Microsoft Jobs in Cumbria

Microsoft
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 44 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -34 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 117 47 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 5.76% 9.31% 20.31%
As % of the Vendors category 29.77% 59.49% 36.11%
Number of salaries quoted 84 45 24
10th Percentile £43,438 £31,200 £30,500
25th Percentile - £35,750 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +31.39%
75th Percentile £50,818 £61,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,000 £65,000 £57,125
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -2.17% +6.60%

All Vendors
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 393 79 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 19.34% 15.64% 56.25%
Number of salaries quoted 188 68 55
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +80.00%
75th Percentile £50,818 £63,125 £60,800
90th Percentile £56,000 £69,125 £67,000
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 Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cumbria over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness -12 16 £45,628 - 7
Grange-over-Sands - 14 £48,223 -
Broughton-in-Furness - 13 £45,628 -
Millom - 13 £48,223 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 13 £48,223 -
Ulverston -22 12 £45,628 -17.04% 1
Kirkby-in-Furness - 12 £45,628 -
Windermere - 3 - -
Carlisle +2 2 £30,000 -29.41% 5
Workington +5 1 £35,698 -16.01%
Keswick 0 1 £32,000 - 1
Whitehaven -8 1 - -
Wigton - 1 £45,000 -
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 62 (52.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (2.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 67 (57.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.56%) Google Docs
2 3 (2.56%) Google Drive
2 3 (2.56%) Google Sheets
3 2 (1.71%) Azure
4 1 (0.85%) AWS
4 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.56%) Skype
1 3 (2.56%) SMTP
2 2 (1.71%) Firewall
3 1 (0.85%) Broadband
3 1 (0.85%) SAN
3 1 (0.85%) VoIP
3 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 40 (34.19%) JIRA
General
1 22 (18.80%) Manufacturing
2 6 (5.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.56%) Legal
3 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 41 (35.04%) Senior
2 37 (31.62%) Project Manager
3 21 (17.95%) Configuration Manager
4 16 (13.68%) Delivery Project Manager
5 5 (4.27%) Support Engineer
6 3 (2.56%) Administrator
6 3 (2.56%) Exchange Engineer
6 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (2.56%) IT Engineer
7 2 (1.71%) IT Support
7 2 (1.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (1.71%) Planning Manager
8 1 (0.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Applications Support Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Electrical Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Senior Support Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (0.85%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.56%) Driving Licence
1 3 (2.56%) Learning Management System
2 1 (0.85%) Housing Association
2 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.84%) Windows
2 6 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.71%) Linux
3 2 (1.71%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (52.14%) Performance Metrics
2 45 (38.46%) ERP
3 40 (34.19%) Business Case
3 40 (34.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (32.48%) Project Management
5 24 (20.51%) Agile
5 24 (20.51%) Cost Management
5 24 (20.51%) Line Management
6 21 (17.95%) Bill of Materials
6 21 (17.95%) Configuration Management
6 21 (17.95%) Risk Management
7 18 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 16 (13.68%) Critical Path Analysis
9 5 (4.27%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (2.56%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (2.56%) Time Management
11 2 (1.71%) Performance Monitoring
11 2 (1.71%) Roadmaps
12 1 (0.85%) Safety Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 101 (86.32%) BPSS Clearance
2 45 (38.46%) Degree
3 3 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) SLA
2 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Vendors
1 61 (52.14%) SAP
2 3 (2.56%) Adobe
2 3 (2.56%) Cisco
2 3 (2.56%) Freshdesk
2 3 (2.56%) Google
2 3 (2.56%) VMware
3 2 (1.71%) Meraki
4 1 (0.85%) Capita
4 1 (0.85%) ConnectWise
4 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.85%) Datto
4 1 (0.85%) ESET
4 1 (0.85%) Progress
4 1 (0.85%) Sophos
4 1 (0.85%) Sun
4 1 (0.85%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (0.85%) Veeam