Microsoft Jobs in Cambridge

Microsoft
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 9 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 42 109 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 16.67% 10.61% 10.40%
As % of the Vendors category 54.55% 49.55% 26.48%
Number of salaries quoted 32 74 74
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,000 £29,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,269 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +0.77% -7.89%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,313 £43,563
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,375 £51,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +46.15% -7.14% -22.22%

All Vendors
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 77 220 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 30.56% 21.42% 39.27%
Number of salaries quoted 40 157 122
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,827 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +9.09% -17.50%
75th Percentile £58,438 £60,000 £55,938
90th Percentile £73,125 £73,750 £73,625
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -11.76% -11.46%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cambridge

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Cambridge

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 6 (14.29%) IIS
1 6 (14.29%) Tomcat
2 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (38.10%) Azure
3 11 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 8 (19.05%) Power Automate
5 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.38%) AWS
8 1 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) DMARC
1 6 (14.29%) SSL
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) VPN
3 2 (4.76%) LAN
3 2 (4.76%) VLAN
3 2 (4.76%) WAN
3 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
General
1 25 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Law
4 7 (16.67%) Legal
4 7 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (14.29%) Czech Language
6 2 (4.76%) Finance
6 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Military
7 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.38%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) IT Support
2 6 (14.29%) Administrator
2 6 (14.29%) IT Administrator
2 6 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 6 (14.29%) IT Technician
3 5 (11.90%) Applications Specialist
3 5 (11.90%) Applications Support
3 5 (11.90%) Applications Support Specialist
3 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Technician
3 5 (11.90%) IT Support Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Support Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Support Specialist
4 4 (9.52%) Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Development
6 2 (4.76%) Head of Product Development
6 2 (4.76%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) JSON
1 6 (14.29%) REST
1 6 (14.29%) SOAP
1 6 (14.29%) XML
2 3 (7.14%) .NET
3 2 (4.76%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.38%) CCTV
5 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (54.76%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Linux
3 6 (14.29%) Unix
4 5 (11.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (28.57%) Project Management
3 8 (19.05%) Agile
4 7 (16.67%) Line Management
5 6 (14.29%) Change Management
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) CRM
5 6 (14.29%) Data Management
5 6 (14.29%) Data Privacy
5 6 (14.29%) ITIL
5 6 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 6 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
6 5 (11.90%) Document Management
6 5 (11.90%) IT Governance
6 5 (11.90%) ITSM
6 5 (11.90%) Mathematics
6 5 (11.90%) Performance Management
6 5 (11.90%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
1 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.29%) Java
2 6 (14.29%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) VBA
3 3 (7.14%) C#
4 2 (4.76%) Python
5 1 (2.38%) C++
5 1 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.38%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) NIST
2 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (19.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Oracle
2 2 (4.76%) VMware
3 1 (2.38%) Citrix
3 1 (2.38%) SAP