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 30 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
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 86 17 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 10.75% 9.29% 12.80%
As % of the Vendors category 39.27% 18.68% 41.74%
Number of salaries quoted 33 13 40
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,350 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £54,050 £66,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -9.38% -16.78%

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 219 91 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 27.38% 49.73% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 131 38 71
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £43,250 £46,375 £42,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,875 £60,625
90th Percentile £71,250 £59,000 £76,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 £45,390 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% +0.87% -10.00%

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 30 July 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 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (17.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.16%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (88.37%) Azure
2 17 (19.77%) Power Platform
3 15 (17.44%) Azure AI
4 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (10.47%) AWS
7 5 (5.81%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.49%) SaaS
9 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.33%) IaaS
9 2 (2.33%) PaaS
10 1 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.16%) GitHub
10 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.16%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) DNS
3 4 (4.65%) DHCP
4 3 (3.49%) Network Security
5 2 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (2.33%) VLAN
5 2 (2.33%) VPN
6 1 (1.16%) Internet
6 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.44%) Power BI
1 15 (17.44%) Tableau
2 9 (10.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (9.30%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (9.30%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (82.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Finance
4 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.16%) Law
4 1 (1.16%) Marketing
4 1 (1.16%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Analyst
2 30 (34.88%) Junior
2 30 (34.88%) Junior Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Data Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Ethical Hacker
3 15 (17.44%) Junior Data Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Junior Security Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Security Analyst
4 9 (10.47%) Developer
4 9 (10.47%) IT Support
5 8 (9.30%) .NET Developer
5 8 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) Network Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) IT Manager
7 5 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Senior
9 3 (3.49%) Site Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.63%) .NET
1 10 (11.63%) ASP.NET
2 9 (10.47%) .NET Core
2 9 (10.47%) ASP.NET Core
2 9 (10.47%) CSS
2 9 (10.47%) HTML
3 8 (9.30%) Entity Framework
3 8 (9.30%) Node.js
4 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.16%) REST
4 1 (1.16%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.16%) WPF
4 1 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.44%) Cyberattack
2 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.16%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.09%) Windows
2 9 (10.47%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.49%) Linux
4 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.16%) Solaris
4 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.86%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (24.42%) Mentoring
3 16 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (17.44%) AI
4 15 (17.44%) Ethical Hacking
5 13 (15.12%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (12.79%) DevOps
7 10 (11.63%) Agile
7 10 (11.63%) Business Continuity
8 9 (10.47%) CI/CD
8 9 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (9.30%) Full-Stack Development
10 7 (8.14%) Customer Service
11 6 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (6.98%) ERP
11 6 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Management
13 3 (3.49%) Roadmaps
13 3 (3.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (29.07%) SQL
2 16 (18.60%) Python
3 10 (11.63%) C#
4 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) Bash
5 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.16%) R
5 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (60.47%) Azure Certification
2 15 (17.44%) CEH
2 15 (17.44%) CompTIA CySA+
2 15 (17.44%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (9.30%) CCNA
3 8 (9.30%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.98%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (4.65%) Degree
6 2 (2.33%) CCNP
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.14%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.33%) vSphere
5 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.33%) Terraform
3 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.16%) Nessus
3 1 (1.16%) SCCM
3 1 (1.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (41.86%) ForeScout
2 11 (12.79%) Cisco
3 9 (10.47%) VMware
4 5 (5.81%) Google
5 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.49%) JD Edwards
5 3 (3.49%) Veeam
6 1 (1.16%) Acronis
6 1 (1.16%) Apple
6 1 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.16%) IFS
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle
6 1 (1.16%) SAP
6 1 (1.16%) Tenable
6 1 (1.16%) Veracode