Microsoft Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 2 July 2026, 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
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 83 21 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 11.37% 12.28% 13.68%
As % of the Vendors category 41.09% 22.34% 45.64%
Number of salaries quoted 29 17 60
10th Percentile £31,250 £44,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £60,200 £68,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% -11.11%

All Vendors
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 202 94 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 27.67% 54.97% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 120 43 109
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,300 £24,500
25th Percentile £44,166 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,242 £58,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £59,900 £77,357
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.74% +3.89% -9.90%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Leicester

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Leicester over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Leicester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 74 (89.16%) Azure
2 20 (24.10%) Power Platform
3 16 (19.28%) Azure AI
4 15 (18.07%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (9.64%) AWS
6 7 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.82%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.20%) GitHub
9 1 (1.20%) IaaS
9 1 (1.20%) PaaS
9 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.02%) Firewall
2 2 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (2.41%) DHCP
2 2 (2.41%) DNS
2 2 (2.41%) Network Security
2 2 (2.41%) VLAN
2 2 (2.41%) VPN
3 1 (1.20%) Internet
3 1 (1.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.28%) Power BI
1 16 (19.28%) Tableau
2 9 (10.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (8.43%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (8.43%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.20%) Git
General
1 65 (78.31%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (2.41%) Finance
2 2 (2.41%) Law
2 2 (2.41%) Marketing
3 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.20%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (39.76%) Analyst
2 32 (38.55%) Junior
2 32 (38.55%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Data Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Junior Data Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Junior Security Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Security Analyst
4 15 (18.07%) Ethical Hacker
5 9 (10.84%) Developer
6 8 (9.64%) .NET Developer
7 7 (8.43%) Network Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) IT Support
9 4 (4.82%) Administrator
9 4 (4.82%) IT Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
10 3 (3.61%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.84%) .NET
1 9 (10.84%) ASP.NET
2 8 (9.64%) CSS
2 8 (9.64%) HTML
3 7 (8.43%) .NET Core
3 7 (8.43%) ASP.NET Core
3 7 (8.43%) Entity Framework
3 7 (8.43%) Node.js
4 2 (2.41%) REST
4 2 (2.41%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.07%) Cyberattack
2 4 (4.82%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.41%) Legacy Code
3 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.41%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.46%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Solaris
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.76%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (22.89%) Mentoring
3 18 (21.69%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (19.28%) AI
5 15 (18.07%) Ethical Hacking
6 9 (10.84%) Agile
6 9 (10.84%) DevOps
6 9 (10.84%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.43%) CI/CD
7 7 (8.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 6 (7.23%) Customer Service
8 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (6.02%) Business Continuity
10 4 (4.82%) ERP
10 4 (4.82%) Roadmaps
11 3 (3.61%) Coaching
11 3 (3.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (3.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 2 (2.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 25 (30.12%) SQL
2 17 (20.48%) Python
3 9 (10.84%) C#
4 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.41%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.20%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (65.06%) Azure Certification
2 16 (19.28%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (19.28%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (18.07%) CEH
4 8 (9.64%) CCNA
4 8 (9.64%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.23%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.41%) CCNP
6 2 (2.41%) Degree
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.82%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (44.58%) ForeScout
2 9 (10.84%) Cisco
3 7 (8.43%) VMware
4 4 (4.82%) Google
5 3 (3.61%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.41%) SAP
6 2 (2.41%) Veeam
7 1 (1.20%) Oracle