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 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 13 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 28 72 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 16.97% 14.17% 14.38%
As % of the Vendors category 38.36% 37.70% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6 56 41
10th Percentile £46,875 £31,064 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £33,374 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £86,875 £71,875 £68,750
County Antrim median annual salary £51,250 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.59% -15.00% +35.14%

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 73 191 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 44.24% 37.60% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 25 107 155
10th Percentile £44,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £31,375 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £69,500 £61,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £69,500
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 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Belfast

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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 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (14.29%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (14.29%) OCI
4 3 (10.71%) Azure
4 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Network Security
2 2 (7.14%) IPsec
2 2 (7.14%) VPN
3 1 (3.57%) LAN
3 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Database
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.57%) DB2
3 1 (3.57%) MS Access
3 1 (3.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (14.29%) Law
5 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Senior
2 6 (21.43%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Cloud Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Manager
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (14.29%) Programmer
4 4 (14.29%) Security Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Network Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.57%) AS400
5 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.57%) PKI
5 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.57%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Project Management
2 7 (25.00%) Coaching
3 5 (17.86%) Analytics
3 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
3 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
3 5 (17.86%) Time Management
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 4 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (14.29%) DevOps
4 4 (14.29%) ERP
4 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.71%) Service Management
6 2 (7.14%) Business Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) ITSM
6 2 (7.14%) Performance Management
6 2 (7.14%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) RPG
1 1 (3.57%) RPG IV
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.57%) CCNA
4 1 (3.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
1 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) CASB
2 2 (7.14%) Ansible
2 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Hyperion
1 4 (14.29%) JD Edwards
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle
1 4 (14.29%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) IBM
2 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.57%) Proofpoint
2 1 (3.57%) Zscaler