Microsoft Jobs in Leeds

Microsoft
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 14 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 93 320 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 11.94% 13.49% 16.83%
As % of the Vendors category 29.90% 42.61% 42.58%
Number of salaries quoted 81 249 249
10th Percentile £25,250 £29,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £77,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.89% - +5.56%

All Vendors
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 311 751 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 39.92% 31.65% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 198 519 561
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,945 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £51,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £78,563 £67,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -2.91% +8.42%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leeds

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Leeds

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Leeds

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 10 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.08%) Jupyter
Applications
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (49.46%) Azure
2 21 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.90%) Power Platform
4 9 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (9.68%) Power Automate
5 8 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (7.53%) SaaS
7 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
8 5 (5.38%) Azure Functions
8 5 (5.38%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (5.38%) OneDrive
8 5 (5.38%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.38%) Serverless
9 4 (4.30%) Azure Stack
10 3 (3.23%) AWS
11 2 (2.15%) Azure API Management
12 1 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (1.08%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.38%) DKIM
1 5 (5.38%) DMARC
1 5 (5.38%) DNSSEC
1 5 (5.38%) Internet
1 5 (5.38%) SMTP
1 5 (5.38%) VPN
2 4 (4.30%) DNS
2 4 (4.30%) LAN
2 4 (4.30%) WAN
3 3 (3.23%) DHCP
4 2 (2.15%) Intranet
5 1 (1.08%) Firewall
5 1 (1.08%) MQTT
5 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (23.66%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.68%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (7.53%) Power BI
4 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 4 (4.30%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (4.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.08%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.08%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Git
2 3 (3.23%) JIRA
3 2 (2.15%) ERwin
General
1 33 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.90%) Finance
3 7 (7.53%) Banking
3 7 (7.53%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.45%) Law
5 3 (3.23%) Back Office
5 3 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.23%) Legal
6 2 (2.15%) Marketing
7 1 (1.08%) Advertising
7 1 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (15.05%) Developer
2 10 (10.75%) SQL Developer
3 9 (9.68%) Data Engineer
3 9 (9.68%) Lead
3 9 (9.68%) Senior
4 8 (8.60%) Consultant
5 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.45%) Architect
6 6 (6.45%) Information Security Consultant
6 6 (6.45%) Security Consultant
7 5 (5.38%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Engineering Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.38%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Software Engineering Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Software Manager
7 5 (5.38%) Technical Support
8 4 (4.30%) Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Azure Data Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.68%) .NET
2 7 (7.53%) .NET Core
3 6 (6.45%) React
4 5 (5.38%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.38%) REST
5 3 (3.23%) HTML
6 1 (1.08%) ADO
6 1 (1.08%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.08%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.08%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.08%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.08%) Blazor
6 1 (1.08%) Express.js
6 1 (1.08%) Kafka
6 1 (1.08%) MERN Stack
6 1 (1.08%) Middleware
6 1 (1.08%) Node.js
6 1 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.08%) Web Services
6 1 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Management Information System
2 10 (10.75%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.45%) Cyberattack
3 6 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.23%) NHS
6 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.15%) IVR
7 2 (2.15%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.08%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.08%) Hackathon
8 1 (1.08%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.68%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) Linux
3 2 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (12.90%) Agile
2 12 (12.90%) DevOps
3 11 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (11.83%) Facilities Management
4 10 (10.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (9.68%) ITIL
5 9 (9.68%) Software Engineering
6 8 (8.60%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (8.60%) Information Security
6 8 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (8.60%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (7.53%) Business Continuity
7 7 (7.53%) CI/CD
7 7 (7.53%) Customer Service
7 7 (7.53%) Data Modelling
8 6 (6.45%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.45%) ETL
8 6 (6.45%) Incident Management
8 6 (6.45%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (25.81%) SQL
2 15 (16.13%) T-SQL
3 10 (10.75%) C#
4 9 (9.68%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.68%) Python
5 6 (6.45%) PowerShell
6 5 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (3.23%) PHP
8 2 (2.15%) R
8 2 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.08%) Bicep
9 1 (1.08%) Go
9 1 (1.08%) Java
9 1 (1.08%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (12.90%) Degree
2 10 (10.75%) DBS Check
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.15%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.15%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.15%) MCITP
4 2 (2.15%) MCSE
5 1 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.08%) MCSD
5 1 (1.08%) PhD
5 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.08%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.45%) GDPR
2 6 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (4.30%) SLA
4 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.08%) GRC
System Software
1 13 (13.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.08%) Docker
3 1 (1.08%) NFS
3 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.38%) SCCM
2 5 (5.38%) Terraform
3 3 (3.23%) Ansible
3 3 (3.23%) Backup Exec
3 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (2.15%) SCOM
4 2 (2.15%) WSUS
5 1 (1.08%) QRadar
5 1 (1.08%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (11.83%) IFS
2 8 (8.60%) Veritas
3 6 (6.45%) Cisco
4 5 (5.38%) Databricks
4 5 (5.38%) IronPort
5 2 (2.15%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (2.15%) Google
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle
5 2 (2.15%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.15%) SAP
5 2 (2.15%) Sparx
5 2 (2.15%) YouTube
6 1 (1.08%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.08%) Dell
6 1 (1.08%) IBM
6 1 (1.08%) NetApp
6 1 (1.08%) Veeam
6 1 (1.08%) VMware