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 4 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
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -6
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 87 23 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 12.76% 14.74% 13.39%
As % of the Vendors category 44.39% 26.14% 46.04%
Number of salaries quoted 29 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 £57,500 £55,625 £61,594
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,250 £76,804
Leicestershire median annual salary £35,000 £48,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -27.84% +21.25% -5.88%

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 196 88 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 28.74% 56.41% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 112 43 104
10th Percentile £35,792 £41,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,000 £64,361
90th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £82,671
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -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 4 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 5 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (22.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 75 (86.21%) Azure
2 22 (25.29%) Power Platform
3 18 (20.69%) Azure AI
4 15 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (5.75%) AWS
6 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.60%) Google Workspace
7 3 (3.45%) IaaS
8 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.15%) GitHub
9 1 (1.15%) PaaS
9 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.05%) Firewall
2 2 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (2.30%) Network Security
2 2 (2.30%) VLAN
2 2 (2.30%) VPN
3 1 (1.15%) DHCP
3 1 (1.15%) DNS
3 1 (1.15%) Internet
3 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (21.84%) Tableau
2 18 (20.69%) Power BI
3 7 (8.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.15%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 67 (77.01%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.45%) Finance
3 3 (3.45%) Law
4 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.30%) Marketing
5 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.15%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (42.53%) Analyst
2 36 (41.38%) Junior
2 36 (41.38%) Junior Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Data Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Junior Data Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Junior Security Analyst
3 18 (20.69%) Security Analyst
4 15 (17.24%) Ethical Hacker
5 7 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.05%) Network Engineer
6 6 (6.90%) Administrator
6 6 (6.90%) Developer
7 5 (5.75%) .NET Developer
8 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) IT Support
8 4 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 4 (4.60%) SharePoint Administrator
8 4 (4.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.90%) .NET
1 6 (6.90%) ASP.NET
2 5 (5.75%) CSS
2 5 (5.75%) HTML
3 4 (4.60%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.60%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (4.60%) Entity Framework
3 4 (4.60%) Node.js
4 2 (2.30%) REST
4 2 (2.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Cyberattack
2 4 (4.60%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Code
4 2 (2.30%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 8 (9.20%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.45%) Linux
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (24.14%) Mentoring
3 20 (22.99%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (21.84%) AI
5 15 (17.24%) Ethical Hacking
6 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (8.05%) Agile
8 7 (8.05%) Customer Service
8 7 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (6.90%) DevOps
10 5 (5.75%) Business Continuity
11 4 (4.60%) CI/CD
11 4 (4.60%) Full-Stack Development
11 4 (4.60%) ITIL
12 3 (3.45%) Coaching
12 3 (3.45%) DataOps
12 3 (3.45%) SDLC
13 2 (2.30%) API Integration
13 2 (2.30%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 26 (29.89%) SQL
2 20 (22.99%) Python
3 6 (6.90%) C#
4 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.15%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 18 (20.69%) CompTIA CySA+
2 18 (20.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (17.24%) CEH
4 8 (9.20%) CCNA
4 8 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.30%) CCNP
6 2 (2.30%) Degree
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.60%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.60%) vSphere
3 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 39 (44.83%) ForeScout
2 9 (10.34%) Cisco
2 9 (10.34%) VMware
3 4 (4.60%) Google
4 3 (3.45%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.30%) SAP
5 2 (2.30%) Veeam
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle