Microsoft Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 6 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,366 3,768 3,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.43% 22.15% 18.94%
As % of the Vendors category 42.93% 51.04% 47.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 1,933 2,321
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,934 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £71,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -

All Vendors
North of England

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,182 7,382 6,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.61% 43.39% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,337 3,901 4,772
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £26,275
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.89% +1.11%
75th Percentile £67,070 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £82,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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 -2 658 £45,000 - 508
Yorkshire -2 634 £45,000 -1.10% 301
North East +1 74 £47,261 +18.15% 126
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
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
1 104 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.49%) MS Exchange
3 21 (1.54%) IIS
4 16 (1.17%) Confluence
5 13 (0.95%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.51%) CMS
7 4 (0.29%) SAS
7 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.22%) Apache
8 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.073%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 237 (17.35%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.073%) SPSS
9 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 108 (7.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.88%) Primavera
3 8 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.15%) Shopify
7 1 (0.073%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.073%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.073%) FastStats
7 1 (0.073%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (0.073%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.073%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.073%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.073%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.073%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 718 (52.56%) Azure
2 455 (33.31%) Microsoft 365
3 319 (23.35%) Power Platform
4 188 (13.76%) Azure DevOps
5 182 (13.32%) Dynamics 365
6 125 (9.15%) IaaS
7 118 (8.64%) PaaS
7 118 (8.64%) SaaS
8 115 (8.42%) AWS
9 85 (6.22%) Entra ID
10 74 (5.42%) Serverless
11 61 (4.47%) Azure Functions
12 56 (4.10%) PowerApps
13 49 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 33 (2.42%) GCP
15 32 (2.34%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
17 21 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
17 21 (1.54%) Azure Storage
18 20 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 129 (9.44%) Firewall
2 124 (9.08%) DNS
3 103 (7.54%) DHCP
4 68 (4.98%) VPN
4 68 (4.98%) WAN
5 62 (4.54%) TCP/IP
6 60 (4.39%) LAN
7 46 (3.37%) VoIP
8 42 (3.07%) SAN
9 39 (2.86%) Wireless
10 35 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (2.05%) Network Security
12 25 (1.83%) Internet
13 23 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
14 19 (1.39%) VLAN
15 15 (1.10%) SD-WAN
16 14 (1.02%) Skype
16 14 (1.02%) Structured Cabling
16 14 (1.02%) WLAN
17 13 (0.95%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (15.08%) SQL Server
2 136 (9.96%) Power BI
3 61 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 45 (3.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 40 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
7 36 (2.64%) Relational Database
8 32 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (2.34%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 17 (1.24%) Tableau
10 14 (1.02%) MySQL
11 12 (0.88%) InterSystems Cache
12 11 (0.81%) Big Data
13 9 (0.66%) Power Query
14 7 (0.51%) Metadata
14 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 7 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.37%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 54 (3.95%) Git
2 47 (3.44%) JIRA
3 13 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 13 (0.95%) Visual Studio
4 12 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 11 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.51%) Subversion
7 5 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.29%) ERwin
8 4 (0.29%) NUnit
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.29%) Postman
8 4 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.22%) GitLab
9 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.15%) yacc
11 1 (0.073%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.073%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 438 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 307 (22.47%) Finance
3 129 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (6.88%) Retail
5 84 (6.15%) Law
6 71 (5.20%) Public Sector
7 67 (4.90%) Legal
8 60 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (3.37%) Marketing
10 42 (3.07%) Manufacturing
11 28 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.98%) Back Office
12 27 (1.98%) Banking
13 22 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.02%) Health Technology
15 14 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.95%) Electronics
17 10 (0.73%) Games
18 9 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 235 (17.20%) Analyst
2 151 (11.05%) Developer
3 133 (9.74%) Architect
4 129 (9.44%) IT Support
5 119 (8.71%) Support Engineer
6 115 (8.42%) Senior
7 103 (7.54%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 84 (6.15%) IT Engineer
9 83 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 80 (5.86%) Lead
11 76 (5.56%) Support Analyst
12 69 (5.05%) IT Analyst
13 66 (4.83%) Consultant
14 57 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
15 54 (3.95%) CRM Architect
15 54 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM Architect
16 51 (3.73%) Service Analyst
17 49 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
18 48 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
19 46 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (10.91%) .NET
2 68 (4.98%) HTML
3 60 (4.39%) CSS
4 39 (2.86%) .NET Core
5 30 (2.20%) AngularJS
6 29 (2.12%) .NET Framework
7 27 (1.98%) React
8 26 (1.90%) Web Services
9 24 (1.76%) ASP.NET
10 23 (1.68%) jQuery
11 21 (1.54%) ARM Templates
12 12 (0.88%) Next.js
12 12 (0.88%) REST
13 11 (0.81%) MFC
14 10 (0.73%) RESTful
15 9 (0.66%) HTML5
15 9 (0.66%) Middleware
15 9 (0.66%) SOAP
16 7 (0.51%) CSS3
16 7 (0.51%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 48 (3.51%) Driving Licence
3 41 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (2.12%) Data Centre
5 27 (1.98%) Clustering
5 27 (1.98%) Low-Code
5 27 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 27 (1.98%) Public Cloud
6 22 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
7 18 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.17%) Life Science
10 15 (1.10%) NHS
11 12 (0.88%) EPoS
11 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (0.81%) Digital Signage
13 9 (0.66%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 414 (30.31%) Windows
2 247 (18.08%) Windows Server
3 112 (8.20%) Windows 10
4 71 (5.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 67 (4.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 56 (4.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (2.93%) Linux
8 28 (2.05%) Windows 7
9 27 (1.98%) Android
10 22 (1.61%) Windows 8
11 20 (1.46%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.66%) Mac OS
12 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (0.44%) Unix
14 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.29%) Windows Vista
16 3 (0.22%) Debian
17 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
17 2 (0.15%) VMS
18 1 (0.073%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (22.62%) Agile
2 305 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
3 267 (19.55%) DevOps
4 182 (13.32%) ITIL
5 175 (12.81%) Customer Service
6 154 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
7 139 (10.18%) CRM
8 131 (9.59%) Actionable Insight
9 130 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 123 (9.00%) Roadmaps
11 117 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 108 (7.91%) CI/CD
13 91 (6.66%) Project Delivery
14 82 (6.00%) Analytics
15 81 (5.93%) Project Management
16 76 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
17 75 (5.49%) Customer Experience
18 72 (5.27%) Presales
19 67 (4.90%) Scrum
20 66 (4.83%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 255 (18.67%) SQL
2 122 (8.93%) C#
3 114 (8.35%) PowerShell
4 73 (5.34%) JavaScript
5 60 (4.39%) T-SQL
6 40 (2.93%) Python
7 16 (1.17%) Java
8 15 (1.10%) Bash
9 13 (0.95%) PL/SQL
10 11 (0.81%) Bicep
11 10 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.59%) C++
12 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.51%) C
13 7 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.44%) R
14 6 (0.44%) Ruby
15 5 (0.37%) VBA
16 4 (0.29%) Delphi
17 3 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 134 (9.81%) Degree
2 83 (6.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (3.95%) Azure Certification
3 54 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 48 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 22 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.24%) DBS Check
7 15 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 13 (0.95%) MCSE
9 12 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.73%) MCP
11 8 (0.59%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.59%) CCNA
11 8 (0.59%) MCSA
12 7 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.51%) PMP
13 6 (0.44%) CISM
13 6 (0.44%) CISSP
13 6 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.00%) SLA
2 41 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 32 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.12%) GDPR
4 29 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.39%) PMO
6 13 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.73%) QA
8 9 (0.66%) NCSC
8 9 (0.66%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.37%) GRC
11 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.29%) GAAP
12 4 (0.29%) WCAG
13 3 (0.22%) IFRS
14 2 (0.15%) COBIT
15 1 (0.073%) Basel III
System Software
1 383 (28.04%) Active Directory
2 120 (8.78%) Hyper-V
3 115 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 53 (3.88%) Docker
5 45 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (1.98%) XenApp
7 23 (1.68%) vSphere
8 20 (1.46%) Firmware
9 16 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 11 (0.81%) XenDesktop
12 9 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
14 6 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
15 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.37%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 1 (0.073%) NFS
17 1 (0.073%) Oracle RAC
17 1 (0.073%) RACF
Systems Management
1 100 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (6.15%) SCCM
3 74 (5.42%) Kubernetes
4 56 (4.10%) Terraform
5 55 (4.03%) SCOM
6 23 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
7 21 (1.54%) FortiGate
8 20 (1.46%) Nessus
8 20 (1.46%) SCVMM
9 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 14 (1.02%) Ansible
11 11 (0.81%) PaperCut
12 8 (0.59%) Puppet
12 8 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.37%) EdgeSight
13 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
14 4 (0.29%) Nmap
15 3 (0.22%) Nagios
15 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 175 (12.81%) VMware
2 108 (7.91%) Citrix
3 104 (7.61%) Cisco
4 58 (4.25%) Veeam
5 39 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 38 (2.78%) Oracle
7 35 (2.56%) Commvault
8 32 (2.34%) Kaseya
9 28 (2.05%) Google
10 25 (1.83%) SAP
10 25 (1.83%) Sophos
11 21 (1.54%) Aruba
11 21 (1.54%) Salesforce
12 20 (1.46%) Dell
13 17 (1.24%) Barracuda Networks
13 17 (1.24%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.24%) HP
14 15 (1.10%) ESET
15 14 (1.02%) arcserve
15 14 (1.02%) SolarWinds