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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,518 2,016 1,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.54% 25.75% 17.63%
As % of the Vendors category 46.65% 56.76% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 849 991
10th Percentile £24,778 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,931 £57,750
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 3,254 3,552 3,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.31% 45.37% 37.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,788 2,027
10th Percentile £25,750 £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 £63,850 £65,000 £62,625
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 7 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 7 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 -2 757 £50,000 - 267
Cheshire 0 316 £37,500 -11.76% 114
Lancashire -3 199 £37,300 -0.53% 69
Merseyside -4 197 £41,000 +2.50% 59
Cumbria -2 47 £42,500 +21.43% 21
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
1 117 (7.71%) SharePoint
2 109 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (2.64%) IIS
4 8 (0.53%) CMS
5 6 (0.40%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (0.33%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.26%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) SAS
7 4 (0.26%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.20%) WordPress
9 1 (0.066%) Documentum
9 1 (0.066%) Site Server
Applications
1 238 (15.68%) Microsoft Office
2 129 (8.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.46%) 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 (0.066%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 72 (4.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 13 (0.86%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.86%) iTrent
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (0.40%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.33%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
6 4 (0.26%) MIS ActiveH
6 4 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.066%) BPCS
7 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.066%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 631 (41.57%) Azure
2 448 (29.51%) Microsoft 365
3 187 (12.32%) Power Platform
4 156 (10.28%) AWS
5 113 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
6 93 (6.13%) Entra ID
7 88 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (3.56%) SaaS
9 49 (3.23%) Power Automate
10 45 (2.96%) GCP
10 45 (2.96%) PowerApps
11 37 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (1.52%) GitHub
12 23 (1.52%) IaaS
13 22 (1.45%) Google Ads
13 22 (1.45%) PaaS
14 21 (1.38%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.32%) OneDrive
16 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Advertising
17 15 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 122 (8.04%) Firewall
2 106 (6.98%) DNS
3 105 (6.92%) WAN
4 88 (5.80%) LAN
5 80 (5.27%) DHCP
6 50 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
7 48 (3.16%) TCP/IP
8 40 (2.64%) Internet
9 35 (2.31%) VoIP
10 32 (2.11%) Wireless
11 31 (2.04%) SAN
12 26 (1.71%) Broadband
12 26 (1.71%) SD-WAN
13 24 (1.58%) Remote Desktop
14 22 (1.45%) Network Security
14 22 (1.45%) VPN
15 14 (0.92%) Unified Communications
16 12 (0.79%) iSCSI
16 12 (0.79%) NAS
17 11 (0.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 288 (18.97%) SQL Server
2 97 (6.39%) Power BI
3 69 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 62 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 58 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.84%) MongoDB
9 24 (1.58%) MySQL
10 19 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 17 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (1.05%) MS Access
13 15 (0.99%) Looker
14 13 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
14 13 (0.86%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.79%) RDBMS
16 11 (0.72%) Oracle Database
17 9 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
17 9 (0.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 60 (3.95%) Git
2 25 (1.65%) Visual Studio
3 15 (0.99%) GitLab
4 14 (0.92%) JIRA
5 12 (0.79%) TeamCity
6 11 (0.72%) Jasmine
6 11 (0.72%) Karma Test Runner
7 9 (0.59%) 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 (0.26%) MSTest
10 4 (0.26%) NUnit
10 4 (0.26%) 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
1 447 (29.45%) Social Skills
2 265 (17.46%) Finance
3 146 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.64%) Retail
5 113 (7.44%) Legal
6 81 (5.34%) Public Sector
7 70 (4.61%) Marketing
8 59 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (3.62%) Law
10 48 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 42 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 38 (2.50%) Advertising
13 30 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.19%) Local Government
17 14 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
18 13 (0.86%) Banking
18 13 (0.86%) Games
19 9 (0.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 263 (17.33%) Developer
2 194 (12.78%) Analyst
3 134 (8.83%) Senior
4 122 (8.04%) IT Support
5 114 (7.51%) .NET Developer
6 104 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 98 (6.46%) Lead
8 80 (5.27%) Architect
8 80 (5.27%) Support Engineer
9 78 (5.14%) Consultant
9 78 (5.14%) IT Engineer
10 59 (3.89%) IT Manager
11 57 (3.75%) Service Analyst
12 52 (3.43%) Service Desk Analyst
13 49 (3.23%) Administrator
13 49 (3.23%) C# Developer
14 46 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
15 44 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
16 42 (2.77%) Project Manager
17 41 (2.70%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (13.57%) .NET
2 122 (8.04%) ASP.NET
3 111 (7.31%) .NET Core
4 95 (6.26%) ASP.NET MVC
5 93 (6.13%) HTML
6 78 (5.14%) AngularJS
7 75 (4.94%) Entity Framework
8 63 (4.15%) ASP.NET Web API
8 63 (4.15%) CSS
8 63 (4.15%) HTML5
9 55 (3.62%) .NET Framework
10 40 (2.64%) React
11 35 (2.31%) Node.js
12 34 (2.24%) Blazor
13 33 (2.17%) CSS3
14 31 (2.04%) Web Services
15 27 (1.78%) REST
16 26 (1.71%) RESTful
17 25 (1.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 24 (1.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 59 (3.89%) Data Centre
3 49 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (3.16%) Public Cloud
5 38 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
6 36 (2.37%) Smartphone
7 30 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.65%) PKI
9 24 (1.58%) PMI
10 23 (1.52%) Cloud Native
11 21 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
13 18 (1.19%) FMCG
13 18 (1.19%) Product Ownership
14 17 (1.12%) EPoS
15 15 (0.99%) Social Media
16 13 (0.86%) Social Network
17 12 (0.79%) Blog
18 10 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 334 (22.00%) Windows
2 145 (9.55%) Windows Server
3 87 (5.73%) Windows 10
4 80 (5.27%) Linux
5 39 (2.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 35 (2.31%) Android
7 31 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.58%) VMS
10 15 (0.99%) Apple iOS
11 14 (0.92%) Windows Vista
12 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.59%) Unix
12 9 (0.59%) Windows Phone
13 7 (0.46%) Windows 8
14 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.26%) Debian
15 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.26%) Solaris
15 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (18.71%) Agile
1 284 (18.71%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (14.95%) Customer Service
3 200 (13.18%) ITIL
4 158 (10.41%) CRM
5 148 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
6 147 (9.68%) DevOps
7 139 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
8 138 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 134 (8.83%) Project Management
11 125 (8.23%) Migration
12 119 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 110 (7.25%) Full Stack Development
14 108 (7.11%) Time Management
15 105 (6.92%) ERP
16 104 (6.85%) MVC
17 100 (6.59%) Mentoring
18 94 (6.19%) Microservices
19 90 (5.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 284 (18.71%) SQL
2 233 (15.35%) C#
3 163 (10.74%) JavaScript
4 90 (5.93%) PowerShell
5 66 (4.35%) T-SQL
6 48 (3.16%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.78%) Python
8 25 (1.65%) VB
9 22 (1.45%) VB.NET
10 17 (1.12%) R
11 15 (0.99%) Bash
12 13 (0.86%) PHP
13 11 (0.72%) Delphi
13 11 (0.72%) VB6
14 10 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.59%) Java
15 9 (0.59%) Swift
16 8 (0.53%) Bicep
16 8 (0.53%) Go
17 6 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 234 (15.42%) Degree
2 114 (7.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 43 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (2.57%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.50%) SC Cleared
7 36 (2.37%) CCNA
7 36 (2.37%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.11%) DBS Check
9 23 (1.52%) MCP
10 22 (1.45%) CCNP
11 21 (1.38%) A+ Certification
11 21 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 19 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.99%) PMP
14 13 (0.86%) CISSP
15 11 (0.72%) CIMA
15 11 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
16 10 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
17 9 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.35%) SLA
2 37 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.91%) QA
4 28 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (1.71%) GDPR
6 21 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.12%) NIST
8 14 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.86%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 9 (0.59%) PMO
12 7 (0.46%) COSHH
12 7 (0.46%) NEBOSH
13 5 (0.33%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.26%) GRC
14 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 2 (0.13%) EMIR
15 2 (0.13%) GMP
15 2 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 330 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 99 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (5.47%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.45%) Terminal Services
6 15 (0.99%) Docker
7 7 (0.46%) KVM
7 7 (0.46%) vSphere
8 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.40%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.13%) Firmware
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.066%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.066%) RACF
10 1 (0.066%) Snort
Systems Management
1 91 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (2.70%) Terraform
3 29 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.38%) SCCM
5 19 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.79%) Opsgenie
6 12 (0.79%) VxRail
6 12 (0.79%) ZABBIX
7 11 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.59%) AirWatch
8 9 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 8 (0.53%) WSUS
10 7 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.46%) CASB
10 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
12 5 (0.33%) Ansible
13 4 (0.26%) Autotask
13 4 (0.26%) Grafana
13 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 139 (9.16%) VMware
2 94 (6.19%) Google
3 78 (5.14%) Apple
4 75 (4.94%) Cisco
5 54 (3.56%) Adobe
6 51 (3.36%) Citrix
7 47 (3.10%) SAP
8 38 (2.50%) Dell
9 30 (1.98%) Oracle
9 30 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 30 (1.98%) Veeam
10 28 (1.84%) HP
11 25 (1.65%) Facebook
12 21 (1.38%) Fortinet
13 20 (1.32%) Meraki
13 20 (1.32%) NetApp
14 15 (0.99%) SolarWinds
15 14 (0.92%) CA
15 14 (0.92%) Infor
15 14 (0.92%) Sophos