Microsoft Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 589 649 690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.10% 20.40% 20.27%
As % of the Vendors category 47.69% 48.51% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 501 385 453
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,950 £28,600
25th Percentile £33,000 £34,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -7.30% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,235 1,338 1,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.06% 42.06% 42.66%
Number of salaries quoted 910 740 946
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,713 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £59,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,325 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Reading +2 354 £50,000 -9.09% 58
Slough +8 40 £52,500 +48.94% 11
Bracknell -16 38 £43,750 +23.59% 7
Newbury -2 28 £50,000 +7.87% 4
Windsor +9 22 £46,250 +6.32% 3
Maidenhead +4 17 £27,000 -3.57% 4
Ascot +6 8 £42,500 - 1
Wokingham +9 6 £35,000 -51.72% 5
Hungerford +8 6 £50,000 +70.94%
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 72 (12.22%) SharePoint
2 46 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (5.09%) IIS
4 9 (1.53%) CMS
4 9 (1.53%) Confluence
5 7 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 7 (1.19%) Kentico
6 6 (1.02%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.02%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.68%) WordPress
8 3 (0.51%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.51%) Documentum
8 3 (0.51%) FileNet
9 1 (0.17%) Apache
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 97 (16.47%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.68%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 17 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.85%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 233 (39.56%) Azure
2 169 (28.69%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (11.38%) Power Platform
4 30 (5.09%) AWS
5 29 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 24 (4.07%) SaaS
8 23 (3.90%) OneDrive
8 23 (3.90%) PowerApps
9 21 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (2.55%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.38%) Azure Storage
13 12 (2.04%) iTunes
13 12 (2.04%) OCI
14 9 (1.53%) ShareGate
15 7 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.19%) GCP
15 7 (1.19%) Kontent
15 7 (1.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (15.62%) Firewall
2 71 (12.05%) DNS
3 61 (10.36%) DHCP
4 24 (4.07%) Broadband
5 22 (3.74%) LAN
6 21 (3.57%) SNMP
7 18 (3.06%) Network Security
8 17 (2.89%) SAN
9 16 (2.72%) SSL
10 13 (2.21%) Internet
11 12 (2.04%) VLAN
11 12 (2.04%) VPN
11 12 (2.04%) WAN
12 11 (1.87%) Wireless
13 7 (1.19%) Intranet
14 6 (1.02%) TCP/IP
15 5 (0.85%) NAS
16 4 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
16 4 (0.68%) iSCSI
16 4 (0.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 43 (7.30%) Power BI
3 16 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.21%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.21%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.04%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.85%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.68%) Tableau
12 3 (0.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.34%) Oracle BI EE
13 2 (0.34%) Power Query
13 2 (0.34%) SSDT
13 2 (0.34%) Star Schema
14 1 (0.17%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (3.23%) JIRA
2 14 (2.38%) Visual Studio
3 11 (1.87%) GitLab
4 10 (1.70%) Git
5 8 (1.36%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.85%) Bugzilla
7 5 (0.85%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.68%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.68%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.68%) MSI
9 3 (0.51%) Selenium
10 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 275 (46.69%) Social Skills
2 77 (13.07%) Finance
3 64 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (5.94%) Retail
6 21 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (3.40%) Back Office
7 20 (3.40%) Legal
7 20 (3.40%) Marketing
8 15 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.55%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.21%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.04%) Banking
11 11 (1.87%) Local Government
11 11 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.70%) Fire and Rescue
13 9 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.36%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 78 (13.24%) Senior
2 63 (10.70%) Developer
3 47 (7.98%) Analyst
4 41 (6.96%) Support Engineer
5 40 (6.79%) Consultant
6 38 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (6.28%) IT Engineer
8 34 (5.77%) .NET Developer
9 33 (5.60%) IT Support
10 30 (5.09%) Systems Engineer
11 26 (4.41%) Lead
11 26 (4.41%) Support Specialist
12 25 (4.24%) C# Developer
13 23 (3.90%) Architect
14 20 (3.40%) Active Directory Specialist
14 20 (3.40%) Azure Specialist
14 20 (3.40%) C# .NET Developer
14 20 (3.40%) Software Engineer
15 19 (3.23%) Infrastructure Support
15 19 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (11.21%) .NET
2 45 (7.64%) ASP.NET
3 37 (6.28%) .NET Core
3 37 (6.28%) React
4 30 (5.09%) ASP.NET MVC
5 28 (4.75%) AngularJS
6 26 (4.41%) .NET Framework
7 24 (4.07%) Entity Framework
8 22 (3.74%) ASP.NET Web API
9 16 (2.72%) Vue
10 15 (2.55%) ARM Templates
11 14 (2.38%) Node.js
12 12 (2.04%) Web Services
13 11 (1.87%) CSS
13 11 (1.87%) HTML
14 10 (1.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 8 (1.36%) SPFx
16 7 (1.19%) RESTful
17 6 (1.02%) Next.js
17 6 (1.02%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 30 (5.09%) PKI
4 23 (3.90%) Algorithms
5 16 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.55%) CMDB
7 14 (2.38%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.04%) Educational Technology
9 11 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.02%) CUDA
12 6 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.02%) Replication
12 6 (1.02%) Social Network
13 5 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.85%) Hackathon
13 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (0.68%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 180 (30.56%) Windows
2 99 (16.81%) Windows Server
3 96 (16.30%) Windows 10
4 74 (12.56%) Linux
5 64 (10.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (8.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (7.81%) Windows 7
9 18 (3.06%) Unix
10 15 (2.55%) Android
11 14 (2.38%) Windows NT
12 12 (2.04%) Windows XP
13 6 (1.02%) VMS
14 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.51%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
2 140 (23.77%) Agile
3 107 (18.17%) Customer Service
4 99 (16.81%) ITIL
5 79 (13.41%) Project Management
6 69 (11.71%) DevOps
7 58 (9.85%) Decision-Making
8 57 (9.68%) Service Management
9 49 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
9 49 (8.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 49 (8.32%) Mentoring
10 44 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
11 41 (6.96%) Computer Science
11 41 (6.96%) Roadmaps
12 38 (6.45%) Analytics
12 38 (6.45%) Software Testing
13 37 (6.28%) Asset Management
13 37 (6.28%) Change Management
13 37 (6.28%) Full Stack Development
13 37 (6.28%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 100 (16.98%) SQL
2 93 (15.79%) C#
3 70 (11.88%) PowerShell
4 57 (9.68%) Python
5 56 (9.51%) JavaScript
6 34 (5.77%) Fortran
7 28 (4.75%) C++
8 25 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.24%) VB
9 24 (4.07%) VBScript
10 23 (3.90%) Bash
11 19 (3.23%) T-SQL
12 18 (3.06%) Java
13 14 (2.38%) Bicep
14 13 (2.21%) C
15 7 (1.19%) Perl
16 6 (1.02%) MATLAB
16 6 (1.02%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.85%) PL/SQL
18 4 (0.68%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 204 (34.63%) Security Cleared
2 154 (26.15%) Degree
3 117 (19.86%) DV Cleared
4 112 (19.02%) SC Cleared
5 38 (6.45%) DBS Check
6 34 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (4.07%) Master's Degree
8 21 (3.57%) A+ Certification
9 20 (3.40%) ACCA
9 20 (3.40%) Azure Certification
9 20 (3.40%) CIMA
10 18 (3.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 18 (3.06%) MCP
10 18 (3.06%) PhD
11 16 (2.72%) HNC
12 13 (2.21%) CCNA
12 13 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.04%) CCNP
14 11 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.92%) SLA
2 16 (2.72%) QA
3 8 (1.36%) GDPR
4 7 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.02%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.51%) NIST
7 3 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 190 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (5.43%) Firmware
4 26 (4.41%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.55%) KVM
7 14 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.04%) Docker
8 12 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.02%) vSphere
10 4 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.17%) NFS
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 95 (16.13%) SCCM
2 48 (8.15%) SCOM
3 47 (7.98%) WSUS
4 41 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (4.24%) Kubernetes
6 20 (3.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.23%) NetBackup
8 14 (2.38%) Sysprep
8 14 (2.38%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.04%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (0.85%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.68%) Nessus
12 3 (0.51%) Suricata
13 2 (0.34%) Terraform
14 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 1 (0.17%) Grafana
14 1 (0.17%) Istio
14 1 (0.17%) Kibana
14 1 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 63 (10.70%) VMware
2 33 (5.60%) HP
3 23 (3.90%) Oracle
4 20 (3.40%) Cisco
5 19 (3.23%) Palo Alto
6 16 (2.72%) Dell
6 16 (2.72%) Veeam
7 15 (2.55%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.55%) EMC
7 15 (2.55%) Juniper
8 14 (2.38%) Adobe
9 13 (2.21%) 3PAR
9 13 (2.21%) Sage
10 12 (2.04%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (2.04%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.04%) Symantec
11 10 (1.70%) Apple
11 10 (1.70%) Google
11 10 (1.70%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.53%) SAP