Microsoft Job Trends in Chorley

Microsoft
Lancashire > Chorley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chorley 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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Chorley 7.14% 33.33% 27.78%
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% 83.33% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 10
10th Percentile - - £42,625
25th Percentile £25,875 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.27% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £29,469 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £34,588 - £53,625
Lancashire median annual salary £30,000 £50,055 £38,500
% change year-on-year -40.07% +30.01% +2.67%

All Vendors
Chorley

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 Chorley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4 18 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chorley 7.14% 40.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 11
10th Percentile - - £34,000
25th Percentile £25,875 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.27% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £29,469 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £34,588 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £30,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +12.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Chorley

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Chorley

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Chorley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chorley 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Autotask
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ESET
1 4 (100.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet