Microsoft Engineer Jobs in London

Microsoft Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in London is £54,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 496 579
Rank change year-on-year +119 +83 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 24 19 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.080% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.085% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 51
10th Percentile £44,400 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £63,063 £59,107
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.56% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £76,316
90th Percentile £90,500 £93,125 £89,852
England median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% -25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,666 22,251 32,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.14% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,370 16,680 24,004
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Central London +38 8 £65,000 -30.67% 2
East London - 1 £90,000 -
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (54.17%) Azure
4 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
7 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (25.00%) Onboarding
8 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
8 5 (20.83%) ITSM
8 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
8 5 (20.83%) Degree
8 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
9 4 (16.67%) DevOps
9 4 (16.67%) OneDrive
9 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
9 4 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (16.67%) Migration
9 4 (16.67%) Incident Response
9 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (12.50%) CSOC
10 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
10 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
10 3 (12.50%) Finance

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (54.17%) Azure
3 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
4 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 3 (12.50%) PowerApps
6 2 (8.33%) IaaS
7 1 (4.17%) AWS
7 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.17%) Serverless
7 1 (4.17%) ShareGate
7 1 (4.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DHCP
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) HTTP
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
1 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Law
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) CSOC
2 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Data Fabric
4 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
4 1 (4.17%) Online Games
4 1 (4.17%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
3 5 (20.83%) ITSM
4 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (16.67%) DevOps
4 4 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 3 (12.50%) Architectural Design
5 3 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Protective Monitoring
5 3 (12.50%) SIEM
5 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (12.50%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (20.83%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.50%) QRadar
3 2 (8.33%) SCCM
4 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) ConnectWise
4 1 (4.17%) Citrix
4 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.17%) Databricks
4 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.17%) HP
4 1 (4.17%) Logitech
4 1 (4.17%) Okta
4 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.17%) Ribbon
4 1 (4.17%) Varonis
4 1 (4.17%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Yealink