Microsoft Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 12 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 321 791 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.51% 14.53% 24.63%
As % of the Vendors category 33.30% 43.08% 53.03%
Number of salaries quoted 225 649 470
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.05% +14.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £83,759 £80,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -2.17% +6.60%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 964 1,836 2,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 43.58% 33.73% 46.44%
Number of salaries quoted 495 1,336 1,121
10th Percentile £25,588 £27,375 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £81,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +5.38% -5.45% +5.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
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 within the Manchester 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
Bolton -11 32 £26,740 -51.38% 256
Stockport +14 13 £55,000 +29.41% 202
Salford +13 10 £35,000 -52.54% 6
Altrincham - 8 £47,500 - 11
Oldham -11 6 £26,500 -33.75% 4
Wigan -3 2 £39,000 - 6
Heywood -5 1 £23,000 -
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 25 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 20 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.87%) IIS
4 5 (1.56%) CMS
5 3 (0.93%) WordPress
6 2 (0.62%) Confluence
6 2 (0.62%) nginx
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 67 (20.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (14.33%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (8.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.31%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 129 (40.19%) Azure
2 105 (32.71%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (16.51%) Power Platform
4 29 (9.03%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (6.23%) Entra ID
6 18 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.67%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (3.12%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.12%) SaaS
9 9 (2.80%) AWS
9 9 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (2.18%) GCP
11 7 (2.18%) OneDrive
11 7 (2.18%) PaaS
12 6 (1.87%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.56%) GitHub
13 5 (1.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.17%) DNS
2 18 (5.61%) DHCP
3 15 (4.67%) Firewall
4 11 (3.43%) VPN
5 10 (3.12%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.49%) Wireless
7 7 (2.18%) NAS
7 7 (2.18%) SAN
8 6 (1.87%) LAN
8 6 (1.87%) WAN
9 5 (1.56%) VLAN
9 5 (1.56%) VSAN
10 4 (1.25%) Network Security
10 4 (1.25%) VoIP
10 4 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.62%) DMZ
11 2 (0.62%) HTTP
11 2 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.62%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.03%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.72%) Power BI
3 13 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.56%) Data Hub
6 5 (1.56%) GIS
6 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.56%) SQL CLR
7 4 (1.25%) Tableau
8 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.93%) Metadata
8 3 (0.93%) MySQL
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.56%) Babel
1 5 (1.56%) Git
1 5 (1.56%) JIRA
1 5 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
1 5 (1.56%) webpack
2 4 (1.25%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Maven
4 1 (0.31%) Subversion
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 131 (40.81%) Social Skills
2 61 (19.00%) Finance
3 52 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.35%) Law
5 21 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (5.92%) Marketing
7 14 (4.36%) Legal
8 12 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.12%) Retail
10 8 (2.49%) Banking
10 8 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.18%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.87%) Back Office
13 5 (1.56%) Automotive
14 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (12.46%) Senior
2 33 (10.28%) Analyst
3 30 (9.35%) Developer
4 25 (7.79%) IT Support
5 23 (7.17%) Lead
6 22 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (5.92%) Applications Support
8 18 (5.61%) Administrator
8 18 (5.61%) Architect
9 17 (5.30%) IT Administrator
10 15 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.36%) Consultant
12 12 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.43%) Project Manager
14 10 (3.12%) 2nd Line Support
15 9 (2.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 9 (2.80%) IT Engineer
15 9 (2.80%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.30%) .NET
2 10 (3.12%) REST
3 9 (2.80%) CSS
3 9 (2.80%) HTML
4 7 (2.18%) ARM Templates
4 7 (2.18%) React
4 7 (2.18%) RESTful
5 5 (1.56%) HTML5
5 5 (1.56%) Middleware
6 4 (1.25%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.62%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.62%) Dapper ORM
7 2 (0.62%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.62%) JSON
7 2 (0.62%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.31%) Plotly
8 1 (0.31%) SAML
8 1 (0.31%) Web Services
8 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.72%) Social Media
2 19 (5.92%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (4.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.74%) FMCG
6 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.56%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.56%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.56%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.93%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.93%) NHS
11 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.62%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.62%) EPoS
12 2 (0.62%) Life Science
12 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 73 (22.74%) Windows
2 30 (9.35%) Windows Server
3 28 (8.72%) Linux
4 24 (7.48%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.56%) CentOS
6 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.25%) Windows Vista
7 3 (0.93%) Android
7 3 (0.93%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.62%) Debian
8 2 (0.62%) Unix
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (19.94%) Customer Service
3 60 (18.69%) Agile
4 52 (16.20%) ITIL
5 45 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
7 36 (11.21%) Analytics
8 35 (10.90%) Mentoring
8 35 (10.90%) Project Management
9 34 (10.59%) Roadmaps
10 33 (10.28%) DevOps
11 29 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (9.03%) Process Improvement
11 29 (9.03%) User Experience
12 27 (8.41%) Decision-Making
13 24 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (7.17%) Asset Management
14 23 (7.17%) Line Management
14 23 (7.17%) Migration
15 22 (6.85%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.89%) SQL
2 20 (6.23%) Python
3 16 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.67%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.80%) C#
6 6 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.56%) Bash
7 5 (1.56%) Java
7 5 (1.56%) PHP
7 5 (1.56%) VBA
8 4 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.93%) VB
10 1 (0.31%) Bicep
10 1 (0.31%) C++
10 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.31%) R
10 1 (0.31%) X++
Qualifications
1 54 (16.82%) Degree
2 38 (11.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (9.03%) DBS Check
4 19 (5.92%) Security Cleared
5 18 (5.61%) Azure Certification
6 16 (4.98%) SC Cleared
7 15 (4.67%) Master's Degree
8 11 (3.43%) MBA
9 10 (3.12%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.49%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (2.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.25%) ACCA
12 4 (1.25%) CIMA
12 4 (1.25%) CISM
12 4 (1.25%) CISSP
12 4 (1.25%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (1.25%) MCSA
13 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.72%) SLA
2 17 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (4.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.74%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.12%) GDPR
6 8 (2.49%) NIST
7 6 (1.87%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.25%) QA
9 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.62%) COBIT
10 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.62%) NCSC
10 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (15.26%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.56%) Docker
3 5 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (1.56%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.56%) vSphere
4 3 (0.93%) Dovecot
4 3 (0.93%) Postfix
4 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (5.30%) Terraform
3 12 (3.74%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.43%) SCCM
5 7 (2.18%) Ansible
6 6 (1.87%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.56%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.93%) Autotask
8 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.62%) Puppet
9 2 (0.62%) QRadar
9 2 (0.62%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.31%) Istio
10 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (10.90%) VMware
2 25 (7.79%) Cisco
3 20 (6.23%) Google
4 13 (4.05%) Oracle
5 12 (3.74%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.43%) Capita
6 11 (3.43%) Veeam
7 9 (2.80%) Facebook
8 7 (2.18%) Apple
8 7 (2.18%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.18%) SAP
9 5 (1.56%) Adobe
9 5 (1.56%) iManage
9 5 (1.56%) Intapp
9 5 (1.56%) Meraki
10 4 (1.25%) AlienVault
10 4 (1.25%) Cognos
10 4 (1.25%) Dell
10 4 (1.25%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.93%) Citrix