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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 16,171 16,314 20,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.20% 18.84% 14.62%
As % of the Vendors category 50.56% 44.92% 37.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12,193 9,723 13,044
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 31,984 36,318 54,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.99% 41.95% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 22,631 21,127 29,095
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,098 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,922 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,150
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 28 May 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 28 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
London +5 4,286 £60,709 -2.87% 1,345
South East +3 3,510 £45,000 -2.91% 826
North of England -1 3,001 £43,500 -3.33% 1,083
Midlands +1 2,362 £42,500 -11.46% 776
South West +3 1,642 £46,000 +13.58% 480
North West -2 1,574 £45,000 -2.17% 587
West Midlands +1 1,544 £45,000 -10.00% 486
East of England +2 1,232 £38,500 -3.75% 402
Yorkshire +2 996 £42,500 -4.49% 369
East Midlands +2 809 £37,500 -12.79% 291
North East +3 430 £42,500 +4.00% 136
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 1,686 (10.43%) SharePoint
2 1,525 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 276 (1.71%) IIS
4 178 (1.10%) Confluence
5 143 (0.88%) CMS
6 75 (0.46%) Apache
7 73 (0.45%) Skype for Business
8 68 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 59 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 53 (0.33%) Kentico
11 49 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
12 48 (0.30%) SAS
13 45 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
14 43 (0.27%) WordPress
15 41 (0.25%) Headless CMS
16 39 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
17 31 (0.19%) Tomcat
18 25 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
19 22 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
19 22 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3,012 (18.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2,246 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 584 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 250 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 124 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 63 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 51 (0.32%) AutoCAD
8 26 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 24 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 22 (0.14%) InDesign
11 17 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 16 (0.099%) Adobe Illustrator
12 16 (0.099%) Trello
13 13 (0.080%) SPSS
14 11 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
15 9 (0.056%) Chatbot
16 8 (0.049%) Acrobat
16 8 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
16 8 (0.049%) Sketch
17 7 (0.043%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 547 (3.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 104 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 76 (0.47%) Primavera
4 42 (0.26%) NEC Housing
5 38 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 31 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 26 (0.16%) NetSuite
7 26 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 25 (0.15%) Shopify
9 22 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
10 21 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
11 17 (0.11%) iTrent
12 16 (0.099%) Magento
12 16 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
13 15 (0.093%) Elite 3E
13 15 (0.093%) Infor SunSystems
14 13 (0.080%) Remedy ITSM
15 12 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
16 11 (0.068%) Oracle Receivables
16 11 (0.068%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 6,572 (40.64%) Azure
2 4,816 (29.78%) Microsoft 365
3 2,086 (12.90%) Power Platform
4 1,294 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 1,265 (7.82%) AWS
6 1,133 (7.01%) Dynamics 365
7 772 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
8 650 (4.02%) PowerApps
9 612 (3.78%) Power Automate
10 601 (3.72%) SaaS
11 407 (2.52%) OneDrive
12 379 (2.34%) GCP
13 293 (1.81%) PaaS
14 284 (1.76%) IaaS
15 226 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
16 197 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
17 174 (1.08%) Serverless
18 169 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 133 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
19 133 (0.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,483 (9.17%) Firewall
2 1,034 (6.39%) DNS
3 881 (5.45%) WAN
4 796 (4.92%) Broadband
5 769 (4.76%) DHCP
6 736 (4.55%) LAN
7 555 (3.43%) VPN
8 516 (3.19%) TCP/IP
9 462 (2.86%) Wireless
10 455 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
11 441 (2.73%) SAN
12 327 (2.02%) Internet
13 319 (1.97%) VLAN
14 286 (1.77%) Network Security
15 276 (1.71%) VoIP
16 261 (1.61%) SD-WAN
17 221 (1.37%) 5G
18 200 (1.24%) Intranet
19 166 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
20 126 (0.78%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,421 (14.97%) SQL Server
2 1,348 (8.34%) Power BI
3 427 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 417 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
5 399 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 307 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 297 (1.84%) MongoDB
8 261 (1.61%) Relational Database
9 252 (1.56%) Data Lake
10 249 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
11 169 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 130 (0.80%) MySQL
13 128 (0.79%) Tableau
14 114 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
15 113 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
16 99 (0.61%) Big Data
17 96 (0.59%) NoSQL
18 89 (0.55%) MS Access
18 89 (0.55%) Oracle Database
19 70 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 443 (2.74%) Git
2 391 (2.42%) JIRA
3 360 (2.23%) Visual Studio
4 116 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 107 (0.66%) Bitbucket
6 101 (0.62%) GitLab
7 70 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
8 68 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 65 (0.40%) Sourcetree
10 44 (0.27%) NUnit
11 43 (0.27%) Selenium
11 43 (0.27%) 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 (0.11%) MSTest
17 15 (0.093%) Balsamiq
General
1 5,778 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 3,469 (21.45%) Finance
3 2,301 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1,010 (6.25%) Retail
5 924 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 790 (4.89%) Legal
7 757 (4.68%) Law
8 714 (4.42%) Marketing
9 678 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 633 (3.91%) Public Sector
11 579 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
12 469 (2.90%) Manufacturing
13 453 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 392 (2.42%) Telecoms
15 382 (2.36%) Banking
16 246 (1.52%) Games
17 214 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
18 211 (1.30%) Advertising
19 193 (1.19%) Local Government
20 161 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2,375 (14.69%) Analyst
2 2,255 (13.94%) Developer
3 2,142 (13.25%) Senior
4 1,403 (8.68%) IT Support
5 1,096 (6.78%) Support Engineer
6 1,025 (6.34%) Architect
7 934 (5.78%) .NET Developer
8 887 (5.49%) Lead
9 884 (5.47%) IT Engineer
10 857 (5.30%) Consultant
11 779 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 592 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
13 586 (3.62%) Administrator
14 480 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
15 447 (2.76%) IT Analyst
16 446 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
17 445 (2.75%) 2nd Line Support
18 435 (2.69%) Support Analyst
19 424 (2.62%) C# Developer
20 415 (2.57%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,951 (12.06%) .NET
2 987 (6.10%) ASP.NET
3 945 (5.84%) .NET Core
4 773 (4.78%) ASP.NET MVC
5 731 (4.52%) AngularJS
6 701 (4.33%) HTML
7 677 (4.19%) .NET Framework
8 625 (3.86%) ASP.NET Web API
9 610 (3.77%) Entity Framework
10 492 (3.04%) React
11 481 (2.97%) CSS
12 359 (2.22%) HTML5
13 326 (2.02%) RESTful
14 290 (1.79%) Vue
15 288 (1.78%) Node.js
16 262 (1.62%) Web Services
17 230 (1.42%) REST
18 217 (1.34%) JSON
19 198 (1.22%) Blazor
20 194 (1.20%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 859 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
2 751 (4.64%) Management Information System
3 618 (3.82%) Driving Licence
4 500 (3.09%) Data Centre
5 339 (2.10%) Social Media
6 310 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 290 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 241 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 230 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
10 223 (1.38%) Product Ownership
11 209 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 198 (1.22%) PKI
13 160 (0.99%) Cloud Native
14 152 (0.94%) Replication
15 137 (0.85%) Clustering
16 131 (0.81%) NHS
17 129 (0.80%) Mobile App
18 123 (0.76%) Low-Code
19 120 (0.74%) Smartphone
20 98 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4,371 (27.03%) Windows
2 1,874 (11.59%) Windows Server
3 1,302 (8.05%) Windows 10
4 1,074 (6.64%) Linux
5 457 (2.83%) Android
6 438 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 434 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 315 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 296 (1.83%) Apple iOS
10 287 (1.77%) Ubuntu
11 237 (1.47%) Mac OS
12 221 (1.37%) Windows 7
13 142 (0.88%) Unix
14 128 (0.79%) VMS
15 97 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
16 84 (0.52%) Windows 8
17 70 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 69 (0.43%) CentOS
19 49 (0.30%) Mac OS X
20 35 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,335 (20.62%) Agile
2 3,168 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
3 2,145 (13.26%) Customer Service
4 1,763 (10.90%) ITIL
5 1,566 (9.68%) DevOps
6 1,543 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
7 1,541 (9.53%) Cybersecurity
8 1,478 (9.14%) Mentoring
9 1,330 (8.22%) Project Management
10 1,277 (7.90%) CRM
11 1,022 (6.32%) Decision-Making
12 1,009 (6.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 924 (5.71%) MVC
14 922 (5.70%) Roadmaps
15 918 (5.68%) Full Stack Development
16 896 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 851 (5.26%) Migration
18 820 (5.07%) Microservices
19 802 (4.96%) Project Delivery
20 801 (4.95%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2,627 (16.25%) SQL
2 2,059 (12.73%) C#
3 1,394 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 1,193 (7.38%) PowerShell
5 647 (4.00%) Python
6 513 (3.17%) T-SQL
7 450 (2.78%) Bash
8 435 (2.69%) TypeScript
9 243 (1.50%) Java
10 135 (0.83%) C++
11 128 (0.79%) VB
12 117 (0.72%) VB.NET
13 115 (0.71%) C
14 99 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 90 (0.56%) Bicep
16 76 (0.47%) R
17 59 (0.36%) VBA
18 54 (0.33%) Shell Script
19 50 (0.31%) Fortran
20 48 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,643 (16.34%) Degree
2 1,169 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 1,079 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 703 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 492 (3.04%) ACCA
6 486 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 473 (2.92%) CIMA
8 441 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 437 (2.70%) Azure Certification
10 385 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 298 (1.84%) DV Cleared
12 266 (1.64%) CCNA
13 237 (1.47%) Master's Degree
14 222 (1.37%) A+ Certification
15 218 (1.35%) CISSP
16 210 (1.30%) MCP
17 204 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
18 185 (1.14%) MCSE
19 175 (1.08%) PMI Certification
20 163 (1.01%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 728 (4.50%) SLA
2 450 (2.78%) GDPR
3 442 (2.73%) QA
4 349 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 260 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 202 (1.25%) Data Quality
7 159 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 147 (0.91%) NIST
9 117 (0.72%) PMO
10 112 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 95 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 43 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 36 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 34 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 34 (0.21%) GRC
15 31 (0.19%) COBIT
16 28 (0.17%) IFRS
16 28 (0.17%) NCSC
17 26 (0.16%) SOC 2
18 24 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 3,755 (23.22%) Active Directory
2 1,066 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 822 (5.08%) Hyper-V
4 278 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 260 (1.61%) Docker
6 235 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
7 204 (1.26%) vSphere
8 166 (1.03%) XenApp
9 145 (0.90%) XenDesktop
10 141 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
11 93 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
12 76 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
13 57 (0.35%) Firmware
14 50 (0.31%) Terminal Services
15 45 (0.28%) RACF
16 43 (0.27%) KVM
17 31 (0.19%) VMware NSX
18 28 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 26 (0.16%) VirtualBox
20 25 (0.15%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1,234 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 612 (3.78%) SCCM
3 358 (2.21%) Kubernetes
4 353 (2.18%) Terraform
5 275 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
6 156 (0.96%) WSUS
7 131 (0.81%) Ansible
8 126 (0.78%) SCOM
9 121 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 101 (0.62%) vCenter Server
11 96 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 90 (0.56%) AirWatch
13 53 (0.33%) FortiGate
14 45 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
15 42 (0.26%) NetBackup
16 40 (0.25%) Puppet
17 38 (0.23%) Grafana
18 37 (0.23%) CASB
19 35 (0.22%) Backup Exec
20 34 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,619 (10.01%) VMware
2 863 (5.34%) Cisco
3 654 (4.04%) Google
4 573 (3.54%) Citrix
5 497 (3.07%) Apple
6 434 (2.68%) Oracle
7 386 (2.39%) Dell
8 363 (2.24%) Veeam
9 337 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 313 (1.94%) HP
11 287 (1.77%) Adobe
12 282 (1.74%) CyberArk
13 236 (1.46%) SAP
14 210 (1.30%) Tanium
15 203 (1.26%) Meraki
16 180 (1.11%) Databricks
17 163 (1.01%) Salesforce
18 150 (0.93%) Fortinet
19 143 (0.88%) Red Hat
20 135 (0.83%) Sophos