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 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 7 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,014 16,265 16,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.22% 18.11% 19.03%
As % of the Vendors category 36.11% 50.89% 45.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,734 12,180 9,658
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -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 19,424 31,962 35,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 39.39% 35.58% 41.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,747 22,623 20,987
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £31,098
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -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 31 May 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 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
London -4 2,118 £62,500 +2.60% 2,506
South East -5 1,405 £42,500 -5.56% 1,008
North of England -9 1,338 £48,000 +9.73% 1,041
North West -15 867 £50,055 +11.23% 601
Midlands -8 848 £42,500 - 650
East of England -3 607 £45,000 +16.88% 369
West Midlands -8 528 £47,000 +4.44% 432
South West -4 491 £43,500 -5.43% 471
Yorkshire -7 371 £42,000 -1.18% 311
East Midlands -10 320 £36,250 -3.33% 210
North East -11 104 £40,000 -5.88% 138
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
1 785 (11.19%) SharePoint
2 579 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 116 (1.65%) Confluence
4 90 (1.28%) IIS
5 60 (0.86%) CMS
6 41 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 34 (0.48%) IBM Domino
8 29 (0.41%) WordPress
9 20 (0.29%) Skype for Business
10 18 (0.26%) Apache
11 14 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
12 13 (0.19%) OpenEdge
13 12 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 9 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
15 8 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
15 8 (0.11%) Kentico
15 8 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
16 7 (0.100%) Moodle
17 6 (0.086%) nginx
17 6 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1,593 (22.71%) Microsoft Office
2 901 (12.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 452 (6.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 81 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 71 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 50 (0.71%) Simulink
7 41 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 21 (0.30%) Photoshop
9 17 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
9 17 (0.24%) Trello
10 14 (0.20%) Maya
11 13 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
12 9 (0.13%) Acrobat
13 8 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
13 8 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 8 (0.11%) CapCut
13 8 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
14 6 (0.086%) Adobe Illustrator
14 6 (0.086%) Adobe XD
15 3 (0.043%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 219 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 173 (2.47%) Teamcenter
3 52 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
4 50 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
5 32 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 25 (0.36%) Shopify
7 19 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
8 16 (0.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 16 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 16 (0.23%) SAP FI
9 15 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
10 10 (0.14%) Elite 3E
11 9 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
12 8 (0.11%) Primavera
12 8 (0.11%) SAP ERP
13 6 (0.086%) Sage 200
13 6 (0.086%) Sage 50
13 6 (0.086%) SAP Business One
14 5 (0.071%) Exchequer
14 5 (0.071%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 2,695 (38.42%) Azure
2 1,973 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
3 928 (13.23%) Power Platform
4 625 (8.91%) Entra ID
5 535 (7.63%) Dynamics 365
6 530 (7.56%) AWS
7 339 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
8 332 (4.73%) Power Automate
9 319 (4.55%) PowerApps
10 253 (3.61%) SaaS
11 229 (3.26%) OneDrive
12 165 (2.35%) GCP
13 161 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
14 140 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
15 123 (1.75%) PaaS
16 114 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 110 (1.57%) GitHub
18 109 (1.55%) IaaS
19 106 (1.51%) Serverless
20 97 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 647 (9.22%) Firewall
2 424 (6.05%) DNS
3 386 (5.50%) WAN
4 376 (5.36%) LAN
5 356 (5.08%) DHCP
6 314 (4.48%) VPN
7 296 (4.22%) Broadband
8 258 (3.68%) TCP/IP
9 218 (3.11%) VoIP
10 183 (2.61%) VLAN
11 172 (2.45%) Network Security
12 163 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
13 147 (2.10%) SAN
14 110 (1.57%) Wireless
15 109 (1.55%) Internet
16 67 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
17 60 (0.86%) SD-WAN
18 58 (0.83%) WLAN
19 54 (0.77%) NAS
20 48 (0.68%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 721 (10.28%) SQL Server
2 562 (8.01%) Power BI
3 171 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 156 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 154 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 127 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 108 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 94 (1.34%) Tableau
9 90 (1.28%) Metadata
10 77 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 72 (1.03%) Big Data
12 59 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
13 56 (0.80%) MySQL
14 54 (0.77%) Data Mining
15 53 (0.76%) MongoDB
16 49 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
17 48 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 37 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
18 37 (0.53%) NoSQL
19 33 (0.47%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 320 (4.56%) JIRA
2 130 (1.85%) Git
3 110 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 31 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 28 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 24 (0.34%) TeamCity
7 19 (0.27%) MSI
7 19 (0.27%) NUnit
8 18 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
9 17 (0.24%) Selenium
10 16 (0.23%) GitLab
11 14 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
12 11 (0.16%) Balsamiq
12 11 (0.16%) Jasmine
12 11 (0.16%) PowerBuilder
13 10 (0.14%) Postman
13 10 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.11%) webpack
15 7 (0.100%) Babel
General
1 2,916 (41.57%) Social Skills
2 1,314 (18.73%) Finance
3 818 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 507 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 488 (6.96%) Law
6 403 (5.75%) Retail
7 379 (5.40%) Manufacturing
8 306 (4.36%) Marketing
9 289 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 263 (3.75%) Legal
11 259 (3.69%) Aerospace
12 249 (3.55%) Automotive
13 175 (2.50%) Public Sector
14 163 (2.32%) Banking
15 156 (2.22%) Telecoms
16 145 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
17 116 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
18 106 (1.51%) Advertising
19 94 (1.34%) Games
20 74 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,020 (14.54%) Analyst
2 829 (11.82%) Senior
3 792 (11.29%) IT Support
4 746 (10.64%) Support Engineer
5 646 (9.21%) Developer
6 536 (7.64%) Lead
7 407 (5.80%) Support Analyst
8 310 (4.42%) IT Engineer
9 294 (4.19%) Architect
10 293 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
11 272 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 265 (3.78%) IT Analyst
13 221 (3.15%) IT Support Engineer
14 220 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
15 204 (2.91%) Consultant
16 185 (2.64%) Administrator
17 183 (2.61%) Project Manager
18 176 (2.51%) IT Support Analyst
19 161 (2.30%) IT Manager
20 160 (2.28%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 512 (7.30%) .NET
2 193 (2.75%) HTML
3 171 (2.44%) React
4 159 (2.27%) .NET Framework
5 149 (2.12%) ASP.NET
6 148 (2.11%) CSS
7 132 (1.88%) .NET Core
8 120 (1.71%) REST
9 101 (1.44%) AngularJS
10 88 (1.25%) JSON
11 81 (1.15%) XML
12 74 (1.06%) Web Services
13 66 (0.94%) Entity Framework
14 64 (0.91%) RESTful
15 63 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
16 60 (0.86%) HTML5
17 59 (0.84%) SOAP
18 58 (0.83%) ASP.NET Web API
19 47 (0.67%) Vue
20 41 (0.58%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 320 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
2 277 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 250 (3.56%) Driving Licence
4 226 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 196 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 130 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 109 (1.55%) NHS
8 105 (1.50%) Social Media
9 102 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 102 (1.45%) Security Posture
10 95 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
11 74 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 74 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 73 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
13 72 (1.03%) Over-the-Top Content
14 69 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
15 67 (0.96%) Mobile App
16 66 (0.94%) CCTV
17 64 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
18 63 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2,087 (29.75%) Windows
2 762 (10.86%) Windows Server
3 446 (6.36%) Windows 10
4 435 (6.20%) Linux
5 289 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 185 (2.64%) Mac OS
7 131 (1.87%) Android
8 123 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 118 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 113 (1.61%) Apple iOS
11 46 (0.66%) Unix
12 38 (0.54%) Ubuntu
13 30 (0.43%) Windows 7
14 29 (0.41%) Mac OS X
15 22 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 20 (0.29%) CentOS
17 15 (0.21%) VMS
17 15 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
18 13 (0.19%) AIX
19 9 (0.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,675 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
2 1,062 (15.14%) Customer Service
3 1,042 (14.86%) Agile
4 852 (12.15%) ITIL
5 657 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
6 640 (9.12%) Project Management
7 625 (8.91%) DevOps
8 623 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
9 588 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 567 (8.08%) Analytics
11 543 (7.74%) Mentoring
12 528 (7.53%) CRM
13 521 (7.43%) Coaching
14 494 (7.04%) Roadmaps
15 449 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 425 (6.06%) ERP
17 410 (5.85%) CI/CD
18 405 (5.77%) Migration
19 389 (5.55%) Computer Science
20 347 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1,029 (14.67%) SQL
2 666 (9.50%) PowerShell
3 554 (7.90%) C#
4 452 (6.44%) Python
5 378 (5.39%) JavaScript
6 173 (2.47%) MATLAB
7 156 (2.22%) T-SQL
8 153 (2.18%) Java
9 105 (1.50%) Bash
10 85 (1.21%) TypeScript
11 58 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 43 (0.61%) R
13 41 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 39 (0.56%) VB.NET
15 38 (0.54%) C
16 37 (0.53%) PHP
17 36 (0.51%) VBA
18 29 (0.41%) Bicep
19 26 (0.37%) C++
20 25 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,764 (25.15%) Degree
2 555 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 359 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 321 (4.58%) Security Cleared
5 275 (3.92%) Azure Certification
6 265 (3.78%) DBS Check
7 229 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 214 (3.05%) HND
9 205 (2.92%) SC Cleared
10 203 (2.89%) HNC
11 165 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
12 146 (2.08%) A+ Certification
13 137 (1.95%) CCNA
14 107 (1.53%) MCSE
15 96 (1.37%) MCP
16 95 (1.35%) CISSP
17 79 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
18 78 (1.11%) DV Cleared
19 77 (1.10%) CCNP
20 76 (1.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (3.86%) SLA
2 236 (3.36%) GDPR
3 229 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 136 (1.94%) Data Quality
5 130 (1.85%) NIST
6 128 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 123 (1.75%) QA
8 91 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 46 (0.66%) PCI DSS
10 42 (0.60%) NCSC
11 35 (0.50%) PMO
12 34 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 26 (0.37%) ISO 9001
14 22 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 20 (0.29%) HIPAA
16 18 (0.26%) SOC 2
17 17 (0.24%) COBIT
17 17 (0.24%) GRC
18 16 (0.23%) WCAG
19 12 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,608 (22.93%) Active Directory
2 440 (6.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 287 (4.09%) Hyper-V
4 98 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
5 96 (1.37%) Docker
6 82 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 81 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 75 (1.07%) vSphere
9 27 (0.38%) Firmware
10 26 (0.37%) Terminal Services
11 23 (0.33%) BitLocker
12 16 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.23%) XenApp
13 10 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (0.11%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.071%) ISA Server
15 5 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 5 (0.071%) NFS
16 4 (0.057%) Samba
16 4 (0.057%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 549 (7.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 208 (2.97%) SCCM
3 200 (2.85%) Terraform
4 135 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 117 (1.67%) Ansible
6 70 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 33 (0.47%) Puppet
9 31 (0.44%) QRadar
9 31 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 30 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 30 (0.43%) WSUS
11 29 (0.41%) SCOM
12 24 (0.34%) FortiGate
13 21 (0.30%) Grafana
14 17 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
14 17 (0.24%) NetBackup
14 17 (0.24%) WMI
15 16 (0.23%) Prometheus
16 15 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 586 (8.35%) VMware
2 461 (6.57%) Cisco
3 328 (4.68%) Google
4 264 (3.76%) SAP
5 216 (3.08%) Sun
6 204 (2.91%) Apple
7 195 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 189 (2.69%) ServiceNow
9 173 (2.47%) ANSYS
9 173 (2.47%) Citrix
10 149 (2.12%) Databricks
11 142 (2.02%) Dell
12 127 (1.81%) Oracle
13 122 (1.74%) Meraki
14 120 (1.71%) Veeam
15 108 (1.54%) HP
16 75 (1.07%) Adobe
17 68 (0.97%) Fortinet
18 61 (0.87%) Palo Alto
19 60 (0.86%) Sophos