Microsoft Jobs in the East of England

Microsoft
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 607 1,244 1,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 18.15% 19.32% 21.75%
As % of the Vendors category 44.44% 57.62% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 358 949 566
10th Percentile £25,625 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -3.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,366 2,159 2,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 40.85% 33.53% 45.35%
Number of salaries quoted 708 1,641 1,061
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,813 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £66,208 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the East of England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the East of England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the East of England

Microsoft
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hertfordshire -2 163 £51,500 +14.44% 105
Cambridgeshire +3 110 £47,500 +46.15% 93
Essex 0 110 £42,500 +21.43% 84
Suffolk -15 102 £41,500 +25.76% 22
Bedfordshire -10 91 £47,500 - 36
Norfolk -18 32 £30,000 -25.00% 26
East Anglia - 2 £73,000 - 27
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 73 (12.03%) SharePoint
2 50 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.97%) IIS
4 10 (1.65%) Tomcat
5 8 (1.32%) Confluence
6 7 (1.15%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.66%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.66%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 166 (27.35%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
1 6 (0.99%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.49%) Primavera
4 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 223 (36.74%) Azure
2 209 (34.43%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (13.67%) Entra ID
4 56 (9.23%) Power Platform
5 25 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.79%) OneDrive
7 23 (3.79%) Power Automate
7 23 (3.79%) PowerApps
8 19 (3.13%) AWS
9 14 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.32%) Asana
13 6 (0.99%) Azure Storage
13 6 (0.99%) Miro
13 6 (0.99%) Rubrik
13 6 (0.99%) Serverless
14 5 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.82%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 77 (12.69%) Firewall
2 41 (6.75%) LAN
3 40 (6.59%) WAN
4 39 (6.43%) TCP/IP
5 38 (6.26%) DNS
6 36 (5.93%) DHCP
6 36 (5.93%) VPN
7 32 (5.27%) Broadband
8 29 (4.78%) FTP
9 21 (3.46%) VLAN
10 19 (3.13%) Network Security
11 16 (2.64%) SMTP
12 15 (2.47%) HTTP
12 15 (2.47%) Internet
12 15 (2.47%) Wireless
13 9 (1.48%) DMARC
13 9 (1.48%) SAN
13 9 (1.48%) SSL
13 9 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.78%) Power BI
3 15 (2.47%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.81%) MySQL
6 9 (1.48%) Power Query
7 8 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.49%) Tableau
11 2 (0.33%) Big Data
11 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.16%) DB2
12 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.29%) JIRA
2 12 (1.98%) Git
3 9 (1.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.33%) NUnit
6 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.16%) Moq
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.16%) xUnit.net
General
1 218 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 65 (10.71%) Finance
4 51 (8.40%) Manufacturing
5 42 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (4.61%) Electronics
7 27 (4.45%) Law
8 22 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.97%) Legal
10 16 (2.64%) Retail
11 15 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.31%) Local Government
13 9 (1.48%) Czech Language
14 8 (1.32%) Aviation
14 8 (1.32%) Games
14 8 (1.32%) Marketing
15 7 (1.15%) Automotive
15 7 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 98 (16.14%) Analyst
2 85 (14.00%) Support Engineer
3 78 (12.85%) IT Support
4 47 (7.74%) Electrical Engineer
4 47 (7.74%) Safety Engineer
4 47 (7.74%) Test Engineer
5 45 (7.41%) Support Analyst
6 40 (6.59%) Account Executive
7 38 (6.26%) Senior
8 35 (5.77%) Applications Support
8 35 (5.77%) Developer
9 33 (5.44%) Administrator
10 32 (5.27%) IT Engineer
11 27 (4.45%) 1st Line Support
11 27 (4.45%) Lead
12 26 (4.28%) IT Support Engineer
13 24 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (3.95%) IT Manager
14 23 (3.79%) 1st Line Support Analyst
15 21 (3.46%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (7.58%) .NET
2 24 (3.95%) REST
2 24 (3.95%) Web Services
3 21 (3.46%) XML
4 20 (3.29%) JSON
4 20 (3.29%) SOAP
5 17 (2.80%) .NET Framework
6 14 (2.31%) HTML
7 11 (1.81%) LDAP
7 11 (1.81%) React
8 7 (1.15%) ASP.NET
8 7 (1.15%) Entity Framework
8 7 (1.15%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (0.99%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.99%) Vue
10 5 (0.82%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.82%) CSS
11 4 (0.66%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (0.66%) HTML5
11 4 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.03%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (4.94%) Driving Licence
3 27 (4.45%) NHS
4 18 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.14%) Client/Server
8 11 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.65%) Social Media
10 7 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.99%) Over-the-Top Content
11 6 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.66%) Blackberry
13 4 (0.66%) IoT
13 4 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.49%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 199 (32.78%) Windows
2 87 (14.33%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.75%) Linux
4 32 (5.27%) Mac OS
5 31 (5.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 27 (4.45%) Windows 10
7 19 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (2.31%) Apple iOS
9 11 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.48%) Unix
11 8 (1.32%) Android
12 7 (1.15%) VMS
13 2 (0.33%) Debian
13 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.16%) AIX
14 1 (0.16%) SUSE
14 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (23.56%) Customer Service
2 110 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (14.50%) ITIL
4 48 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (7.74%) Safety Engineering
6 46 (7.58%) Agile
7 44 (7.25%) Coaching
8 43 (7.08%) Business Development
8 43 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (6.92%) Business Enablement
10 41 (6.75%) Project Management
11 38 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (6.26%) ITSM
12 37 (6.10%) Customer Experience
12 37 (6.10%) DevOps
12 37 (6.10%) Mentoring
13 33 (5.44%) Proactive Maintenance
14 31 (5.11%) Proactive Monitoring
14 31 (5.11%) Service Delivery
14 31 (5.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.87%) SQL
2 65 (10.71%) PowerShell
3 34 (5.60%) C#
4 27 (4.45%) JavaScript
5 21 (3.46%) Python
6 20 (3.29%) Bash
7 16 (2.64%) Java
8 10 (1.65%) T-SQL
9 9 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (1.48%) VBA
10 8 (1.32%) C++
11 6 (0.99%) Perl
12 5 (0.82%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.82%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
14 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 155 (25.54%) Degree
2 55 (9.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (6.59%) DBS Check
4 21 (3.46%) A+ Certification
4 21 (3.46%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.14%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.81%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.81%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.99%) CISSP
8 6 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (0.82%) CISM
9 5 (0.82%) CREST Certified
9 5 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.82%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.66%) CEH
10 4 (0.66%) GIAC
10 4 (0.66%) HNC
10 4 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (1.81%) SLA
3 8 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.15%) GDPR
4 7 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.99%) NIST
6 4 (0.66%) NCSC
6 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.66%) QA
7 3 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.49%) PMO
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.16%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 171 (28.17%) Active Directory
2 36 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (4.61%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.32%) Docker
6 7 (1.15%) Firmware
7 6 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.66%) vSphere
9 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 64 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.65%) QRadar
4 9 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
4 9 (1.48%) SCCM
5 7 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.99%) NetBackup
7 5 (0.82%) Backup Exec
7 5 (0.82%) SmoothWall
8 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.66%) Nessus
9 2 (0.33%) SCOM
9 2 (0.33%) Terraform
10 1 (0.16%) Ansible
10 1 (0.16%) Autotask
10 1 (0.16%) CASB
10 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (7.58%) VMware
2 26 (4.28%) Sun
3 19 (3.13%) Cisco
4 16 (2.64%) Apple
4 16 (2.64%) Oracle
5 13 (2.14%) YouTube
6 12 (1.98%) Splunk
7 11 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.48%) NEC
8 9 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.15%) Instagram
11 6 (0.99%) Commvault
11 6 (0.99%) Dell
11 6 (0.99%) WatchGuard
11 6 (0.99%) Zerto
12 5 (0.82%) Meraki
12 5 (0.82%) NetApp
12 5 (0.82%) SAP
12 5 (0.82%) Veeam