Microsoft Job Trends in Leicester

Microsoft
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicester citing 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 6 November 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
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 90 20 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 8.67% 8.58% 14.29%
As % of the Vendors category 32.97% 21.05% 41.58%
Number of salaries quoted 81 17 25
10th Percentile £31,250 - £34,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 -
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -5.88% -15.00%

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 citing vendor products and services in Leicester.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing vendor products and services 273 95 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 26.30% 40.77% 34.35%
Number of salaries quoted 197 49 54
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £31,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +4.48% -4.29%
75th Percentile £69,750 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,000 £67,625
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.22% -3.00%

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 6 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Google15.6%14
2JD Edwards7.8%7
3VMware6.7%6
4Cisco5.6%5
4Veeam5.6%5
6ServiceNow4.4%4
7Apple3.3%3
7Datto3.3%3
7Fortinet3.3%3
10Acronis2.2%2
10Adobe2.2%2
10Canon2.2%2
10CrowdStrike2.2%2
10IFS2.2%2
10Meraki2.2%2
10Sage2.2%2
10Tenable2.2%2
10Veracode2.2%2
19HubSpot1.1%1
19Oracle1.1%1