Microsoft Jobs 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 108 243 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 21.56% 26.91% 20.76%
As % of the Vendors category 58.70% 69.43% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 63 190 152
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,750 £57,500 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £38,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -4.38% -11.11%

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 184 350 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 36.73% 38.76% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 91 272 219
10th Percentile £21,250 £24,325 £25,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -13.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Essex

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

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 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
Basildon -1 15 £47,500 +65.22% 199
Chelmsford +2 14 £47,500 +5.56% 226
Witham 0 9 - -
Grays +1 7 £45,000 +63.64%
Brentwood -1 6 £25,000 -37.50% 3
Waltham Abbey +1 4 £57,500 +15.00%
Colchester -2 3 £50,000 -6.98% 201
Buckhurst Hill - 3 - -
Billericay +1 2 - - 9
Braintree 0 2 - - 3
Canvey Island - 2 - -
Chigwell - 2 - -
Loughton -3 1 £40,000 +12.68% 8
Hockley - 1 - -
Benfleet - 1 - -
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 8 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.78%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (12.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 45 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (37.96%) Azure
3 24 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.48%) OneDrive
5 6 (5.56%) Azure Storage
6 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.70%) Canva
7 4 (3.70%) ChatGPT
8 3 (2.78%) Asana
8 3 (2.78%) Miro
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.93%) Boomi
10 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.19%) Broadband
2 10 (9.26%) FTP
2 10 (9.26%) LAN
2 10 (9.26%) WAN
3 7 (6.48%) Firewall
4 6 (5.56%) DHCP
4 6 (5.56%) DNS
4 6 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.56%) VPN
4 6 (5.56%) Wireless
4 6 (5.56%) Wireless Security
5 5 (4.63%) Intranet
5 5 (4.63%) VLAN
6 2 (1.85%) Network Security
7 1 (0.93%) Internet
7 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.26%) MySQL
3 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.93%) Power BI
4 1 (0.93%) Power Query
4 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (1.85%) Git
General
1 23 (21.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.37%) Finance
3 9 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (28.70%) Support Engineer
2 21 (19.44%) Analyst
3 19 (17.59%) IT Support
4 17 (15.74%) Technology Specialist
5 13 (12.04%) IT Engineer
6 12 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (10.19%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Desktop Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Desktop Support
7 11 (10.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Junior
7 11 (10.19%) Junior Desktop Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Junior Desktop Support
7 11 (10.19%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Junior IT Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Junior IT Support
7 11 (10.19%) Junior Support Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.11%) REST
1 12 (11.11%) Web Services
2 10 (9.26%) HTML
2 10 (9.26%) JSON
2 10 (9.26%) SOAP
2 10 (9.26%) XML
3 6 (5.56%) .NET
4 3 (2.78%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.85%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (1.85%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.85%) jQuery
5 2 (1.85%) LINQ
5 2 (1.85%) React
6 1 (0.93%) RESTful
6 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.74%) NHS
2 12 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.70%) Social Media
5 3 (2.78%) Over-the-Top Content
5 3 (2.78%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.93%) CMDB
6 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Replication
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (33.33%) Windows
2 20 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 8 (7.41%) Windows 10
3 8 (7.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (5.56%) VMS
5 5 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.78%) Linux
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.93%) ITIL
2 17 (15.74%) Identity Management
3 14 (12.96%) Proactive Maintenance
3 14 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (8.33%) Budget Management
4 9 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (8.33%) Time Management
5 8 (7.41%) Agile
5 8 (7.41%) Broadcast Engineering
5 8 (7.41%) Coaching
5 8 (7.41%) CRM
5 8 (7.41%) ITSM
5 8 (7.41%) Post-Production
5 8 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (7.41%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (6.48%) Project Management
7 6 (5.56%) DevOps
7 6 (5.56%) Network Management
7 6 (5.56%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (5.56%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.96%) SQL
2 12 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.70%) C#
4 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.93%) Java
5 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.07%) Degree
2 17 (15.74%) DBS Check
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.93%) CCNA
4 1 (0.93%) CCNP
4 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.93%) LPIC
4 1 (0.93%) MCP
4 1 (0.93%) MCSE
4 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.93%) QA
2 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (46.30%) Active Directory
2 11 (10.19%) Hyper-V
2 11 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.85%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.63%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.85%) SCCM
4 1 (0.93%) SCOM
4 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (10.19%) VMware
2 9 (8.33%) NEC
3 8 (7.41%) Sun
4 5 (4.63%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.63%) Veeam
4 5 (4.63%) WatchGuard
5 4 (3.70%) Instagram
6 3 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) Apple
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco
7 1 (0.93%) Dell
7 1 (0.93%) F5
7 1 (0.93%) IFS
7 1 (0.93%) Okta
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle
7 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow