Microsoft Jobs in Lancashire

Microsoft
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -31 -3 +25
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 287 202 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 12.32% 14.78% 30.53%
As % of the Vendors category 35.52% 57.55% 64.12%
Number of salaries quoted 235 175 88
10th Percentile £37,500 £24,350 £22,750
25th Percentile £47,863 £27,000 £29,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £38,500 £41,583
Median % change year-on-year +30.01% -7.41% +0.51%
75th Percentile £54,793 £56,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,000 £61,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -2.17% +8.24%

All Vendors
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 808 351 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 34.68% 25.68% 47.62%
Number of salaries quoted 456 298 185
10th Percentile £32,110 £26,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £47,863 £31,210 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,500 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -2.97% +6.01%
75th Percentile £58,943 £58,688 £53,000
90th Percentile - £67,968 £60,800
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% -6.86% +7.37%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Lancashire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Lancashire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Lancashire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Blackburn -10 52 £50,055 +75.63% 4
Preston -14 48 £50,055 +56.42% 12
Blackpool -10 47 £50,055 -12.95% 7
Lytham St Annes - 43 £50,055 -
Lancaster -4 6 £33,715 -20.67% 11
Chorley -6 6 £46,250 +11.45% 6
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 6 (2.09%) Apache
1 6 (2.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 239 (83.28%) Microsoft Office
2 183 (63.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 178 (62.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (17.42%) Simulink
5 6 (2.09%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 160 (55.75%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.39%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (5.92%) Azure
3 5 (1.74%) OneDrive
3 5 (1.74%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.35%) AWS
6 1 (0.35%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.35%) GitHub
6 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.35%) IaaS
6 1 (0.35%) PaaS
6 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) LAN
1 5 (1.74%) VPN
1 5 (1.74%) WAN
2 4 (1.39%) Intranet
3 2 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.70%) DHCP
3 2 (0.70%) DNS
3 2 (0.70%) Firewall
3 2 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.70%) SAN
3 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.35%) Modbus
4 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.09%) MySQL
2 4 (1.39%) Power BI
3 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Git
2 2 (0.70%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.35%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 235 (81.88%) Social Skills
2 211 (73.52%) Aerospace
3 157 (54.70%) Automotive
4 18 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.48%) Aeronautics
7 8 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.44%) Finance
9 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.70%) Military
12 1 (0.35%) Aviation
12 1 (0.35%) Legal
12 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
12 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 211 (73.52%) Systems Engineer
2 69 (24.04%) Senior
3 65 (22.65%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 52 (18.12%) Lead
5 50 (17.42%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 50 (17.42%) Team Leader
6 25 (8.71%) Integration Engineer
6 25 (8.71%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 16 (5.57%) Analyst
7 16 (5.57%) IT Support
8 13 (4.53%) ERP Manager
8 13 (4.53%) ERP Project Manager
8 13 (4.53%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.83%) Service Manager
10 10 (3.48%) Developer
11 6 (2.09%) IT Analyst
11 6 (2.09%) PHP Developer
12 5 (1.74%) Service Design Manager
12 5 (1.74%) Service Desk Analyst
12 5 (1.74%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) .NET
2 3 (1.05%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.05%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.05%) CSS
2 3 (1.05%) Entity Framework
2 3 (1.05%) HTML
3 1 (0.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.79%) Onboarding
2 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
3 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.71%) Windows
2 6 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.05%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (72.13%) Systems Engineering
2 160 (55.75%) PLM
3 70 (24.39%) Project Management
4 54 (18.82%) System Testing
5 53 (18.47%) Agile
6 52 (18.12%) Safety Engineering
7 51 (17.77%) Coaching
8 50 (17.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 50 (17.42%) SysML
9 40 (13.94%) Software Delivery
9 40 (13.94%) Technical Leadership
10 28 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (9.06%) Business Continuity
12 25 (8.71%) Line Management
13 21 (7.32%) Requirements Management
14 20 (6.97%) Situational Awareness
15 18 (6.27%) ERP
15 18 (6.27%) ITIL
16 16 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
17 14 (4.88%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (55.75%) MATLAB
2 6 (2.09%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.09%) PHP
3 5 (1.74%) SQL
4 4 (1.39%) C#
5 3 (1.05%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 213 (74.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 185 (64.46%) Degree
3 159 (55.40%) HNC
3 159 (55.40%) HND
4 7 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.74%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.74%) MOS
7 2 (0.70%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
1 2 (0.70%) QA
System Software
1 9 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.35%) Docker
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.35%) Ansible
2 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 160 (55.75%) ANSYS
2 50 (17.42%) MathWorks
3 5 (1.74%) Veeam
3 5 (1.74%) VMware
4 4 (1.39%) Hyperion
4 4 (1.39%) Oracle
4 4 (1.39%) SAP
5 2 (0.70%) Cisco
5 2 (0.70%) Meraki
5 2 (0.70%) Sophos
5 2 (0.70%) Synology
6 1 (0.35%) Apple
6 1 (0.35%) Avaya
6 1 (0.35%) IBM