Microsoft Purview Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 157 134
Rank change year-on-year +44 -23 +106
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Purview 21 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.76% 0.073% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.83% 0.19% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £105,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £110,000 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year -68.18% +18.56% +42.73%
75th Percentile £37,500 £115,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £57,750 - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £110,000 £92,778
% change year-on-year -68.18% +18.56% +42.73%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Manchester

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,146 1,063 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 41.60% 38.60% 42.69%
Number of salaries quoted 595 596 835
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £33,150
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,875 £86,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Purview
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Purview.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Purview in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Purview in Manchester

Microsoft Purview
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Purview within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Bolton - 1 £47,500 - 2
Microsoft Purview
North West

Microsoft Purview
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 21 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (90.48%) Entra ID
3 12 (57.14%) Microsoft Copilot
4 9 (42.86%) Azure
5 8 (38.10%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (38.10%) OneDrive
5 8 (38.10%) Power Platform
5 8 (38.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) LAN
1 1 (4.76%) VLAN
1 1 (4.76%) VoIP
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
General
1 19 (90.48%) Social Skills
2 18 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (38.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Engineer
1 10 (47.62%) Support Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Applications Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Applications Support
3 5 (23.81%) Applications Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Systems Support
3 5 (23.81%) Systems Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Onboarding
2 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (61.90%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (47.62%) Client Onboarding
3 10 (47.62%) Knowledge Management
3 10 (47.62%) Task Automation
4 9 (42.86%) Change Management
5 8 (38.10%) Agile
5 8 (38.10%) AI
5 8 (38.10%) BPR
5 8 (38.10%) Cost Optimisation
5 8 (38.10%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (38.10%) DevOps
5 8 (38.10%) E-Discovery
5 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
5 8 (38.10%) Observability
5 8 (38.10%) Platform Engineering
5 8 (38.10%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (38.10%) RBAC
5 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (38.10%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) CCNA
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.76%) MCSA
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (38.10%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (38.10%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) New Relic
2 8 (38.10%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Meraki
3 1 (4.76%) Ubiquiti