Microsoft Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 3 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 147 130 159
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 16.90% 14.87% 22.68%
As % of the Vendors category 61.00% 44.67% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 103 60 122
10th Percentile £27,800 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,370 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,000 £35,640
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.21% -20.80%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £73,375
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +11.76% -

All Vendors
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 241 291 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 27.70% 33.30% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 154 119 181
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,280 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £55,150 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,125 £72,500 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Cambridge +5 64 £30,935 -3.33% 25
Peterborough +1 25 £40,000 -5.88% 30
Huntingdon +1 8 - - 5
St Neots - 1 £40,000 - 2
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 41 (27.89%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.80%) Confluence
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.36%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.36%) WordPress
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (24.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 49 (33.33%) Azure
2 39 (26.53%) Entra ID
3 27 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (10.88%) Power Platform
5 9 (6.12%) AWS
5 9 (6.12%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.44%) Power Automate
7 7 (4.76%) Amazon Alexa
7 7 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 7 (4.76%) Serverless
8 5 (3.40%) Azure AI
9 3 (2.04%) GitHub
9 3 (2.04%) PaaS
10 2 (1.36%) IaaS
10 2 (1.36%) OCI
10 2 (1.36%) SaaS
11 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.68%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (15.65%) Network Security
2 14 (9.52%) Firewall
3 10 (6.80%) Wireless
4 9 (6.12%) Internet
5 8 (5.44%) LAN
5 8 (5.44%) VPN
5 8 (5.44%) WAN
6 5 (3.40%) DHCP
6 5 (3.40%) DNS
6 5 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.72%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.72%) SAN
7 4 (2.72%) WLAN
8 3 (2.04%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.36%) 5G
9 2 (1.36%) IPsec
9 2 (1.36%) SSL
9 2 (1.36%) VLAN
10 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.48%) Tableau
2 9 (6.12%) Power BI
3 6 (4.08%) Data Mining
4 5 (3.40%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.36%) MySQL
5 2 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.68%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (6.80%) JIRA
2 8 (5.44%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 51 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 43 (29.25%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (14.97%) German Language
4 13 (8.84%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (8.16%) Finance
6 6 (4.08%) Automotive
7 2 (1.36%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.68%) Law
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) IT Support
2 21 (14.29%) Analyst
2 21 (14.29%) Senior
3 15 (10.20%) Support Engineer
4 14 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 12 (8.16%) Data Analyst
5 12 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) Junior
6 10 (6.80%) Junior Analyst
7 8 (5.44%) 3rd Line Support
7 8 (5.44%) Trainee
8 7 (4.76%) Developer
8 7 (4.76%) IT Support Technician
8 7 (4.76%) IT Technician
8 7 (4.76%) Support Technician
9 6 (4.08%) Administrator
9 6 (4.08%) Trainee Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 5 (3.40%) Field Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) .NET
2 4 (2.72%) Vue
2 4 (2.72%) Web Services
2 4 (2.72%) YAML
3 2 (1.36%) CSS
3 2 (1.36%) HTML
3 2 (1.36%) Node.js
4 1 (0.68%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.68%) RESTful
4 1 (0.68%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (0.68%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (19.73%) IoT
2 15 (10.20%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.80%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.12%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.72%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.72%) PropTech
6 3 (2.04%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.36%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.68%) LLPG
8 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.09%) Windows
2 16 (10.88%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.76%) Linux
4 6 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.40%) Android
5 5 (3.40%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.40%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.72%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.25%) Cybersecurity
1 43 (29.25%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (28.57%) AI
3 37 (25.17%) Customer Service
4 30 (20.41%) LLM
5 29 (19.73%) Analytical Thinking
5 29 (19.73%) Generative AI
5 29 (19.73%) Open Source
6 10 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (6.12%) Computer Science
7 9 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (6.12%) ITIL
8 8 (5.44%) Agile
8 8 (5.44%) Analytics
8 8 (5.44%) Data Analytics
9 7 (4.76%) CI/CD
9 7 (4.76%) Data Analysis
9 7 (4.76%) Migration
9 7 (4.76%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.88%) Python
2 12 (8.16%) SQL
3 8 (5.44%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.72%) C#
5 4 (2.72%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.36%) PHP
6 2 (1.36%) R
7 1 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (28.57%) Degree
2 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (8.16%) Azure Certification
4 9 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.08%) CCNA
5 6 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.40%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.72%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.72%) CCNP
7 4 (2.72%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.72%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.36%) MCSE
9 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.40%) GDPR
3 2 (1.36%) GxP
3 2 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.36%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (17.01%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.72%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.72%) vSphere
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.36%) Docker
5 2 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (24.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.72%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.04%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (6.80%) Palo Alto
2 9 (6.12%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (6.12%) Fortinet
3 7 (4.76%) VMware
4 6 (4.08%) Apple
4 6 (4.08%) Atlassian
4 6 (4.08%) Cisco
5 5 (3.40%) ForeScout
5 5 (3.40%) Veeam
6 4 (2.72%) Dell
6 4 (2.72%) DevExpress
6 4 (2.72%) Samsung
7 2 (1.36%) Oracle
8 1 (0.68%) Aruba
8 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.68%) Foundry
8 1 (0.68%) Progress
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.68%) SAP
8 1 (0.68%) Splunk