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 9 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
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 86 14 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 8.53% 6.73% 13.52%
As % of the Vendors category 33.86% 14.58% 41.35%
Number of salaries quoted 67 11 27
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £64,875 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,800 £63,750 £63,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -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 254 96 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 25.20% 46.15% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 172 33 51
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £63,500 £72,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -8.63% -6.19%

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 9 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 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.16%) EPLAN
3 1 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (55.81%) Azure
2 24 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.79%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (11.63%) Google Workspace
5 9 (10.47%) AWS
5 9 (10.47%) Power Platform
6 8 (9.30%) Entra ID
7 6 (6.98%) OneDrive
8 5 (5.81%) PowerApps
8 5 (5.81%) SaaS
9 3 (3.49%) Azure AI
9 3 (3.49%) IaaS
9 3 (3.49%) PaaS
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.33%) GCP
10 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.33%) SonarCloud
11 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) DNS
2 8 (9.30%) DHCP
3 7 (8.14%) Firewall
4 6 (6.98%) VPN
5 4 (4.65%) LAN
5 4 (4.65%) Network Security
5 4 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.65%) WAN
5 4 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.33%) Internet
6 2 (2.33%) VLAN
7 1 (1.16%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.16%) Profibus
7 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (8.14%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (8.14%) MongoDB
2 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.65%) Power BI
4 3 (3.49%) Tableau
5 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Git
General
1 53 (61.63%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Finance
4 6 (6.98%) Marketing
5 5 (5.81%) Law
5 5 (5.81%) Legal
6 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.16%) Automotive
8 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (23.26%) IT Support
2 18 (20.93%) Senior
3 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) IT Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (16.28%) Support Engineer
5 12 (13.95%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (11.63%) Analyst
7 9 (10.47%) Developer
8 8 (9.30%) Senior DevOps
8 8 (9.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 8 (9.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) .NET Developer
10 6 (6.98%) Junior
10 6 (6.98%) Junior Analyst
11 5 (5.81%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (5.81%) IT Manager
11 5 (5.81%) Power Apps Engineer
12 4 (4.65%) Network Engineer
13 3 (3.49%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.47%) .NET
1 9 (10.47%) .NET Core
1 9 (10.47%) ASP.NET
1 9 (10.47%) ASP.NET Core
1 9 (10.47%) Node.js
2 7 (8.14%) CSS
2 7 (8.14%) Entity Framework
2 7 (8.14%) HTML
3 4 (4.65%) Terraform
4 2 (2.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.33%) Material-UI
4 2 (2.33%) Next.js
4 2 (2.33%) React
4 2 (2.33%) YAML
5 1 (1.16%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.16%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.60%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.81%) Low-Code
2 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.49%) Cyberattack
3 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.33%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.33%) Tandem
5 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.16%) Life Science
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (33.72%) Windows
2 12 (13.95%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.14%) Linux
4 4 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (24.42%) DevOps
3 19 (22.09%) CI/CD
4 18 (20.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (19.77%) Customer Service
5 17 (19.77%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (18.60%) Business Continuity
7 15 (17.44%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (15.12%) ERP
9 12 (13.95%) Containerisation
10 11 (12.79%) Agile
10 11 (12.79%) Mentoring
10 11 (12.79%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (8.14%) Full-Stack Development
14 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 6 (6.98%) People Management
15 5 (5.81%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 5 (5.81%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) SQL
2 9 (10.47%) C#
3 8 (9.30%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.49%) Python
5 2 (2.33%) Bash
5 2 (2.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (13.95%) Azure Certification
2 5 (5.81%) CCNA
2 5 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.65%) Degree
4 3 (3.49%) CEH
4 3 (3.49%) CompTIA CySA+
4 3 (3.49%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.49%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.33%) CCNP
6 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) GDPR
2 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (22.09%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.95%) Docker
3 11 (12.79%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (11.63%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.49%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.33%) Nessus
5 1 (1.16%) Functional Safety
5 1 (1.16%) SCCM
5 1 (1.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (13.95%) Google
2 9 (10.47%) ForeScout
3 8 (9.30%) Cisco
4 7 (8.14%) JD Edwards
4 7 (8.14%) VMware
5 5 (5.81%) Veeam
6 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.49%) Datto
7 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.33%) Acronis
8 2 (2.33%) Adobe
8 2 (2.33%) Apple
8 2 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.33%) IFS
8 2 (2.33%) Meraki
8 2 (2.33%) Oracle
8 2 (2.33%) Sage
8 2 (2.33%) Tenable
8 2 (2.33%) Veracode
9 1 (1.16%) Siemens