Microsoft Jobs in the North West

Microsoft
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,551 2,013 1,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.55% 26.13% 18.07%
As % of the Vendors category 46.87% 56.42% 47.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,303 841 996
10th Percentile £24,807 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,150
Median % change year-on-year - +4.29% -4.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,309 3,568 3,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.17% 46.32% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,434 1,800 2,022
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,475 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £76,520
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.77%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North West.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Manchester -2 776 £50,000 -1.96% 253
Cheshire 0 322 £37,500 -11.76% 108
Lancashire -3 202 £38,500 -1.57% 69
Merseyside -4 200 £41,000 +2.50% 53
Cumbria -3 47 £42,500 -5.56% 25
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 117 (7.54%) SharePoint
2 104 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 44 (2.84%) IIS
4 8 (0.52%) Apache
4 8 (0.52%) CMS
4 8 (0.52%) Tomcat
5 6 (0.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) SAS
7 4 (0.26%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.064%) Documentum
9 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 248 (15.99%) Microsoft Office
2 139 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.13%) InDesign
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 2 (0.13%) Stata
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.064%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 72 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 13 (0.84%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.84%) iTrent
4 8 (0.52%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.39%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
7 4 (0.26%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.064%) BPCS
8 1 (0.064%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.064%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 635 (40.94%) Azure
2 451 (29.08%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (12.19%) Power Platform
4 155 (9.99%) AWS
5 116 (7.48%) Dynamics 365
6 96 (6.19%) Entra ID
7 89 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (3.42%) SaaS
9 49 (3.16%) Power Automate
10 46 (2.97%) PowerApps
11 45 (2.90%) GCP
12 40 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.55%) Google Ads
13 24 (1.55%) IaaS
14 23 (1.48%) GitHub
14 23 (1.48%) PaaS
15 21 (1.35%) Google Analytics
16 19 (1.23%) OneDrive
17 16 (1.03%) Microsoft Advertising
18 15 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 123 (7.93%) Firewall
2 107 (6.90%) WAN
3 106 (6.83%) DNS
4 88 (5.67%) LAN
5 80 (5.16%) DHCP
6 50 (3.22%) Wi-Fi
7 48 (3.09%) TCP/IP
8 41 (2.64%) Internet
9 33 (2.13%) VoIP
10 32 (2.06%) SAN
10 32 (2.06%) Wireless
11 28 (1.81%) SD-WAN
12 26 (1.68%) Broadband
13 24 (1.55%) Network Security
13 24 (1.55%) Remote Desktop
14 23 (1.48%) VPN
15 14 (0.90%) Unified Communications
16 12 (0.77%) iSCSI
17 11 (0.71%) NAS
17 11 (0.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (18.57%) SQL Server
2 97 (6.25%) Power BI
3 69 (4.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 58 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (2.06%) Relational Database
8 29 (1.87%) MongoDB
9 23 (1.48%) MySQL
10 20 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (1.03%) MS Access
13 15 (0.97%) Looker
13 15 (0.97%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.84%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.77%) RDBMS
16 9 (0.58%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 60 (3.87%) Git
2 25 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 15 (0.97%) GitLab
4 14 (0.90%) JIRA
5 12 (0.77%) TeamCity
6 11 (0.71%) Jasmine
6 11 (0.71%) Karma Test Runner
7 9 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.39%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.39%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.32%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.32%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.32%) JetBrains Rider
10 4 (0.26%) MSTest
10 4 (0.26%) NUnit
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.19%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.19%) Subversion
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 455 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 275 (17.73%) Finance
3 153 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (7.99%) Retail
5 113 (7.29%) Legal
6 85 (5.48%) Public Sector
7 72 (4.64%) Marketing
8 61 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
9 54 (3.48%) Law
10 49 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.64%) Advertising
11 41 (2.64%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.42%) Local Government
15 20 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.03%) Banking
17 14 (0.90%) Brand Awareness
18 13 (0.84%) Games
19 11 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 266 (17.15%) Developer
2 197 (12.70%) Analyst
3 140 (9.03%) Senior
4 120 (7.74%) IT Support
5 115 (7.41%) .NET Developer
6 103 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 102 (6.58%) Lead
8 84 (5.42%) Architect
9 81 (5.22%) Support Engineer
10 79 (5.09%) Consultant
11 78 (5.03%) IT Engineer
12 59 (3.80%) IT Manager
13 56 (3.61%) Service Analyst
14 51 (3.29%) Service Desk Analyst
15 50 (3.22%) C# Developer
16 49 (3.16%) Administrator
17 45 (2.90%) IT Support Engineer
18 44 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
18 44 (2.84%) Project Manager
19 42 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (13.48%) .NET
2 123 (7.93%) ASP.NET
3 112 (7.22%) .NET Core
4 96 (6.19%) ASP.NET MVC
5 95 (6.13%) HTML
6 79 (5.09%) AngularJS
7 76 (4.90%) Entity Framework
8 64 (4.13%) ASP.NET Web API
8 64 (4.13%) CSS
9 63 (4.06%) HTML5
10 56 (3.61%) .NET Framework
11 41 (2.64%) React
12 36 (2.32%) Node.js
13 35 (2.26%) Web Services
14 34 (2.19%) Blazor
15 33 (2.13%) CSS3
16 27 (1.74%) REST
17 26 (1.68%) RESTful
18 25 (1.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 25 (1.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.45%) Driving Licence
2 61 (3.93%) Data Centre
3 52 (3.35%) Public Cloud
4 50 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (2.32%) Smartphone
8 29 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.61%) PKI
10 24 (1.55%) Cloud Native
10 24 (1.55%) PMI
11 21 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (1.16%) FMCG
13 18 (1.16%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.10%) EPoS
15 15 (0.97%) Social Media
16 13 (0.84%) Social Network
17 12 (0.77%) Blog
17 12 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 336 (21.66%) Windows
2 143 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 89 (5.74%) Windows 10
4 83 (5.35%) Linux
5 36 (2.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 35 (2.26%) Android
7 30 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 27 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.55%) VMS
10 16 (1.03%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.03%) Windows Vista
11 13 (0.84%) Unix
12 9 (0.58%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.58%) Windows Phone
13 8 (0.52%) Solaris
14 7 (0.45%) Windows 8
15 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.26%) Debian
16 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (18.50%) Agile
3 228 (14.70%) Customer Service
4 201 (12.96%) ITIL
5 157 (10.12%) CRM
6 149 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
6 149 (9.61%) DevOps
7 147 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
8 137 (8.83%) Project Management
9 136 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 134 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 125 (8.06%) Migration
12 116 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 112 (7.22%) Full Stack Development
13 112 (7.22%) Time Management
14 105 (6.77%) ERP
14 105 (6.77%) MVC
15 101 (6.51%) Mentoring
16 95 (6.13%) Microservices
17 91 (5.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 288 (18.57%) SQL
2 236 (15.22%) C#
3 165 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 93 (6.00%) PowerShell
5 66 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 49 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.74%) Python
8 25 (1.61%) VB
9 22 (1.42%) VB.NET
10 17 (1.10%) R
11 15 (0.97%) Bash
12 13 (0.84%) PHP
13 11 (0.71%) Delphi
13 11 (0.71%) VB6
14 10 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.64%) Java
15 9 (0.58%) Bicep
15 9 (0.58%) Swift
16 8 (0.52%) Go
16 8 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 243 (15.67%) Degree
2 118 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 64 (4.13%) Security Cleared
4 47 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.58%) CCNA
6 38 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 38 (2.45%) SC Cleared
7 32 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 25 (1.61%) MCP
9 24 (1.55%) CCNP
10 22 (1.42%) A+ Certification
11 20 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.23%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.10%) PMP
14 13 (0.84%) CISSP
15 12 (0.77%) CIMA
16 11 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 10 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (4.13%) SLA
2 37 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (1.87%) QA
5 25 (1.61%) GDPR
6 21 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 17 (1.10%) NIST
8 15 (0.97%) Data Quality
9 11 (0.71%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.58%) PMO
11 7 (0.45%) COSHH
11 7 (0.45%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.32%) ISO 14001
12 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.13%) EMIR
14 2 (0.13%) MiFID
14 2 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 335 (21.60%) Active Directory
2 99 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (5.29%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.42%) Terminal Services
6 15 (0.97%) Docker
7 7 (0.45%) KVM
7 7 (0.45%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.39%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.19%) RACF
10 2 (0.13%) Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.064%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.064%) Snort
Systems Management
1 91 (5.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (2.77%) Terraform
3 30 (1.93%) Kubernetes
4 22 (1.42%) SCCM
5 18 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.77%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.77%) VxRail
6 12 (0.77%) ZABBIX
7 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.58%) AirWatch
9 8 (0.52%) Stealthwatch
9 8 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 7 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.45%) CASB
10 7 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.45%) WSUS
11 5 (0.32%) Ansible
12 4 (0.26%) Autotask
12 4 (0.26%) Grafana
12 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (9.09%) VMware
2 96 (6.19%) Google
3 80 (5.16%) Apple
4 77 (4.96%) Cisco
5 57 (3.68%) Adobe
6 49 (3.16%) Citrix
7 47 (3.03%) SAP
8 37 (2.39%) Dell
9 36 (2.32%) Oracle
10 30 (1.93%) ServiceNow
10 30 (1.93%) Veeam
11 28 (1.81%) HP
12 27 (1.74%) Facebook
13 22 (1.42%) Meraki
14 21 (1.35%) Fortinet
15 20 (1.29%) NetApp
16 15 (0.97%) SolarWinds
17 14 (0.90%) Infor
17 14 (0.90%) Salesforce
17 14 (0.90%) Sophos