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 16 October 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 83 15 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 8.33% 7.35% 13.46%
As % of the Vendors category 33.60% 16.30% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 71 12 25
10th Percentile £31,250 - £41,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £69,875 £56,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £63,625 £65,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% -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 247 92 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 24.80% 45.10% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 175 35 52
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £41,375
25th Percentile £41,875 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £63,250 £72,250
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -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 16 October 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 (10.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) EPLAN
3 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (50.60%) Azure
2 24 (28.92%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (14.46%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (12.05%) AWS
4 10 (12.05%) Google Workspace
5 8 (9.64%) Entra ID
5 8 (9.64%) Power Platform
6 7 (8.43%) SaaS
7 6 (7.23%) OneDrive
7 6 (7.23%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.61%) IaaS
8 3 (3.61%) PaaS
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.41%) GCP
9 2 (2.41%) Google Ads
9 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.41%) SonarCloud
10 1 (1.20%) Azure AI
10 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.05%) DNS
2 8 (9.64%) DHCP
3 7 (8.43%) Firewall
4 6 (7.23%) VPN
5 4 (4.82%) LAN
5 4 (4.82%) Network Security
5 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.82%) WAN
5 4 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.41%) Broadband
6 2 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.41%) Internet
6 2 (2.41%) VLAN
6 2 (2.41%) VoIP
7 1 (1.20%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.20%) Profibus
7 1 (1.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) Azure SQL Database
1 8 (9.64%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (9.64%) MongoDB
2 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.41%) Power BI
4 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
General
1 46 (55.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.64%) Finance
3 8 (9.64%) Marketing
4 5 (6.02%) Law
4 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.20%) Automotive
7 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) IT Support
2 19 (22.89%) Senior
3 16 (19.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (16.87%) IT Engineer
4 14 (16.87%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (16.87%) Support Engineer
5 12 (14.46%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (12.05%) Developer
7 9 (10.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (9.64%) .NET Developer
8 8 (9.64%) Senior DevOps
8 8 (9.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Analyst
9 6 (7.23%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Power Apps Engineer
10 5 (6.02%) IT Manager
11 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 3 (3.61%) IT Support Manager
11 3 (3.61%) Support Manager
11 3 (3.61%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.05%) .NET
1 10 (12.05%) .NET Core
1 10 (12.05%) ASP.NET
1 10 (12.05%) ASP.NET Core
1 10 (12.05%) Node.js
2 8 (9.64%) CSS
2 8 (9.64%) Entity Framework
2 8 (9.64%) HTML
3 4 (4.82%) Terraform
4 2 (2.41%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.41%) Material-UI
4 2 (2.41%) Next.js
4 2 (2.41%) React
4 2 (2.41%) YAML
5 1 (1.20%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.20%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.23%) Low-Code
3 5 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.41%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.41%) Tandem
6 1 (1.20%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.20%) Life Science
6 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (34.94%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.43%) Linux
4 4 (4.82%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.41%) macOS
6 1 (1.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.96%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.51%) DevOps
3 20 (24.10%) CI/CD
4 19 (22.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (20.48%) Customer Service
6 16 (19.28%) Business Continuity
7 15 (18.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (15.66%) ERP
9 12 (14.46%) Agile
9 12 (14.46%) Containerisation
9 12 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
11 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (9.64%) Full-Stack Development
13 6 (7.23%) Budget Management
13 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (7.23%) People Management
14 5 (6.02%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) SQL
2 10 (12.05%) C#
3 8 (9.64%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.41%) Bash
4 2 (2.41%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
1 4 (4.82%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) CCNA
2 3 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.41%) CCNP
4 1 (1.20%) CEH
4 1 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) GDPR
2 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.41%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (22.89%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.46%) Docker
3 11 (13.25%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (12.05%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.41%) Nessus
5 1 (1.20%) Functional Safety
5 1 (1.20%) SCCM
5 1 (1.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) Google
2 7 (8.43%) JD Edwards
2 7 (8.43%) VMware
3 6 (7.23%) Cisco
4 5 (6.02%) Veeam
5 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.61%) Datto
6 3 (3.61%) ForeScout
6 3 (3.61%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.41%) Acronis
7 2 (2.41%) Adobe
7 2 (2.41%) Apple
7 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.41%) IFS
7 2 (2.41%) Meraki
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle
7 2 (2.41%) Sage
7 2 (2.41%) Tenable
7 2 (2.41%) Veracode
8 1 (1.20%) HubSpot