Microsoft Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 581 786
Rank change year-on-year +20 +205 -240
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 41 54 105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 52 73
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £38,807
25th Percentile £37,999 £42,155 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £62,000 £82,500 £78,318
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.50% +8.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Microsoft Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer.

Microsoft Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Engineer over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Microsoft Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (60.98%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (48.78%) Active Directory
4 18 (43.90%) Azure
5 14 (34.15%) Entra ID
6 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
7 12 (29.27%) Windows
8 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (21.95%) Degree
10 8 (19.51%) VMware
10 8 (19.51%) Customer Service
10 8 (19.51%) Windows Server
10 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (17.07%) Power Platform
11 7 (17.07%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
12 6 (14.63%) ITIL
12 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (14.63%) Finance
12 6 (14.63%) Application Packaging
12 6 (14.63%) SCCM
12 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
12 6 (14.63%) IaaS
12 6 (14.63%) SaaS
12 6 (14.63%) PaaS
13 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
13 5 (12.20%) Firewall
13 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 5 (12.20%) Zero Trust
14 4 (9.76%) Azure Storage

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
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 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (60.98%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (43.90%) Azure
3 14 (34.15%) Entra ID
4 7 (17.07%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (17.07%) Power Platform
5 6 (14.63%) IaaS
5 6 (14.63%) PaaS
5 6 (14.63%) SaaS
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Storage
7 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
7 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
7 3 (7.32%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Table
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) SD-WAN
2 3 (7.32%) VoIP
2 3 (7.32%) WAN
3 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) General Ledger
3 3 (7.32%) Local Government
3 3 (7.32%) Retail
4 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) iPad
1 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Customer Service
1 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (14.63%) Application Packaging
2 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (12.20%) Zero Trust
4 4 (9.76%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (9.76%) CRM
4 4 (9.76%) DevOps
4 4 (9.76%) ITSM
4 4 (9.76%) Presales
4 4 (9.76%) Security Operations
4 4 (9.76%) Task Automation
5 3 (7.32%) Data Management
5 3 (7.32%) Data Security
6 2 (4.88%) Data Sharing
6 2 (4.88%) Disruptive Innovation
6 2 (4.88%) Mentoring
6 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.88%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (48.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (14.63%) SCCM
3 2 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) VMware
3 4 (9.76%) CA
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) Splunk