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 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 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,001 3,698 3,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.49% 22.35% 18.82%
As % of the Vendors category 49.34% 48.20% 47.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,489 1,634 2,161
10th Percentile £24,833 £25,180 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,200 £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 6,082 7,672 7,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.43% 46.36% 39.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,498 3,599 4,156
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,250
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 £77,530 £73,750
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 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 28 May 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 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
North West -2 1,574 £45,000 -2.17% 587
Yorkshire +2 996 £42,500 -4.49% 369
North East +3 430 £42,500 +4.00% 136
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
1 258 (8.60%) SharePoint
2 257 (8.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (1.87%) IIS
4 19 (0.63%) Confluence
5 15 (0.50%) WordPress
6 12 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 11 (0.37%) CMS
8 10 (0.33%) Apache
9 9 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.27%) SAS
10 8 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 5 (0.17%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.13%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.067%) Resin
15 1 (0.033%) Documentum
15 1 (0.033%) Moodle
15 1 (0.033%) Site Server
Applications
1 519 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
2 236 (7.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 98 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.37%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.13%) InDesign
9 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.13%) Solid Edge
10 3 (0.100%) Acrobat
11 2 (0.067%) FileZilla
11 2 (0.067%) SPSS
11 2 (0.067%) Stata
12 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.033%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.033%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.033%) Trello
Business Applications
1 113 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
3 17 (0.57%) NEC Housing
4 15 (0.50%) Sage 200
5 13 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.43%) iTrent
6 8 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.27%) Magento
7 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.17%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.17%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
11 3 (0.100%) Epicor Tropos
11 3 (0.100%) SAP ERP
12 2 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
12 2 (0.067%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1,288 (42.92%) Azure
2 950 (31.66%) Microsoft 365
3 363 (12.10%) Power Platform
4 259 (8.63%) AWS
5 250 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 221 (7.36%) Dynamics 365
7 157 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 121 (4.03%) PowerApps
9 112 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 110 (3.67%) SaaS
11 95 (3.17%) GCP
12 59 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
13 56 (1.87%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
15 43 (1.43%) IaaS
16 41 (1.37%) PaaS
17 33 (1.10%) Google Workspace
18 32 (1.07%) GitHub
19 29 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
20 26 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 275 (9.16%) Firewall
2 217 (7.23%) WAN
3 205 (6.83%) DNS
4 184 (6.13%) LAN
5 162 (5.40%) DHCP
6 116 (3.87%) SAN
7 108 (3.60%) TCP/IP
8 106 (3.53%) VPN
9 87 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
10 80 (2.67%) Internet
11 73 (2.43%) Network Security
12 70 (2.33%) VoIP
13 66 (2.20%) Wireless
14 52 (1.73%) VLAN
15 44 (1.47%) Broadband
16 42 (1.40%) SD-WAN
17 40 (1.33%) NAS
18 36 (1.20%) WLAN
19 28 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
20 24 (0.80%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 537 (17.89%) SQL Server
2 200 (6.66%) Power BI
3 107 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 107 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 62 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 59 (1.97%) Relational Database
7 46 (1.53%) MongoDB
8 43 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
9 41 (1.37%) Data Lake
10 31 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 27 (0.90%) MySQL
12 24 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 23 (0.77%) NoSQL
14 21 (0.70%) MS Access
15 19 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 17 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
17 16 (0.53%) DB2
18 15 (0.50%) DynamoDB
18 15 (0.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 100 (3.33%) Git
2 51 (1.70%) JIRA
3 28 (0.93%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.80%) GitLab
5 20 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.53%) Jasmine
6 16 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
7 12 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 10 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.30%) JUnit
9 9 (0.30%) Selenium
10 8 (0.27%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.20%) Dreamweaver
11 6 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.20%) NUnit
11 6 (0.20%) Postman
12 5 (0.17%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.17%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 975 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 522 (17.39%) Finance
3 301 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (6.53%) Retail
5 190 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 183 (6.10%) Legal
7 164 (5.46%) Law
8 131 (4.37%) Marketing
9 119 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
10 102 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 62 (2.07%) Banking
12 61 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 59 (1.97%) Advertising
14 55 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 47 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
16 46 (1.53%) Local Government
17 38 (1.27%) Police
18 28 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
18 28 (0.93%) Games
19 18 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 492 (16.39%) Developer
2 417 (13.90%) Analyst
3 285 (9.50%) Senior
4 258 (8.60%) IT Support
5 205 (6.83%) .NET Developer
6 195 (6.50%) Lead
7 184 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 181 (6.03%) IT Engineer
9 180 (6.00%) Support Engineer
10 163 (5.43%) Architect
11 152 (5.06%) Consultant
12 135 (4.50%) Service Analyst
13 130 (4.33%) IT Manager
14 127 (4.23%) Service Desk Analyst
15 104 (3.47%) IT Support Engineer
16 95 (3.17%) Administrator
16 95 (3.17%) C# Developer
17 93 (3.10%) IT Analyst
18 88 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
18 88 (2.93%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (12.30%) .NET
2 218 (7.26%) ASP.NET
3 209 (6.96%) .NET Core
4 170 (5.66%) ASP.NET MVC
5 163 (5.43%) HTML
6 149 (4.97%) AngularJS
7 141 (4.70%) ASP.NET Web API
8 139 (4.63%) Entity Framework
9 120 (4.00%) .NET Framework
10 99 (3.30%) CSS
11 98 (3.27%) HTML5
12 77 (2.57%) React
13 68 (2.27%) RESTful
14 56 (1.87%) Web Services
15 55 (1.83%) Node.js
16 54 (1.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 52 (1.73%) Blazor
18 48 (1.60%) JSON
18 48 (1.60%) REST
19 47 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 148 (4.93%) Driving Licence
2 143 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 101 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 99 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 79 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 67 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
7 50 (1.67%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.30%) PKI
9 36 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 36 (1.20%) Smartphone
10 34 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.07%) Cloud Native
12 31 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
12 31 (1.03%) PMI
13 30 (1.00%) Clustering
14 29 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
14 29 (0.97%) Low-Code
14 29 (0.97%) NHS
15 28 (0.93%) Mobile App
16 24 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 760 (25.32%) Windows
2 337 (11.23%) Windows Server
3 197 (6.56%) Windows 10
4 134 (4.47%) Linux
5 77 (2.57%) Android
6 71 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 54 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 52 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
9 45 (1.50%) Apple iOS
10 37 (1.23%) VMS
11 31 (1.03%) Mac OS
12 28 (0.93%) Windows 7
13 25 (0.83%) Unix
14 17 (0.57%) Windows Vista
15 13 (0.43%) Windows 8
16 12 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 11 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 9 (0.30%) Windows Phone
19 8 (0.27%) Solaris
20 5 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
2 568 (18.93%) Agile
3 447 (14.90%) Customer Service
4 399 (13.30%) ITIL
5 285 (9.50%) DevOps
6 284 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
7 261 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 259 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
9 249 (8.30%) CRM
10 239 (7.96%) Project Management
11 230 (7.66%) Migration
11 230 (7.66%) Roadmaps
12 226 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 219 (7.30%) Mentoring
14 202 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
15 195 (6.50%) ERP
15 195 (6.50%) Microservices
16 189 (6.30%) Coaching
17 188 (6.26%) MVC
18 168 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 571 (19.03%) SQL
2 396 (13.20%) C#
3 294 (9.80%) JavaScript
4 221 (7.36%) PowerShell
5 123 (4.10%) T-SQL
6 82 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 73 (2.43%) Python
8 33 (1.10%) VB.NET
9 31 (1.03%) VB
10 27 (0.90%) Bash
11 18 (0.60%) R
12 16 (0.53%) VB6
13 14 (0.47%) PHP
14 13 (0.43%) VBScript
15 11 (0.37%) Delphi
15 11 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.33%) Java
16 10 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 392 (13.06%) Degree
2 255 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 109 (3.63%) Security Cleared
4 107 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 89 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
6 80 (2.67%) DBS Check
7 70 (2.33%) CCNA
8 60 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 58 (1.93%) PMI Certification
10 50 (1.67%) MCP
11 49 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 47 (1.57%) CCNP
13 41 (1.37%) A+ Certification
14 31 (1.03%) CISSP
15 30 (1.00%) PMP
16 29 (0.97%) MCSE
17 26 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
18 23 (0.77%) AWS Certification
19 21 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 21 (0.70%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (5.06%) SLA
2 86 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (2.50%) GDPR
4 66 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 56 (1.87%) QA
6 33 (1.10%) NIST
7 29 (0.97%) Data Quality
8 28 (0.93%) PCI DSS
9 27 (0.90%) Accessibility
10 23 (0.77%) PMO
11 17 (0.57%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.27%) GRC
13 8 (0.27%) PSD2
14 7 (0.23%) COSHH
14 7 (0.23%) ISO 14001
14 7 (0.23%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.17%) COBIT
15 5 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 744 (24.79%) Active Directory
2 182 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 181 (6.03%) Hyper-V
4 60 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (0.93%) vSphere
7 26 (0.87%) Docker
8 25 (0.83%) Terminal Services
9 24 (0.80%) RACF
10 19 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (0.50%) VMware Server
12 9 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.23%) KVM
14 6 (0.20%) XenApp
14 6 (0.20%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.13%) Firmware
16 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 3 (0.100%) VMware Workstation
18 2 (0.067%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 240 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (2.57%) SCCM
3 70 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 56 (1.87%) Terraform
5 29 (0.97%) SCOM
6 27 (0.90%) WSUS
7 24 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 21 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
9 16 (0.53%) Autotask
9 16 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (0.50%) Ansible
11 14 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 12 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
12 12 (0.40%) Opsgenie
12 12 (0.40%) VxRail
13 11 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.30%) AirWatch
14 9 (0.30%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 336 (11.20%) VMware
2 193 (6.43%) Google
3 167 (5.56%) Cisco
4 115 (3.83%) Apple
5 98 (3.27%) Citrix
6 79 (2.63%) Oracle
7 75 (2.50%) SAP
8 66 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 65 (2.17%) Adobe
10 61 (2.03%) Dell
11 59 (1.97%) Veeam
12 45 (1.50%) SolarWinds
13 42 (1.40%) HP
14 40 (1.33%) Fortinet
15 36 (1.20%) CyberArk
16 35 (1.17%) Facebook
17 34 (1.13%) NetApp
17 34 (1.13%) Sophos
18 31 (1.03%) Datto
19 27 (0.90%) Meraki