Microsoft Job Trends 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 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 11 February 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
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 4
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,616 1,286 2,175
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 13.15% 16.17% 17.64%
As % of the Vendors category 46.76% 46.18% 48.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 724 1,910
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,239 £57,500 £58,617
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -9.52%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,456 2,785 4,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.13% 35.03% 36.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,394 3,670
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +5.26% -3.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,652 £62,833
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,715
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.65% -10.43%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

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 11 February 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 -10 741 £40,000 -15.79% 320
Yorkshire +2 685 £40,000 -11.11% 221
North East +7 190 £40,000 -5.88% 82
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
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
1 134 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 131 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 23 (1.42%) WordPress
4 10 (0.62%) CMS
4 10 (0.62%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.37%) IIS
6 5 (0.31%) Confluence
6 5 (0.31%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.12%) Apache
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 308 (19.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 218 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.50%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.062%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.62%) Magento
3 7 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.31%) Shopify
5 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.12%) Odoo
7 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.062%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.062%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.062%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 828 (51.24%) Azure
2 473 (29.27%) Microsoft 365
3 257 (15.90%) Power Platform
4 233 (14.42%) AWS
5 149 (9.22%) Entra ID
5 149 (9.22%) GitHub
6 130 (8.04%) Azure AI
7 59 (3.65%) SaaS
8 57 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
9 47 (2.91%) Power Automate
10 41 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 37 (2.29%) PowerApps
12 36 (2.23%) OneDrive
13 30 (1.86%) Serverless
14 26 (1.61%) Google Workspace
15 24 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
16 23 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
16 23 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
17 20 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 149 (9.22%) Firewall
2 131 (8.11%) Internet
3 106 (6.56%) DNS
4 101 (6.25%) VPN
5 95 (5.88%) DHCP
6 71 (4.39%) TCP/IP
7 64 (3.96%) WAN
8 63 (3.90%) VLAN
9 56 (3.47%) LAN
10 48 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (1.61%) SAN
12 20 (1.24%) VoIP
12 20 (1.24%) Wireless
13 17 (1.05%) Network Security
14 11 (0.68%) Ethernet
14 11 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
15 10 (0.62%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.43%) Broadband
17 6 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (11.94%) Power BI
2 192 (11.88%) Tableau
3 75 (4.64%) SQL Server
4 71 (4.39%) Data Mining
5 17 (1.05%) Metadata
6 13 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (0.74%) MySQL
8 11 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.12%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.12%) Data Vault
14 2 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 142 (8.79%) Git
2 23 (1.42%) JIRA
3 10 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
5 4 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.19%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.19%) GitLab
6 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.062%) LSMW
8 1 (0.062%) Maven
8 1 (0.062%) Selenium
8 1 (0.062%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.062%) TestRail
General
1 769 (47.59%) Social Skills
2 205 (12.69%) Finance
3 196 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (8.04%) Multimedia
5 124 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 82 (5.07%) Manufacturing
8 54 (3.34%) Retail
9 52 (3.22%) Public Sector
10 49 (3.03%) Advertising
11 48 (2.97%) Marketing
12 32 (1.98%) Law
12 32 (1.98%) Legal
13 25 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
15 19 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.43%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.43%) Automotive
18 6 (0.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 452 (27.97%) Analyst
2 257 (15.90%) IT Support
3 254 (15.72%) Junior
4 243 (15.04%) Junior Analyst
5 210 (13.00%) Trainee
6 191 (11.82%) Data Analyst
7 153 (9.47%) Support Engineer
8 130 (8.04%) Developer
9 122 (7.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 122 (7.55%) Junior Data Analyst
9 122 (7.55%) Security Analyst
10 121 (7.49%) Junior Security Analyst
11 110 (6.81%) Senior
12 107 (6.62%) IT Engineer
13 101 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
14 91 (5.63%) Software Developer
15 90 (5.57%) Lead
16 70 (4.33%) Support Technician
17 68 (4.21%) Trainee Analyst
17 68 (4.21%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (9.53%) CSS
2 153 (9.47%) HTML
3 67 (4.15%) .NET
4 27 (1.67%) .NET Framework
5 26 (1.61%) ASP.NET
6 23 (1.42%) .NET Core
7 12 (0.74%) Pandas
8 10 (0.62%) Hugging Face
8 10 (0.62%) Matplotlib
8 10 (0.62%) NumPy
8 10 (0.62%) scikit-learn
8 10 (0.62%) Streamlit
9 9 (0.56%) React
10 8 (0.50%) PySpark
11 7 (0.43%) EDI
11 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.31%) Blazor
12 5 (0.31%) Middleware
12 5 (0.31%) PyTorch
12 5 (0.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 135 (8.35%) Driving Licence
2 60 (3.71%) Onboarding
2 60 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 30 (1.86%) Cyberattack
6 28 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
7 25 (1.55%) Social Media
8 24 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 22 (1.36%) Low-Code
10 21 (1.30%) Cloud Native
10 21 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 19 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
14 16 (0.99%) EPoS
14 16 (0.99%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.87%) Data Centre
16 13 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
17 12 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 349 (21.60%) Windows
2 161 (9.96%) Windows Server
3 98 (6.06%) Windows 10
4 40 (2.48%) Android
5 38 (2.35%) Linux
5 38 (2.35%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (0.50%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.50%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.25%) Debian
10 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (26.98%) Mentoring
2 387 (23.95%) Cybersecurity
3 287 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
4 255 (15.78%) Customer Service
5 235 (14.54%) AI
6 200 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
7 175 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (10.64%) Analytics
9 148 (9.16%) ITIL
10 140 (8.66%) Agile
11 128 (7.92%) Project Management
12 106 (6.56%) Coaching
13 93 (5.75%) Data Analysis
14 91 (5.63%) CRM
15 87 (5.38%) Business Analysis
16 85 (5.26%) Migration
17 83 (5.14%) DevOps
17 83 (5.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 79 (4.89%) Disaster Recovery
19 77 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 401 (24.81%) Python
2 326 (20.17%) SQL
3 176 (10.89%) JavaScript
4 80 (4.95%) C#
5 67 (4.15%) PowerShell
5 67 (4.15%) R
6 33 (2.04%) Java
7 29 (1.79%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.11%) VBA
9 17 (1.05%) Bash
10 14 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.74%) Bicep
12 9 (0.56%) PHP
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.43%) VBScript
15 5 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.12%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.062%) Scala
18 1 (0.062%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 463 (28.65%) Azure Certification
2 201 (12.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 182 (11.26%) AWS Certification
4 163 (10.09%) Degree
5 145 (8.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 124 (7.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 121 (7.49%) CompTIA CySA+
8 44 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 37 (2.29%) Security Cleared
10 34 (2.10%) SC Cleared
11 30 (1.86%) CEH
12 28 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 28 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
13 27 (1.67%) HNC
14 26 (1.61%) A+ Certification
15 22 (1.36%) DBS Check
16 19 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
17 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 12 (0.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (3.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 50 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.72%) GDPR
4 30 (1.86%) NIST
4 30 (1.86%) QA
5 28 (1.73%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.36%) SLA
7 15 (0.93%) PMO
8 14 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (0.68%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.37%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.25%) GRC
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.12%) IFRS
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.12%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.12%) WCAG
13 1 (0.062%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.062%) GAAP
System Software
1 293 (18.13%) Active Directory
2 78 (4.83%) Hyper-V
2 78 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.74%) Docker
4 11 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.37%) vSphere
8 4 (0.25%) Firmware
9 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.19%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.062%) HDFS
11 1 (0.062%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 140 (8.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (2.35%) SCCM
3 22 (1.36%) Terraform
4 17 (1.05%) Autotask
5 15 (0.93%) Kubernetes
6 11 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.50%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.43%) Ansible
8 7 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.12%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.12%) Grafana
11 2 (0.12%) Plesk
12 1 (0.062%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.062%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.062%) Kibana
12 1 (0.062%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.062%) WSUS
Vendors
1 151 (9.34%) ForeScout
2 115 (7.12%) VMware
3 75 (4.64%) Cisco
4 64 (3.96%) Salesforce
5 55 (3.40%) Google
6 44 (2.72%) Apple
7 37 (2.29%) Citrix
8 24 (1.49%) Veeam
9 22 (1.36%) Adobe
9 22 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 19 (1.18%) Oracle
11 14 (0.87%) Sage
12 12 (0.74%) SAP
13 11 (0.68%) SonicWALL
14 10 (0.62%) Databricks
14 10 (0.62%) New Relic
15 9 (0.56%) Freshdesk
15 9 (0.56%) Splunk
16 8 (0.50%) Fortinet
16 8 (0.50%) WatchGuard