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 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 106 317 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 13.40% 13.85% 16.67%
As % of the Vendors category 34.42% 41.77% 41.90%
Number of salaries quoted 96 254 252
10th Percentile £25,250 £30,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £37,336 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,625 £83,474 £77,693
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,614 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +14.98% - +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 308 759 1,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 38.94% 33.17% 39.78%
Number of salaries quoted 210 532 573
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £84,964 £83,745
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,114 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +8.23% -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

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Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Leeds

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Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Leeds over the 6 months to 19 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 14 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (47.17%) Azure
2 28 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 9 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (8.49%) Power Automate
4 9 (8.49%) SaaS
5 7 (6.60%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (4.72%) Azure Functions
6 5 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.72%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.72%) PowerApps
6 5 (4.72%) Serverless
7 4 (3.77%) AWS
7 4 (3.77%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.89%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.94%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.60%) DKIM
1 7 (6.60%) DMARC
1 7 (6.60%) DNSSEC
1 7 (6.60%) Internet
1 7 (6.60%) SMTP
2 5 (4.72%) LAN
3 4 (3.77%) DNS
3 4 (3.77%) Firewall
3 4 (3.77%) VPN
3 4 (3.77%) WAN
4 3 (2.83%) DHCP
5 2 (1.89%) Intranet
6 1 (0.94%) MQTT
6 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.70%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.60%) Power BI
4 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 4 (3.77%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.89%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Git
2 3 (2.83%) JIRA
3 2 (1.89%) ERwin
General
1 38 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.15%) Finance
3 11 (10.38%) Banking
4 8 (7.55%) Law
5 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.66%) Legal
7 3 (2.83%) Back Office
7 3 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.89%) Local Government
8 2 (1.89%) Marketing
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Billing
9 1 (0.94%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (13.21%) Developer
2 12 (11.32%) Lead
3 11 (10.38%) Senior
4 10 (9.43%) SQL Developer
5 9 (8.49%) Data Engineer
5 9 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.66%) Analyst
8 6 (5.66%) Architect
8 6 (5.66%) Information Security Consultant
8 6 (5.66%) IT Support
8 6 (5.66%) Security Consultant
9 5 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (4.72%) Engineering Manager
9 5 (4.72%) IT Analyst
9 5 (4.72%) Senior Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Software Engineering Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Software Manager
9 5 (4.72%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.49%) .NET
2 7 (6.60%) .NET Core
3 6 (5.66%) React
4 5 (4.72%) AngularJS
4 5 (4.72%) REST
5 3 (2.83%) HTML
5 3 (2.83%) Middleware
6 1 (0.94%) ADO
6 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.94%) Blazor
6 1 (0.94%) Express.js
6 1 (0.94%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.94%) Kafka
6 1 (0.94%) Node.js
6 1 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.94%) Redux
6 1 (0.94%) Web Services
6 1 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.38%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (5.66%) Cyberattack
3 6 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.83%) Hackathon
6 3 (2.83%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.83%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.83%) NHS
6 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.89%) IVR
7 2 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.94%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.26%) Windows
2 3 (2.83%) Linux
2 3 (2.83%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (14.15%) DevOps
3 14 (13.21%) Agile
4 13 (12.26%) Facilities Management
5 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (11.32%) ITIL
5 12 (11.32%) Software Engineering
6 11 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (8.49%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (7.55%) Customer Service
8 8 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (7.55%) Information Security
9 7 (6.60%) Business Continuity
9 7 (6.60%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.60%) Containerisation
9 7 (6.60%) Data Modelling
10 6 (5.66%) Incident Response
10 6 (5.66%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 25 (23.58%) SQL
2 15 (14.15%) T-SQL
3 12 (11.32%) C#
4 11 (10.38%) JavaScript
4 11 (10.38%) Python
5 7 (6.60%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.83%) Java
7 3 (2.83%) Kotlin
7 3 (2.83%) PHP
8 2 (1.89%) R
8 2 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.94%) Bicep
9 1 (0.94%) Go
9 1 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (12.26%) Degree
2 10 (9.43%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.83%) PhD
5 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.89%) MCITP
5 2 (1.89%) MCSE
6 1 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.94%) MCSD
6 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (5.66%) GDPR
1 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (3.77%) SLA
3 3 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.77%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.94%) Docker
4 1 (0.94%) NFS
4 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.72%) SCCM
2 5 (4.72%) Terraform
3 3 (2.83%) Ansible
3 3 (2.83%) Backup Exec
3 3 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (1.89%) SCOM
4 2 (1.89%) WSUS
5 1 (0.94%) QRadar
5 1 (0.94%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (12.26%) IFS
2 10 (9.43%) Veritas
3 9 (8.49%) Cisco
4 7 (6.60%) IronPort
5 5 (4.72%) Databricks
6 4 (3.77%) Google
6 4 (3.77%) IBM
6 4 (3.77%) Oracle
7 3 (2.83%) VMware
8 2 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
8 2 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.89%) SAP
8 2 (1.89%) Sparx
9 1 (0.94%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.94%) Dell
9 1 (0.94%) F5
9 1 (0.94%) NetApp
9 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.94%) Veeam
9 1 (0.94%) YouTube