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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 15 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 43 107 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 17.34% 10.52% 10.57%
As % of the Vendors category 53.75% 49.08% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32 74 76
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,240 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £26,000 £28,892
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,269 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +0.77% -12.50%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,313 £44,063
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,375 £52,500
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 80 218 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 32.26% 21.44% 39.43%
Number of salaries quoted 40 157 124
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,827 £27,150
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £31,993
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 £55,313
90th Percentile £73,125 £73,750 £73,375
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +26.67% -12.79% -9.95%

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 28 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 (13.95%) IIS
1 6 (13.95%) Tomcat
2 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (37.21%) Azure
3 11 (25.58%) Entra ID
4 8 (18.60%) Power Automate
5 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (9.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.33%) AWS
8 1 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) DMARC
1 6 (13.95%) SSL
2 3 (6.98%) Firewall
2 3 (6.98%) VPN
3 2 (4.65%) LAN
3 2 (4.65%) VLAN
3 2 (4.65%) WAN
3 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.95%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 26 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 17 (39.53%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Law
4 7 (16.28%) Legal
4 7 (16.28%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (13.95%) Czech Language
6 2 (4.65%) Finance
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.33%) Military
7 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) IT Support
2 7 (16.28%) IT Technician
3 6 (13.95%) Administrator
3 6 (13.95%) Help Desk Technician
3 6 (13.95%) IT Administrator
3 6 (13.95%) IT Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Applications Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Applications Support
4 5 (11.63%) Applications Support Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Help Desk Manager
4 5 (11.63%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Support Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Support Specialist
5 4 (9.30%) Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Security Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Development
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Product Development
7 2 (4.65%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) JSON
1 6 (13.95%) REST
1 6 (13.95%) SOAP
1 6 (13.95%) XML
2 3 (6.98%) .NET
3 2 (4.65%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (4.65%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (13.95%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.65%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.33%) CCTV
5 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (55.81%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Linux
3 6 (13.95%) Unix
4 5 (11.63%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Customer Service
3 12 (27.91%) Project Management
4 8 (18.60%) Agile
4 8 (18.60%) Line Management
5 6 (13.95%) Change Management
5 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (13.95%) CRM
5 6 (13.95%) Data Management
5 6 (13.95%) Data Privacy
5 6 (13.95%) ITIL
5 6 (13.95%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.95%) Portfolio Management
5 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.95%) Technology Roadmap
6 5 (11.63%) IT Governance
6 5 (11.63%) ITSM
6 5 (11.63%) Performance Management
6 5 (11.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
1 8 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.95%) Java
2 6 (13.95%) SQL
2 6 (13.95%) VBA
3 3 (6.98%) C#
4 2 (4.65%) Python
5 1 (2.33%) C++
5 1 (2.33%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) DBS Check
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.65%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) NIST
2 2 (4.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (18.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Oracle
2 2 (4.65%) VMware
3 1 (2.33%) Citrix
3 1 (2.33%) SAP