Microsoft Engineer Job Trends in London

Microsoft Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 403 425
Rank change year-on-year +40 +22 +195
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 18 25 32
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.13% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 27
10th Percentile £28,600 £52,500 £62,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £59,375 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% - +13.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £84,500 - £96,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -11.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,711 14,325 17,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.74% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,434 8,290 14,022
10th Percentile £36,075 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,822 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,188 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -4.88%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in London

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Central London +43 9 £55,000 -15.38% 4
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (83.33%) Azure
3 13 (72.22%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
5 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
5 10 (55.56%) SharePoint
6 9 (50.00%) Windows
7 7 (38.89%) DNS
7 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
8 6 (33.33%) VPN
9 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
9 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
10 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (22.22%) Migration
10 4 (22.22%) VMware
10 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
11 3 (16.67%) AI
11 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
11 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
11 3 (16.67%) DevOps
11 3 (16.67%) DHCP
11 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (16.67%) Power Platform

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 10 (55.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (83.33%) Azure
2 13 (72.22%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (55.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (11.11%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Storage
5 2 (11.11%) ChatGPT
5 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 6 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Law
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 4 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) AI
4 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Cloud Operations
5 2 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (11.11%) Data Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
5 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 3 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) C#
4 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Okta
3 1 (5.56%) OpenAI