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 18 June 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
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 85 23 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 12.18% 14.65% 13.15%
As % of the Vendors category 43.59% 26.14% 45.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 60
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £55,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £75,125
Leicestershire median annual salary £35,000 £48,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -27.08% +20.00% -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 195 88 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 27.94% 56.05% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 116 42 110
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,025 £24,500
25th Percentile £44,166 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,069 £58,000 £64,148
90th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £82,517
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.74% +3.89% -5.26%

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 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft
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 6 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 74 (87.06%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) Power Platform
3 17 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (18.82%) Azure AI
5 7 (8.24%) AWS
6 6 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.71%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.53%) IaaS
9 2 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.18%) GitHub
10 1 (1.18%) PaaS
10 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.24%) Firewall
2 2 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (2.35%) DHCP
2 2 (2.35%) DNS
2 2 (2.35%) Network Security
2 2 (2.35%) VLAN
2 2 (2.35%) VPN
3 1 (1.18%) Internet
3 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.82%) Power BI
1 16 (18.82%) Tableau
2 8 (9.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (7.06%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (7.06%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.18%) Git
General
1 64 (75.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.35%) Finance
3 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.35%) Law
3 2 (2.35%) Marketing
4 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.18%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (40.00%) Analyst
2 32 (37.65%) Junior
2 32 (37.65%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Data Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Junior Data Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Junior Security Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Security Analyst
4 15 (17.65%) Ethical Hacker
5 8 (9.41%) Developer
6 7 (8.24%) .NET Developer
6 7 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Network Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Administrator
7 5 (5.88%) IT Support
8 4 (4.71%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 4 (4.71%) SharePoint Administrator
8 4 (4.71%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) .NET
1 8 (9.41%) ASP.NET
2 7 (8.24%) CSS
2 7 (8.24%) HTML
3 6 (7.06%) .NET Core
3 6 (7.06%) ASP.NET Core
3 6 (7.06%) Entity Framework
3 6 (7.06%) Node.js
4 2 (2.35%) REST
4 2 (2.35%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Cyberattack
2 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.35%) Legacy Code
3 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.35%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.47%) Windows
2 8 (9.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.53%) Linux
4 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.18%) Solaris
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.65%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (22.35%) Mentoring
3 18 (21.18%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (18.82%) AI
5 15 (17.65%) Ethical Hacking
6 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.59%) Agile
8 8 (9.41%) DevOps
8 8 (9.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (8.24%) Customer Service
10 6 (7.06%) CI/CD
10 6 (7.06%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (5.88%) Business Continuity
12 4 (4.71%) ITIL
13 3 (3.53%) Coaching
13 3 (3.53%) ERP
13 3 (3.53%) Roadmaps
13 3 (3.53%) SDLC
13 3 (3.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.24%) SQL
2 17 (20.00%) Python
3 8 (9.41%) C#
4 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.18%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (63.53%) Azure Certification
2 16 (18.82%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (18.82%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (17.65%) CEH
4 8 (9.41%) CCNA
4 8 (9.41%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.06%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.35%) CCNP
6 2 (2.35%) Degree
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.71%) vSphere
4 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (43.53%) ForeScout
2 9 (10.59%) Cisco
2 9 (10.59%) VMware
3 4 (4.71%) Google
4 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.35%) SAP
5 2 (2.35%) Veeam
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle