Microsoft Purview Job Trends in England

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 536 656
Rank change year-on-year +80 +120 +245
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Purview 161 130 98
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 0.77% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 132 108 84
10th Percentile £50,813 £49,775 £49,875
25th Percentile £57,239 £53,000 £56,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £73,496 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% +13.07% -18.75%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £124,000 £92,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.71% +10.76% -18.75%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 19,661 16,782 25,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.96% 37.25% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,885 9,983 21,569
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Purview
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Purview.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Purview in England over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Purview in England

Microsoft Purview
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 Purview within the England region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
London +32 75 £85,000 +11.84% 26
North of England +21 41 £57,239 -20.49% 9
Yorkshire -17 28 £57,239 -20.49% 2
Midlands +22 18 £54,514 -27.32% 4
North West +30 13 £47,500 -56.82% 7
South East +19 12 £59,000 +11.22% 22
East Midlands - 10 £48,000 - 2
West Midlands +19 8 £54,514 -27.32% 2
South West -21 3 £65,000 +17.06% 2
Microsoft Purview
UK

Microsoft Purview
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 35 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 23 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.62%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 95 (59.01%) Azure
2 68 (42.24%) Entra ID
3 60 (37.27%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (22.36%) Power Platform
5 27 (16.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 24 (14.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 22 (13.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 22 (13.66%) OneDrive
7 22 (13.66%) SaaS
8 20 (12.42%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (9.94%) PaaS
10 11 (6.83%) AWS
10 11 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.97%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (4.97%) ChatGPT
11 8 (4.97%) Power Automate
12 7 (4.35%) Collibra
13 6 (3.73%) IaaS
14 4 (2.48%) GitHub
14 4 (2.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.74%) Firewall
2 7 (4.35%) DNS
3 5 (3.11%) VoIP
4 4 (2.48%) DHCP
4 4 (2.48%) PBX
4 4 (2.48%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.48%) VPN
5 3 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.86%) LAN
5 3 (1.86%) WAN
6 2 (1.24%) SAN
6 2 (1.24%) VLAN
7 1 (0.62%) MPLS
7 1 (0.62%) Network Security
7 1 (0.62%) SSL
7 1 (0.62%) Wireless
7 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.66%) Data Lake
2 21 (13.04%) Power BI
3 15 (9.32%) Metadata
4 10 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.48%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.86%) Tableau
7 2 (1.24%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.62%) Big Data
8 1 (0.62%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Git
General
1 77 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 46 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (22.98%) Finance
4 23 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.83%) Legal
6 9 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (5.59%) Law
7 8 (4.97%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.48%) Retail
10 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Marketing
11 2 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Advertising
12 1 (0.62%) Banking
12 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (23.60%) Lead
2 23 (14.29%) Analyst
3 21 (13.04%) Architect
3 21 (13.04%) Senior
4 15 (9.32%) Consultant
5 14 (8.70%) Data Architect
5 14 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 13 (8.07%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Security Consultant
8 9 (5.59%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.97%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Engineer
11 6 (3.73%) Azure Architect
11 6 (3.73%) Azure Data Architect
11 6 (3.73%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 6 (3.73%) Project Engineer
12 5 (3.11%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.21%) PySpark
2 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.86%) SPFx
4 2 (1.24%) Kafka
4 2 (1.24%) Middleware
5 1 (0.62%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.12%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (7.45%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (6.83%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (6.21%) Cloud Native
5 9 (5.59%) AI Agents
5 9 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.35%) Security Posture
7 5 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.48%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (1.24%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.62%) IoT
10 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.62%) Social Media
10 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Windows
2 10 (6.21%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.59%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.24%) Android
4 2 (1.24%) Linux
4 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.06%) Data Protection
1 50 (31.06%) Incident Response
2 48 (29.81%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (27.95%) AI
4 44 (27.33%) Decision-Making
5 43 (26.71%) Analytics
6 41 (25.47%) Risk Management
6 41 (25.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (22.98%) SIEM
8 36 (22.36%) Data Governance
9 35 (21.74%) Agile
10 34 (21.12%) Disaster Recovery
11 33 (20.50%) Roadmaps
12 32 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (18.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (17.39%) Business Continuity
14 28 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (16.15%) Data Loss Prevention
15 26 (16.15%) Information Governance
15 26 (16.15%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) SQL
2 13 (8.07%) Python
3 11 (6.83%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.48%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.62%) ANSI SQL
5 1 (0.62%) Java
5 1 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (17.39%) Degree
2 11 (6.83%) CISSP
3 9 (5.59%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.59%) CISM
3 9 (5.59%) PMI Certification
3 9 (5.59%) PMP
4 8 (4.97%) IIBA
4 8 (4.97%) TOGAF Certification
5 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.73%) CRISC
7 5 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.11%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.48%) CCNA
9 3 (1.86%) GCIH
9 3 (1.86%) GIAC
9 3 (1.86%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.24%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (32.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (31.06%) GDPR
3 43 (26.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (26.09%) NIST
5 14 (8.70%) Data Quality
6 8 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (3.11%) NCSC
9 4 (2.48%) SLA
10 3 (1.86%) ITGC
10 3 (1.86%) PCI DSS
11 2 (1.24%) COBIT
11 2 (1.24%) GRC
11 2 (1.24%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.24%) PERC
12 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (14.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.48%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.24%) Docker
4 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) Postfix
5 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (22.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (8.70%) Terraform
3 13 (8.07%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.35%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.48%) SCCM
6 3 (1.86%) Ansible
6 3 (1.86%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.86%) QRadar
7 2 (1.24%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 139 (86.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.15%) Databricks
3 14 (8.70%) Splunk
4 10 (6.21%) Alteryx
5 8 (4.97%) Anaplan
5 8 (4.97%) New Relic
6 5 (3.11%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.11%) Informatica
7 4 (2.48%) McAfee
7 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.86%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.86%) Commvault
8 3 (1.86%) Dell
8 3 (1.86%) Google
8 3 (1.86%) LogLogic
8 3 (1.86%) Meraki
9 2 (1.24%) Adobe
9 2 (1.24%) Cisco
9 2 (1.24%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.24%) VMware