Microsoft Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Engineer
England > North of England

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 371 427
Rank change year-on-year +49 +56 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 7 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.062% 0.046% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.048% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 6
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,250 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +11.18% -13.14%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £51,250 £50,750 £53,125
England median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% -25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,443 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,850 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in the North of England

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Microsoft Engineer in the North of England

Microsoft Engineer
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 Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +16 6 £45,000 -10.00% 2
North East +50 1 £42,500 -15.00%
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 3 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Security
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) JSON
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
5 1 (14.29%) CentOS
5 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (14.29%) Postfix
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (14.29%) Docker

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) CentOS
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Data Security
2 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) E-Discovery
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Linux+ Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Dovecot
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) Postfix
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Okta
2 1 (14.29%) Ping Identity
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) VMware