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 13 January 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 110 111 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 15.94% 24.50% 22.39%
As % of the Vendors category 71.43% 78.17% 62.42%
Number of salaries quoted 85 60 80
10th Percentile £25,950 - £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £21,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £49,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.04% +23.13% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £58,750 £58,125
90th Percentile £55,600 £60,000 £83,000
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +11.76% -

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 154 142 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 22.32% 31.35% 35.87%
Number of salaries quoted 105 72 121
10th Percentile £26,250 £21,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +2 23 £40,000 +77.78% 14
Chelmsford +6 12 £32,500 -38.10% 14
Basildon +2 10 £47,500 +11.76% 6
Harlow - 10 £28,000 - 2
Loughton - 9 £27,500 - 1
Saffron Walden -3 7 £47,500 -9.52% 7
Southend-on-Sea - 6 £31,500 - 9
Grays - 4 £35,000 -
Tilbury +1 3 £28,500 +1.79%
Witham -1 1 - -
Braintree -2 1 - -
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 24 (21.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (10.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.82%) WordPress
4 1 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (23.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.91%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.91%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.91%) Blender
4 1 (0.91%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.91%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.91%) Maya
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.91%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.91%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (44.55%) Azure
2 43 (39.09%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.82%) Entra ID
3 13 (11.82%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.18%) AWS
5 5 (4.55%) Azure AI
6 4 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (3.64%) GitHub
6 4 (3.64%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.82%) IaaS
7 2 (1.82%) PaaS
7 2 (1.82%) SaaS
8 1 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.91%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.09%) DHCP
1 21 (19.09%) DNS
2 19 (17.27%) TCP/IP
3 13 (11.82%) VoIP
4 12 (10.91%) VPN
5 11 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (7.27%) Firewall
7 7 (6.36%) FTP
8 6 (5.45%) Unified Communications
9 4 (3.64%) Internet
10 3 (2.73%) WAN
11 1 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.91%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.91%) LAN
11 1 (0.91%) LTE
11 1 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.91%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.91%) VLAN
11 1 (0.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.82%) Power BI
2 8 (7.27%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.36%) MySQL
4 5 (4.55%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (4.55%) Oracle Database
4 5 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (4.55%) Tableau
5 3 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.91%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Git
General
1 58 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.64%) Finance
3 4 (3.64%) Billing
3 4 (3.64%) Legal
3 4 (3.64%) Multimedia
3 4 (3.64%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (2.73%) Law
4 3 (2.73%) Local Government
4 3 (2.73%) Marketing
5 2 (1.82%) Advertising
5 2 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.91%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (28.18%) IT Support
2 29 (26.36%) Analyst
3 20 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 13 (11.82%) Support Analyst
4 13 (11.82%) Systems Support
5 12 (10.91%) IT Engineer
5 12 (10.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (10.00%) Applications Support
6 11 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
7 10 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 10 (9.09%) Junior
7 10 (9.09%) Junior Analyst
7 10 (9.09%) Support Specialist
8 9 (8.18%) IT Support Specialist
9 8 (7.27%) Support Technician
9 8 (7.27%) Systems Analyst
9 8 (7.27%) Systems Support Analyst
9 8 (7.27%) Technical Support
10 7 (6.36%) IT Support Analyst
10 7 (6.36%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.73%) HTML
2 8 (7.27%) REST
3 7 (6.36%) CSS
3 7 (6.36%) JSON
3 7 (6.36%) SOAP
3 7 (6.36%) Web Services
3 7 (6.36%) XML
4 1 (0.91%) EDI
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.91%) NumPy
4 1 (0.91%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.91%) SciPy
4 1 (0.91%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.91%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.91%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.73%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.91%) Animation
4 1 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (0.91%) CMDB
4 1 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.91%) FPGA
4 1 (0.91%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.91%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.91%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 45 (40.91%) Windows
2 18 (16.36%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.82%) Windows 10
4 11 (10.00%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.91%) Android
6 1 (0.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.64%) Customer Service
2 25 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (16.36%) Service Delivery
5 17 (15.45%) ITIL
6 14 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.09%) Inventory Management
8 9 (8.18%) AI
8 9 (8.18%) Mentoring
8 9 (8.18%) Security Patching
9 7 (6.36%) ERP
9 7 (6.36%) Mathematics
10 6 (5.45%) Service Management
10 6 (5.45%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (4.55%) Budget Management
11 5 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (4.55%) Process Improvement
12 4 (3.64%) Logistics
12 4 (3.64%) Mobile Device Management
12 4 (3.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (23.64%) SQL
2 14 (12.73%) Python
3 7 (6.36%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.73%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.82%) R
7 1 (0.91%) Bash
7 1 (0.91%) C#
7 1 (0.91%) C++
7 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.91%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 13 (11.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 5 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (3.64%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 4 (3.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.73%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.82%) CCNA
6 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.82%) Degree
6 2 (1.82%) MCDST
6 2 (1.82%) MCP
7 1 (0.91%) CCA
7 1 (0.91%) CIPD
7 1 (0.91%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.91%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.09%) SLA
2 4 (3.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.91%) Data Quality
System Software
1 42 (38.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (11.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (12.73%) Mitel
2 9 (8.18%) VMware
3 6 (5.45%) Oracle
4 5 (4.55%) ForeScout
5 3 (2.73%) Adobe
5 3 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.82%) Meraki
6 2 (1.82%) SAP
6 2 (1.82%) Sophos
7 1 (0.91%) Cisco
7 1 (0.91%) Epicor
7 1 (0.91%) NEC
7 1 (0.91%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.91%) Siemens