Microsoft Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 3 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,378 1,151 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.35% 20.17% 18.60%
As % of the Vendors category 52.00% 46.69% 47.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,004 773 795
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,989
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,200 £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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,650 2,465 2,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.21% 43.20% 39.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,763 1,451 1,732
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,840 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £50,000 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.66% -3.15%
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,725
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire 0 617 £48,000 +4.92% 144
Buckinghamshire -1 401 £42,500 +21.43% 108
Oxfordshire +2 360 £43,000 -21.82% 75
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 172 (12.48%) SharePoint
2 160 (11.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (2.76%) IIS
4 33 (2.39%) CMS
5 26 (1.89%) Kentico
6 24 (1.74%) Headless CMS
7 20 (1.45%) Sitecore CMS
8 19 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 19 (1.38%) Umbraco
9 12 (0.87%) Confluence
10 7 (0.51%) WordPress
11 6 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.36%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
14 1 (0.073%) Alfresco
14 1 (0.073%) Apache
14 1 (0.073%) Documentum
14 1 (0.073%) FileNet
Applications
1 238 (17.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 237 (17.20%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.44%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.22%) Revit
8 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.073%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 66 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.58%) Primavera
4 7 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.36%) ResourceLink
5 5 (0.36%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 495 (35.92%) Azure
2 438 (31.79%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (12.12%) Power Platform
4 93 (6.75%) Dynamics 365
5 86 (6.24%) Entra ID
6 81 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (5.01%) OneDrive
8 60 (4.35%) Power Automate
9 58 (4.21%) PowerApps
10 48 (3.48%) AWS
11 44 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
12 37 (2.69%) SaaS
13 22 (1.60%) Azure Storage
14 21 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.52%) Kontent
15 20 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.45%) Google Workspace
16 15 (1.09%) PaaS
17 12 (0.87%) GCP
17 12 (0.87%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 173 (12.55%) Firewall
2 123 (8.93%) DNS
3 86 (6.24%) DHCP
4 49 (3.56%) Broadband
5 43 (3.12%) WAN
6 41 (2.98%) VPN
7 35 (2.54%) Wireless
8 34 (2.47%) TCP/IP
9 33 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (2.25%) VLAN
11 27 (1.96%) LAN
12 23 (1.67%) Internet
12 23 (1.67%) SAN
13 22 (1.60%) SD-WAN
13 22 (1.60%) VoIP
14 20 (1.45%) Network Security
15 18 (1.31%) Intranet
15 18 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (1.16%) SNMP
16 16 (1.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (13.13%) SQL Server
2 101 (7.33%) Power BI
3 27 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (1.23%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.87%) Power Query
11 10 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.73%) Tableau
12 9 (0.65%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.58%) MySQL
14 7 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
16 5 (0.36%) InfluxDB
16 5 (0.36%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 42 (3.05%) Visual Studio
2 29 (2.10%) JIRA
3 24 (1.74%) Git
4 21 (1.52%) GitLab
5 19 (1.38%) NUnit
6 13 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.58%) Selenium
8 7 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.44%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.44%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.44%) MSI
9 6 (0.44%) MSTest
10 5 (0.36%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.36%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.29%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (0.22%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.15%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 493 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 236 (17.13%) Finance
3 197 (14.30%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (8.06%) Retail
5 87 (6.31%) Marketing
6 77 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
7 75 (5.44%) Legal
8 67 (4.86%) Law
9 52 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.83%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 33 (2.39%) Public Sector
15 28 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.38%) Back Office
18 16 (1.16%) Automotive
19 13 (0.94%) Games
20 12 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 190 (13.79%) Analyst
2 180 (13.06%) Senior
3 159 (11.54%) Developer
4 139 (10.09%) IT Support
5 119 (8.64%) Support Engineer
6 100 (7.26%) IT Engineer
7 95 (6.89%) Consultant
8 91 (6.60%) .NET Developer
9 88 (6.39%) Architect
10 81 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 77 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 74 (5.37%) Lead
13 60 (4.35%) C# Developer
14 54 (3.92%) IT Analyst
15 53 (3.85%) C# .NET Developer
16 48 (3.48%) 3rd Line Support
17 46 (3.34%) Support Analyst
18 45 (3.27%) Systems Engineer
19 40 (2.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 40 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (11.90%) .NET
2 84 (6.10%) ASP.NET
3 80 (5.81%) .NET Framework
4 78 (5.66%) .NET Core
5 64 (4.64%) React
6 58 (4.21%) ASP.NET MVC
7 41 (2.98%) AngularJS
8 39 (2.83%) Entity Framework
9 32 (2.32%) ASP.NET Web API
10 27 (1.96%) Web Services
11 24 (1.74%) Next.js
11 24 (1.74%) Vue
12 23 (1.67%) RESTful
13 19 (1.38%) CSS
13 19 (1.38%) HTML
14 18 (1.31%) ARM Templates
14 18 (1.31%) Node.js
15 14 (1.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 12 (0.87%) LINQ
16 12 (0.87%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 114 (8.27%) Self-Motivation
2 65 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 47 (3.41%) Driving Licence
4 38 (2.76%) PKI
5 37 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.39%) Algorithms
7 32 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.74%) Replication
9 21 (1.52%) Life Science
10 18 (1.31%) Client/Server
10 18 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.23%) Smartphone
12 16 (1.16%) Biopharmaceutical
12 16 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (1.09%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.02%) Educational Technology
14 14 (1.02%) Social Media
15 13 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
16 12 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 369 (26.78%) Windows
2 170 (12.34%) Windows Server
3 163 (11.83%) Windows 10
4 121 (8.78%) Linux
5 79 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 79 (5.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (3.12%) Android
7 43 (3.12%) Windows 7
8 34 (2.47%) Apple iOS
9 30 (2.18%) Unix
10 17 (1.23%) Mac OS
11 16 (1.16%) Windows XP
12 12 (0.87%) Windows NT
13 11 (0.80%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.58%) CentOS
14 8 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.58%) VMS
15 7 (0.51%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
2 291 (21.12%) Agile
3 231 (16.76%) Customer Service
4 185 (13.43%) ITIL
5 163 (11.83%) DevOps
6 162 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 131 (9.51%) Project Management
8 123 (8.93%) CRM
9 110 (7.98%) Analytics
10 105 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
11 98 (7.11%) Mentoring
12 97 (7.04%) Decision-Making
13 96 (6.97%) Presales
14 91 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 89 (6.46%) Service Management
16 80 (5.81%) Logistics
17 78 (5.66%) Computer Science
18 72 (5.22%) MVC
19 69 (5.01%) Business Development
20 67 (4.86%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 206 (14.95%) C#
2 204 (14.80%) SQL
3 111 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 89 (6.46%) PowerShell
5 87 (6.31%) Python
6 52 (3.77%) Fortran
7 43 (3.12%) Bash
8 42 (3.05%) C++
9 37 (2.69%) TypeScript
10 35 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 30 (2.18%) VB
12 25 (1.81%) VBScript
13 24 (1.74%) C
14 17 (1.23%) Bicep
15 15 (1.09%) Java
15 15 (1.09%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.87%) Perl
17 11 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.65%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 345 (25.04%) Degree
2 276 (20.03%) Security Cleared
3 136 (9.87%) DV Cleared
4 131 (9.51%) SC Cleared
5 74 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.92%) DBS Check
7 50 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (2.98%) ACCA
8 41 (2.98%) CIMA
9 39 (2.83%) CCNA
9 39 (2.83%) MCP
10 37 (2.69%) Master's Degree
11 33 (2.39%) Azure Certification
12 30 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 29 (2.10%) NVQ Level 3
14 28 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
14 28 (2.03%) PhD
15 27 (1.96%) CCNP
16 26 (1.89%) CISSP
17 24 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.93%) SLA
2 38 (2.76%) GDPR
3 28 (2.03%) QA
4 25 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.09%) Good Clinical Practice
7 12 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (0.87%) NIST
8 8 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.22%) PMO
13 1 (0.073%) COSHH
13 1 (0.073%) IASME
13 1 (0.073%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.073%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 351 (25.47%) Active Directory
2 108 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (5.73%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.89%) Firmware
5 22 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.16%) Docker
7 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.94%) vSphere
9 12 (0.87%) KVM
10 6 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.29%) XenApp
13 3 (0.22%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.073%) NFS
14 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (8.71%) SCCM
2 107 (7.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (3.63%) WSUS
4 46 (3.34%) SCOM
5 33 (2.39%) Kubernetes
6 30 (2.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.45%) NetBackup
8 17 (1.23%) vCenter Server
9 15 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (0.87%) Sysprep
11 11 (0.80%) Terraform
12 10 (0.73%) Stealthwatch
13 7 (0.51%) Ansible
14 5 (0.36%) CASB
14 5 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
14 5 (0.36%) Puppet
14 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 5 (0.36%) Suricata
15 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.29%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 156 (11.32%) VMware
2 71 (5.15%) Apple
2 71 (5.15%) Citrix
3 70 (5.08%) Cisco
4 62 (4.50%) Adobe
5 59 (4.28%) Veeam
6 45 (3.27%) HP
7 39 (2.83%) Google
8 36 (2.61%) Dell
9 27 (1.96%) Oracle
10 23 (1.67%) Juniper
10 23 (1.67%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.52%) Meraki
11 21 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 20 (1.45%) Sitecore
13 19 (1.38%) Optimizely
14 18 (1.31%) EMC
14 18 (1.31%) Salesforce
15 17 (1.23%) SAP
16 14 (1.02%) Sage