Microsoft Jobs in England

Microsoft
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,564 15,130 13,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.40% 17.34% 18.12%
As % of the Vendors category 34.33% 50.48% 44.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,248 10,611 9,288
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,398
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,032 29,972 30,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.93% 34.36% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12,127 20,250 20,213
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 -3 2,226 £62,500 +2.46% 2,351
North of England -6 1,565 £45,628 +4.17% 1,208
South East -3 1,509 £42,500 -5.56% 1,390
North West -12 887 £47,500 +5.56% 654
Midlands -6 874 £40,000 -5.88% 810
East of England -2 647 £47,500 +26.67% 537
West Midlands -5 574 £45,000 - 510
South West 0 549 £40,000 -11.11% 499
Yorkshire -4 545 £40,000 -5.88% 418
East Midlands -12 300 £35,000 -6.67% 298
North East -9 137 £40,000 -3.61% 156
South Coast 0 1 £59,000 +68.57%
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
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
1 867 (11.46%) SharePoint
2 756 (9.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 126 (1.67%) Confluence
4 102 (1.35%) IIS
5 52 (0.69%) CMS
6 36 (0.48%) Apache Spark
7 31 (0.41%) IBM Domino
8 24 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 18 (0.24%) Apache
10 17 (0.22%) WordPress
11 16 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
12 11 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 10 (0.13%) Moodle
14 9 (0.12%) Apache Solr
15 8 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
15 8 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
15 8 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
15 8 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
16 5 (0.066%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 5 (0.066%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1,676 (22.16%) Microsoft Office
2 935 (12.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 395 (5.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 82 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 66 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 50 (0.66%) Simulink
7 44 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 19 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
9 15 (0.20%) Photoshop
10 14 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
11 13 (0.17%) AutoCAD
11 13 (0.17%) Maya
12 11 (0.15%) Trello
13 9 (0.12%) Adobe XD
14 8 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
15 7 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
16 6 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 6 (0.079%) InDesign
17 3 (0.040%) Acrobat
17 3 (0.040%) Revit
Business Applications
1 231 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 119 (1.57%) Teamcenter
3 62 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
4 51 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
5 34 (0.45%) NetSuite
6 26 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 20 (0.26%) SAP FI
8 17 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 16 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 16 (0.21%) Shopify
10 13 (0.17%) Primavera
10 13 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 12 (0.16%) PeopleSoft Financials
12 11 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 11 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
13 10 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
14 9 (0.12%) Sage 200
15 8 (0.11%) SAP ERP
16 7 (0.093%) Infor CloudSuite
16 7 (0.093%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
Cloud Services
1 2,936 (38.82%) Azure
2 2,211 (29.23%) Microsoft 365
3 994 (13.14%) Power Platform
4 753 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 567 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
6 547 (7.23%) AWS
7 365 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
8 334 (4.42%) Power Automate
9 319 (4.22%) PowerApps
10 277 (3.66%) SaaS
11 247 (3.27%) OneDrive
12 171 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 168 (2.22%) GCP
14 150 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
15 147 (1.94%) PaaS
16 128 (1.69%) IaaS
17 125 (1.65%) GitHub
17 125 (1.65%) Serverless
18 121 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 115 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 775 (10.25%) Firewall
2 521 (6.89%) DNS
3 452 (5.98%) DHCP
4 445 (5.88%) WAN
5 442 (5.84%) LAN
6 430 (5.68%) Broadband
7 367 (4.85%) VPN
8 330 (4.36%) TCP/IP
9 311 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
10 235 (3.11%) VLAN
11 226 (2.99%) VoIP
12 173 (2.29%) SAN
13 163 (2.15%) Ethernet
14 157 (2.08%) Network Security
15 136 (1.80%) Wireless
16 103 (1.36%) Internet
17 84 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
18 75 (0.99%) SD-WAN
19 57 (0.75%) NAS
20 47 (0.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 771 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 607 (8.02%) Power BI
3 165 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 157 (2.08%) Data Lake
5 142 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 124 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 116 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
8 94 (1.24%) Tableau
9 92 (1.22%) Metadata
10 88 (1.16%) Relational Database
11 73 (0.97%) MySQL
12 70 (0.93%) Data Mining
13 69 (0.91%) Big Data
14 62 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
15 61 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
16 60 (0.79%) MongoDB
17 49 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 46 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
19 44 (0.58%) NoSQL
20 39 (0.52%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 315 (4.16%) JIRA
2 122 (1.61%) Git
3 67 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 31 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 27 (0.36%) MSI
6 23 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 21 (0.28%) GitLab
8 20 (0.26%) NUnit
9 19 (0.25%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.21%) Selenium
11 14 (0.19%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
13 12 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
14 11 (0.15%) Jasmine
14 11 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
15 9 (0.12%) Axure RP
15 9 (0.12%) Postman
15 9 (0.12%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.079%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3,296 (43.57%) Social Skills
2 1,507 (19.92%) Finance
3 914 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
4 528 (6.98%) Law
5 418 (5.53%) Retail
6 402 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 329 (4.35%) Marketing
8 316 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
9 299 (3.95%) Telecoms
10 294 (3.89%) Legal
11 282 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
12 247 (3.27%) Manufacturing
13 219 (2.90%) Public Sector
14 208 (2.75%) Aerospace
15 197 (2.60%) Automotive
16 169 (2.23%) Banking
17 121 (1.60%) Advertising
17 121 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
18 96 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
19 86 (1.14%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,168 (15.44%) Analyst
2 859 (11.36%) IT Support
3 854 (11.29%) Senior
4 809 (10.70%) Support Engineer
5 639 (8.45%) Developer
6 579 (7.65%) Lead
7 506 (6.69%) Support Analyst
8 323 (4.27%) Architect
9 321 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 292 (3.86%) IT Analyst
11 289 (3.82%) IT Engineer
12 282 (3.73%) 2nd Line Support
13 268 (3.54%) Systems Engineer
14 244 (3.23%) Technical Support
15 230 (3.04%) Consultant
16 206 (2.72%) Administrator
17 200 (2.64%) IT Support Analyst
18 196 (2.59%) 1st Line Support
19 186 (2.46%) IT Support Engineer
20 169 (2.23%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 523 (6.91%) .NET
2 172 (2.27%) HTML
3 153 (2.02%) React
4 150 (1.98%) .NET Framework
5 138 (1.82%) .NET Core
6 133 (1.76%) ASP.NET
7 121 (1.60%) CSS
8 119 (1.57%) REST
9 109 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 85 (1.12%) Web Services
11 81 (1.07%) XML
12 77 (1.02%) JSON
13 72 (0.95%) Entity Framework
14 71 (0.94%) RESTful
15 64 (0.85%) ASP.NET Web API
16 63 (0.83%) SOAP
17 59 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
18 54 (0.71%) Vue
19 53 (0.70%) HTML5
20 48 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 354 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
2 297 (3.93%) Driving Licence
3 265 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 251 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 243 (3.21%) Social Media
6 236 (3.12%) Management Information System
7 136 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 129 (1.71%) Data Centre
9 127 (1.68%) NHS
10 116 (1.53%) Security Posture
11 99 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
12 93 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 87 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
14 83 (1.10%) Data Structures
15 81 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
16 73 (0.97%) Video\Live Streaming
17 72 (0.95%) Clustering
17 72 (0.95%) Over-the-Top Content
18 70 (0.93%) Algorithms
19 66 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2,386 (31.54%) Windows
2 975 (12.89%) Windows Server
3 463 (6.12%) Windows 10
4 396 (5.24%) Linux
5 297 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 222 (2.93%) Mac OS
7 174 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
8 140 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 137 (1.81%) Android
10 113 (1.49%) Apple iOS
11 63 (0.83%) Unix
12 40 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 32 (0.42%) Windows 7
14 26 (0.34%) Ubuntu
15 21 (0.28%) Mac OS X
16 18 (0.24%) VMS
17 16 (0.21%) CentOS
18 15 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
19 9 (0.12%) Debian
20 8 (0.11%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,801 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
2 1,226 (16.21%) Customer Service
3 1,158 (15.31%) Agile
4 928 (12.27%) ITIL
5 729 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
6 715 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 714 (9.44%) Business Intelligence
7 714 (9.44%) CRM
8 712 (9.41%) DevOps
9 603 (7.97%) Project Management
10 587 (7.76%) Mentoring
11 565 (7.47%) Roadmaps
12 555 (7.34%) Analytics
13 528 (6.98%) Coaching
14 501 (6.62%) ERP
15 479 (6.33%) Migration
16 456 (6.03%) CI/CD
17 452 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
18 424 (5.61%) Artificial Intelligence
19 412 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1,116 (14.75%) SQL
2 765 (10.11%) PowerShell
3 581 (7.68%) C#
4 477 (6.31%) Python
5 367 (4.85%) JavaScript
6 169 (2.23%) Java
7 156 (2.06%) T-SQL
8 119 (1.57%) MATLAB
9 118 (1.56%) Bash
10 88 (1.16%) TypeScript
11 55 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 47 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
12 47 (0.62%) R
13 39 (0.52%) VBA
14 35 (0.46%) VB.NET
15 34 (0.45%) Bicep
16 31 (0.41%) VB
17 29 (0.38%) PHP
18 28 (0.37%) Rust
19 26 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 1,645 (21.75%) Degree
2 563 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 403 (5.33%) Security Cleared
4 303 (4.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 286 (3.78%) Azure Certification
6 271 (3.58%) DBS Check
7 254 (3.36%) SC Cleared
8 213 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 160 (2.12%) HND
10 157 (2.08%) A+ Certification
11 152 (2.01%) HNC
12 136 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
13 109 (1.44%) CCNA
14 93 (1.23%) CISSP
15 91 (1.20%) DV Cleared
16 90 (1.19%) Master's Degree
17 89 (1.18%) MCSE
18 88 (1.16%) MCP
19 78 (1.03%) AWS Certification
19 78 (1.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (3.75%) GDPR
2 279 (3.69%) SLA
3 255 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 155 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 146 (1.93%) NIST
6 142 (1.88%) QA
7 129 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 82 (1.08%) Accessibility
9 64 (0.85%) PMO
10 46 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 42 (0.56%) NCSC
11 42 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 29 (0.38%) ISO 9001
13 25 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 23 (0.30%) HIPAA
15 17 (0.22%) GRC
16 13 (0.17%) SOC 2
17 12 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 12 (0.16%) COBIT
17 12 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 1,811 (23.94%) Active Directory
2 510 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 394 (5.21%) Hyper-V
4 118 (1.56%) Docker
5 103 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
6 79 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 79 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
7 76 (1.00%) vSphere
8 31 (0.41%) Firmware
9 30 (0.40%) BitLocker
9 30 (0.40%) Terminal Services
10 20 (0.26%) XenApp
11 14 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 7 (0.093%) NFS
14 7 (0.093%) XenDesktop
15 6 (0.079%) ISA Server
15 6 (0.079%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 675 (8.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (2.82%) Terraform
3 209 (2.76%) SCCM
4 159 (2.10%) Kubernetes
5 106 (1.40%) Ansible
6 74 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (0.54%) vCenter Server
8 39 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
9 38 (0.50%) WSUS
10 37 (0.49%) FortiGate
11 35 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 35 (0.46%) QRadar
12 33 (0.44%) SCOM
13 31 (0.41%) Grafana
14 26 (0.34%) WMI
15 23 (0.30%) Autotask
15 23 (0.30%) Puppet
16 21 (0.28%) NetBackup
17 19 (0.25%) Prometheus
18 18 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 661 (8.74%) VMware
2 485 (6.41%) Cisco
3 335 (4.43%) Salesforce
4 327 (4.32%) Google
5 253 (3.34%) SAP
6 224 (2.96%) Apple
7 216 (2.86%) Sun
8 202 (2.67%) ServiceNow
9 167 (2.21%) Dell
10 165 (2.18%) Databricks
11 158 (2.09%) Citrix
12 145 (1.92%) Oracle
13 137 (1.81%) HP
14 136 (1.80%) Meraki
14 136 (1.80%) Veeam
15 119 (1.57%) ANSYS
16 78 (1.03%) Adobe
17 73 (0.97%) Splunk
18 70 (0.93%) Sophos
19 68 (0.90%) Palo Alto