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 24 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
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 90 13 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 9.33% 6.57% 13.58%
As % of the Vendors category 38.46% 14.77% 41.51%
Number of salaries quoted 59 11 28
10th Percentile £31,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £42,500
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 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,650 £62,500 £62,625
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -14.29%

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 234 88 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 24.25% 44.44% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 157 33 57
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £51,500 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.46% -9.22% -4.76%

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 24 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 9 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (63.33%) Azure
2 22 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.22%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.00%) AWS
5 9 (10.00%) Google Workspace
6 8 (8.89%) Entra ID
7 6 (6.67%) Azure AI
7 6 (6.67%) OneDrive
8 5 (5.56%) SaaS
9 3 (3.33%) IaaS
9 3 (3.33%) PaaS
9 3 (3.33%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.22%) GCP
10 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.22%) SonarCloud
11 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.11%) DNS
2 8 (8.89%) DHCP
3 7 (7.78%) Firewall
4 6 (6.67%) VPN
5 4 (4.44%) LAN
5 4 (4.44%) Network Security
5 4 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.44%) WAN
5 4 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.22%) Internet
6 2 (2.22%) VLAN
7 1 (1.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.78%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (7.78%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (7.78%) MongoDB
1 7 (7.78%) Power BI
2 6 (6.67%) Tableau
3 4 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Git
General
1 63 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.78%) Finance
4 6 (6.67%) Marketing
5 5 (5.56%) Law
5 5 (5.56%) Legal
6 3 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (21.11%) IT Support
2 15 (16.67%) Analyst
3 14 (15.56%) Senior
4 13 (14.44%) IT Engineer
4 13 (14.44%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (14.44%) Support Engineer
5 12 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (13.33%) Junior
5 12 (13.33%) Junior Analyst
6 10 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (10.00%) Developer
8 7 (7.78%) .NET Developer
8 7 (7.78%) Network Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (6.67%) Data Analyst
9 6 (6.67%) Ethical Hacker
9 6 (6.67%) Junior Data Analyst
9 6 (6.67%) Security Analyst
9 6 (6.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.00%) .NET
1 9 (10.00%) .NET Core
1 9 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 9 (10.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 9 (10.00%) Node.js
2 7 (7.78%) CSS
2 7 (7.78%) Entity Framework
2 7 (7.78%) HTML
3 4 (4.44%) Terraform
4 2 (2.22%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.22%) Material-UI
4 2 (2.22%) Next.js
4 2 (2.22%) React
4 2 (2.22%) YAML
5 1 (1.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.56%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.67%) Cyberattack
3 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.33%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.22%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.22%) Tandem
6 1 (1.11%) Life Science
6 1 (1.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (31.11%) Windows
2 11 (12.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.78%) Linux
4 3 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (25.56%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (21.11%) DevOps
4 17 (18.89%) CI/CD
5 16 (17.78%) Customer Service
6 15 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 15 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (15.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
8 13 (14.44%) ERP
9 11 (12.22%) Agile
10 10 (11.11%) Containerisation
10 10 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (7.78%) Full-Stack Development
14 6 (6.67%) Ethical Hacking
14 6 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
14 6 (6.67%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.78%) SQL
2 9 (10.00%) C#
3 8 (8.89%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.67%) Python
5 2 (2.22%) Bash
5 2 (2.22%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (26.67%) Azure Certification
2 8 (8.89%) CCNA
2 8 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.67%) CEH
3 6 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (4.44%) Degree
5 2 (2.22%) CCNP
6 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) GDPR
2 2 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.22%) QA
3 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.22%) Hyper-V
3 10 (11.11%) Docker
4 6 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (12.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.22%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.22%) Nessus
4 1 (1.11%) SCCM
4 1 (1.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (20.00%) ForeScout
2 11 (12.22%) Cisco
2 11 (12.22%) Google
3 7 (7.78%) JD Edwards
3 7 (7.78%) VMware
4 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.44%) Veeam
5 3 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.22%) Acronis
6 2 (2.22%) Apple
6 2 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.22%) Datto
6 2 (2.22%) IFS
6 2 (2.22%) Meraki
6 2 (2.22%) Oracle
6 2 (2.22%) Tenable
6 2 (2.22%) Veracode
7 1 (1.11%) Adobe
7 1 (1.11%) Sage
7 1 (1.11%) Salesforce