Microsoft Jobs with Work from Home Options

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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 knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 8 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,201 6,553 10,492
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.59% 17.24% 14.03%
As % of the Vendors category 51.36% 43.09% 37.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,176 4,698 6,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,845 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £89,897 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Work from Home

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services 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 knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,020 15,206 27,822
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.09% 40.01% 37.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,843 10,585 15,444
10th Percentile £31,500 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

Microsoft salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Microsoft salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 621 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 501 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 174 (2.42%) IIS
4 90 (1.25%) CMS
5 58 (0.81%) Umbraco
6 48 (0.67%) Confluence
7 47 (0.65%) Kentico
8 44 (0.61%) Apache
9 43 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
10 36 (0.50%) Headless CMS
11 31 (0.43%) Tomcat
12 18 (0.25%) WordPress
13 17 (0.24%) Apache Spark
14 10 (0.14%) ArcGIS
14 10 (0.14%) EPiServer
15 8 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
15 8 (0.11%) Moodle
15 8 (0.11%) SAS
16 7 (0.097%) OpenStack
17 6 (0.083%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 984 (13.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 754 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
3 151 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 108 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 36 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.22%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.11%) Acrobat
7 8 (0.11%) InDesign
7 8 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.097%) Adobe Captivate
8 7 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (0.097%) Sketch
9 6 (0.083%) InVision
9 6 (0.083%) Trello
10 5 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.069%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.056%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.042%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.042%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 278 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 58 (0.81%) Primavera
3 46 (0.64%) NEC Housing
4 45 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
5 28 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
6 14 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 12 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
7 12 (0.17%) PlanetPress Connect
7 12 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 12 (0.17%) Sage 200
8 11 (0.15%) iTrent
8 11 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 11 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
9 10 (0.14%) Infor SunSystems
9 10 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.097%) Payment Gateway
10 7 (0.097%) Sage 50
11 5 (0.069%) PeopleSoft HCM
11 5 (0.069%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 3,658 (50.80%) Azure
2 1,745 (24.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1,061 (14.73%) Power Platform
4 735 (10.21%) Entra ID
5 701 (9.73%) AWS
6 629 (8.73%) Dynamics 365
7 446 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
8 323 (4.49%) PowerApps
9 320 (4.44%) SaaS
10 289 (4.01%) Power Automate
11 221 (3.07%) GCP
12 128 (1.78%) PaaS
13 119 (1.65%) IaaS
14 112 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 105 (1.46%) OneDrive
16 101 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
17 100 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 91 (1.26%) Serverless
19 80 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
20 70 (0.97%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 771 (10.71%) Broadband
2 462 (6.42%) Firewall
3 388 (5.39%) DNS
4 330 (4.58%) WAN
5 285 (3.96%) DHCP
6 232 (3.22%) LAN
7 220 (3.06%) 5G
8 189 (2.62%) Internet
9 177 (2.46%) SAN
10 168 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
11 163 (2.26%) VPN
12 144 (2.00%) Wireless
13 139 (1.93%) TCP/IP
14 116 (1.61%) SD-WAN
15 113 (1.57%) Network Security
16 106 (1.47%) VLAN
17 85 (1.18%) VoIP
18 79 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
19 59 (0.82%) Unified Communications
20 45 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,686 (23.41%) SQL Server
2 703 (9.76%) Power BI
3 315 (4.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 258 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
4 258 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 248 (3.44%) MongoDB
6 237 (3.29%) Elasticsearch
7 157 (2.18%) Relational Database
8 153 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 86 (1.19%) Data Lake
10 78 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 57 (0.79%) Oracle Database
12 56 (0.78%) MySQL
13 50 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
14 47 (0.65%) DB2
15 46 (0.64%) Big Data
16 42 (0.58%) Tableau
17 40 (0.56%) NoSQL
17 40 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
18 24 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 184 (2.56%) Git
2 170 (2.36%) JIRA
3 119 (1.65%) Visual Studio
4 49 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 40 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 38 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 32 (0.44%) GitLab
8 28 (0.39%) Jasmine
8 28 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
9 27 (0.37%) NUnit
10 23 (0.32%) Selenium
11 21 (0.29%) Postman
12 15 (0.21%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.18%) Axure RP
14 12 (0.17%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.17%) JMeter
15 11 (0.15%) Moq
15 11 (0.15%) SpecFlow
16 10 (0.14%) MSTest
16 10 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 2,396 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 1,727 (23.98%) Finance
3 1,218 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 490 (6.80%) Influencing Skills
5 460 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 413 (5.74%) Public Sector
7 353 (4.90%) Legal
7 353 (4.90%) Retail
8 270 (3.75%) Marketing
9 253 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
10 224 (3.11%) Law
11 214 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 153 (2.12%) Advertising
13 138 (1.92%) Banking
14 116 (1.61%) Telecoms
15 103 (1.43%) Games
16 95 (1.32%) Manufacturing
17 91 (1.26%) Local Government
18 75 (1.04%) Police
19 73 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,603 (22.26%) Developer
2 1,118 (15.53%) Analyst
3 1,108 (15.39%) Senior
4 870 (12.08%) .NET Developer
5 543 (7.54%) Architect
6 511 (7.10%) Consultant
7 422 (5.86%) Lead
8 374 (5.19%) C# Developer
9 354 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
10 311 (4.32%) C# .NET Developer
11 304 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 285 (3.96%) IT Support
13 276 (3.83%) Support Engineer
14 263 (3.65%) IT Engineer
15 217 (3.01%) Technical Specialist
16 210 (2.92%) Linux Specialist
17 190 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
18 181 (2.51%) Administrator
19 175 (2.43%) Senior Developer
20 171 (2.37%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,403 (19.48%) .NET
2 876 (12.16%) ASP.NET
3 857 (11.90%) .NET Core
4 771 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 660 (9.17%) AngularJS
6 580 (8.05%) Entity Framework
7 570 (7.92%) ASP.NET Web API
8 561 (7.79%) HTML
9 554 (7.69%) .NET Framework
10 383 (5.32%) React
11 362 (5.03%) CSS
12 342 (4.75%) HTML5
13 283 (3.93%) RESTful
14 266 (3.69%) Node.js
15 259 (3.60%) Vue
16 179 (2.49%) LINQ
17 177 (2.46%) CSS3
18 176 (2.44%) Blazor
19 165 (2.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
20 135 (1.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 330 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
2 311 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 306 (4.25%) Social Media
4 285 (3.96%) Data Centre
5 263 (3.65%) Public Cloud
6 206 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
7 165 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 151 (2.10%) PKI
9 149 (2.07%) Driving Licence
10 139 (1.93%) Product Ownership
11 112 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 91 (1.26%) Cloud Native
13 77 (1.07%) Mobile App
14 71 (0.99%) Low-Code
15 60 (0.83%) iPhone
16 44 (0.61%) PMI
16 44 (0.61%) Virtual Team
17 42 (0.58%) Client/Server
18 40 (0.56%) Social Network
19 39 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1,351 (18.76%) Windows
2 685 (9.51%) Windows Server
3 569 (7.90%) Linux
4 329 (4.57%) Windows 10
5 223 (3.10%) Ubuntu
6 159 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 151 (2.10%) Android
8 149 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
9 108 (1.50%) Apple iOS
10 101 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 93 (1.29%) Unix
12 86 (1.19%) VMS
13 59 (0.82%) Windows 7
14 53 (0.74%) Mac OS
15 33 (0.46%) Windows 8
15 33 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
16 30 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 30 (0.42%) Solaris
17 17 (0.24%) Windows Vista
18 15 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,227 (30.93%) Agile
2 1,062 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 855 (11.87%) Mentoring
4 851 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
5 831 (11.54%) MVC
6 828 (11.50%) DevOps
7 798 (11.08%) Full Stack Development
8 771 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
9 717 (9.96%) Microservices
10 696 (9.67%) CRM
11 636 (8.83%) Decision-Making
12 633 (8.79%) Customer Service
13 588 (8.17%) ITIL
14 577 (8.01%) Actionable Insight
15 561 (7.79%) Roadmaps
16 548 (7.61%) Project Management
17 498 (6.92%) Scrum
18 487 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence
18 487 (6.76%) Business Case
18 487 (6.76%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,505 (20.90%) C#
2 1,330 (18.47%) SQL
3 1,099 (15.26%) JavaScript
4 499 (6.93%) PowerShell
5 348 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 297 (4.12%) T-SQL
7 276 (3.83%) Bash
8 241 (3.35%) Python
9 101 (1.40%) Java
10 87 (1.21%) VB.NET
11 82 (1.14%) VB
12 65 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 49 (0.68%) Bicep
14 36 (0.50%) C++
15 34 (0.47%) VBScript
16 32 (0.44%) VBA
17 31 (0.43%) VB6
18 30 (0.42%) Shell Script
19 27 (0.37%) PL/SQL
20 19 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 989 (13.73%) Degree
2 473 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 469 (6.51%) ACCA
4 466 (6.47%) CIMA
5 446 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 273 (3.79%) SC Cleared
7 192 (2.67%) DBS Check
8 191 (2.65%) Azure Certification
9 149 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 141 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 123 (1.71%) CCNA
12 107 (1.49%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.15%) PMI Certification
14 82 (1.14%) CCNP
15 59 (0.82%) MCP
16 47 (0.65%) CISSP
16 47 (0.65%) Master's Degree
17 44 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
18 42 (0.58%) PMP
19 40 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (2.87%) QA
2 155 (2.15%) SLA
3 148 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 112 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 101 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 96 (1.33%) GDPR
7 85 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 49 (0.68%) PMO
9 36 (0.50%) NIST
10 30 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 26 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 20 (0.28%) GRC
13 18 (0.25%) WCAG
14 17 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 13 (0.18%) ITGC
16 12 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 9 (0.12%) COBIT
19 8 (0.11%) NCSC
20 6 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1,363 (18.93%) Active Directory
2 371 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 277 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 171 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 126 (1.75%) Docker
6 97 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 66 (0.92%) vSphere
8 60 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
9 50 (0.69%) RACF
10 25 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 24 (0.33%) XenApp
12 22 (0.31%) XenDesktop
13 19 (0.26%) NFS
13 19 (0.26%) Terminal Services
14 15 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 14 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
16 12 (0.17%) VirtualBox
17 11 (0.15%) pfSense
18 10 (0.14%) Firmware
19 9 (0.12%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 610 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 217 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
3 178 (2.47%) SCCM
4 153 (2.12%) Kubernetes
5 141 (1.96%) Terraform
6 88 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 85 (1.18%) WSUS
8 78 (1.08%) Ansible
9 59 (0.82%) SCOM
10 49 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (0.43%) Stealthwatch
12 25 (0.35%) vCenter Server
13 23 (0.32%) Grafana
13 23 (0.32%) ZABBIX
14 22 (0.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 20 (0.28%) CASB
16 15 (0.21%) Nessus
17 14 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
17 14 (0.19%) FortiGate
17 14 (0.19%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 563 (7.82%) VMware
2 324 (4.50%) Google
3 287 (3.99%) Cisco
4 281 (3.90%) CyberArk
5 251 (3.49%) Apple
6 224 (3.11%) Oracle
7 210 (2.92%) Tanium
8 202 (2.81%) Adobe
9 142 (1.97%) Citrix
10 123 (1.71%) Meraki
11 122 (1.69%) HP
12 120 (1.67%) SAP
13 110 (1.53%) Dell
14 103 (1.43%) Veeam
15 98 (1.36%) ServiceNow
16 91 (1.26%) Facebook
17 87 (1.21%) Fortinet
18 73 (1.01%) Databricks
19 68 (0.94%) Salesforce
20 58 (0.81%) IBM