Microsoft Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 August 2026, 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 248 139 116
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 17.53% 21.82% 18.33%
As % of the Vendors category 68.32% 64.35% 63.04%
Number of salaries quoted 182 104 75
10th Percentile £25,050 £25,750 £26,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.12% +27.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £48,750 £53,250
90th Percentile £99,500 £68,325 £57,500
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% +3.56%

All Vendors
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 363 216 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 25.65% 33.91% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 239 137 116
10th Percentile £25,900 £26,050 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +1.12% +11.25%
75th Percentile £82,625 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £79,000 £66,500
East of England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -6.25%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Essex

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Essex over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Essex region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Colchester +4 59 £37,500 -6.25% 5
Chelmsford -1 49 £42,879 -9.73% 12
Loughton -1 13 £26,000 -35.00% 4
Harlow +4 7 £40,000 +42.86% 3
Braintree -5 7 £36,750 - 1
Harwich - 7 £35,000 -
Rayleigh - 7 £28,000 - 1
Southend-on-Sea +4 6 £25,875 -36.60% 8
Basildon -11 5 £30,000 -36.84% 8
Witham - 5 £46,000 - 3
Stanford-le-Hope - 4 £72,500 -
Waltham Abbey - 3 £27,000 -
Brentwood -6 2 £60,000 +140.00% 4
Ongar - 2 £31,875 - 1
Billericay +1 1 £50,000 - 2
Frinton-on-Sea - 1 - -
Wickford - 1 £55,000 - 2
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 74 (29.84%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.21%) SAS
4 2 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (15.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.81%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Infor CloudSuite
2 2 (0.81%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 134 (54.03%) Microsoft 365
2 121 (48.79%) Azure
3 45 (18.15%) Power Platform
4 29 (11.69%) PowerApps
5 28 (11.29%) Power Automate
6 27 (10.89%) OneDrive
7 24 (9.68%) Entra ID
8 20 (8.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (7.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (7.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (7.26%) Azure AI
11 10 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.02%) AWS
13 4 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.61%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.81%) Azure Functions
14 2 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.81%) GitHub
14 2 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.87%) DHCP
1 22 (8.87%) DNS
2 21 (8.47%) Firewall
2 21 (8.47%) TCP/IP
2 21 (8.47%) VoIP
2 21 (8.47%) VPN
3 11 (4.44%) WAN
4 8 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.82%) Wireless
6 5 (2.02%) LAN
7 4 (1.61%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (1.21%) VLAN
9 2 (0.81%) Internet
9 2 (0.81%) Intranet
10 1 (0.40%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.34%) Power BI
2 30 (12.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (5.24%) Tableau
4 6 (2.42%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.42%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.61%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) Git
General
1 145 (58.47%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.26%) Finance
3 14 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (5.24%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.63%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.82%) Marketing
8 5 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.02%) Retail
9 4 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.61%) Games
10 3 (1.21%) Electronics
10 3 (1.21%) Local Government
11 2 (0.81%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.40%) Billing
12 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Police
12 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 58 (23.39%) Developer
2 56 (22.58%) IT Support
3 55 (22.18%) Analyst
4 50 (20.16%) Senior
5 40 (16.13%) Senior Developer
6 37 (14.92%) Support Engineer
7 28 (11.29%) IT Engineer
7 28 (11.29%) IT Support Engineer
8 24 (9.68%) Junior
8 24 (9.68%) Junior Analyst
9 19 (7.66%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 19 (7.66%) Microsoft Developer
9 19 (7.66%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 16 (6.45%) IT Analyst
11 14 (5.65%) Data Analyst
12 13 (5.24%) IT Support Analyst
12 13 (5.24%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.84%) Junior Data Analyst
13 12 (4.84%) Junior Security Analyst
13 12 (4.84%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.71%) .NET
2 29 (11.69%) .NET Core
2 29 (11.69%) CSS
3 26 (10.48%) HTML
4 21 (8.47%) JSON
5 19 (7.66%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (7.66%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (7.66%) SPFx
6 11 (4.44%) ASP.NET
7 10 (4.03%) ASP.NET Core
8 6 (2.42%) Blazor
8 6 (2.42%) ML.NET
8 6 (2.42%) React
8 6 (2.42%) RESTful
9 4 (1.61%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.61%) Node.js
10 3 (1.21%) jQuery
11 2 (0.81%) REST
12 1 (0.40%) SOAP
12 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.29%) Driving Licence
2 14 (5.65%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.84%) Cyberattack
4 9 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.21%) CCTV
7 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.40%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.40%) Clustering
9 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 56 (22.58%) Windows
2 28 (11.29%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.24%) Windows 10
4 10 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (2.42%) Linux
6 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.97%) User Experience
2 45 (18.15%) Customer Service
3 44 (17.74%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (13.71%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (10.48%) ITIL
7 25 (10.08%) Machine Learning
7 25 (10.08%) Mentoring
8 23 (9.27%) Project Management
9 22 (8.87%) AI
10 21 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (7.66%) Document Management
11 19 (7.66%) Service Delivery
11 19 (7.66%) Web Design
12 18 (7.26%) Agile
13 14 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (5.24%) Full-Stack Development
14 13 (5.24%) Process Improvement
14 13 (5.24%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 12 (4.84%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 58 (23.39%) SQL
2 37 (14.92%) C#
3 33 (13.31%) PowerShell
4 28 (11.29%) JavaScript
5 20 (8.06%) Python
6 19 (7.66%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.02%) VBA
8 4 (1.61%) Java
9 3 (1.21%) C++
9 3 (1.21%) PHP
9 3 (1.21%) R
10 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (19.35%) Azure Certification
2 15 (6.05%) Degree
3 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (4.84%) CEH
5 12 (4.84%) CompTIA CySA+
6 9 (3.63%) CCNA
6 9 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.02%) PhD
9 5 (2.02%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.21%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.21%) MCDST
11 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.45%) SLA
2 8 (3.23%) GDPR
3 5 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.81%) QA
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 45 (18.15%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.87%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 30 (12.10%) ForeScout
2 20 (8.06%) Adobe
3 11 (4.44%) Cisco
3 11 (4.44%) VMware
4 6 (2.42%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (2.02%) Meraki
6 4 (1.61%) Google
6 4 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.61%) Sophos
7 3 (1.21%) ConnectWise
7 3 (1.21%) Facebook
7 3 (1.21%) IFS
7 3 (1.21%) Instagram
7 3 (1.21%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.81%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.81%) Infor
8 2 (0.81%) SAP
9 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.40%) Xero
9 1 (0.40%) Zoho