Microsoft Engineer Jobs in England

Microsoft Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 644 756 790
Rank change year-on-year +112 +34 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 41 87 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.097% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 80 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,110
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,937 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £55,313 £55,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the England 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
London +112 21 £52,000 -30.67% 10
South East +66 6 £50,000 +11.11% 37
Midlands +88 5 £32,500 -9.72% 30
North of England +49 5 £48,250 +37.86% 42
East Midlands - 5 £32,500 - 12
North West +9 3 £45,750 -8.50% 17
South West +87 2 - - 18
Yorkshire +57 2 £50,000 +53.85% 19
East of England - 1 £32,500 - 27
Microsoft Engineer
UK

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (75.61%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (41.46%) Azure
3 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (39.02%) SharePoint
5 14 (34.15%) Migration
6 13 (31.71%) Degree
6 13 (31.71%) Active Directory
7 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
8 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (24.39%) Windows
10 9 (21.95%) PowerShell
11 8 (19.51%) Entra ID
11 8 (19.51%) Power Platform
12 7 (17.07%) OneDrive
12 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (17.07%) Identity Management
13 6 (14.63%) ITSM
13 6 (14.63%) Technology Roadmap
13 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
13 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
14 5 (12.20%) Azure Certification
14 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
14 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
14 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
14 5 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence
15 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
15 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 16 (39.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (75.61%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (41.46%) Azure
3 8 (19.51%) Entra ID
3 8 (19.51%) Power Platform
4 7 (17.07%) OneDrive
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (7.32%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.88%) AWS
7 2 (4.88%) IaaS
8 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.44%) Cloudflare
8 1 (2.44%) Dropbox
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.44%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.44%) Miro
8 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.44%) ShareGate
8 1 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) DNS
2 2 (4.88%) DHCP
2 2 (4.88%) Firewall
2 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.44%) HTTP
3 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
General
1 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Games
6 1 (2.44%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) JSON
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.44%) CSOC
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Data Fabric
3 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.44%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Online Games
3 1 (2.44%) Sports Betting
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (24.39%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.44%) CentOS
4 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (34.15%) Migration
3 7 (17.07%) Identity Management
4 6 (14.63%) ITSM
4 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
4 6 (14.63%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
6 4 (9.76%) Computer Science
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (7.32%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
7 3 (7.32%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (7.32%) DevOps
7 3 (7.32%) High Availability
8 2 (4.88%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (4.88%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Bash
2 1 (2.44%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (12.20%) Azure Certification
4 4 (9.76%) CCNA
4 4 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.44%) Linux+ Certification
5 1 (2.44%) RHCE
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (4.88%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.88%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 13 (31.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Dovecot
3 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.44%) Postfix
3 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) QRadar
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Cisco
2 3 (7.32%) Fortinet
2 3 (7.32%) HP
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.32%) VMware
3 2 (4.88%) ConnectWise
3 2 (4.88%) Okta
3 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) Apple
4 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.44%) Databricks
4 1 (2.44%) Imperva
4 1 (2.44%) Logitech
4 1 (2.44%) Ping Identity
4 1 (2.44%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.44%) Ribbon
4 1 (2.44%) Varonis
4 1 (2.44%) Yealink