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 15 March 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
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 78 36 91
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 16.22% 23.38% 21.72%
As % of the Vendors category 49.37% 45.00% 59.87%
Number of salaries quoted 43 28 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,125 £24,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -11.90% +19.32%
75th Percentile £58,125 £58,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,750 £61,250 £76,750
Leicestershire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.67%

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 158 80 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 32.85% 51.95% 36.28%
Number of salaries quoted 100 59 125
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,400 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,188 £35,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,750 £77,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

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 15 March 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 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Sage 200
2 3 (3.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 55 (70.51%) Azure
2 19 (24.36%) Power Platform
3 13 (16.67%) Azure AI
3 13 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.41%) Intacct
5 4 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (5.13%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.85%) AWS
6 3 (3.85%) GCP
6 3 (3.85%) GitHub
6 3 (3.85%) IaaS
7 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.28%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.51%) Power BI
2 15 (19.23%) Tableau
3 10 (12.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (10.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (8.97%) SQL Server
6 6 (7.69%) Data Lake
6 6 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.56%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Git
1 2 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.67%) Finance
4 8 (10.26%) Law
5 6 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Retail
7 2 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.56%) Electronics
7 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.56%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (41.03%) Analyst
2 26 (33.33%) Junior
2 26 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Junior Data Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Junior Security Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 10 (12.82%) Administrator
5 7 (8.97%) Ethical Hacker
6 6 (7.69%) DBA
7 5 (6.41%) Applications Support
7 5 (6.41%) IT Support
7 5 (6.41%) SQL DBA
7 5 (6.41%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 4 (5.13%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) .NET
1 3 (3.85%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.85%) CSS
1 3 (3.85%) HTML
2 2 (2.56%) REST
2 2 (2.56%) WPF
3 1 (1.28%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.28%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.28%) JSON
3 1 (1.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Cyberattack
2 6 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.56%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 4 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.85%) Linux
4 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (21.79%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (19.23%) AI
3 15 (19.23%) Customer Service
3 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
3 15 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (15.38%) ERP
5 8 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (8.97%) Analytics
6 7 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.97%) Ethical Hacking
7 6 (7.69%) Data Analysis
7 6 (7.69%) ETL
7 6 (7.69%) ITIL
7 6 (7.69%) Reverse Engineering
8 5 (6.41%) Business Analysis
8 5 (6.41%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (6.41%) SDLC
8 5 (6.41%) Systems Analysis
9 4 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.62%) SQL
2 17 (21.79%) Python
3 8 (10.26%) T-SQL
4 5 (6.41%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.13%) C#
6 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.56%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (44.87%) Azure Certification
2 13 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 13 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (10.26%) Degree
4 7 (8.97%) CEH
5 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (2.56%) CISM
5 2 (2.56%) CISMP
5 2 (2.56%) CISSP
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.56%) GDPR
2 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (2.56%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.13%) vSphere
2 2 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Ansible
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) ForeScout
2 5 (6.41%) Sage
3 4 (5.13%) Google
3 4 (5.13%) VMware
4 3 (3.85%) SAP
5 2 (2.56%) Oracle
5 2 (2.56%) Veeam