Microsoft Engineer Job Trends in the Home Counties

Microsoft Engineer
South East > Home Counties

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in the Home Counties is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Home Counties 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £50,500 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +23.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Home Counties

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Home Counties. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Home Counties with a recognized job title 6 11 8
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £48,500 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £31,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.83%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £72,188
90th Percentile £71,000 - £95,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% -0.91%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in the Home Counties

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the Home Counties.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the Home Counties

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Home Counties region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft