Microsoft Developer Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft Developer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Microsoft Developer salary in Leicester is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 0.52% - 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,750 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.17%
75th Percentile £50,250 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £48,500 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -29.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 186 307 282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 95.34% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 102 190 212
10th Percentile £33,650 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,188 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,188 £60,825
90th Percentile £77,125 £79,125 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +15.41%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings that featured Microsoft Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in Leicester

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in Leicester.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in Leicester

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 8 September 2025, Microsoft Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leicester region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft