Microsoft Jobs in Central London

Microsoft
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 524 725 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.20% 19.17% 19.10%
As % of the Vendors category 48.34% 47.54% 47.99%
Number of salaries quoted 384 550 726
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £34,466
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -5.31%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,125 £100,000
London median annual salary £62,500 £60,709 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% +4.17%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,084 1,525 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 45.93% 40.32% 39.81%
Number of salaries quoted 738 1,124 1,575
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,025 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,813 £47,500 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £106,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
City of London +3 450 £62,500 -7.06% 125
City of Westminster +11 60 £62,500 +6.38% 6
Camden -6 29 £55,000 -24.14% 1
West End of London -9 5 £50,000 -27.27% 34
Southwark -10 5 £120,000 +152.63% 1
Lambeth -1 3 £47,500 +5.56% 2
Kensington and Chelsea -1 1 - - 4
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (13.74%) SharePoint
2 66 (12.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (3.63%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.91%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Confluence
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.38%) Liferay
6 2 (0.38%) Moodle
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 102 (19.47%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (14.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (6.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.38%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 26 (4.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.95%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.57%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.19%) Eikon
5 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 248 (47.33%) Azure
2 173 (33.02%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (16.79%) Power Platform
4 56 (10.69%) Entra ID
5 51 (9.73%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (8.21%) SaaS
7 35 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (6.11%) PowerApps
9 29 (5.53%) OneDrive
10 28 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
11 27 (5.15%) AWS
12 24 (4.58%) Power Automate
13 23 (4.39%) GitHub
14 20 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 20 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (3.44%) IaaS
15 18 (3.44%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (3.05%) PaaS
17 13 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.87%) Firewall
2 19 (3.63%) DHCP
2 19 (3.63%) DNS
3 18 (3.44%) WAN
4 17 (3.24%) LAN
5 16 (3.05%) HTTP
5 16 (3.05%) TCP/IP
5 16 (3.05%) VLAN
6 14 (2.67%) WebEx
7 13 (2.48%) VPN
8 12 (2.29%) Wireless
9 11 (2.10%) SSL
10 9 (1.72%) Broadband
10 9 (1.72%) IPsec
10 9 (1.72%) Network Security
11 7 (1.34%) Internet
12 6 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.95%) Kerberos
13 5 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 50 (9.54%) Power BI
3 21 (4.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 19 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.24%) Metadata
6 14 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (2.48%) Tableau
8 11 (2.10%) DB2
9 8 (1.53%) Data Hub
9 8 (1.53%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.53%) SQL CLR
10 7 (1.34%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.15%) Data Lake
11 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.95%) IBM InfoSphere
13 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.38%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 17 (3.24%) Git
2 16 (3.05%) JIRA
3 4 (0.76%) NUnit
3 4 (0.76%) Selenium
4 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.38%) MSTest
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 237 (45.23%) Social Skills
2 168 (32.06%) Finance
3 88 (16.79%) Law
4 64 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (10.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (9.73%) Legal
7 39 (7.44%) Marketing
8 28 (5.34%) Advertising
9 26 (4.96%) Telecoms
10 25 (4.77%) Retail
11 23 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (4.01%) Games
13 20 (3.82%) Banking
14 15 (2.86%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.91%) Back Office
16 9 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.15%) Local Government
17 6 (1.15%) Military
18 4 (0.76%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.76%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 121 (23.09%) Analyst
2 83 (15.84%) Senior
3 65 (12.40%) IT Support
4 59 (11.26%) Support Analyst
5 43 (8.21%) Developer
6 42 (8.02%) Lead
7 41 (7.82%) Architect
8 38 (7.25%) IT Analyst
9 30 (5.73%) IT Support Analyst
10 27 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
11 25 (4.77%) IT Manager
11 25 (4.77%) Support Specialist
12 24 (4.58%) Support Engineer
13 22 (4.20%) IT Support Specialist
14 20 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (3.82%) Software Engineer
15 19 (3.63%) IT Engineer
15 19 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
16 17 (3.24%) Senior Software Engineer
16 17 (3.24%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.54%) .NET
2 20 (3.82%) Kafka
3 18 (3.44%) React
4 16 (3.05%) HTML
5 12 (2.29%) .NET Framework
5 12 (2.29%) CSS
6 11 (2.10%) JSON
7 8 (1.53%) XML
8 6 (1.15%) Entity Framework
8 6 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (1.15%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.95%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (0.95%) LDAP
9 5 (0.95%) OAuth
9 5 (0.95%) OpenID
9 5 (0.95%) SAML
10 4 (0.76%) EDI
10 4 (0.76%) RESTful
10 4 (0.76%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.58%) Video Conferencing
4 22 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.67%) Social Media
7 12 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 12 (2.29%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.10%) Legacy Applications
9 10 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.72%) iPhone
11 8 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.34%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.95%) FMCG
14 5 (0.95%) Learning Management System
14 5 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 162 (30.92%) Windows
2 53 (10.11%) Windows Server
3 49 (9.35%) Windows 10
4 22 (4.20%) Linux
5 20 (3.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.15%) Android
8 6 (1.15%) Unix
9 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.57%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.38%) Rocky
11 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.19%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (17.56%) Agile
3 89 (16.98%) ITIL
4 63 (12.02%) DevOps
5 61 (11.64%) Mentoring
6 56 (10.69%) Project Management
7 55 (10.50%) Customer Service
8 52 (9.92%) Computer Science
9 49 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
10 48 (9.16%) Analytics
11 45 (8.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (8.59%) Migration
12 42 (8.02%) CRM
13 41 (7.82%) CI/CD
14 40 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
15 39 (7.44%) Roadmaps
15 39 (7.44%) Service Management
16 37 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
17 36 (6.87%) Data Management
18 35 (6.68%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 82 (15.65%) SQL
2 66 (12.60%) Python
3 59 (11.26%) PowerShell
4 51 (9.73%) C#
5 38 (7.25%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.44%) Scala
7 11 (2.10%) Java
7 11 (2.10%) PL/SQL
7 11 (2.10%) VB.NET
8 9 (1.72%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.72%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.95%) Bash
10 4 (0.76%) Perl
11 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.19%) C++
12 1 (0.19%) Cypher
12 1 (0.19%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 140 (26.72%) Degree
2 51 (9.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (6.87%) Azure Certification
4 27 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.44%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.48%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.91%) MCSA
9 7 (1.34%) CISSP
9 7 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.34%) SC Cleared
10 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.15%) CISM
10 6 (1.15%) PMP
11 5 (0.95%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.95%) GIAC
12 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.58%) GDPR
2 23 (4.39%) Accessibility
3 22 (4.20%) SLA
4 18 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.67%) QA
6 11 (2.10%) NIST
7 9 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.72%) Data Quality
8 7 (1.34%) NCSC
9 6 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.95%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.57%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.57%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.38%) GAAP
13 2 (0.38%) IFRS
13 2 (0.38%) PMO
13 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 121 (23.09%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.38%) Docker
6 2 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) XenApp
7 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (11.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (5.15%) Terraform
3 24 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
4 22 (4.20%) SCCM
5 17 (3.24%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (1.53%) QRadar
7 7 (1.34%) Grafana
8 6 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.95%) Ansible
9 5 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.76%) SCOM
11 3 (0.57%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.19%) CASB
12 1 (0.19%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.19%) Cisco UCCX
12 1 (0.19%) DameWare
12 1 (0.19%) Plesk
Vendors
1 50 (9.54%) Google
2 45 (8.59%) VMware
3 31 (5.92%) Apple
4 28 (5.34%) Cisco
5 27 (5.15%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.20%) Databricks
7 15 (2.86%) HP
8 12 (2.29%) Citrix
8 12 (2.29%) iManage
9 11 (2.10%) Meraki
10 10 (1.91%) SolarWinds
11 8 (1.53%) Okta
11 8 (1.53%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.53%) SAP
12 7 (1.34%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.34%) Informatica
12 7 (1.34%) Sun
12 7 (1.34%) Workday
13 6 (1.15%) IBM
13 6 (1.15%) Salesforce