Microsoft Job Trends in Bournemouth

Microsoft
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth 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 13 January 2026, 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 21 10 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 14.58% 6.67% 17.50%
As % of the Vendors category 31.82% 27.03% 70.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 24
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,188 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £53,750 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% -12.24% +36.11%
75th Percentile £53,125 £57,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -27.00% +11.11%

All Vendors
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 66 37 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 45.83% 24.67% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 38 20 35
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £31,563 £39,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.82% -8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,625 £75,250 -
Dorset median annual salary £36,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.00% +5.26% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Bournemouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Bournemouth

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 5 (23.81%) Azure AI
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) DHCP
1 3 (14.29%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Power BI
2 5 (23.81%) Tableau
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 15 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Junior
2 10 (47.62%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Data Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Junior Data Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Security Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) IT Support
4 4 (19.05%) Senior
5 3 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Senior IT Support
5 3 (14.29%) Senior IT Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Support Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Technician
5 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
6 2 (9.52%) Data Management Specialist
6 2 (9.52%) Service Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (23.81%) AI
3 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (19.05%) ITSM
5 3 (14.29%) Data Management
6 2 (9.52%) RBAC
6 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.76%) CRM
7 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
7 1 (4.76%) ETL
7 1 (4.76%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (4.76%) ITIL
7 1 (4.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
7 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Azure Certification
2 5 (23.81%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (23.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) ForeScout
2 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Databricks