Microsoft Specialist
UK

The median Microsoft Specialist salary in the UK is £46,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 959 1164
Rank change year-on-year +79 +205 -274
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 30 20 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.019% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.021% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 28 12 34
10th Percentile £37,522 £47,875 £48,875
25th Percentile £38,603 £53,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.61% -1.67% +29.73%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,870 £58,500 £60,750
% change year-on-year -31.85% -3.70% +35.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Specialist over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +113 30 £46,250 -21.61% 5
UK excluding London -1 23 £39,870 -31.85% 3
North of England +66 12 £50,000 -13.04% 3
South East +22 11 £39,870 -32.42%
London +127 7 £80,000 +1.59% 2
Yorkshire +101 6 £53,750 -6.52% 3
North East - 6 £50,000 -
Work from Home +71 1 £45,000 -22.41% 1

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Microsoft Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
4 16 (53.33%) Process Improvement
5 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 11 (36.67%) Local Government
7 10 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
7 10 (33.33%) DBS Check
7 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 10 (33.33%) Power Platform
7 10 (33.33%) Fire and Rescue
8 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
9 7 (23.33%) Finance
9 7 (23.33%) Migration
9 7 (23.33%) Azure
10 6 (20.00%) Law
10 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (20.00%) Compliance Management
10 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (16.67%) Server Migrations
11 5 (16.67%) Metadata
11 5 (16.67%) ShareGate
11 5 (16.67%) Data Management
11 5 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
11 5 (16.67%) Proofpoint
11 5 (16.67%) Data Governance
11 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
11 5 (16.67%) Metadata Management
11 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (16.67%) DKIM

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 7 (23.33%) Azure
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 5 (16.67%) ShareGate
6 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (6.67%) IBM Cloud
8 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DKIM
1 5 (16.67%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Local Government
3 10 (33.33%) Fire and Rescue
4 7 (23.33%) Finance
5 6 (20.00%) Law
6 4 (13.33%) Banking
7 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
8 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Blockchain
1 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Process Improvement
2 10 (33.33%) Business Process Improvement
2 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 7 (23.33%) Migration
4 6 (20.00%) Compliance Management
5 5 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 5 (16.67%) Data Management
5 5 (16.67%) Metadata Management
5 5 (16.67%) Server Migrations
6 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (6.67%) Demand Forecasting
8 2 (6.67%) E-Discovery
8 2 (6.67%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (6.67%) Information Security
8 2 (6.67%) Information Security Governance
8 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
9 1 (3.33%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.67%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Proofpoint
3 2 (6.67%) IBM
3 2 (6.67%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.33%) VMware