Microsoft Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 39 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -37 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 62 323 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 7.90% 19.80% 28.86%
As % of the Vendors category 12.97% 50.87% 65.98%
Number of salaries quoted 49 253 142
10th Percentile £29,650 £22,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -14.12% -9.09%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -2.17% +6.60%

All Vendors
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 478 635 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 60.89% 38.93% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 203 432 231
10th Percentile £20,280 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile - £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,504 £42,500 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year -44.70% -2.97% -12.40%
75th Percentile £43,125 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +5.38% -5.45% +5.76%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Northwich -4 12 £33,500 -1.47% 1
Warrington -20 10 £48,306 +38.02% 275
Macclesfield 0 9 £42,500 +6.25% 5
Crewe -2 6 £48,750 +103.13% 3
Middlewich +5 3 £37,500 +44.23% 1
Chester -9 3 £34,000 -9.33% 204
Ellesmere Port - 3 £55,000 - 1
Widnes -5 2 £41,750 +41.53% 1
Winsford +8 1 - -
Runcorn -7 1 £50,000 +100.00% 4
Wilmslow - 1 - - 3
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 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (1.61%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.84%) Sage 50
3 2 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (53.23%) Azure
2 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.90%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.68%) AWS
4 6 (9.68%) Power Automate
4 6 (9.68%) PowerApps
5 4 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.23%) IaaS
7 1 (1.61%) Asana
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.61%) Collibra
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.61%) Miro
7 1 (1.61%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.35%) LAN
1 12 (19.35%) WAN
2 10 (16.13%) DNS
3 9 (14.52%) DHCP
3 9 (14.52%) Firewall
4 6 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.06%) Internet
5 5 (8.06%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (4.84%) Broadband
6 3 (4.84%) VoIP
7 2 (3.23%) Skype
7 2 (3.23%) VPN
8 1 (1.61%) IPv4
8 1 (1.61%) IPv6
8 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.84%) Data Lake
2 3 (4.84%) Power BI
3 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Jasmine
2 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.61%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 31 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Manufacturing
3 9 (14.52%) Automotive
4 8 (12.90%) Finance
5 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.68%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.84%) Retail
8 2 (3.23%) Banking
8 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.23%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Advertising
9 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Marketing
9 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (17.74%) Technical Support
2 10 (16.13%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (16.13%) Analyst
2 10 (16.13%) Senior
2 10 (16.13%) Support Engineer
3 8 (12.90%) Developer
4 6 (9.68%) Senior Technical Support
4 6 (9.68%) Support Specialist
5 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 5 (8.06%) C# Developer
5 5 (8.06%) IT Support
6 4 (6.45%) .NET Developer
6 4 (6.45%) .NET Software Developer
6 4 (6.45%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (6.45%) C# Software Developer
6 4 (6.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Software Developer
6 4 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) .NET
2 5 (8.06%) ASP.NET
3 4 (6.45%) .NET Core
3 4 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.61%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.61%) JSON
4 1 (1.61%) Keras
4 1 (1.61%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.61%) REST
4 1 (1.61%) RxJS
4 1 (1.61%) Sass
4 1 (1.61%) SOAP
4 1 (1.61%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.61%) Web Services
4 1 (1.61%) XML
4 1 (1.61%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
2 2 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.61%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Windows
2 10 (16.13%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.29%) Linux
4 3 (4.84%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.61%) Android
6 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.35%) Agile
1 12 (19.35%) ITIL
2 11 (17.74%) Change Management
2 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (16.13%) Customer Service
3 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (12.90%) CRM
5 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (8.06%) Coaching
6 5 (8.06%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (8.06%) Time Management
7 4 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.45%) IT Strategy
7 4 (6.45%) Project Management
7 4 (6.45%) RAD
8 3 (4.84%) Logistics
8 3 (4.84%) Risk Management
8 3 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 11 (17.74%) SQL
3 6 (9.68%) Python
4 5 (8.06%) Bash
4 5 (8.06%) C#
5 2 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (3.23%) VB
6 1 (1.61%) Bicep
6 1 (1.61%) C++
6 1 (1.61%) Java
6 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.61%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.61%) VB6
6 1 (1.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (25.81%) Degree
2 10 (16.13%) DBS Check
3 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (6.45%) MCSE
5 3 (4.84%) CCNA
5 3 (4.84%) CISSP
5 3 (4.84%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.23%) CEH
6 2 (3.23%) CISA
6 2 (3.23%) CISM
6 2 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.23%) CRISC
6 2 (3.23%) GCIH
6 2 (3.23%) GIAC
6 2 (3.23%) GISF
6 2 (3.23%) ISACA
6 2 (3.23%) SANS
6 2 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) GDPR
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) PMO
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 11 (17.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.68%) Hyper-V
3 5 (8.06%) Terminal Services
4 4 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.61%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.61%) Docker
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) SCCM
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.45%) SCOM
3 4 (6.45%) SCOrch
4 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (17.74%) Cisco
2 10 (16.13%) VMware
3 7 (11.29%) Citrix
4 3 (4.84%) Acronis
4 3 (4.84%) Blue Prism
4 3 (4.84%) Databricks
4 3 (4.84%) Facebook
4 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.84%) Kaseya
4 3 (4.84%) Meraki
4 3 (4.84%) Sage
4 3 (4.84%) SonicWALL
4 3 (4.84%) UiPath
4 3 (4.84%) WatchGuard
5 2 (3.23%) Remedy
5 2 (3.23%) Sun
6 1 (1.61%) Adobe
6 1 (1.61%) Apple
6 1 (1.61%) Informatica
6 1 (1.61%) McAfee