Microsoft Copilot Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Copilot
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Copilot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 264 386
Rank change year-on-year -5 +122 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Copilot 51 22 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.28% 0.29% 0.006%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.91% 0.86% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 39 21 1
10th Percentile £36,850 - -
25th Percentile £53,750 £31,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £63,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £88,727 £66,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,250 £58,700
% change year-on-year +2.77% +7.75% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

Microsoft Copilot 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,579 2,556 5,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 30.27% 33.72% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,896 1,700 4,980
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £83,188
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.52% -11.54%

Microsoft Copilot
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Copilot job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Copilot
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Copilot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Copilot in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Copilot in the North of England

Microsoft Copilot
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Copilot within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
North West +6 28 £65,766 +51.19% 9
Yorkshire -38 20 £55,000 -0.90% 15
North East - 3 £88,431 - 2
Microsoft Copilot
England

Microsoft Copilot
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (29.41%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (7.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Camtasia
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (68.63%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (54.90%) Power Platform
3 16 (31.37%) Azure
4 14 (27.45%) Copilot Studio
4 14 (27.45%) Power Automate
5 12 (23.53%) PowerApps
6 9 (17.65%) Entra ID
7 6 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (9.80%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (7.84%) Dropbox
9 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (7.84%) Serverless
10 3 (5.88%) Azure AI
11 2 (3.92%) AWS
11 2 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (3.92%) Azure Functions
11 2 (3.92%) ChatGPT
11 2 (3.92%) SaaS
12 1 (1.96%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Firewall
1 3 (5.88%) LAN
1 3 (5.88%) VPN
1 3 (5.88%) WAN
2 2 (3.92%) DHCP
2 2 (3.92%) DNS
2 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.92%) VLAN
2 2 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.96%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.80%) Power BI
2 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.92%) Power Query
3 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Postman
General
1 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Finance
3 4 (7.84%) Legal
4 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (21.57%) Senior
2 6 (11.76%) Developer
3 5 (9.80%) Analyst
3 5 (9.80%) IT Manager
3 5 (9.80%) Lead
4 4 (7.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Head of Digital
4 4 (7.84%) Power Platform Developer
4 4 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Power Platform Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Senior PMO
5 3 (5.88%) Trainer
6 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (3.92%) Middleware
1 2 (3.92%) Node.js
1 2 (3.92%) Spring
1 2 (3.92%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) ADO
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.96%) Model Context Protocol
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Low-Code
1 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (5.88%) e-Learning
2 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.92%) Social Media
4 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.73%) Windows
2 3 (5.88%) Android
3 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.92%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) AI
2 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (23.53%) User Experience
4 9 (17.65%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) Service Management
5 8 (15.69%) Translating Business Requirements
6 7 (13.73%) DevOps
6 7 (13.73%) ITSM
6 7 (13.73%) Process Improvement
6 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
6 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (13.73%) Waterfall
6 7 (13.73%) Workflow
7 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.76%) Generative AI
7 6 (11.76%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) AI Transformation
8 5 (9.80%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (9.80%) Intelligent Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) C#
1 3 (5.88%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (3.92%) Java
2 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.92%) T-SQL
2 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) Degree
2 2 (3.92%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.96%) ACSP
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.88%) PMO
3 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.96%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.92%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 39 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) OpenAI
3 3 (5.88%) VMware
4 2 (3.92%) Apple
4 2 (3.92%) HubSpot
4 2 (3.92%) Meraki