Microsoft Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lincolnshire 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 21 April 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
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 97 22 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 13.90% 15.60% 11.23%
As % of the Vendors category 53.30% 51.16% 40.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 58
10th Percentile - £23,250 £26,025
25th Percentile £31,250 £24,461 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £32,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -2.99% -27.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £46,950 £73,750 £55,000
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -14.77%

All Vendors
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 182 43 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 26.07% 30.50% 27.72%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 122
10th Percentile £30,500 £23,855 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,267 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £38,750 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +1.31% -13.07%
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,188 £43,750
90th Percentile £58,250 £79,375 £52,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Lincolnshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 21 April 2026. 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
Lincoln - 72 £50,000 - 13
Spalding -4 9 £32,500 - 2
Grimsby - 5 £37,500 - 4
Grantham -8 2 - -
Scunthorpe -7 1 £27,000 +9.04%
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 14 (14.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.09%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (80.41%) Azure
2 28 (28.87%) Power Platform
3 22 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (21.65%) Azure AI
5 9 (9.28%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.46%) DHCP
1 15 (15.46%) DNS
2 14 (14.43%) TCP/IP
2 14 (14.43%) VPN
3 8 (8.25%) VLAN
3 8 (8.25%) VoIP
4 7 (7.22%) Wireless
5 6 (6.19%) SD-WAN
5 6 (6.19%) WAN
6 2 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (24.74%) Power BI
2 23 (23.71%) Tableau
3 2 (2.06%) Data Mining
General
1 80 (82.47%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.28%) Legal
3 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Finance
4 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.06%) Automotive
5 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (46.39%) Analyst
2 42 (43.30%) Junior
2 42 (43.30%) Junior Analyst
3 23 (23.71%) Data Analyst
4 21 (21.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (21.65%) Junior Data Analyst
4 21 (21.65%) Junior Security Analyst
4 21 (21.65%) Security Analyst
5 15 (15.46%) Ethical Hacker
6 13 (13.40%) IT Support
7 8 (8.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (6.19%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.15%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (5.15%) IT Technician
9 5 (5.15%) Support Technician
10 4 (4.12%) Administrator
10 4 (4.12%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
10 4 (4.12%) IT Engineer
10 4 (4.12%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.46%) Cyberattack
2 6 (6.19%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.03%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.53%) Windows
2 9 (9.28%) Windows 10
3 8 (8.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (37.11%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (25.77%) AI
3 24 (24.74%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (21.65%) Mentoring
5 15 (15.46%) Ethical Hacking
5 15 (15.46%) ITSM
6 13 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (12.37%) CRM
8 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (9.28%) Identity Management
10 8 (8.25%) Application Packaging
10 8 (8.25%) E-Commerce
10 8 (8.25%) Service Delivery
10 8 (8.25%) Task Automation
11 6 (6.19%) ERP
11 6 (6.19%) ITIL
11 6 (6.19%) Logistics
11 6 (6.19%) Network Monitoring
11 6 (6.19%) Process Improvement
12 5 (5.15%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.74%) Python
2 23 (23.71%) SQL
3 9 (9.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (64.95%) Azure Certification
2 21 (21.65%) CompTIA CySA+
2 21 (21.65%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (15.46%) CEH
4 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (8.25%) Degree
6 6 (6.19%) CCNA
6 6 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (6.19%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) GDPR
2 8 (8.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.06%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (9.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.25%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.06%) Nagios
Vendors
1 42 (43.30%) ForeScout
2 8 (8.25%) Apple
2 8 (8.25%) Cisco
2 8 (8.25%) Logitech
2 8 (8.25%) Yealink
3 3 (3.09%) ESRI
4 2 (2.06%) Epicor
4 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds
4 2 (2.06%) TP-LINK
5 1 (1.03%) HP
5 1 (1.03%) iManage