Microsoft Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,034 3,600 3,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.03% 22.40% 19.09%
As % of the Vendors category 49.21% 48.97% 48.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 1,623 2,154
10th Percentile £24,807 £25,300 £24,325
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,165 7,351 7,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 32.58% 45.74% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,525 3,588 4,136
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,542 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.25%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of 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
North West -2 1,594 £45,000 -2.17% 556
Yorkshire +2 1,007 £42,500 -2.30% 344
North East +3 432 £42,500 +4.94% 118
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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
1 261 (8.60%) SharePoint
2 257 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.85%) IIS
4 19 (0.63%) Confluence
5 15 (0.49%) WordPress
6 12 (0.40%) CMS
6 12 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 10 (0.33%) Apache
8 9 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
9 8 (0.26%) SAS
9 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.13%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.066%) Resin
14 1 (0.033%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.033%) Moodle
14 1 (0.033%) Site Server
Applications
1 526 (17.34%) Microsoft Office
2 253 (8.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 104 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.13%) InDesign
8 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.13%) Solid Edge
9 3 (0.099%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.066%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.066%) SPSS
10 2 (0.066%) Stata
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 115 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
3 17 (0.56%) NEC Housing
4 15 (0.49%) Sage 200
5 13 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.43%) iTrent
6 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.26%) Magento
7 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.16%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.16%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.13%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.099%) Epicor Tropos
11 3 (0.099%) Shopify
12 2 (0.066%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 1,298 (42.78%) Azure
2 949 (31.28%) Microsoft 365
3 368 (12.13%) Power Platform
4 261 (8.60%) AWS
5 250 (8.24%) Entra ID
6 227 (7.48%) Dynamics 365
7 160 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
8 122 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 112 (3.69%) Power Automate
10 111 (3.66%) SaaS
11 96 (3.16%) GCP
12 60 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 57 (1.88%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
15 43 (1.42%) IaaS
15 43 (1.42%) PaaS
16 33 (1.09%) Google Workspace
17 32 (1.05%) GitHub
18 29 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
18 29 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 274 (9.03%) Firewall
2 219 (7.22%) WAN
3 207 (6.82%) DNS
4 185 (6.10%) LAN
5 162 (5.34%) DHCP
6 117 (3.86%) SAN
7 108 (3.56%) TCP/IP
8 103 (3.39%) VPN
9 87 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (2.67%) Internet
11 72 (2.37%) Network Security
12 71 (2.34%) VoIP
13 64 (2.11%) Wireless
14 52 (1.71%) VLAN
15 44 (1.45%) Broadband
16 42 (1.38%) SD-WAN
17 41 (1.35%) NAS
18 35 (1.15%) WLAN
19 29 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
20 19 (0.63%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 541 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 204 (6.72%) Power BI
3 109 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 108 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
5 98 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 64 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 58 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 46 (1.52%) MongoDB
9 43 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
10 42 (1.38%) Data Lake
11 30 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
12 27 (0.89%) MySQL
13 24 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 23 (0.76%) NoSQL
15 21 (0.69%) MS Access
16 20 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 17 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
18 16 (0.53%) DB2
19 15 (0.49%) DynamoDB
19 15 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 101 (3.33%) Git
2 51 (1.68%) JIRA
3 27 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.79%) GitLab
5 20 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.53%) Jasmine
6 16 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
7 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.30%) JUnit
9 9 (0.30%) Selenium
9 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.26%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.20%) Dreamweaver
11 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.20%) NUnit
11 6 (0.20%) Postman
12 5 (0.16%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.16%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 980 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 530 (17.47%) Finance
3 308 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (6.69%) Retail
5 187 (6.16%) Public Sector
6 185 (6.10%) Legal
7 164 (5.41%) Law
8 132 (4.35%) Marketing
9 118 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 101 (3.33%) Manufacturing
11 61 (2.01%) Telecoms
12 60 (1.98%) Advertising
13 55 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 54 (1.78%) Banking
15 51 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
16 46 (1.52%) Local Government
17 38 (1.25%) Police
18 30 (0.99%) Games
19 28 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
20 18 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 497 (16.38%) Developer
2 423 (13.94%) Analyst
3 288 (9.49%) Senior
4 261 (8.60%) IT Support
5 206 (6.79%) .NET Developer
6 197 (6.49%) Lead
7 181 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 181 (5.97%) IT Engineer
8 180 (5.93%) Support Engineer
9 173 (5.70%) Architect
10 158 (5.21%) Consultant
11 134 (4.42%) Service Analyst
12 133 (4.38%) IT Manager
13 126 (4.15%) Service Desk Analyst
14 105 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
15 95 (3.13%) C# Developer
16 94 (3.10%) Administrator
17 93 (3.07%) IT Analyst
18 90 (2.97%) 2nd Line Support
19 88 (2.90%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 374 (12.33%) .NET
2 219 (7.22%) ASP.NET
3 211 (6.95%) .NET Core
4 171 (5.64%) ASP.NET MVC
5 164 (5.41%) HTML
6 149 (4.91%) AngularJS
7 141 (4.65%) ASP.NET Web API
8 139 (4.58%) Entity Framework
9 121 (3.99%) .NET Framework
10 99 (3.26%) CSS
11 98 (3.23%) HTML5
12 77 (2.54%) React
13 67 (2.21%) RESTful
14 56 (1.85%) Web Services
15 55 (1.81%) Node.js
16 54 (1.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 52 (1.71%) Blazor
18 49 (1.62%) JSON
18 49 (1.62%) REST
19 47 (1.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (4.91%) Driving Licence
2 145 (4.78%) Management Information System
3 104 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 101 (3.33%) Public Cloud
5 79 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 68 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
7 54 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.29%) PKI
9 36 (1.19%) Smartphone
10 35 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (1.15%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 31 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
12 31 (1.02%) PMI
13 30 (0.99%) Low-Code
14 29 (0.96%) Clustering
14 29 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
14 29 (0.96%) Mobile App
14 29 (0.96%) NHS
15 25 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 761 (25.08%) Windows
2 338 (11.14%) Windows Server
3 198 (6.53%) Windows 10
4 135 (4.45%) Linux
5 79 (2.60%) Android
6 70 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 53 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 51 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 46 (1.52%) Apple iOS
10 38 (1.25%) VMS
11 29 (0.96%) Mac OS
12 28 (0.92%) Windows 7
13 25 (0.82%) Unix
14 20 (0.66%) Windows Vista
15 12 (0.40%) Windows 8
15 12 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.30%) Windows Phone
18 8 (0.26%) Solaris
19 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
2 573 (18.89%) Agile
3 451 (14.86%) Customer Service
4 399 (13.15%) ITIL
5 287 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
6 285 (9.39%) DevOps
7 263 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
8 257 (8.47%) CRM
8 257 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 234 (7.71%) Project Management
10 231 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 229 (7.55%) Migration
12 228 (7.51%) Roadmaps
13 213 (7.02%) Mentoring
14 202 (6.66%) Full Stack Development
15 197 (6.49%) ERP
16 195 (6.43%) Microservices
17 190 (6.26%) Coaching
18 189 (6.23%) MVC
19 170 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 577 (19.02%) SQL
2 402 (13.25%) C#
3 295 (9.72%) JavaScript
4 218 (7.19%) PowerShell
5 124 (4.09%) T-SQL
6 82 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 74 (2.44%) Python
8 33 (1.09%) VB.NET
9 31 (1.02%) VB
10 27 (0.89%) Bash
11 18 (0.59%) R
12 16 (0.53%) VB6
13 14 (0.46%) PHP
14 13 (0.43%) VBScript
15 11 (0.36%) Delphi
15 11 (0.36%) Java
15 11 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.33%) Bicep
16 10 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 402 (13.25%) Degree
2 258 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 111 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 106 (3.49%) Azure Certification
5 90 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 80 (2.64%) DBS Check
7 70 (2.31%) CCNA
8 61 (2.01%) SC Cleared
9 57 (1.88%) PMI Certification
10 50 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 50 (1.65%) MCP
11 49 (1.62%) CCNP
12 41 (1.35%) A+ Certification
13 31 (1.02%) CISSP
14 29 (0.96%) MCSE
14 29 (0.96%) PMP
15 26 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 23 (0.76%) AWS Certification
17 21 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 21 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.91%) SLA
2 87 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (2.64%) GDPR
4 67 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 57 (1.88%) QA
6 34 (1.12%) NIST
7 29 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 28 (0.92%) PCI DSS
9 27 (0.89%) Accessibility
10 22 (0.73%) PMO
11 17 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 12 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.26%) GRC
14 8 (0.26%) PSD2
15 7 (0.23%) COSHH
15 7 (0.23%) ISO 14001
15 7 (0.23%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.16%) COBIT
16 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 744 (24.52%) Active Directory
2 179 (5.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 178 (5.87%) Hyper-V
4 60 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (0.92%) vSphere
7 27 (0.89%) Docker
8 26 (0.86%) Terminal Services
9 24 (0.79%) RACF
10 18 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (0.49%) VMware Server
12 9 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.23%) KVM
14 6 (0.20%) XenApp
14 6 (0.20%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.099%) Firmware
16 3 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.099%) VMware NSX
16 3 (0.099%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 239 (7.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (2.47%) SCCM
3 70 (2.31%) Kubernetes
4 56 (1.85%) Terraform
5 27 (0.89%) SCOM
5 27 (0.89%) WSUS
6 24 (0.79%) vCenter Server
7 22 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
9 16 (0.53%) Ansible
9 16 (0.53%) Autotask
9 16 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.46%) ZABBIX
11 12 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.40%) Opsgenie
11 12 (0.40%) VxRail
12 11 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.33%) Stealthwatch
14 9 (0.30%) Grafana
14 9 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 334 (11.01%) VMware
2 196 (6.46%) Google
3 158 (5.21%) Cisco
4 115 (3.79%) Apple
5 98 (3.23%) Citrix
6 79 (2.60%) Oracle
7 76 (2.50%) SAP
8 66 (2.18%) ServiceNow
9 65 (2.14%) Adobe
10 61 (2.01%) Dell
11 58 (1.91%) Veeam
12 44 (1.45%) SolarWinds
13 42 (1.38%) HP
14 39 (1.29%) Facebook
14 39 (1.29%) Fortinet
15 36 (1.19%) CyberArk
16 34 (1.12%) NetApp
16 34 (1.12%) Sophos
17 31 (1.02%) Datto
18 29 (0.96%) Meraki