Microsoft Office Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Office
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Office skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Office over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 96 110
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 +57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Office 457 1,034 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.54% 3.07% 3.02%
As % of the Applications category 27.81% 35.74% 41.78%
Number of salaries quoted 315 789 867
10th Percentile £25,020 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,127 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -17.50% +12.50%
75th Percentile £54,793 £53,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £32,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +38.46% -14.47% +1.33%

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 1,643 2,893 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.11% 8.59% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,788 1,980
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,000 £30,431
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £66,230 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £44,345
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.44% -1.46%

Microsoft Office
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Office trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Office
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Microsoft Office over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 49 (10.72%) SharePoint
2 34 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (4.16%) IIS
4 10 (2.19%) CMS
5 9 (1.97%) Confluence
5 9 (1.97%) WordPress
6 7 (1.53%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.88%) IBM Domino
8 2 (0.44%) IBM Notes
8 2 (0.44%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 95 (20.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (11.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 40 (8.75%) Simulink
4 11 (2.41%) Acrobat
5 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.31%) Photoshop
6 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.88%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.44%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Salesforce CRM
2 8 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.53%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.66%) Magento
5 3 (0.66%) Shopify
6 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 182 (39.82%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (14.88%) Azure
3 42 (9.19%) Entra ID
4 37 (8.10%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.60%) Google Workspace
5 21 (4.60%) Power Automate
6 20 (4.38%) SaaS
7 18 (3.94%) AWS
8 16 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (3.50%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.97%) Google Docs
10 9 (1.97%) Smartsheet
11 8 (1.75%) Mimecast
12 7 (1.53%) Google Analytics
12 7 (1.53%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.88%) Fivetran
13 4 (0.88%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.88%) Zapier
14 3 (0.66%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.69%) Firewall
2 23 (5.03%) DHCP
3 22 (4.81%) TCP/IP
4 21 (4.60%) WAN
4 21 (4.60%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (4.38%) LAN
6 17 (3.72%) VPN
7 15 (3.28%) DNS
7 15 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
8 11 (2.41%) Intranet
9 9 (1.97%) SSL
10 7 (1.53%) DMARC
11 6 (1.31%) Internet
11 6 (1.31%) Wireless
12 5 (1.09%) SAN
13 4 (0.88%) Network Security
13 4 (0.88%) VLAN
14 3 (0.66%) Ethernet
14 3 (0.66%) Skype
14 3 (0.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.44%) Power BI
2 32 (7.00%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.75%) Big Data
5 8 (1.75%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.44%) MS Access
9 2 (0.44%) MySQL
9 2 (0.44%) Power Query
9 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.44%) Tableau
10 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.22%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 11 (2.41%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.22%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Selenium
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 274 (59.96%) Social Skills
2 101 (22.10%) Finance
3 74 (16.19%) Organisational Skills
4 62 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (8.97%) Legal
6 40 (8.75%) Aerospace
7 30 (6.56%) Retail
8 27 (5.91%) Law
9 26 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (5.47%) Banking
11 23 (5.03%) Public Sector
12 22 (4.81%) Marketing
13 20 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (2.84%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.97%) Back Office
15 9 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.53%) Czech Language
17 6 (1.31%) Fire and Rescue
17 6 (1.31%) Local Government
18 5 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (19.47%) Analyst
2 74 (16.19%) Lead
3 58 (12.69%) Senior
4 57 (12.47%) IT Support
5 43 (9.41%) Team Leader
6 40 (8.75%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 40 (8.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 40 (8.75%) Systems Engineer
7 32 (7.00%) Support Analyst
8 26 (5.69%) 1st Line Support
8 26 (5.69%) Administrator
9 23 (5.03%) Support Engineer
10 21 (4.60%) IT Administrator
11 20 (4.38%) Development Manager
12 18 (3.94%) IT Analyst
12 18 (3.94%) Project Manager
13 16 (3.50%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.50%) Business Manager
14 15 (3.28%) Desktop Support
14 15 (3.28%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.81%) .NET
2 12 (2.63%) XML
3 11 (2.41%) SOAP
4 10 (2.19%) JSON
4 10 (2.19%) REST
5 8 (1.75%) HTML
6 4 (0.88%) HTML5
7 2 (0.44%) CSS
7 2 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.22%) Bootstrap
8 1 (0.22%) Laravel
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.22%) Node.js
8 1 (0.22%) React
8 1 (0.22%) Web Services
8 1 (0.22%) WPF
8 1 (0.22%) WSH
8 1 (0.22%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.16%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.78%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (4.81%) Social Media
5 17 (3.72%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.63%) Client/Server
6 12 (2.63%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.19%) e-Learning
8 9 (1.97%) EPoS
8 9 (1.97%) Graphic Design
8 9 (1.97%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.31%) Animation
10 6 (1.31%) Life Science
11 5 (1.09%) Photography
11 5 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.09%) SCADA
12 4 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 120 (26.26%) Windows
2 53 (11.60%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.50%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.50%) Linux
3 16 (3.50%) Unix
3 16 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (2.41%) Android
6 10 (2.19%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.31%) Windows Vista
9 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (27.79%) Project Management
2 92 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (18.82%) Customer Service
4 84 (18.38%) Agile
5 59 (12.91%) Coaching
6 54 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (11.82%) CRM
7 50 (10.94%) Change Management
7 50 (10.94%) Technical Leadership
8 45 (9.85%) ITIL
9 43 (9.41%) Software Delivery
10 41 (8.97%) Line Management
11 40 (8.75%) Analytics
11 40 (8.75%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 40 (8.75%) Safety Engineering
11 40 (8.75%) SysML
11 40 (8.75%) System Testing
11 40 (8.75%) Systems Engineering
12 37 (8.10%) Project Delivery
13 36 (7.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.88%) SQL
2 25 (5.47%) PowerShell
3 20 (4.38%) Java
4 10 (2.19%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.19%) VBA
5 9 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.97%) Python
6 6 (1.31%) C#
7 5 (1.09%) C++
8 4 (0.88%) C
9 2 (0.44%) Bash
9 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.44%) PHP
9 2 (0.44%) VB
9 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (15.32%) Degree
2 40 (8.75%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (4.81%) DBS Check
4 16 (3.50%) Security Cleared
5 15 (3.28%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.19%) A+ Certification
8 9 (1.97%) MOS
8 9 (1.97%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
10 6 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.31%) CCNA
10 6 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.31%) HNC
10 6 (1.31%) HND
11 3 (0.66%) CCNP
11 3 (0.66%) CISSP
12 2 (0.44%) MCSA
12 2 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.56%) SLA
2 27 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.81%) GDPR
4 17 (3.72%) PMO
5 16 (3.50%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.84%) QA
7 9 (1.97%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.97%) PERC
8 4 (0.88%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.22%) COBIT
11 1 (0.22%) ITGC
11 1 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 101 (22.10%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.16%) Hyper-V
3 16 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.63%) Firmware
5 7 (1.53%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (3.94%) SCCM
3 10 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.44%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.22%) DameWare
6 1 (0.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 370 (80.96%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.75%) MathWorks
3 33 (7.22%) Google
4 30 (6.56%) Salesforce
5 29 (6.35%) Oracle
6 22 (4.81%) Cisco
7 21 (4.60%) Apple
8 20 (4.38%) Adobe
9 17 (3.72%) VMware
10 11 (2.41%) Citrix
11 9 (1.97%) OneTrust
11 9 (1.97%) Progress
12 8 (1.75%) HP
13 7 (1.53%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.53%) Meraki
13 7 (1.53%) MobileIron
13 7 (1.53%) Twitter
13 7 (1.53%) Xero
13 7 (1.53%) YouTube
14 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow