Microsoft Jobs in Durham

Microsoft
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 1 17
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 31 107 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 12.70% 25.06% 13.65%
As % of the Vendors category 21.83% 63.69% 35.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10 77 24
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,438 £30,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £40,001 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £33,313 £47,500 £49,780
90th Percentile £39,125 £62,500 £61,425
North East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -

All Vendors
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 142 168 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 58.20% 39.34% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 56 117 61
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £24,940 £30,000 £36,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,001 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +0.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £28,188 £51,250 £49,707
90th Percentile £40,625 £63,750 £60,800
North East median annual salary £28,000 £43,036 £47,500
% change year-on-year -34.94% -9.40% +18.75%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Durham over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Durham region over the 6 months to 16 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
Newton Aycliffe 0 6 - -
Stockton-on-Tees +6 5 - - 9
Darlington -10 5 £37,500 -13.79%
Hartlepool -3 4 £40,000 +45.45% 2
Peterlee - 2 £25,000 - 1
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (70.97%) Azure
2 13 (41.94%) Entra ID
3 12 (38.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
1 6 (19.35%) VPN
2 5 (16.13%) DHCP
2 5 (16.13%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) LAN
3 2 (6.45%) VLAN
3 2 (6.45%) VoIP
3 2 (6.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.23%) Network Security
4 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Identity Management Specialist
1 13 (41.94%) Technology Specialist
2 7 (22.58%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (19.35%) Technical Product Support
3 6 (19.35%) Technical Support
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
5 2 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) IT Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) NHS
2 6 (19.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 8 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.68%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) ITIL
2 13 (41.94%) Identity Management
3 12 (38.71%) Customer Service
4 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (19.35%) CRM
5 6 (19.35%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
6 5 (16.13%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.45%) Asset Management
8 1 (3.23%) Coaching
8 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.23%) Energy Management
8 1 (3.23%) Incident Management
8 1 (3.23%) Mentoring
8 1 (3.23%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (3.23%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) Degree
2 13 (41.94%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 23 (74.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (22.58%) Hyper-V
2 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (16.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) VMware
2 1 (3.23%) Avaya
2 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco
2 1 (3.23%) Meraki