Microsoft Developer Job Trends in England

Microsoft Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Developer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 632 647
Rank change year-on-year +37 +15 +245
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 22 47 33
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.042% 0.098% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.11% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 20 40 21
10th Percentile £49,625 £48,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £72,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £87,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Microsoft Developer job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in England

Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +28 12 £57,500 - 2
West Midlands +29 11 £57,500 -2.13%
London +46 7 £50,000 -25.93% 7
East of England +25 1 £65,000 +23.81%
North West +19 1 £50,000 +5.26%
North of England +5 1 £50,000 -6.98%
East Midlands -9 1 £47,500 -17.39% 2
Microsoft Developer
UK

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Microsoft Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (63.64%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (50.00%) CRM
3 11 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (50.00%) SQL
4 10 (45.45%) C#
4 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 10 (45.45%) Power Platform
5 9 (40.91%) Azure
5 9 (40.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (36.36%) .NET
6 8 (36.36%) Customer Engagement
7 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (27.27%) Power Automate
8 6 (27.27%) PowerApps
9 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
9 5 (22.73%) DevOps
9 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
10 4 (18.18%) Agile
11 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
11 3 (13.64%) Front End Development
11 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (13.64%) REST
11 3 (13.64%) SDLC
11 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
12 2 (9.09%) Analytics
12 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (9.09%) CI/CD

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (13.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (45.45%) Power Platform
3 9 (40.91%) Azure
4 6 (27.27%) Power Automate
4 6 (27.27%) PowerApps
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.55%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
3 2 (9.09%) Power BI
3 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) REST
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
4 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.55%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (4.55%) JSON
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (4.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 2 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) CRM
2 8 (36.36%) Customer Engagement
3 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) Data Integration
6 3 (13.64%) Front End Development
6 3 (13.64%) SDLC
7 2 (9.09%) Analytics
7 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
7 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 2 (9.09%) Facilities Management
7 2 (9.09%) Migration
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (4.55%) ETL
8 1 (4.55%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 10 (45.45%) C#
2 10 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft