Microsoft Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 746 1,210 943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.55% 24.39% 16.68%
As % of the Vendors category 41.77% 54.43% 48.66%
Number of salaries quoted 640 470 596
10th Percentile £27,725 £24,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -3.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,521 £79,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,786 2,223 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 34.84% 44.81% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,308 1,101 1,231
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,474
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £66,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Manchester.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bolton -4 23 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Oldham +1 15 £40,000 +1.27% 5
Salford -11 12 £73,750 +58.60% 12
Bury 0 10 £40,000 - 2
Stockport -14 10 £42,500 - 7
Ashton-under-Lyne - 5 £37,500 - 5
Cheadle -6 4 £43,865 +99.39% 5
Sale - 3 £25,000 - 1
Wigan +1 1 - - 5
Heywood -1 1 - -
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 71 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.62%) IIS
4 8 (1.07%) CMS
5 5 (0.67%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.54%) Confluence
6 4 (0.54%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 102 (13.67%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.67%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 46 (6.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.74%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.74%) iTrent
3 9 (1.21%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.80%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.67%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.54%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.54%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.13%) BPCS
7 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 331 (44.37%) Azure
2 213 (28.55%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (14.75%) Power Platform
4 86 (11.53%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (11.39%) AWS
6 54 (7.24%) Entra ID
7 47 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (4.29%) GCP
8 32 (4.29%) PowerApps
9 31 (4.16%) Power Automate
10 26 (3.49%) SaaS
11 20 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.41%) GitHub
13 15 (2.01%) PaaS
14 14 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.88%) IaaS
15 13 (1.74%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.58%) Firewall
2 47 (6.30%) WAN
3 43 (5.76%) DNS
4 28 (3.75%) DHCP
4 28 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (3.49%) LAN
5 26 (3.49%) SAN
6 25 (3.35%) SD-WAN
7 24 (3.22%) Wireless
8 19 (2.55%) Network Security
9 18 (2.41%) VoIP
10 17 (2.28%) Internet
11 13 (1.74%) Unified Communications
12 12 (1.61%) iSCSI
12 12 (1.61%) TCP/IP
12 12 (1.61%) VPN
13 11 (1.47%) NAS
14 9 (1.21%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (1.07%) SSL
16 6 (0.80%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (19.97%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.57%) Power BI
3 27 (3.62%) MongoDB
4 24 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (2.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (2.41%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.74%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.21%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.07%) Big Data
12 8 (1.07%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.80%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (4.29%) Git
2 12 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.21%) JIRA
4 6 (0.80%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.67%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.54%) GitLab
6 4 (0.54%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.54%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (0.54%) MSTest
6 4 (0.54%) NUnit
7 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 198 (26.54%) Social Skills
2 157 (21.05%) Finance
3 89 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.03%) Legal
5 36 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 32 (4.29%) Retail
7 30 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (3.62%) Law
8 27 (3.62%) Marketing
9 24 (3.22%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.41%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.01%) Local Government
13 14 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.47%) Banking
14 11 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.94%) Back Office
16 6 (0.80%) Billing
16 6 (0.80%) Games
17 5 (0.67%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 133 (17.83%) Developer
2 90 (12.06%) Senior
3 67 (8.98%) Analyst
4 64 (8.58%) Consultant
5 63 (8.45%) .NET Developer
6 62 (8.31%) Lead
7 59 (7.91%) Architect
8 55 (7.37%) IT Support
9 39 (5.23%) C# Developer
10 37 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (4.96%) IT Engineer
11 33 (4.42%) Administrator
12 31 (4.16%) Azure Engineer
13 30 (4.02%) C# .NET Developer
14 29 (3.89%) Support Engineer
15 28 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (3.62%) Data Engineer
17 26 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
18 24 (3.22%) IT Support Engineer
19 23 (3.08%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (13.54%) .NET
2 64 (8.58%) ASP.NET
3 61 (8.18%) .NET Core
4 50 (6.70%) AngularJS
4 50 (6.70%) ASP.NET MVC
5 45 (6.03%) ASP.NET Web API
6 38 (5.09%) Entity Framework
7 37 (4.96%) .NET Framework
8 36 (4.83%) HTML
9 27 (3.62%) React
10 23 (3.08%) Node.js
11 20 (2.68%) CSS
11 20 (2.68%) HTML5
11 20 (2.68%) Vue
12 17 (2.28%) RESTful
13 15 (2.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 14 (1.88%) Web Services
15 13 (1.74%) LINQ
16 12 (1.61%) REST
17 7 (0.94%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.10%) Data Centre
2 30 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.75%) Public Cloud
4 27 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.08%) PMI
6 18 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.28%) EPoS
8 13 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.47%) Blog
10 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.47%) FMCG
10 11 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.47%) PKI
11 10 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.21%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.07%) iPhone
14 7 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 158 (21.18%) Windows
2 82 (10.99%) Windows Server
3 52 (6.97%) Linux
4 51 (6.84%) Windows 10
5 25 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.14%) Android
9 12 (1.61%) Windows Vista
10 8 (1.07%) VMS
11 7 (0.94%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.80%) Unix
12 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.67%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.54%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.54%) Solaris
14 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (19.84%) Agile
2 142 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (12.47%) Customer Service
4 90 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
5 88 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
6 83 (11.13%) DevOps
7 82 (10.99%) Project Management
8 72 (9.65%) CRM
9 71 (9.52%) ITIL
10 69 (9.25%) Migration
11 67 (8.98%) Microservices
12 61 (8.18%) Full Stack Development
13 58 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 57 (7.64%) MVC
14 57 (7.64%) Presales
15 56 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (7.24%) Mentoring
17 52 (6.97%) CI/CD
17 52 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
18 46 (6.17%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (16.35%) C#
2 101 (13.54%) SQL
3 75 (10.05%) JavaScript
4 48 (6.43%) PowerShell
5 35 (4.69%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.08%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.41%) Python
8 11 (1.47%) Delphi
9 8 (1.07%) Go
10 7 (0.94%) Bash
11 6 (0.80%) VB
12 5 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.54%) Bicep
13 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.54%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.54%) VB6
14 3 (0.40%) Java
15 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 112 (15.01%) Degree
2 60 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (4.02%) CCNA
5 27 (3.62%) Azure Certification
6 26 (3.49%) PMI Certification
7 24 (3.22%) Security Cleared
8 21 (2.82%) CCNP
9 18 (2.41%) AWS Certification
10 17 (2.28%) DBS Check
11 14 (1.88%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.21%) CISSP
12 9 (1.21%) MCP
13 8 (1.07%) CISM
13 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 6 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.67%) CFA
15 5 (0.67%) Citrix Certification
15 5 (0.67%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.49%) SLA
2 25 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.41%) QA
4 16 (2.14%) GDPR
5 15 (2.01%) NIST
6 13 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.34%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.21%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.54%) GRC
11 3 (0.40%) PMO
12 2 (0.27%) GMP
12 2 (0.27%) NCSC
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) GxP
13 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 122 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 51 (6.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.16%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.47%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.54%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.40%) Docker
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.13%) RACF
9 1 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 63 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (3.62%) Terraform
3 26 (3.49%) Kubernetes
4 19 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (2.14%) SCCM
6 12 (1.61%) Opsgenie
6 12 (1.61%) VxRail
6 12 (1.61%) ZABBIX
7 6 (0.80%) CASB
7 6 (0.80%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.80%) WSUS
8 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.54%) Autotask
9 4 (0.54%) Grafana
9 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.40%) CA Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) SELinux
10 3 (0.40%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.27%) Ansible
12 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (9.12%) VMware
2 60 (8.04%) Apple
3 55 (7.37%) Cisco
4 50 (6.70%) Adobe
5 34 (4.56%) Google
6 30 (4.02%) Dell
7 29 (3.89%) SAP
8 27 (3.62%) Citrix
9 21 (2.82%) Oracle
10 19 (2.55%) Fortinet
10 19 (2.55%) Meraki
11 17 (2.28%) HP
11 17 (2.28%) NetApp
12 15 (2.01%) Veeam
13 14 (1.88%) Facebook
13 14 (1.88%) Infor
13 14 (1.88%) SolarWinds
14 12 (1.61%) Databricks
15 11 (1.47%) Sage
15 11 (1.47%) Samsung