Microsoft Jobs in Belfast

Microsoft
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 24 73 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 13.19% 13.39% 15.12%
As % of the Vendors category 27.27% 38.02% 40.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6 57 47
10th Percentile £46,875 £31,102 £32,000
25th Percentile £48,438 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £86,875 £80,000 £78,000
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +33.33%

All Vendors
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 88 192 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 48.35% 35.23% 37.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 106 164
10th Percentile £43,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,313 £39,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £61,650 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £77,125
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.95% -16.00% +33.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Belfast over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (8.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (8.33%) OCI
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) IPsec
2 1 (4.17%) LAN
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Database
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) DB2
2 1 (4.17%) MS Access
2 1 (4.17%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
1 5 (20.83%) Senior
2 4 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Programmer
2 4 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Support Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) AS400
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (4.17%) PKI
4 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Project Management
2 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Coaching
3 5 (20.83%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (12.50%) Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Service Management
5 3 (12.50%) Time Management
6 2 (8.33%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.33%) Data Security
6 2 (8.33%) ERP
6 2 (8.33%) ITSM
6 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.33%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) RPG
1 1 (4.17%) RPG IV
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CISSP
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) CASB
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Hyperion
1 2 (8.33%) JD Edwards
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle
1 2 (8.33%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) IBM
2 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
2 1 (4.17%) Zscaler