Microsoft Jobs in the South West

Microsoft
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,643 1,242 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.82% 18.49% 17.43%
As % of the Vendors category 55.39% 50.02% 44.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 707 907
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,762
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.58% -4.71% +0.64%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,966 2,483 3,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.37% 36.96% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 1,441 1,972
10th Percentile £27,338 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £76,250
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol -3 383 £50,000 +3.09% 121
Gloucestershire +13 361 £39,500 +6.04% 66
Wiltshire 0 273 £50,000 +11.11% 90
Dorset +2 210 £40,000 -3.78% 36
Devon 0 205 £45,000 +38.46% 62
Somerset +1 147 £38,000 -5.00% 73
Cornwall 0 41 £40,000 - 14
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 160 (9.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (9.13%) SharePoint
3 100 (6.09%) Confluence
4 28 (1.70%) CMS
5 26 (1.58%) IIS
6 22 (1.34%) Umbraco
7 20 (1.22%) Kentico
8 17 (1.03%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (0.91%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (0.91%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.61%) Apache
11 8 (0.49%) SAS
12 7 (0.43%) Skype for Business
13 6 (0.37%) ArcGIS
13 6 (0.37%) NServiceBus
13 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.30%) Moodle
15 4 (0.24%) Site Server
16 3 (0.18%) GlassFish
Applications
1 266 (16.19%) Microsoft Office
2 103 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.061%) 1Password
8 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.061%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 31 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 20 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.49%) Maximo
4 6 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.30%) Primavera
6 4 (0.24%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.24%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 610 (37.13%) Azure
2 478 (29.09%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (11.87%) Power Platform
4 143 (8.70%) AWS
5 103 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (5.66%) Entra ID
7 79 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
8 72 (4.38%) PowerApps
9 70 (4.26%) Power Automate
10 67 (4.08%) GCP
11 51 (3.10%) SaaS
12 49 (2.98%) OneDrive
13 34 (2.07%) IaaS
14 32 (1.95%) PaaS
15 20 (1.22%) Kontent
16 16 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (0.79%) GitHub
17 13 (0.79%) Nutanix
17 13 (0.79%) OCI
18 9 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 105 (6.39%) Firewall
2 81 (4.93%) LAN
3 70 (4.26%) WAN
4 63 (3.83%) DNS
5 54 (3.29%) SAN
6 52 (3.16%) DHCP
7 50 (3.04%) TCP/IP
8 43 (2.62%) VPN
9 38 (2.31%) Wireless
10 33 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
11 31 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (1.70%) Internet
13 24 (1.46%) VLAN
14 20 (1.22%) VoIP
15 17 (1.03%) Broadband
15 17 (1.03%) Network Security
16 12 (0.73%) WLAN
17 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
18 10 (0.61%) NAS
18 10 (0.61%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (13.27%) SQL Server
2 113 (6.88%) Power BI
3 57 (3.47%) MongoDB
4 37 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 25 (1.52%) MySQL
8 20 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.91%) Tableau
11 12 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (0.73%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.61%) GIS
12 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.43%) Big Data
14 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 115 (7.00%) JIRA
2 106 (6.45%) Visual Studio
3 104 (6.33%) Git
4 83 (5.05%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.59%) Sourcetree
6 14 (0.85%) Subversion
7 13 (0.79%) Selenium
7 13 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.37%) Postman
12 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.24%) Toad
14 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.18%) JMeter
14 3 (0.18%) Moq
14 3 (0.18%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) xUnit.net
General
1 533 (32.44%) Social Skills
2 285 (17.35%) Finance
3 135 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
6 87 (5.30%) Law
7 86 (5.23%) Games
8 80 (4.87%) Marketing
9 71 (4.32%) Retail
10 70 (4.26%) Banking
11 63 (3.83%) Telecoms
12 62 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (3.23%) Legal
14 50 (3.04%) Public Sector
15 46 (2.80%) Investment Banking
16 44 (2.68%) Fire and Rescue
17 39 (2.37%) Manufacturing
18 32 (1.95%) Aerospace
19 26 (1.58%) Military
20 19 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 323 (19.66%) Developer
2 238 (14.49%) Senior
3 160 (9.74%) Analyst
4 147 (8.95%) Support Engineer
5 132 (8.03%) IT Support
6 109 (6.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 108 (6.57%) Architect
8 104 (6.33%) IT Engineer
9 100 (6.09%) .NET Developer
10 95 (5.78%) Consultant
11 91 (5.54%) Administrator
11 91 (5.54%) Senior Developer
12 79 (4.81%) Lead
13 74 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
14 73 (4.44%) 3D Developer
14 73 (4.44%) Games Developer
14 73 (4.44%) Unity 3D Developer
15 64 (3.90%) IT Support Engineer
16 57 (3.47%) 2nd Line Support
17 56 (3.41%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (13.39%) .NET
2 107 (6.51%) ASP.NET
3 92 (5.60%) .NET Core
4 83 (5.05%) ASP.NET MVC
5 79 (4.81%) .NET Framework
6 77 (4.69%) AngularJS
7 76 (4.63%) React
8 73 (4.44%) Unity (Game Engine)
9 72 (4.38%) CSS
10 69 (4.20%) HTML
11 52 (3.16%) Entity Framework
12 48 (2.92%) ASP.NET Web API
12 48 (2.92%) Vue
13 30 (1.83%) REST
14 29 (1.77%) jQuery
15 28 (1.70%) Blazor
16 23 (1.40%) RESTful
17 19 (1.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 18 (1.10%) HTML5
19 17 (1.03%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.82%) Driving Licence
2 83 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
3 81 (4.93%) Management Information System
4 75 (4.56%) Virtual Reality
5 34 (2.07%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.95%) Public Cloud
7 28 (1.70%) Product Ownership
8 23 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.22%) Clustering
10 17 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (0.97%) Smartphone
12 14 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (0.85%) iPhone
13 13 (0.79%) PKI
14 12 (0.73%) Fat Client
14 12 (0.73%) Thin Client
15 11 (0.67%) Replication
15 11 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 505 (30.74%) Windows
2 180 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 159 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 133 (8.09%) Linux
5 84 (5.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 76 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 71 (4.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (2.80%) Mac OS
9 37 (2.25%) CentOS
10 35 (2.13%) Apple iOS
11 33 (2.01%) Windows 7
12 29 (1.77%) Android
13 17 (1.03%) AIX
13 17 (1.03%) VMS
14 14 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
17 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.18%) Solaris
19 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
2 257 (15.64%) Agile
3 231 (14.06%) Customer Service
4 213 (12.96%) DevOps
5 210 (12.78%) ITIL
6 153 (9.31%) Mentoring
7 144 (8.76%) Scrum
8 143 (8.70%) Software Engineering
9 129 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
10 124 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 123 (7.49%) User Experience
12 117 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 116 (7.06%) Project Delivery
14 108 (6.57%) MVC
15 106 (6.45%) Design Patterns
16 104 (6.33%) Roadmaps
16 104 (6.33%) Service Delivery
17 103 (6.27%) UML
18 99 (6.03%) Full Stack Development
19 94 (5.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 262 (15.95%) C#
2 255 (15.52%) SQL
3 166 (10.10%) PowerShell
4 145 (8.83%) JavaScript
5 83 (5.05%) Python
6 82 (4.99%) Java
7 52 (3.16%) Bash
8 44 (2.68%) T-SQL
8 44 (2.68%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.79%) PHP
11 11 (0.67%) C++
12 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.49%) C
14 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.37%) R
16 5 (0.30%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.30%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) Bicep
17 3 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 337 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 327 (19.90%) Degree
3 256 (15.58%) SC Cleared
4 118 (7.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 108 (6.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 96 (5.84%) DV Cleared
7 66 (4.02%) DBS Check
8 40 (2.43%) A+ Certification
9 32 (1.95%) MCP
9 32 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
11 24 (1.46%) MCSE
12 21 (1.28%) HNC
13 17 (1.03%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.85%) MCITP
14 14 (0.85%) PMP
15 13 (0.79%) CISSP
15 13 (0.79%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.71%) SLA
2 59 (3.59%) QA
3 50 (3.04%) GDPR
4 21 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 12 (0.73%) NIST
7 11 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.30%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.30%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.24%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.12%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.12%) PMO
13 1 (0.061%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.061%) GAMP
13 1 (0.061%) GMP
13 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 382 (23.25%) Active Directory
2 141 (8.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (5.60%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 27 (1.64%) XenApp
6 26 (1.58%) vSphere
7 25 (1.52%) Docker
8 21 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.28%) XenDesktop
9 8 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.30%) RACF
12 5 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.061%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 99 (6.03%) SCCM
2 86 (5.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.10%) Nagios
5 17 (1.03%) Backup Exec
6 14 (0.85%) Ansible
6 14 (0.85%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.85%) WSUS
7 12 (0.73%) CASB
7 12 (0.73%) NetBackup
8 11 (0.67%) Terraform
9 7 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
9 7 (0.43%) Icinga
9 7 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (0.37%) SCOM
10 6 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
11 5 (0.30%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.30%) Rancher
11 5 (0.30%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 194 (11.81%) VMware
2 106 (6.45%) Oracle
3 72 (4.38%) Google
4 54 (3.29%) Cisco
5 52 (3.16%) Citrix
6 48 (2.92%) Red Hat
7 44 (2.68%) HP
8 35 (2.13%) Veeam
9 31 (1.89%) Apple
9 31 (1.89%) Dell
9 31 (1.89%) Sparx
10 29 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 27 (1.64%) Salesforce
12 23 (1.40%) IBM
13 21 (1.28%) SolarWinds
14 20 (1.22%) Symantec
15 17 (1.03%) Optimizely
15 17 (1.03%) Sitecore
15 17 (1.03%) Veritas
16 15 (0.91%) Meraki