Microsoft Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with 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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 617 607 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.96% 20.30% 19.46%
As % of the Vendors category 49.60% 49.11% 47.81%
Number of salaries quoted 484 360 435
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £29,850
25th Percentile £33,000 £31,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +4.40%

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,244 1,236 1,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.23% 41.34% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 866 712 894
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,713 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,450 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +2 389 £50,675 -7.86% 86
Bracknell -13 37 £45,000 +27.12% 9
Slough +6 36 £39,125 +22.27% 15
Newbury -4 31 £50,000 +7.87% 7
Windsor +8 19 £42,500 +23.86% 4
Maidenhead +11 15 £27,000 -3.57% 7
Ascot +6 8 £42,500 -
Wokingham +3 7 £40,000 -52.94% 5
Hungerford +7 6 £50,000 +70.94% 1
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 78 (12.64%) SharePoint
2 51 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (4.05%) IIS
4 10 (1.62%) CMS
5 7 (1.13%) Confluence
5 7 (1.13%) Kentico
6 6 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.97%) Headless CMS
6 6 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (0.97%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.65%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) Documentum
8 1 (0.16%) FileNet
Applications
1 93 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
2 89 (14.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.78%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.65%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 17 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.81%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 233 (37.76%) Azure
2 170 (27.55%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (11.67%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.51%) Entra ID
5 30 (4.86%) AWS
5 30 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.70%) OneDrive
7 27 (4.38%) PowerApps
8 24 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (3.73%) SaaS
10 21 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.08%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.76%) Azure Storage
13 14 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.94%) iTunes
14 12 (1.94%) OCI
15 11 (1.78%) ShareGate
16 7 (1.13%) GCP
16 7 (1.13%) Kontent
16 7 (1.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (14.59%) Firewall
2 65 (10.53%) DNS
3 55 (8.91%) DHCP
4 24 (3.89%) Broadband
5 20 (3.24%) Network Security
6 17 (2.76%) SAN
7 16 (2.59%) SNMP
7 16 (2.59%) SSL
8 15 (2.43%) Internet
9 14 (2.27%) LAN
9 14 (2.27%) VPN
10 12 (1.94%) VLAN
11 11 (1.78%) Wireless
12 8 (1.30%) WAN
13 7 (1.13%) Intranet
14 5 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.81%) NAS
14 5 (0.81%) VoIP
15 4 (0.65%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (0.65%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.02%) SQL Server
2 49 (7.94%) Power BI
3 16 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 13 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.30%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.81%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.65%) Tableau
12 3 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.32%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (0.32%) Power Query
13 2 (0.32%) SSDT
13 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 20 (3.24%) Visual Studio
2 19 (3.08%) GitLab
3 17 (2.76%) JIRA
4 10 (1.62%) Git
5 8 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.13%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.97%) AdminStudio
7 6 (0.97%) InstallShield
7 6 (0.97%) MSI
8 5 (0.81%) Bugzilla
8 5 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.65%) Selenium
10 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.32%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 279 (45.22%) Social Skills
2 100 (16.21%) Finance
3 63 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.75%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (5.35%) Retail
6 30 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (3.08%) Back Office
8 19 (3.08%) Legal
9 17 (2.76%) Marketing
9 17 (2.76%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.78%) Local Government
12 11 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.62%) Banking
13 10 (1.62%) Fire and Rescue
13 10 (1.62%) Law
14 8 (1.30%) Billing
Job Titles
1 94 (15.24%) Senior
2 66 (10.70%) Developer
3 49 (7.94%) Analyst
4 43 (6.97%) Consultant
5 41 (6.65%) Lead
6 40 (6.48%) Support Engineer
7 35 (5.67%) .NET Developer
7 35 (5.67%) IT Engineer
8 34 (5.51%) Architect
8 34 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 34 (5.51%) IT Support
9 33 (5.35%) Software Engineer
10 25 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
11 24 (3.89%) Support Specialist
12 23 (3.73%) Active Directory Specialist
12 23 (3.73%) Azure Specialist
12 23 (3.73%) C# Developer
13 21 (3.40%) Administrator
14 20 (3.24%) C# .NET Developer
14 20 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (10.05%) .NET
2 44 (7.13%) ASP.NET
3 39 (6.32%) .NET Core
4 35 (5.67%) React
5 31 (5.02%) ASP.NET MVC
6 27 (4.38%) .NET Framework
6 27 (4.38%) AngularJS
7 25 (4.05%) Entity Framework
8 23 (3.73%) ASP.NET Web API
9 18 (2.92%) ARM Templates
10 16 (2.59%) Vue
11 14 (2.27%) Node.js
12 12 (1.94%) Web Services
13 9 (1.46%) CSS
13 9 (1.46%) HTML
13 9 (1.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 8 (1.30%) SPFx
15 7 (1.13%) RESTful
16 6 (0.97%) Next.js
16 6 (0.97%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.99%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (5.35%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.86%) PKI
4 22 (3.57%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.92%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.43%) Life Science
7 14 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.94%) Educational Technology
8 12 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.62%) CMDB
10 7 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.13%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.13%) Social Network
11 6 (0.97%) CUDA
11 6 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.97%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.97%) Replication
11 6 (0.97%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 159 (25.77%) Windows
2 91 (14.75%) Windows 10
3 88 (14.26%) Windows Server
4 86 (13.94%) Linux
5 64 (10.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 62 (10.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (7.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 42 (6.81%) Windows 7
9 28 (4.54%) Unix
10 13 (2.11%) Android
11 12 (1.94%) Windows NT
11 12 (1.94%) Windows XP
12 6 (0.97%) VMS
13 5 (0.81%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (24.96%) Agile
3 100 (16.21%) Customer Service
4 98 (15.88%) ITIL
5 95 (15.40%) Project Management
6 74 (11.99%) DevOps
7 61 (9.89%) Computer Science
8 60 (9.72%) Decision-Making
8 60 (9.72%) Service Management
9 58 (9.40%) Physics
10 57 (9.24%) Analytics
11 55 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
12 53 (8.59%) Software Testing
13 50 (8.10%) Mentoring
14 46 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
15 45 (7.29%) Project Delivery
16 43 (6.97%) Roadmaps
16 43 (6.97%) SDLC
16 43 (6.97%) Software Engineering
17 42 (6.81%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (17.34%) C#
2 105 (17.02%) SQL
3 77 (12.48%) Python
4 75 (12.16%) PowerShell
5 59 (9.56%) JavaScript
6 52 (8.43%) Fortran
7 42 (6.81%) C++
8 35 (5.67%) Bash
9 30 (4.86%) VB
10 26 (4.21%) TypeScript
11 25 (4.05%) VBScript
12 23 (3.73%) C
13 19 (3.08%) T-SQL
14 17 (2.76%) Bicep
15 15 (2.43%) Java
16 7 (1.13%) Perl
17 6 (0.97%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.97%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.97%) VB.NET
18 5 (0.81%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 212 (34.36%) Security Cleared
2 197 (31.93%) Degree
3 107 (17.34%) DV Cleared
4 103 (16.69%) SC Cleared
5 38 (6.16%) DBS Check
6 37 (6.00%) Master's Degree
7 36 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (4.54%) PhD
9 22 (3.57%) Azure Certification
10 21 (3.40%) A+ Certification
10 21 (3.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 20 (3.24%) ACCA
11 20 (3.24%) CIMA
12 19 (3.08%) MCP
13 17 (2.76%) HNC
14 14 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (2.11%) CCNA
15 13 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (1.94%) CCNP
17 11 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.70%) SLA
2 19 (3.08%) QA
3 15 (2.43%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (1.46%) GDPR
4 9 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.81%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.49%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 190 (30.79%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.21%) Firmware
3 26 (4.21%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.94%) Docker
6 12 (1.94%) KVM
6 12 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.97%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) NFS
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 95 (15.40%) SCCM
2 50 (8.10%) WSUS
3 46 (7.46%) SCOM
4 41 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (4.54%) Kubernetes
6 23 (3.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.08%) NetBackup
8 14 (2.27%) vCenter Server
9 12 (1.94%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (1.94%) Sysprep
10 5 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (0.81%) Suricata
11 2 (0.32%) Terraform
12 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.16%) Grafana
12 1 (0.16%) Istio
12 1 (0.16%) Kibana
12 1 (0.16%) Nessus
12 1 (0.16%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 63 (10.21%) VMware
2 29 (4.70%) HP
3 22 (3.57%) Cisco
4 21 (3.40%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.08%) Oracle
6 17 (2.76%) Juniper
7 16 (2.59%) Dell
7 16 (2.59%) Veeam
8 13 (2.11%) 3PAR
8 13 (2.11%) EMC
8 13 (2.11%) Sage
9 12 (1.94%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (1.94%) Symantec
10 11 (1.78%) Adobe
10 11 (1.78%) Nintex
11 10 (1.62%) Apple
11 10 (1.62%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.62%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.30%) Barracuda Networks
12 8 (1.30%) Google