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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 20 43 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 8.44% 14.68% 29.39%
As % of the Vendors category 21.98% 41.75% 58.57%
Number of salaries quoted 18 25 74
10th Percentile £36,750 £34,900 £31,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £54,375 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,750 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +35.14%

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 91 103 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 38.40% 35.15% 50.18%
Number of salaries quoted 49 56 119
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,125 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,188 £38,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £66,875 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.63% -1.50% +25.00%

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 9 November 2025.

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 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Sage 200
2 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) Intacct
3 4 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.00%) Miro
4 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (20.00%) Data Lake
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Law
4 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (10.00%) Electronics
6 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (20.00%) DBA
3 3 (15.00%) Administrator
3 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (15.00%) SQL DBA
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Trainee
5 1 (5.00%) Trainee Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) JSON
2 1 (5.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Customer Service
1 9 (45.00%) ERP
2 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) CRM
3 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (20.00%) ETL
3 4 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.00%) Data Security
4 3 (15.00%) DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Wealth Management
5 2 (10.00%) Data Management
5 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 2 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (15.00%) C#
4 1 (5.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) CISM
2 1 (5.00%) CISMP
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (15.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Sage
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce