Microsoft Jobs in Leicestershire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 30 May 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 62 166 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 8.93% 14.51% 29.30%
As % of the Vendors category 35.63% 42.03% 66.20%
Number of salaries quoted 46 133 93
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £15,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -2.44% +9.33%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £36,250 £37,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -14.77% +1.02%

All Vendors
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 174 395 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 25.07% 34.53% 44.26%
Number of salaries quoted 82 209 138
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £33,966 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -4.26% +17.50%
75th Percentile £57,875 £58,750 £59,688
90th Percentile £61,250 £77,357 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,101 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.25% -20.00% +11.11%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leicestershire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Leicestershire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Leicestershire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +6 22 £48,500 +7.78% 218
Loughborough 0 8 £28,500 -21.92% 7
Market Harborough +2 2 £60,000 +26.32% 3
Ashby-de-la-Zouch +1 1 - - 1
Hinckley -25 1 - - 1
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.61%) IIS
1 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.45%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.45%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 29 (46.77%) Azure
2 15 (24.19%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.74%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (11.29%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Functions
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (4.84%) Serverless
7 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.61%) AWS
8 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) VoIP
2 5 (8.06%) DHCP
2 5 (8.06%) DNS
2 5 (8.06%) Internet
3 4 (6.45%) Network Security
3 4 (6.45%) WLAN
4 3 (4.84%) VPN
5 2 (3.23%) Firewall
6 1 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.61%) LAN
6 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
2 13 (20.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (19.35%) Data Lake
4 11 (17.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (17.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (6.45%) Power BI
6 3 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
1 4 (6.45%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.84%) Git
3 2 (3.23%) Subversion
General
1 22 (35.48%) Law
2 16 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (24.19%) Finance
4 9 (14.52%) Social Skills
5 8 (12.90%) Games
6 7 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (8.06%) Retail
9 3 (4.84%) Manufacturing
10 2 (3.23%) Advertising
10 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.61%) Legal
11 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Analyst
1 10 (16.13%) IT Support
2 9 (14.52%) DBA
3 8 (12.90%) Administrator
3 8 (12.90%) Developer
3 8 (12.90%) ERP Support
4 7 (11.29%) SQL DBA
5 6 (9.68%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (9.68%) IT Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Senior
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Implementation Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Project Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Service Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Software Implementation Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Systems Support
8 3 (4.84%) QA Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) .NET
2 3 (4.84%) .NET Core
2 3 (4.84%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.23%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.23%) Ajax
3 2 (3.23%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (3.23%) Bootstrap
3 2 (3.23%) Code First Entity Framework
3 2 (3.23%) CSS
3 2 (3.23%) Entity Framework
3 2 (3.23%) HTML
3 2 (3.23%) HTML5
3 2 (3.23%) jQuery
3 2 (3.23%) JSON
3 2 (3.23%) REST
3 2 (3.23%) Sass
3 2 (3.23%) XML
4 1 (1.61%) OAuth
4 1 (1.61%) OpenID
4 1 (1.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Data Structures
2 8 (12.90%) Driving Licence
3 6 (9.68%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.61%) Clustering
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (33.87%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.45%) Linux
4 2 (3.23%) Android
4 2 (3.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (17.74%) ETL
3 11 (17.74%) Project Management
4 10 (16.13%) Analytics
4 10 (16.13%) Data Analysis
5 9 (14.52%) CRM
5 9 (14.52%) Inventory Management
5 9 (14.52%) ITIL
5 9 (14.52%) Reverse Engineering
5 9 (14.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (12.90%) ERP
7 7 (11.29%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (8.06%) Mentoring
9 5 (8.06%) SDLC
9 5 (8.06%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.81%) SQL
2 10 (16.13%) T-SQL
3 6 (9.68%) C#
4 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.61%) Python
6 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (16.13%) Degree
2 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.45%) A+ Certification
3 4 (6.45%) CCNA
3 4 (6.45%) CCNP
3 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.45%) LPIC
3 4 (6.45%) MCP
3 4 (6.45%) MCSE
4 3 (4.84%) MCDST
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.61%) HNC
6 1 (1.61%) MCSA
6 1 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.45%) GDPR
2 4 (6.45%) QA
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.61%) GRC
3 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.23%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.61%) Docker
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) SCCM
1 3 (4.84%) SCOM
2 1 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (8.06%) Cisco
2 3 (4.84%) VMware
3 2 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (1.61%) Databricks
4 1 (1.61%) HP
4 1 (1.61%) IBM
4 1 (1.61%) SnapLogic
4 1 (1.61%) Sophos