Microsoft Office Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microsoft Office skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 103 165
Rank change year-on-year +8 +62 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 1,058 1,375 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 3.19% 2.42%
As % of the Applications category 36.32% 43.47% 34.53%
Number of salaries quoted 814 936 1,198
10th Percentile £23,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,520 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.85% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £84,125 £67,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -14.47% +1.33% -

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Office is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,913 3,163 4,683
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.63% 7.33% 7.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,799 2,107 2,744
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £26,567
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,171
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Microsoft Office salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 105 (9.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 104 (9.83%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.08%) IIS
4 18 (1.70%) CMS
5 11 (1.04%) Confluence
6 7 (0.66%) SAS
7 4 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.38%) Moodle
8 3 (0.28%) Apache
8 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.28%) GlassFish
8 3 (0.28%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
8 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.095%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 316 (29.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 151 (14.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (2.27%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.51%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.85%) InDesign
7 8 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.66%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.66%) SPSS
9 6 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.38%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.19%) Trello
14 1 (0.095%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.095%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.095%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.095%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.95%) Elite 3E
2 10 (0.95%) Infor SunSystems
2 10 (0.95%) iTrent
2 10 (0.95%) Sage 200
3 8 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.47%) Relativity
5 5 (0.47%) Sage 50
5 5 (0.47%) Sage CRM
6 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.19%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.19%) Shopify
8 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 274 (25.90%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (16.26%) Azure
3 63 (5.95%) Power Platform
4 55 (5.20%) Entra ID
5 27 (2.55%) AWS
5 27 (2.55%) SaaS
6 21 (1.98%) GitHub
7 20 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 17 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (1.23%) Google Workspace
10 13 (1.23%) PowerApps
11 8 (0.76%) OCI
11 8 (0.76%) Smartsheet
11 8 (0.76%) Snowflake
12 7 (0.66%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.66%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.66%) Yammer
13 6 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.57%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.99%) LAN
2 67 (6.33%) WAN
3 50 (4.73%) VPN
4 47 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
5 40 (3.78%) Firewall
5 40 (3.78%) Internet
6 39 (3.69%) DHCP
7 35 (3.31%) DNS
8 34 (3.21%) VLAN
9 29 (2.74%) Wireless
10 26 (2.46%) TCP/IP
11 21 (1.98%) VoIP
12 18 (1.70%) Remote Desktop
13 17 (1.61%) Broadband
14 14 (1.32%) FTP
15 11 (1.04%) ADSL
15 11 (1.04%) Skype
16 9 (0.85%) Intranet
17 7 (0.66%) HTTP
18 6 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.10%) Power BI
2 47 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 9 (0.85%) Big Data
5 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.76%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.66%) EDRMS
7 7 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.47%) EDMS
9 5 (0.47%) Tableau
10 4 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
11 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (0.28%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 47 (4.44%) JIRA
2 21 (1.98%) Visual Studio
2 21 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
3 8 (0.76%) Git
3 8 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (0.47%) eggPlant
4 5 (0.47%) Mercurial
5 4 (0.38%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.38%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.38%) MSI
6 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.28%) GCC
6 3 (0.28%) Subversion
7 2 (0.19%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.095%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.095%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 510 (48.20%) Social Skills
2 300 (28.36%) Finance
3 149 (14.08%) Organisational Skills
4 144 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (10.30%) Legal
6 85 (8.03%) Marketing
7 83 (7.84%) Law
8 71 (6.71%) Retail
9 47 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 46 (4.35%) Public Sector
11 38 (3.59%) Banking
12 36 (3.40%) Advertising
13 32 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
14 29 (2.74%) Aerospace
15 24 (2.27%) Telecoms
16 23 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.70%) Automotive
17 18 (1.70%) German Language
18 13 (1.23%) Local Government
19 12 (1.13%) Police
Job Titles
1 263 (24.86%) Analyst
2 97 (9.17%) IT Support
3 86 (8.13%) Support Engineer
4 73 (6.90%) Senior
5 71 (6.71%) Coordinator
6 67 (6.33%) Administrator
7 64 (6.05%) Lead
8 60 (5.67%) Support Analyst
9 58 (5.48%) Consultant
10 54 (5.10%) IT Analyst
11 53 (5.01%) IT Engineer
12 50 (4.73%) IT Support Engineer
13 42 (3.97%) Service Analyst
14 41 (3.88%) Project Manager
15 40 (3.78%) Business Analyst
16 37 (3.50%) Developer
17 34 (3.21%) Service Desk Analyst
18 31 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
19 30 (2.84%) IT Support Analyst
19 30 (2.84%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.35%) HTML
2 35 (3.31%) .NET
3 21 (1.98%) Blazor
3 21 (1.98%) HTML5
4 15 (1.42%) CSS
4 15 (1.42%) REST
5 14 (1.32%) JSON
6 12 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.04%) XML
8 8 (0.76%) jQuery
9 7 (0.66%) XSL
10 5 (0.47%) EDI
11 4 (0.38%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.38%) DAO
11 4 (0.38%) EDIFACT
12 3 (0.28%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.28%) LDAP
12 3 (0.28%) SAML
12 3 (0.28%) Web Services
13 2 (0.19%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 143 (13.52%) Self-Motivation
2 71 (6.71%) Social Media
3 57 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 31 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.51%) e-Learning
6 16 (1.51%) Taxonomies
7 14 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.13%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.04%) NHS
10 10 (0.95%) Blackberry
10 10 (0.95%) Blog
10 10 (0.95%) Graphic Design
11 9 (0.85%) BYOD
11 9 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.76%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.76%) Digital Media
12 8 (0.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 296 (27.98%) Windows
2 116 (10.96%) Windows 10
3 80 (7.56%) Windows Server
4 46 (4.35%) Apple iOS
5 40 (3.78%) Android
6 24 (2.27%) Linux
7 20 (1.89%) Windows 7
8 19 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.23%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.76%) Unix
13 6 (0.57%) Solaris
13 6 (0.57%) Windows NT
13 6 (0.57%) Windows XP
14 5 (0.47%) AIX
14 5 (0.47%) Windows 2000
14 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.38%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (18.62%) Customer Service
3 126 (11.91%) Project Management
4 120 (11.34%) Time Management
5 111 (10.49%) ITIL
6 103 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (7.94%) Agile
8 79 (7.47%) CRM
9 68 (6.43%) ITSM
10 67 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
11 63 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
12 61 (5.77%) Decision-Making
12 61 (5.77%) ERP
12 61 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 59 (5.58%) Service Management
14 55 (5.20%) Analytics
15 52 (4.91%) Mentoring
16 50 (4.73%) Change Management
17 46 (4.35%) Business Analysis
17 46 (4.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 130 (12.29%) SQL
2 43 (4.06%) JavaScript
3 22 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 17 (1.61%) C#
5 14 (1.32%) T-SQL
6 9 (0.85%) Python
7 8 (0.76%) VB
7 8 (0.76%) VBA
8 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.47%) VBScript
9 4 (0.38%) ActionScript
9 4 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
9 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.38%) Java
9 4 (0.38%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.095%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 251 (23.72%) Degree
2 67 (6.33%) DBS Check
3 54 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 38 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (3.59%) SC Cleared
5 20 (1.89%) ISEB
6 17 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.51%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.42%) CCNA
8 15 (1.42%) MCITP
9 14 (1.32%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.23%) HNC
10 13 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (0.95%) A+ Certification
13 9 (0.85%) HND
13 9 (0.85%) MCP
14 8 (0.76%) CRISC
14 8 (0.76%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.24%) SLA
2 58 (5.48%) QA
3 26 (2.46%) GDPR
4 16 (1.51%) PMO
5 15 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.76%) GRC
10 6 (0.57%) NCSC
10 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.47%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.28%) GxP
12 3 (0.28%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.19%) COSHH
13 2 (0.19%) ITGC
13 2 (0.19%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.19%) NIST
13 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 196 (18.53%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.84%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.85%) Forefront TMG
4 9 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.28%) XenApp
9 3 (0.28%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.19%) vSphere
11 1 (0.095%) Firmware
11 1 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (4.82%) SCCM
3 19 (1.80%) WSUS
4 14 (1.32%) SCOM
5 6 (0.57%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.38%) AirWatch
7 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.28%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle Statspack
9 2 (0.19%) Autotask
9 2 (0.19%) DatAdvantage
9 2 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.19%) QRadar
9 2 (0.19%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.19%) Terraform
10 1 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.095%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 779 (73.63%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.05%) VMware
3 40 (3.78%) Adobe
3 40 (3.78%) Cisco
3 40 (3.78%) Oracle
3 40 (3.78%) SAP
4 32 (3.02%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.93%) Apple
5 31 (2.93%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.84%) Google
7 28 (2.65%) Citrix
8 27 (2.55%) iManage
9 24 (2.27%) HP
10 23 (2.17%) Dell
11 18 (1.70%) Sage
12 11 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
13 10 (0.95%) Facebook
13 10 (0.95%) Infor
14 9 (0.85%) Intapp
14 9 (0.85%) Meraki