Microsoft Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 312 273 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 20.38% 29.39% 25.26%
As % of the Vendors category 50.57% 67.41% 49.44%
Number of salaries quoted 250 139 125
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,438 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £73,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -2.22%

All Vendors
Cheshire

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 617 405 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 40.30% 43.60% 51.10%
Number of salaries quoted 421 221 264
10th Percentile £23,125 £25,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £73,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Warrington +8 108 £34,500 -18.82% 38
Chester +9 47 £37,500 +70.45% 21
Knutsford +7 26 £67,500 -6.90%
Macclesfield +4 14 £40,000 -36.00% 6
Northwich +2 13 £34,000 +58.14% 6
Crewe -9 13 £24,000 -36.00% 3
Winsford -8 8 £22,000 -13.73% 3
Alderley Edge - 8 £27,750 - 3
Runcorn -3 5 £25,000 -45.65% 2
Widnes -2 3 £29,500 -21.33% 3
Wilmslow - 3 £56,460 - 6
Middlewich - 3 £26,000 - 3
Neston -2 2 £55,000 -
Daresbury +6 1 £34,000 -20.00% 2
Sandbach -4 1 - -
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 40 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.24%) IIS
4 2 (0.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.64%) SAS
5 1 (0.32%) Documentum
Applications
1 38 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (7.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.64%) SPSS
5 2 (0.64%) Stata
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.32%) InDesign
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.28%) Epicor Tropos
3 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (32.37%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (30.45%) Azure
3 50 (16.03%) AWS
4 19 (6.09%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.17%) SaaS
7 9 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.56%) NuGet
9 5 (1.60%) GitHub
9 5 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.28%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.28%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.96%) CloudFront
11 3 (0.96%) Commercetools
11 3 (0.96%) GCP
11 3 (0.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.64%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (0.64%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.32%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.62%) Firewall
2 29 (9.29%) DHCP
2 29 (9.29%) DNS
3 28 (8.97%) LAN
3 28 (8.97%) WAN
4 15 (4.81%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.49%) Broadband
6 13 (4.17%) Internet
7 10 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.60%) Intranet
8 5 (1.60%) VPN
8 5 (1.60%) WLAN
9 4 (1.28%) IPv4
9 4 (1.28%) IPv6
9 4 (1.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.64%) NAS
10 2 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.64%) SAN
10 2 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.49%) Power BI
3 11 (3.53%) MySQL
4 5 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.60%) MS Access
5 4 (1.28%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.96%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (5.45%) Git
2 12 (3.85%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.24%) Jasmine
3 7 (2.24%) Karma Test Runner
4 5 (1.60%) InstallShield
4 5 (1.60%) JetBrains Rider
4 5 (1.60%) JIRA
5 3 (0.96%) MSBuild
5 3 (0.96%) Subversion
5 3 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.32%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.32%) JUnit
6 1 (0.32%) Mockito
6 1 (0.32%) MSI
6 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 126 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.71%) Retail
3 25 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.05%) Finance
5 19 (6.09%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (4.81%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.49%) Legal
9 13 (4.17%) Marketing
10 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.28%) Law
12 3 (0.96%) Advertising
12 3 (0.96%) Games
12 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.96%) Police
13 2 (0.64%) Electronics
13 2 (0.64%) Front Office
13 2 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (21.47%) Analyst
2 41 (13.14%) Developer
3 32 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (10.26%) Service Analyst
3 32 (10.26%) Service Desk Analyst
4 30 (9.62%) IT Support
5 25 (8.01%) IT Analyst
6 23 (7.37%) Senior
7 21 (6.73%) IT Engineer
8 20 (6.41%) .NET Developer
9 18 (5.77%) Support Analyst
10 17 (5.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 16 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (4.81%) 1st Line Support
12 15 (4.81%) Support Engineer
13 14 (4.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.85%) Graduate
14 12 (3.85%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
15 11 (3.53%) Software Engineer
15 11 (3.53%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.10%) .NET
2 21 (6.73%) ASP.NET
3 18 (5.77%) AngularJS
4 16 (5.13%) .NET Core
4 16 (5.13%) OLE
5 14 (4.49%) ASP.NET MVC
6 13 (4.17%) Web Services
7 12 (3.85%) REST
8 11 (3.53%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (3.53%) HTML
8 11 (3.53%) HTML5
9 8 (2.56%) .NET Framework
9 8 (2.56%) JSON
9 8 (2.56%) LINQ
9 8 (2.56%) RESTful
9 8 (2.56%) XML
10 7 (2.24%) RxJS
10 7 (2.24%) Sass
10 7 (2.24%) SOAP
10 7 (2.24%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.22%) Driving Licence
2 27 (8.65%) Smartphone
3 20 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.92%) FMCG
5 6 (1.92%) Life Science
5 6 (1.92%) Pricing Data
6 4 (1.28%) Social Media
7 3 (0.96%) BBC
7 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.64%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.64%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.32%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 77 (24.68%) Windows
2 26 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 18 (5.77%) Linux
4 15 (4.81%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.53%) Apple iOS
6 10 (3.21%) Android
7 9 (2.88%) VMS
8 4 (1.28%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.96%) Unix
10 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (24.04%) Customer Service
3 58 (18.59%) ITIL
4 50 (16.03%) Time Management
5 43 (13.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (12.18%) Agile
7 35 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (9.29%) ITSM
11 27 (8.65%) ERP
12 24 (7.69%) DevOps
13 22 (7.05%) CRM
14 21 (6.73%) Incident Management
15 20 (6.41%) Project Management
15 20 (6.41%) Service Management
15 20 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 19 (6.09%) Proactive Monitoring
17 17 (5.45%) Capacity Planning
18 16 (5.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.59%) SQL
2 45 (14.42%) C#
3 33 (10.58%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.41%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.13%) R
6 13 (4.17%) VB
7 9 (2.88%) Swift
7 9 (2.88%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.56%) Bash
8 8 (2.56%) Python
9 7 (2.24%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.24%) VB.NET
9 7 (2.24%) VB6
10 5 (1.60%) Java
11 2 (0.64%) C
Qualifications
1 54 (17.31%) Degree
2 31 (9.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (5.45%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.17%) A+ Certification
5 12 (3.85%) MCP
6 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.92%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CCNP
10 1 (0.32%) CIPD
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.69%) SLA
2 10 (3.21%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.88%) QA
4 5 (1.60%) GDPR
4 5 (1.60%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.28%) ISO 14001
5 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.28%) PMO
6 2 (0.64%) EMIR
6 2 (0.64%) MiFID
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 46 (14.74%) Hyper-V
3 30 (9.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.85%) Docker
5 7 (2.24%) KVM
6 4 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.64%) Firmware
7 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.64%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.24%) Progress Chef
3 6 (1.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (1.92%) Terraform
4 3 (0.96%) Ansible
4 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.96%) Puppet
4 3 (0.96%) SCCM
5 2 (0.64%) WSUS
6 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.32%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 41 (13.14%) VMware
2 22 (7.05%) Google
3 21 (6.73%) Citrix
4 18 (5.77%) SAP
5 15 (4.81%) Apple
6 11 (3.53%) Virgin Media
7 10 (3.21%) Veeam
8 8 (2.56%) Cisco
8 8 (2.56%) Facebook
9 7 (2.24%) Dell
10 6 (1.92%) HP
11 5 (1.60%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.28%) Datto
12 4 (1.28%) Epicor
12 4 (1.28%) NETGEAR
12 4 (1.28%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.28%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (0.96%) IBM
13 3 (0.96%) Oracle
13 3 (0.96%) Sony