Microsoft Jobs in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 91 61 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 15.91% 13.03% 31.85%
As % of the Vendors category 55.83% 49.59% 70.18%
Number of salaries quoted 30 35 74
10th Percentile £30,975 £26,250 £28,275
25th Percentile £34,149 £29,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £54,550 £63,500 £70,875
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -3.75% -11.11%

All Vendors
Bedfordshire

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 163 123 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 28.50% 26.28% 45.38%
Number of salaries quoted 59 91 121
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% -0.87% +21.05%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Bedfordshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Luton 0 19 £47,500 -19.15% 19
Bedford +4 17 £53,000 +47.63% 6
Leighton Buzzard 0 9 - - 3
Dunstable - 1 - - 1
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 62 (68.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (2.20%) Primavera
3 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.98%) Azure
2 11 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.59%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.49%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.10%) AWS
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.10%) GCP
7 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.10%) PaaS
7 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.09%) DHCP
2 10 (10.99%) DNS
2 10 (10.99%) Firewall
3 9 (9.89%) TCP/IP
4 8 (8.79%) Network Security
5 7 (7.69%) NGFW
6 5 (5.49%) VPN
7 4 (4.40%) LAN
8 3 (3.30%) SAN
8 3 (3.30%) WAN
9 2 (2.20%) VoIP
9 2 (2.20%) Wireless
10 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.10%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.10%) IPsec
10 1 (1.10%) MPLS
10 1 (1.10%) OSPF
10 1 (1.10%) VLAN
10 1 (1.10%) VRRP
10 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.10%) DB2
2 1 (1.10%) Power BI
2 1 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (54.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 47 (51.65%) Manufacturing
3 23 (25.27%) Social Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Finance
5 8 (8.79%) Aviation
6 5 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Legal
8 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.20%) Games
8 2 (2.20%) Law
8 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (49.45%) Electrical Engineer
1 45 (49.45%) Safety Engineer
1 45 (49.45%) Test Engineer
2 13 (14.29%) Analyst
3 8 (8.79%) Senior
4 6 (6.59%) .NET Developer
4 6 (6.59%) .NET Software Developer
4 6 (6.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (6.59%) Developer
4 6 (6.59%) Security Analyst
4 6 (6.59%) Senior Electrical Engineer
4 6 (6.59%) Senior Safety Engineer
4 6 (6.59%) Senior Test Engineer
4 6 (6.59%) Software Developer
5 5 (5.49%) Administrator
5 5 (5.49%) Service Desk Administrator
5 5 (5.49%) Service Desk Assistant
5 5 (5.49%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.40%) Applications Support
6 4 (4.40%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) .NET
2 6 (6.59%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.10%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.10%) CSOC
4 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.10%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 18 (19.78%) Windows
2 4 (4.40%) Linux
2 4 (4.40%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.10%) AIX
4 1 (1.10%) Android
4 1 (1.10%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (49.45%) Safety Engineering
2 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 12 (13.19%) Incident Management
4 12 (13.19%) ITIL
5 11 (12.09%) Customer Service
6 9 (9.89%) DevOps
7 8 (8.79%) ERP
8 7 (7.69%) Coaching
8 7 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 7 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (7.69%) ITSM
9 6 (6.59%) Computer Forensics
9 6 (6.59%) Functional Testing
9 6 (6.59%) Identity Management
9 6 (6.59%) Incident Response
9 6 (6.59%) Malware Analysis
9 6 (6.59%) Scrum
9 6 (6.59%) SIEM
10 5 (5.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.10%) C#
1 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (59.34%) Degree
2 8 (8.79%) A+ Certification
3 6 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.40%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (4.40%) PMI Certification
4 4 (4.40%) PMP
5 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.20%) HND
7 1 (1.10%) CCNA
7 1 (1.10%) CCNP
7 1 (1.10%) CCSP
7 1 (1.10%) CISM
7 1 (1.10%) CISSP
7 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.10%) MCSA
7 1 (1.10%) SSCP
7 1 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (13.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.10%) Docker
3 1 (1.10%) Firmware
3 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) CASB
1 1 (1.10%) CSIRT
1 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.10%) SCCM
1 1 (1.10%) SCOM
1 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (7.69%) VMware
2 6 (6.59%) Cisco
3 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.30%) Aruba
4 3 (3.30%) Dell
4 3 (3.30%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.20%) Citrix
5 2 (2.20%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.20%) Freshdesk
5 2 (2.20%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.20%) SAP
6 1 (1.10%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.10%) arcserve
6 1 (1.10%) Avaya
6 1 (1.10%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.10%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.10%) Genesys
6 1 (1.10%) Linksys
6 1 (1.10%) Meru Networks
6 1 (1.10%) Red Hat