Microsoft Jobs in England

Microsoft
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 6 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 16,363 15,915 20,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.93% 18.89% 14.66%
As % of the Vendors category 50.61% 45.33% 37.68%
Number of salaries quoted 12,203 9,642 13,031
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 32,330 35,107 55,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.43% 41.66% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 22,715 21,049 29,006
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,924 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.25%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the England 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
London +5 4,317 £60,000 -3.23% 1,298
South East +3 3,561 £45,000 -2.17% 845
North of England -1 3,034 £43,500 -3.33% 1,006
Midlands +1 2,416 £42,500 -15.00% 715
South West +2 1,650 £46,000 +13.58% 447
North West -2 1,594 £45,000 -2.17% 556
West Midlands +2 1,567 £45,000 -10.00% 461
East of England +2 1,245 £38,500 -3.75% 371
Yorkshire +2 1,007 £42,500 -2.30% 344
East Midlands +1 841 £37,500 -16.67% 254
North East +3 432 £42,500 +4.94% 118
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1,701 (10.40%) SharePoint
2 1,518 (9.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 270 (1.65%) IIS
4 174 (1.06%) Confluence
5 144 (0.88%) CMS
6 75 (0.46%) Apache
7 73 (0.45%) Skype for Business
8 68 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 60 (0.37%) Apache Spark
10 53 (0.32%) Kentico
11 49 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
12 48 (0.29%) SAS
13 45 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
13 45 (0.28%) WordPress
14 41 (0.25%) Headless CMS
15 39 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
16 31 (0.19%) Tomcat
17 26 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
18 23 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
19 22 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3,096 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2,336 (14.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 587 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 254 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 124 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 63 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 55 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 26 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 24 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 22 (0.13%) InDesign
11 17 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 16 (0.098%) Adobe Illustrator
12 16 (0.098%) Trello
13 13 (0.079%) SPSS
14 11 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
15 9 (0.055%) Chatbot
16 8 (0.049%) Acrobat
16 8 (0.049%) Adobe Captivate
16 8 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
16 8 (0.049%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 546 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 105 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 76 (0.46%) Primavera
4 42 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 38 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 30 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 26 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 26 (0.16%) Sage 200
7 26 (0.16%) Shopify
8 21 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
8 21 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
9 18 (0.11%) iTrent
10 16 (0.098%) Magento
10 16 (0.098%) SAP S/4HANA
11 15 (0.092%) Elite 3E
11 15 (0.092%) Infor SunSystems
12 14 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
13 12 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
14 11 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
14 11 (0.067%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 6,609 (40.39%) Azure
2 4,836 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
3 2,095 (12.80%) Power Platform
4 1,309 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 1,272 (7.77%) AWS
6 1,152 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
7 774 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
8 657 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 611 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 604 (3.69%) SaaS
11 415 (2.54%) OneDrive
12 379 (2.32%) GCP
13 290 (1.77%) PaaS
14 281 (1.72%) IaaS
15 221 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
16 199 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
17 174 (1.06%) Serverless
18 171 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 135 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
20 133 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,492 (9.12%) Firewall
2 1,036 (6.33%) DNS
3 877 (5.36%) WAN
4 796 (4.86%) Broadband
5 776 (4.74%) DHCP
6 743 (4.54%) LAN
7 555 (3.39%) VPN
8 519 (3.17%) TCP/IP
9 459 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
10 451 (2.76%) Wireless
11 440 (2.69%) SAN
12 333 (2.04%) Internet
13 319 (1.95%) VLAN
14 286 (1.75%) Network Security
15 282 (1.72%) VoIP
16 251 (1.53%) SD-WAN
17 221 (1.35%) 5G
18 201 (1.23%) Intranet
19 169 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
20 119 (0.73%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,431 (14.86%) SQL Server
2 1,361 (8.32%) Power BI
3 426 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 417 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 402 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 305 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 297 (1.82%) MongoDB
8 261 (1.60%) Relational Database
9 254 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 249 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
11 168 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 129 (0.79%) MySQL
13 126 (0.77%) Tableau
14 116 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
15 114 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
16 100 (0.61%) Big Data
17 95 (0.58%) NoSQL
18 92 (0.56%) MS Access
19 89 (0.54%) Oracle Database
20 72 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 439 (2.68%) Git
2 389 (2.38%) JIRA
3 353 (2.16%) Visual Studio
4 117 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 104 (0.64%) GitLab
6 101 (0.62%) Bitbucket
7 71 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
8 65 (0.40%) Sourcetree
9 63 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 44 (0.27%) NUnit
11 43 (0.26%) Selenium
11 43 (0.26%) Subversion
12 33 (0.20%) Postman
12 33 (0.20%) TeamCity
13 27 (0.17%) Jasmine
13 27 (0.17%) Karma Test Runner
14 24 (0.15%) Moq
15 23 (0.14%) Cucumber
16 17 (0.10%) MSTest
16 17 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5,844 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3,533 (21.59%) Finance
3 2,362 (14.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1,070 (6.54%) Retail
5 930 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 805 (4.92%) Legal
7 758 (4.63%) Law
8 749 (4.58%) Marketing
9 710 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
10 623 (3.81%) Public Sector
11 579 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
12 475 (2.90%) Manufacturing
13 459 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
14 398 (2.43%) Telecoms
15 371 (2.27%) Banking
16 244 (1.49%) Games
17 214 (1.31%) Advertising
18 211 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
19 189 (1.16%) Local Government
20 161 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2,383 (14.56%) Analyst
2 2,263 (13.83%) Developer
3 2,157 (13.18%) Senior
4 1,404 (8.58%) IT Support
5 1,103 (6.74%) Support Engineer
6 1,043 (6.37%) Architect
7 938 (5.73%) .NET Developer
8 898 (5.49%) Lead
9 888 (5.43%) IT Engineer
10 877 (5.36%) Consultant
11 791 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 594 (3.63%) IT Support Engineer
13 592 (3.62%) Administrator
14 476 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
15 461 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
16 454 (2.77%) 2nd Line Support
17 450 (2.75%) IT Analyst
18 438 (2.68%) Support Analyst
19 427 (2.61%) C# Developer
20 422 (2.58%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,956 (11.95%) .NET
2 987 (6.03%) ASP.NET
3 949 (5.80%) .NET Core
4 773 (4.72%) ASP.NET MVC
5 730 (4.46%) AngularJS
6 702 (4.29%) HTML
7 681 (4.16%) .NET Framework
8 628 (3.84%) ASP.NET Web API
9 609 (3.72%) Entity Framework
10 492 (3.01%) React
11 479 (2.93%) CSS
12 358 (2.19%) HTML5
13 324 (1.98%) RESTful
14 291 (1.78%) Vue
15 287 (1.75%) Node.js
16 261 (1.60%) Web Services
17 229 (1.40%) REST
18 216 (1.32%) JSON
19 197 (1.20%) Blazor
20 194 (1.19%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 872 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
2 764 (4.67%) Management Information System
3 619 (3.78%) Driving Licence
4 507 (3.10%) Data Centre
5 340 (2.08%) Social Media
6 310 (1.89%) Public Cloud
7 301 (1.84%) Onboarding
8 241 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 222 (1.36%) Product Ownership
10 214 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
11 209 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 199 (1.22%) PKI
13 162 (0.99%) Cloud Native
14 153 (0.94%) Replication
15 133 (0.81%) Clustering
15 133 (0.81%) NHS
16 131 (0.80%) Mobile App
17 122 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 117 (0.72%) Smartphone
19 101 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4,381 (26.77%) Windows
2 1,887 (11.53%) Windows Server
3 1,300 (7.94%) Windows 10
4 1,085 (6.63%) Linux
5 456 (2.79%) Android
6 442 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 435 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 313 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 303 (1.85%) Apple iOS
10 289 (1.77%) Ubuntu
11 235 (1.44%) Mac OS
12 223 (1.36%) Windows 7
13 143 (0.87%) Unix
14 130 (0.79%) VMS
15 98 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
16 83 (0.51%) Windows 8
17 72 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 70 (0.43%) CentOS
19 50 (0.31%) Mac OS X
20 34 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,382 (20.67%) Agile
2 3,206 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
3 2,172 (13.27%) Customer Service
4 1,771 (10.82%) ITIL
5 1,562 (9.55%) DevOps
6 1,553 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
7 1,547 (9.45%) Cybersecurity
8 1,479 (9.04%) Mentoring
9 1,334 (8.15%) Project Management
10 1,285 (7.85%) CRM
11 1,033 (6.31%) Decision-Making
12 1,023 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 924 (5.65%) MVC
14 921 (5.63%) Roadmaps
15 917 (5.60%) Full Stack Development
16 908 (5.55%) Continuous Improvement
17 852 (5.21%) Migration
18 821 (5.02%) Microservices
19 814 (4.97%) Project Delivery
20 805 (4.92%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2,637 (16.12%) SQL
2 2,062 (12.60%) C#
3 1,395 (8.53%) JavaScript
4 1,184 (7.24%) PowerShell
5 655 (4.00%) Python
6 514 (3.14%) T-SQL
7 455 (2.78%) Bash
8 433 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 248 (1.52%) Java
10 141 (0.86%) C++
11 129 (0.79%) VB
12 119 (0.73%) VB.NET
13 117 (0.72%) C
14 100 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 93 (0.57%) Bicep
16 76 (0.46%) R
17 62 (0.38%) VBA
18 53 (0.32%) Shell Script
19 52 (0.32%) Fortran
20 47 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,670 (16.32%) Degree
2 1,171 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 1,085 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 697 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 496 (3.03%) ACCA
6 490 (2.99%) DBS Check
7 477 (2.92%) CIMA
8 440 (2.69%) Azure Certification
9 438 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 386 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
11 299 (1.83%) DV Cleared
12 270 (1.65%) CCNA
13 230 (1.41%) Master's Degree
14 224 (1.37%) A+ Certification
15 222 (1.36%) CISSP
16 212 (1.30%) MCP
17 200 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
18 184 (1.12%) MCSE
19 175 (1.07%) PMI Certification
20 167 (1.02%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 739 (4.52%) SLA
2 459 (2.81%) GDPR
3 450 (2.75%) QA
4 355 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 265 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 203 (1.24%) Data Quality
7 158 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 145 (0.89%) NIST
9 117 (0.72%) PMO
10 112 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 95 (0.58%) ISO 9001
12 42 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 37 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 36 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 34 (0.21%) GRC
16 30 (0.18%) COBIT
17 28 (0.17%) IFRS
17 28 (0.17%) NCSC
18 26 (0.16%) SOC 2
19 24 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 3,765 (23.01%) Active Directory
2 1,079 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 826 (5.05%) Hyper-V
4 280 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 264 (1.61%) Docker
6 226 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
7 206 (1.26%) vSphere
8 161 (0.98%) XenApp
9 143 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 140 (0.86%) XenDesktop
11 80 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
12 78 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 57 (0.35%) Firmware
14 52 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 45 (0.28%) RACF
16 43 (0.26%) KVM
17 31 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 30 (0.18%) VMware NSX
19 26 (0.16%) VirtualBox
20 25 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1,243 (7.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 603 (3.69%) SCCM
3 358 (2.19%) Kubernetes
4 357 (2.18%) Terraform
5 275 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
6 157 (0.96%) WSUS
7 136 (0.83%) Ansible
8 122 (0.75%) SCOM
9 118 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 100 (0.61%) vCenter Server
11 95 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 80 (0.49%) AirWatch
13 53 (0.32%) FortiGate
14 44 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
15 42 (0.26%) NetBackup
15 42 (0.26%) Puppet
16 38 (0.23%) Grafana
17 37 (0.23%) CASB
18 36 (0.22%) Backup Exec
19 34 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,631 (9.97%) VMware
2 853 (5.21%) Cisco
3 659 (4.03%) Google
4 565 (3.45%) Citrix
5 499 (3.05%) Apple
6 436 (2.66%) Oracle
7 390 (2.38%) Dell
8 363 (2.22%) Veeam
9 337 (2.06%) ServiceNow
10 315 (1.93%) HP
11 289 (1.77%) Adobe
12 282 (1.72%) CyberArk
13 233 (1.42%) SAP
14 211 (1.29%) Tanium
15 209 (1.28%) Meraki
16 181 (1.11%) Databricks
17 167 (1.02%) Salesforce
18 148 (0.90%) Fortinet
19 146 (0.89%) Red Hat
20 134 (0.82%) Sophos