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 26 October 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
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 17 39 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 7.98% 13.27% 28.09%
As % of the Vendors category 17.89% 39.39% 58.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 80
10th Percentile - £39,000 £31,225
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,063 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £63,375 - -
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 95 99 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 44.60% 33.67% 48.16%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 125
10th Percentile £34,075 £34,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £38,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +33.55%

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 26 October 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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Sage 200
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (5.88%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) Intacct
3 3 (17.65%) GitHub
4 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.88%) Miro
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (17.65%) Data Lake
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Applications Support
2 3 (17.65%) DBA
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) SQL DBA
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) ERP Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
1 8 (47.06%) ERP
2 5 (29.41%) Collaborative Culture
2 5 (29.41%) CRM
3 3 (17.65%) Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
3 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
3 3 (17.65%) Data Security
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) ETL
3 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Wealth Management
4 1 (5.88%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (5.88%) Epics
4 1 (5.88%) Project Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 3 (17.65%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (17.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Sage
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) SAP