Microsoft Jobs in Kent

Microsoft
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 81 295 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 9.99% 19.72% 19.98%
As % of the Vendors category 41.97% 50.17% 51.49%
Number of salaries quoted 61 259 156
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £52,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,250 £62,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

All Vendors
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 193 588 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 23.80% 39.30% 38.80%
Number of salaries quoted 152 415 255
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,550 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - +3.66%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Kent over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tunbridge Wells +7 26 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Maidstone -9 5 £26,500 -19.70% 13
Rochester -27 4 £27,500 -55.65% 2
Sittingbourne -6 3 £30,000 -20.00% 1
Chatham +3 2 £58,250 -8.27% 2
Folkestone -3 2 - - 1
Dartford -8 2 £25,500 -43.33% 14
West Malling +3 1 £55,000 -10.20% 3
Canterbury -6 1 - - 6
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (19.75%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (16.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.23%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.47%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (58.02%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (41.98%) Azure
3 19 (23.46%) SaaS
4 10 (12.35%) Entra ID
5 9 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (8.64%) OneDrive
7 6 (7.41%) Power Platform
8 5 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.70%) Smartsheet
10 2 (2.47%) AWS
11 1 (1.23%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) DNS
2 8 (9.88%) Firewall
3 7 (8.64%) TCP/IP
3 7 (8.64%) VLAN
4 6 (7.41%) DHCP
4 6 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (6.17%) VoIP
6 3 (3.70%) Broadband
6 3 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (3.70%) VPN
7 2 (2.47%) LAN
7 2 (2.47%) Wireless
8 1 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.23%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.23%) NAS
8 1 (1.23%) Network Security
8 1 (1.23%) SAN
8 1 (1.23%) WAN
8 1 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.23%) QlikView
3 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.81%) Legal
3 8 (9.88%) Finance
4 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Electronics
5 6 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.94%) Retail
8 3 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.47%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.47%) Automotive
9 2 (2.47%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.23%) Law
10 1 (1.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Cloud Engineer
2 15 (18.52%) Senior
3 13 (16.05%) Analyst
4 10 (12.35%) IT Support
5 7 (8.64%) IT Analyst
5 7 (8.64%) Project Manager
6 6 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.41%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) Support Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.94%) Consultant
8 4 (4.94%) Functional Consultant
8 4 (4.94%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Support Team Leader
8 4 (4.94%) Team Leader
8 4 (4.94%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) .NET
2 2 (2.47%) EDI
2 2 (2.47%) EDIFACT
2 2 (2.47%) IDoc
3 1 (1.23%) ADO
3 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.23%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.94%) Analogue Electronics
2 4 (4.94%) FPGA
2 4 (4.94%) IoT
2 4 (4.94%) Life Science
2 4 (4.94%) VHDL
3 3 (3.70%) CCTV
3 3 (3.70%) NHS
3 3 (3.70%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.47%) FMCG
4 2 (2.47%) Pricing Data
5 1 (1.23%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.23%) TRADACOMS
5 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Windows
2 5 (6.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.94%) Linux
3 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.70%) Mac OS X
4 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.47%) Debian
5 2 (2.47%) SUSE
5 2 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.23%) VMS
6 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.93%) Project Delivery
2 19 (23.46%) IT Strategy
3 17 (20.99%) Cloud Security
3 17 (20.99%) Technology Strategy
4 12 (14.81%) ITIL
4 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.58%) Customer Service
5 11 (13.58%) Migration
6 8 (9.88%) Inventory Management
7 7 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.64%) DevOps
7 7 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (7.41%) CRM
8 6 (7.41%) Project Management
9 5 (6.17%) Agile
9 5 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (6.17%) Service Delivery
9 5 (6.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.17%) Time Management
9 5 (6.17%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.17%) C
1 5 (6.17%) C#
1 5 (6.17%) C++
1 5 (6.17%) Python
2 4 (4.94%) Java
2 4 (4.94%) SQL
2 4 (4.94%) X++
3 1 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.23%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 8 (9.88%) DBS Check
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.70%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.70%) MCP
6 2 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.23%) APMP
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) GDPR
1 3 (3.70%) SLA
2 2 (2.47%) GRC
2 2 (2.47%) PMO
2 2 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.23%) NIST
3 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 23 (28.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.94%) Firmware
3 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.70%) SCCM
3 1 (1.23%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (6.17%) SAP
1 5 (6.17%) VMware
2 4 (4.94%) Cisco
2 4 (4.94%) EMC
3 3 (3.70%) Dell
3 3 (3.70%) MobileIron
3 3 (3.70%) Riverbed
3 3 (3.70%) Sun
3 3 (3.70%) Trend Micro
4 2 (2.47%) Apple
4 2 (2.47%) Citrix
4 2 (2.47%) HP
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.23%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.23%) SIMUL8
5 1 (1.23%) Veeam
5 1 (1.23%) Zerto