Microsoft Jobs in the North West

Microsoft
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,491 2,090 1,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.38% 26.25% 17.81%
As % of the Vendors category 46.13% 58.09% 46.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 853 1,010
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,934 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,375 £57,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £74,600 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
North 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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,232 3,598 3,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.33% 45.18% 38.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,391 1,784 2,059
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £63,817 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +2.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester -4 739 £50,000 - 232
Cheshire 0 312 £36,500 -14.12% 106
Lancashire -4 198 £37,300 -0.53% 62
Merseyside -5 194 £41,000 +2.50% 53
Cumbria -3 46 £42,500 +21.43% 16
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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
1 118 (7.91%) SharePoint
2 110 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.75%) IIS
4 8 (0.54%) CMS
5 6 (0.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.27%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.27%) Confluence
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
7 4 (0.27%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.20%) WordPress
9 1 (0.067%) Documentum
9 1 (0.067%) Site Server
Applications
1 226 (15.16%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (7.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.13%) FileZilla
7 2 (0.13%) InDesign
7 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.13%) SPSS
7 2 (0.13%) Stata
8 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.067%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 70 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 13 (0.87%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.87%) iTrent
4 6 (0.40%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
5 5 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.067%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.067%) BPCS
7 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.067%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.067%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 626 (41.99%) Azure
2 444 (29.78%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (12.61%) Power Platform
4 156 (10.46%) AWS
5 109 (7.31%) Dynamics 365
6 92 (6.17%) Entra ID
7 86 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (3.62%) SaaS
9 48 (3.22%) Power Automate
10 45 (3.02%) PowerApps
11 44 (2.95%) GCP
12 37 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (1.48%) GitHub
13 22 (1.48%) Google Ads
13 22 (1.48%) IaaS
14 21 (1.41%) Google Analytics
14 21 (1.41%) PaaS
15 20 (1.34%) OneDrive
16 16 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Advertising
Communications & Networking
1 124 (8.32%) Firewall
2 105 (7.04%) WAN
3 103 (6.91%) DNS
4 89 (5.97%) LAN
5 78 (5.23%) DHCP
6 49 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (3.15%) TCP/IP
8 39 (2.62%) Internet
9 35 (2.35%) VoIP
10 31 (2.08%) SAN
10 31 (2.08%) Wireless
11 26 (1.74%) Broadband
12 25 (1.68%) SD-WAN
13 23 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.48%) Network Security
14 22 (1.48%) VPN
15 14 (0.94%) Unified Communications
16 13 (0.87%) NAS
17 12 (0.80%) iSCSI
18 11 (0.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (19.45%) SQL Server
2 98 (6.57%) Power BI
3 68 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (4.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (2.15%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.81%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.68%) MySQL
10 18 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (1.07%) MS Access
13 14 (0.94%) Looker
14 13 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.87%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.80%) RDBMS
16 11 (0.74%) Oracle Database
17 10 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 9 (0.60%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 60 (4.02%) Git
2 24 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 15 (1.01%) GitLab
4 14 (0.94%) JIRA
5 12 (0.80%) TeamCity
6 11 (0.74%) Jasmine
6 11 (0.74%) Karma Test Runner
7 9 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.40%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (0.40%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.34%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.34%) JetBrains Rider
10 4 (0.27%) MSTest
10 4 (0.27%) NUnit
10 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) MSBuild
11 3 (0.20%) Subversion
11 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 439 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 251 (16.83%) Finance
3 146 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.04%) Legal
4 105 (7.04%) Retail
5 83 (5.57%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.69%) Marketing
7 59 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
8 56 (3.76%) Law
9 47 (3.15%) Telecoms
10 44 (2.95%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.48%) Advertising
12 30 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.21%) Local Government
16 14 (0.94%) Brand Awareness
17 13 (0.87%) Banking
17 13 (0.87%) Games
18 9 (0.60%) Billing
Job Titles
1 259 (17.37%) Developer
2 190 (12.74%) Analyst
3 129 (8.65%) Senior
4 122 (8.18%) IT Support
5 112 (7.51%) .NET Developer
6 104 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 96 (6.44%) Lead
8 79 (5.30%) Consultant
8 79 (5.30%) Support Engineer
9 76 (5.10%) Architect
9 76 (5.10%) IT Engineer
10 60 (4.02%) IT Manager
11 58 (3.89%) Service Analyst
12 53 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
13 49 (3.29%) Administrator
13 49 (3.29%) C# Developer
14 45 (3.02%) IT Support Engineer
15 42 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
15 42 (2.82%) IT Analyst
16 40 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (13.48%) .NET
2 120 (8.05%) ASP.NET
3 109 (7.31%) .NET Core
4 93 (6.24%) ASP.NET MVC
5 90 (6.04%) HTML
6 76 (5.10%) AngularJS
7 73 (4.90%) Entity Framework
8 62 (4.16%) ASP.NET Web API
9 61 (4.09%) HTML5
10 60 (4.02%) CSS
11 52 (3.49%) .NET Framework
12 38 (2.55%) React
13 33 (2.21%) Blazor
13 33 (2.21%) Node.js
14 32 (2.15%) CSS3
15 30 (2.01%) Web Services
16 26 (1.74%) RESTful
17 25 (1.68%) REST
18 24 (1.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 23 (1.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 68 (4.56%) Driving Licence
2 56 (3.76%) Data Centre
3 54 (3.62%) Management Information System
4 49 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (3.22%) Public Cloud
6 37 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (2.41%) Smartphone
8 31 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 24 (1.61%) PKI
10 23 (1.54%) PMI
11 22 (1.48%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.21%) Product Ownership
15 17 (1.14%) EPoS
15 17 (1.14%) FMCG
16 15 (1.01%) Social Media
17 13 (0.87%) Social Network
18 12 (0.80%) Blog
19 10 (0.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 334 (22.40%) Windows
2 146 (9.79%) Windows Server
3 88 (5.90%) Windows 10
4 83 (5.57%) Linux
5 41 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 36 (2.41%) Android
7 29 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (1.61%) VMS
9 16 (1.07%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.80%) Windows Vista
11 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.60%) Unix
11 9 (0.60%) Windows Phone
12 7 (0.47%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.27%) Debian
14 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.27%) Solaris
14 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (18.58%) Agile
3 220 (14.76%) Customer Service
4 198 (13.28%) ITIL
5 156 (10.46%) CRM
6 148 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
7 144 (9.66%) DevOps
8 140 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 133 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
11 129 (8.65%) Project Management
12 124 (8.32%) Migration
13 117 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
14 108 (7.24%) Full Stack Development
15 106 (7.11%) ERP
16 105 (7.04%) Time Management
17 102 (6.84%) MVC
18 99 (6.64%) Mentoring
19 92 (6.17%) Microservices
20 89 (5.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 286 (19.18%) SQL
2 230 (15.43%) C#
3 158 (10.60%) JavaScript
4 91 (6.10%) PowerShell
5 67 (4.49%) T-SQL
6 45 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.74%) Python
8 25 (1.68%) VB
9 22 (1.48%) VB.NET
10 16 (1.07%) R
11 15 (1.01%) Bash
12 13 (0.87%) PHP
13 11 (0.74%) Delphi
13 11 (0.74%) VB6
14 10 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.60%) Swift
16 8 (0.54%) Bicep
16 8 (0.54%) Java
17 7 (0.47%) Go
18 6 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 232 (15.56%) Degree
2 113 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 40 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.55%) SC Cleared
7 33 (2.21%) CCNA
8 32 (2.15%) DBS Check
9 31 (2.08%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.41%) CCNP
10 21 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.41%) MCP
11 19 (1.27%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.87%) CISSP
13 11 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (0.74%) PMP
14 10 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.49%) SLA
2 39 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.95%) QA
4 27 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (1.81%) GDPR
5 21 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.27%) NIST
7 13 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 10 (0.67%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.60%) PMO
11 7 (0.47%) COSHH
11 7 (0.47%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.34%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.27%) GRC
13 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 2 (0.13%) EMIR
14 2 (0.13%) GMP
14 2 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 329 (22.07%) Active Directory
2 101 (6.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (5.50%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.48%) Terminal Services
6 15 (1.01%) Docker
7 8 (0.54%) vSphere
8 7 (0.47%) KVM
9 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.40%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.067%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.067%) RACF
12 1 (0.067%) Snort
Systems Management
1 91 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (2.62%) Terraform
3 27 (1.81%) Kubernetes
4 22 (1.48%) SCCM
5 18 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.80%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.80%) VxRail
6 12 (0.80%) ZABBIX
7 11 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.60%) AirWatch
8 9 (0.60%) CASB
8 9 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 8 (0.54%) WSUS
10 7 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.47%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.34%) Ansible
11 5 (0.34%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (0.27%) Autotask
12 4 (0.27%) Grafana
12 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 140 (9.39%) VMware
2 94 (6.30%) Google
3 76 (5.10%) Apple
4 73 (4.90%) Cisco
5 52 (3.49%) Adobe
6 51 (3.42%) Citrix
7 47 (3.15%) SAP
8 36 (2.41%) Dell
9 30 (2.01%) Oracle
9 30 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 30 (2.01%) Veeam
10 26 (1.74%) HP
11 25 (1.68%) Facebook
12 21 (1.41%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.27%) Meraki
13 19 (1.27%) NetApp
14 14 (0.94%) CA
14 14 (0.94%) Infor
14 14 (0.94%) SolarWinds
14 14 (0.94%) Sophos