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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 85 13 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 9.15% 6.67% 12.88%
As % of the Vendors category 38.81% 14.77% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 53 11 30
10th Percentile £31,250 - £40,525
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,625 £59,688
90th Percentile £70,400 £62,500 £60,875
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -20.45% -16.19%

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 88 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 23.57% 45.13% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 142 33 58
10th Percentile £35,074 £45,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £62,000 £72,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 £45,390 £48,000
% change year-on-year +10.16% -5.44% -8.57%

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 17 September 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 8 (9.41%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (64.71%) Azure
2 20 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.94%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.41%) Google Workspace
6 7 (8.24%) AWS
6 7 (8.24%) Azure AI
6 7 (8.24%) Entra ID
7 5 (5.88%) OneDrive
7 5 (5.88%) SaaS
8 3 (3.53%) IaaS
8 3 (3.53%) PaaS
9 2 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.35%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.35%) SonarCloud
10 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.59%) DNS
2 7 (8.24%) DHCP
2 7 (8.24%) Firewall
3 5 (5.88%) VPN
4 4 (4.71%) Network Security
5 3 (3.53%) LAN
5 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.53%) WAN
5 3 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.35%) VLAN
7 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.41%) Power BI
2 7 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (8.24%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (8.24%) MongoDB
2 7 (8.24%) Tableau
3 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Git
General
1 64 (75.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.24%) Finance
3 6 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Marketing
4 5 (5.88%) Law
4 5 (5.88%) Legal
5 3 (3.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (20.00%) Analyst
1 17 (20.00%) IT Support
2 14 (16.47%) Junior
2 14 (16.47%) Junior Analyst
3 11 (12.94%) IT Engineer
3 11 (12.94%) IT Support Engineer
3 11 (12.94%) Senior
3 11 (12.94%) Support Engineer
4 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (10.59%) Developer
6 7 (8.24%) .NET Developer
6 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Data Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Ethical Hacker
6 7 (8.24%) Junior Data Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Junior Security Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Network Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Security Analyst
7 6 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.59%) .NET
1 9 (10.59%) .NET Core
1 9 (10.59%) ASP.NET
1 9 (10.59%) ASP.NET Core
1 9 (10.59%) Node.js
2 7 (8.24%) CSS
2 7 (8.24%) Entity Framework
2 7 (8.24%) HTML
3 4 (4.71%) Terraform
4 2 (2.35%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.35%) Material-UI
4 2 (2.35%) Next.js
4 2 (2.35%) React
4 2 (2.35%) YAML
5 1 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.12%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.24%) Cyberattack
3 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.35%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.35%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.35%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.35%) Tandem
6 1 (1.18%) Life Science
6 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (30.59%) Windows
2 10 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.88%) Linux
4 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (28.24%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (17.65%) DevOps
4 14 (16.47%) Business Continuity
4 14 (16.47%) Customer Service
5 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
5 13 (15.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
6 12 (14.12%) ERP
7 11 (12.94%) Agile
7 11 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (8.24%) AI
10 7 (8.24%) Ethical Hacking
10 7 (8.24%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (7.06%) Containerisation
11 6 (7.06%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.00%) SQL
2 9 (10.59%) C#
3 8 (9.41%) PowerShell
4 7 (8.24%) Python
5 2 (2.35%) Bash
5 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (31.76%) Azure Certification
2 8 (9.41%) CCNA
2 8 (9.41%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (8.24%) CEH
3 7 (8.24%) CompTIA CySA+
3 7 (8.24%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (7.06%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (4.71%) Degree
6 2 (2.35%) CCNP
7 1 (1.18%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.35%) QA
3 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (11.76%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.06%) Docker
3 6 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.35%) Nessus
4 1 (1.18%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.18%) SCCM
4 1 (1.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (23.53%) ForeScout
2 11 (12.94%) Cisco
3 8 (9.41%) Google
4 7 (8.24%) VMware
5 6 (7.06%) JD Edwards
6 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.53%) Veeam
7 2 (2.35%) Acronis
7 2 (2.35%) Apple
7 2 (2.35%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.35%) IFS
7 2 (2.35%) Meraki
7 2 (2.35%) Oracle
7 2 (2.35%) Tenable
7 2 (2.35%) Veracode
8 1 (1.18%) Adobe
8 1 (1.18%) Datto
8 1 (1.18%) Sage
8 1 (1.18%) Salesforce