
7 6 (1.30%) NIST
8 5 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.86%) MiFID
10 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.65%) IFRS
11 2 (0.43%) EMIR
12 1 (0.22%) GRC
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
12 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (14.90%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.32%) Hyper-V
3 14 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (6.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.02%) SCCM
3 13 (2.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.65%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.43%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 353 (76.24%) Microsoft
2 63 (13.61%) ServiceNow
3 59 (12.74%) Cisco
4 22 (4.75%) Google
5 19 (4.10%) VMware
6 17 (3.67%) Sage
7 16 (3.46%) Adobe
8 12 (2.59%) Salesforce
9 11 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 11 (2.38%) Oracle
10 9 (1.94%) Apple
10 9 (1.94%) Dell
10 9 (1.94%) HP
10 9 (1.94%) SAP
11 8 (1.73%) Meraki
11 8 (1.73%) Xero
12 7 (1.51%) iManage
13 5 (1.08%) Snow
13 5 (1.08%) Synology
13 5 (1.08%) Ubiquiti