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 27 August 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 80 18 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 9.15% 9.63% 11.63%
As % of the Vendors category 37.04% 19.35% 39.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41 14 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,900 £24,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% +7.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,250 £58,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £53,575 £60,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -19.05%

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 216 93 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 24.71% 49.73% 29.65%
Number of salaries quoted 132 35 62
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,900 £25,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £58,600 £72,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £52,500 £45,390 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.66% -4.44% -9.52%

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 27 August 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 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.75%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 64 (80.00%) Azure
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (15.00%) Power Platform
4 10 (12.50%) Azure AI
5 9 (11.25%) AWS
6 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.25%) SaaS
7 4 (5.00%) Google Workspace
8 3 (3.75%) IaaS
8 3 (3.75%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.75%) PaaS
9 2 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.50%) SonarCloud
10 1 (1.25%) GitHub
10 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.75%) DNS
1 7 (8.75%) Firewall
2 5 (6.25%) DHCP
3 4 (5.00%) Network Security
4 3 (3.75%) VPN
5 2 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (2.50%) VLAN
6 1 (1.25%) Internet
6 1 (1.25%) LAN
6 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.25%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.25%) WAN
6 1 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) Power BI
1 10 (12.50%) Tableau
2 9 (11.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (10.00%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.50%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 64 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Marketing
3 5 (6.25%) Finance
3 5 (6.25%) Law
4 4 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.00%) Legal
5 3 (3.75%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Analyst
2 20 (25.00%) Junior
2 20 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
3 11 (13.75%) Developer
4 10 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 10 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 10 (12.50%) Ethical Hacker
4 10 (12.50%) IT Support
4 10 (12.50%) Junior Data Analyst
4 10 (12.50%) Junior Security Analyst
4 10 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 8 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 7 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.75%) Network Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) IT Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 5 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) Senior
7 5 (6.25%) Support Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) .NET
1 11 (13.75%) ASP.NET
2 10 (12.50%) .NET Core
2 10 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
2 10 (12.50%) Node.js
3 9 (11.25%) CSS
3 9 (11.25%) HTML
4 8 (10.00%) Entity Framework
5 4 (5.00%) Terraform
6 2 (2.50%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.50%) Material-UI
6 2 (2.50%) Next.js
6 2 (2.50%) React
6 2 (2.50%) YAML
7 1 (1.25%) REST
7 1 (1.25%) Software Packaging
7 1 (1.25%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Cyberattack
2 6 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.50%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.50%) Tandem
6 1 (1.25%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.25%) Life Science
6 1 (1.25%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.00%) Windows
2 9 (11.25%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.25%) Linux
4 2 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.25%) Solaris
5 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 13 (16.25%) Agile
4 13 (16.25%) DevOps
4 13 (16.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (12.50%) AI
6 10 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 10 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 10 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
7 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (11.25%) ERP
8 8 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (8.75%) Customer Service
9 7 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (6.25%) People Management
12 4 (5.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
Programming Languages
1 21 (26.25%) SQL
2 11 (13.75%) C#
2 11 (13.75%) Python
3 8 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.50%) Bash
4 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.25%) R
5 1 (1.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (46.25%) Azure Certification
2 10 (12.50%) CEH
2 10 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 10 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (10.00%) CCNA
3 8 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (6.25%) Degree
6 2 (2.50%) CCNP
7 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.50%) Nessus
3 1 (1.25%) SCCM
3 1 (1.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (32.50%) ForeScout
2 11 (13.75%) Cisco
3 7 (8.75%) VMware
4 4 (5.00%) Google
4 4 (5.00%) JD Edwards
5 3 (3.75%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.50%) Acronis
6 2 (2.50%) Apple
6 2 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.50%) IFS
6 2 (2.50%) Meraki
6 2 (2.50%) Oracle
6 2 (2.50%) Tenable
6 2 (2.50%) Veeam
6 2 (2.50%) Veracode
7 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.25%) SAP
7 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow