Microsoft Engineer Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.98% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £50,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 772 280 945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 95.56% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 520 177 634
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,364 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £51,599
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +16.28% +1.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,009 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,000 £76,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -7.77%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 11 March 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (75.00%) Analytics
4 5 (62.50%) Azure
4 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (37.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
5 3 (37.50%) Data Lake
5 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) ETL
5 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Python
5 3 (37.50%) SQL
6 2 (25.00%) Agile
6 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
6 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (25.00%) Terraform

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Data Lake
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (75.00%) Analytics
3 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) ETL
4 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
Microsoft Engineer jobs