Microsoft Job Trends in Devon

Microsoft
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 2 January 2026, 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
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 22 3
Rank change year-on-year +20 -19 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 104 39 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 18.28% 8.33% 25.55%
As % of the Vendors category 67.97% 43.82% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 64 22 63
10th Percentile £25,300 £25,000 £26,677
25th Percentile £28,125 £25,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,050 £29,121 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.09% -35.29% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45,129 £53,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £53,652 - £54,116
South West median annual salary £36,609 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.65% -5.26% +13.15%

All Vendors
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 153 89 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 26.89% 19.02% 51.09%
Number of salaries quoted 78 38 140
10th Percentile £25,263 £25,350 £30,500
25th Percentile £27,250 £27,598 £35,249
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,050 £35,015 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -28.54% +24.72%
75th Percentile £47,004 £52,750 £54,000
90th Percentile £60,828 £54,875 £60,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +3.16%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Devon

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Devon over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Devon

Microsoft
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Exeter +8 55 £40,000 +37.36% 9
Plymouth +4 32 £29,625 +18.50% 7
Newton Abbot - 7 - - 3
Tiverton -1 2 £31,000 -22.50%
Teignmouth - 2 £32,500 -
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 22 (21.15%) SharePoint
2 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.88%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 30 (28.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.85%) MS Visio
4 4 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 47 (45.19%) Azure
2 43 (41.35%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (27.88%) Power Platform
4 13 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 10 (9.62%) Azure AI
5 10 (9.62%) PowerApps
6 6 (5.77%) IaaS
6 6 (5.77%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (3.85%) PaaS
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.88%) Azure Stack
8 3 (2.88%) Boomi
8 3 (2.88%) SaaS
8 3 (2.88%) Serverless
9 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.92%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.96%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.96%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) DHCP
1 9 (8.65%) DNS
2 8 (7.69%) Firewall
3 7 (6.73%) VPN
4 5 (4.81%) VLAN
4 5 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.88%) Internet
7 2 (1.92%) Broadband
7 2 (1.92%) NAS
7 2 (1.92%) Network Security
7 2 (1.92%) SAN
7 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.92%) VoIP
7 2 (1.92%) Wireless
8 1 (0.96%) Intranet
8 1 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.96%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.31%) Power BI
2 10 (9.62%) Tableau
3 6 (5.77%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.85%) Metadata
5 2 (1.92%) DTS
6 1 (0.96%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Git
1 1 (0.96%) JIRA
1 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (55.77%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (14.42%) Finance
3 8 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (4.81%) Advertising
4 5 (4.81%) Legal
5 4 (3.85%) Billing
5 4 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.88%) Banking
7 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Law
8 1 (0.96%) Local Government
8 1 (0.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (25.96%) Analyst
2 23 (22.12%) Junior
2 23 (22.12%) Junior Analyst
3 18 (17.31%) IT Support
4 17 (16.35%) Support Technician
5 15 (14.42%) IT Support Technician
5 15 (14.42%) IT Technician
6 12 (11.54%) Administrator
6 12 (11.54%) Data Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Junior Data Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Junior Security Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Security Analyst
8 9 (8.65%) Developer
9 8 (7.69%) IT Engineer
10 7 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Business Analyst
11 5 (4.81%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
12 4 (3.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.88%) Middleware
2 2 (1.92%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.92%) CSS
2 2 (1.92%) HTML
2 2 (1.92%) Web Services
3 1 (0.96%) .NET
3 1 (0.96%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.96%) REST
3 1 (0.96%) RESTful
3 1 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Onboarding
2 13 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (8.65%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.85%) CMDB
6 3 (2.88%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.92%) BYOD
7 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.92%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.96%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.96%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.92%) Windows
2 14 (13.46%) Windows 10
3 13 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 10 (9.62%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (21.15%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (16.35%) Mentoring
3 16 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (12.50%) AI
5 11 (10.58%) Analytics
6 9 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (8.65%) User Experience
7 8 (7.69%) Agile
8 7 (6.73%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (6.73%) Budgeting
8 7 (6.73%) Dashboard Development
8 7 (6.73%) Project Management
9 6 (5.77%) Coaching
9 6 (5.77%) Data Analysis
9 6 (5.77%) ITIL
10 5 (4.81%) Economics
10 5 (4.81%) Invoice Processing
10 5 (4.81%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (4.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.46%) SQL
2 10 (9.62%) Python
3 6 (5.77%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.81%) C#
5 1 (0.96%) Bash
5 1 (0.96%) Bicep
5 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Azure Certification
2 10 (9.62%) CompTIA CySA+
2 10 (9.62%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (8.65%) Degree
4 5 (4.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (4.81%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.85%) AAT
5 4 (3.85%) ACCA
5 4 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.96%) CEH
7 1 (0.96%) CIPD
7 1 (0.96%) CISM
7 1 (0.96%) CISSP
7 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) GDPR
1 3 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.92%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (27.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.77%) SCCM
3 3 (2.88%) Terraform
4 2 (1.92%) WSUS
5 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (9.62%) ForeScout
2 7 (6.73%) Sage
2 7 (6.73%) VMware
3 6 (5.77%) Veeam
4 4 (3.85%) Apple
4 4 (3.85%) Xero
5 3 (2.88%) HP
5 3 (2.88%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.88%) SolarWinds
5 3 (2.88%) Sophos
6 2 (1.92%) Aruba
6 2 (1.92%) Clearswift
6 2 (1.92%) Datto
6 2 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.92%) Google
6 2 (1.92%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.96%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.96%) Meraki
7 1 (0.96%) Tenable