Microsoft Job Trends in Middlesex

Microsoft
South East > Middlesex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Middlesex 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 5 January 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
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 25 3
Rank change year-on-year +14 -22 +17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 33 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Middlesex 30.56% 9.73% 28.57%
As % of the Vendors category 58.93% 25.00% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £33,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.16%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - £46,875
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -

All Vendors
Middlesex

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 Middlesex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 56 44 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Middlesex 51.85% 38.94% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - £61,700 £37,950
25th Percentile £33,750 £68,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £81,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.99% +91.76% -34.62%
75th Percentile £55,625 £95,500 £45,875
90th Percentile £81,500 £102,100 £59,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Middlesex

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Middlesex

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Middlesex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (57.58%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) PaaS
3 9 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 6 (18.18%) Azure App Service
4 6 (18.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (18.18%) Azure Functions
4 6 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 6 (18.18%) Serverless
5 4 (12.12%) SaaS
6 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (6.06%) Fivetran
7 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (6.06%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.06%) Looker
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) Star Schema
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Git
General
1 18 (54.55%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
4 6 (18.18%) Law
5 4 (12.12%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Advertising
6 2 (6.06%) Billing
6 2 (6.06%) French Language
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Lead
2 6 (18.18%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Developer
3 5 (15.15%) Security Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Test Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Head of Project Management
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) .NET
1 6 (18.18%) .NET Framework
1 6 (18.18%) ARM Templates
1 6 (18.18%) CSS
1 6 (18.18%) HTML
1 6 (18.18%) React
2 5 (15.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
3 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (93.94%) Agile
2 29 (87.88%) Mentoring
3 25 (75.76%) Coaching
4 23 (69.70%) Creative Thinking
5 15 (45.45%) DevOps
6 13 (39.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (30.30%) Product Strategy
8 9 (27.27%) Analytics
8 9 (27.27%) CI/CD
9 8 (24.24%) AI
9 8 (24.24%) OWASP
10 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
10 7 (21.21%) Data Engineering
10 7 (21.21%) Data Governance
10 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
10 7 (21.21%) ETL
10 7 (21.21%) Visualisation
11 6 (18.18%) Regtech
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) SQL
2 8 (24.24%) Python
3 6 (18.18%) C#
3 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.12%) ISEB
3 4 (12.12%) ISTQB
4 3 (9.09%) CISM
4 3 (9.09%) CISSP
4 3 (9.09%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 5 (15.15%) NCSC
2 5 (15.15%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) QA
3 4 (12.12%) Software Quality Assurance
4 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Databricks