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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,496 2,049 1,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.39% 25.85% 17.71%
As % of the Vendors category 46.12% 57.48% 46.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 852 1,010
10th Percentile £24,750 £23,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,250 £57,931 £58,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £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 3,244 3,565 3,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.38% 44.98% 38.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 1,785 2,065
10th Percentile £25,700 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £63,750
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% +3.77%

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 1 May 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 1 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
Manchester -3 743 £50,000 - 252
Cheshire 0 312 £36,500 -14.12% 112
Lancashire -3 198 £37,300 -0.53% 67
Merseyside -5 194 £41,000 +2.50% 49
Cumbria -3 47 £42,500 +21.43% 18
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 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 110 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.74%) IIS
4 8 (0.53%) CMS
5 6 (0.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (0.33%) 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 (15.11%) Microsoft Office
2 115 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.53%) 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 (4.68%) 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 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.33%) MIS ActiveH
5 5 (0.33%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.33%) 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
1 628 (41.98%) Azure
2 446 (29.81%) Microsoft 365
3 187 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 156 (10.43%) AWS
5 109 (7.29%) Dynamics 365
6 93 (6.22%) Entra ID
7 87 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (3.61%) SaaS
9 48 (3.21%) Power Automate
10 45 (3.01%) PowerApps
11 44 (2.94%) GCP
12 37 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
13 23 (1.54%) IaaS
14 22 (1.47%) GitHub
14 22 (1.47%) Google Ads
14 22 (1.47%) PaaS
15 21 (1.40%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.34%) OneDrive
17 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Advertising
18 15 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 124 (8.29%) Firewall
2 106 (7.09%) WAN
3 104 (6.95%) DNS
4 89 (5.95%) LAN
5 79 (5.28%) DHCP
6 50 (3.34%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (3.14%) TCP/IP
8 40 (2.67%) Internet
9 36 (2.41%) VoIP
10 32 (2.14%) Wireless
11 31 (2.07%) SAN
12 26 (1.74%) Broadband
12 26 (1.74%) SD-WAN
13 24 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.47%) Network Security
14 22 (1.47%) 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
1 289 (19.32%) SQL Server
2 97 (6.48%) Power BI
3 68 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 57 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
6 45 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.80%) MongoDB
9 25 (1.67%) MySQL
10 18 (1.20%) 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 (4.01%) Git
2 24 (1.60%) Visual Studio
3 15 (1.00%) 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 (0.33%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 5 (0.33%) 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
1 441 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 250 (16.71%) Finance
3 146 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.02%) Legal
4 105 (7.02%) Retail
5 83 (5.55%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.68%) Marketing
7 59 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (3.68%) Law
9 48 (3.21%) Telecoms
10 44 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.47%) Advertising
12 30 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.20%) 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 (17.31%) Developer
2 189 (12.63%) Analyst
3 131 (8.76%) Senior
4 123 (8.22%) IT Support
5 112 (7.49%) .NET Developer
6 105 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 96 (6.42%) Lead
8 80 (5.35%) Support Engineer
9 78 (5.21%) Architect
10 77 (5.15%) Consultant
10 77 (5.15%) IT Engineer
11 60 (4.01%) IT Manager
12 58 (3.88%) Service Analyst
13 53 (3.54%) Service Desk Analyst
14 49 (3.28%) Administrator
14 49 (3.28%) C# Developer
15 46 (3.07%) IT Support Engineer
16 44 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
17 41 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
17 41 (2.74%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (13.50%) .NET
2 120 (8.02%) ASP.NET
3 109 (7.29%) .NET Core
4 93 (6.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 90 (6.02%) HTML
6 76 (5.08%) AngularJS
7 73 (4.88%) Entity Framework
8 62 (4.14%) ASP.NET Web API
9 61 (4.08%) HTML5
10 60 (4.01%) CSS
11 53 (3.54%) .NET Framework
12 38 (2.54%) React
13 33 (2.21%) Blazor
13 33 (2.21%) Node.js
14 32 (2.14%) CSS3
15 30 (2.01%) Web Services
16 26 (1.74%) RESTful
17 25 (1.67%) REST
18 24 (1.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 23 (1.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.61%) Driving Licence
2 59 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 53 (3.54%) Management Information System
4 49 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (3.21%) Public Cloud
6 37 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (2.41%) Smartphone
8 31 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.67%) PKI
10 24 (1.60%) PMI
11 23 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.20%) Product Ownership
15 17 (1.14%) EPoS
15 17 (1.14%) FMCG
16 15 (1.00%) Social Media
17 13 (0.87%) Social Network
18 12 (0.80%) Blog
19 10 (0.67%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 335 (22.39%) Windows
2 147 (9.83%) Windows Server
3 88 (5.88%) Windows 10
4 82 (5.48%) Linux
5 41 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 35 (2.34%) Android
7 31 (2.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 30 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.60%) VMS
10 15 (1.00%) Apple iOS
11 12 (0.80%) Windows Vista
12 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.60%) Unix
12 9 (0.60%) Windows Phone
13 7 (0.47%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.27%) Debian
15 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.27%) Solaris
15 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
2 277 (18.52%) Agile
3 222 (14.84%) Customer Service
4 199 (13.30%) ITIL
5 156 (10.43%) CRM
6 148 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
7 145 (9.69%) DevOps
8 140 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 137 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
10 136 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 131 (8.76%) Project Management
12 125 (8.36%) Migration
13 119 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
14 108 (7.22%) Full Stack Development
15 106 (7.09%) Time Management
16 105 (7.02%) ERP
17 102 (6.82%) MVC
18 99 (6.62%) Mentoring
19 92 (6.15%) Microservices
20 89 (5.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 284 (18.98%) SQL
2 230 (15.37%) C#
3 158 (10.56%) JavaScript
4 91 (6.08%) PowerShell
5 67 (4.48%) T-SQL
6 45 (3.01%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.74%) Python
8 25 (1.67%) VB
9 22 (1.47%) VB.NET
10 16 (1.07%) R
11 15 (1.00%) 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 (0.53%) Bicep
16 8 (0.53%) Java
17 7 (0.47%) Go
18 6 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 233 (15.57%) Degree
2 113 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (4.01%) Security Cleared
4 41 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (2.67%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.54%) SC Cleared
7 34 (2.27%) CCNA
7 34 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 22 (1.47%) CCNP
10 21 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.40%) MCP
11 19 (1.27%) A+ Certification
11 19 (1.27%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.87%) CISSP
12 13 (0.87%) PMP
13 11 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.48%) SLA
2 38 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.94%) QA
4 28 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 27 (1.80%) GDPR
6 21 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.20%) NIST
8 13 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.80%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.67%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.60%) PMO
12 7 (0.47%) COSHH
12 7 (0.47%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.33%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.27%) GRC
14 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 2 (0.13%) EMIR
15 2 (0.13%) GMP
15 2 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 329 (21.99%) Active Directory
2 101 (6.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (5.55%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.47%) Terminal Services
6 15 (1.00%) Docker
7 8 (0.53%) 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 (6.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (2.67%) Terraform
3 28 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 22 (1.47%) SCCM
5 19 (1.27%) 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%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 8 (0.53%) CASB
9 8 (0.53%) WSUS
10 7 (0.47%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.47%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
12 5 (0.33%) Ansible
13 4 (0.27%) Autotask
13 4 (0.27%) Grafana
13 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (9.43%) VMware
2 94 (6.28%) Google
3 78 (5.21%) Apple
4 75 (5.01%) Cisco
5 54 (3.61%) Adobe
6 51 (3.41%) Citrix
7 47 (3.14%) SAP
8 38 (2.54%) Dell
9 30 (2.01%) Oracle
9 30 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 30 (2.01%) Veeam
10 28 (1.87%) HP
11 25 (1.67%) Facebook
12 21 (1.40%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.34%) Meraki
13 20 (1.34%) NetApp
14 15 (1.00%) SolarWinds
14 15 (1.00%) Sophos
15 14 (0.94%) CA
15 14 (0.94%) Salesforce