Microsoft Jobs in the North West

Microsoft
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 12 May 2025, 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 883 1,531 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.03% 15.53% 25.73%
As % of the Vendors category 33.66% 46.98% 56.33%
Number of salaries quoted 673 1,293 850
10th Percentile £27,049 £24,761 £23,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £30,001 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £56,000 £62,500 £58,614
90th Percentile £67,250 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,623 3,259 3,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.75% 33.05% 45.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,495 2,411 1,817
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £80,000 £77,611
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North West

Microsoft
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester -5 335 £47,000 -6.00% 415
Lancashire -29 287 £50,055 +32.07% 195
Cumbria -45 113 £45,628 +7.36% 25
Merseyside -2 84 £42,500 +3.66% 61
Cheshire -32 62 £42,500 +13.33% 116
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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
1 118 (13.36%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.91%) Apache
4 6 (0.68%) IIS
5 5 (0.57%) CMS
6 4 (0.45%) Confluence
7 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.34%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.34%) WordPress
8 2 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 382 (43.26%) Microsoft Office
2 276 (31.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 209 (23.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (5.66%) Simulink
5 11 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 158 (17.89%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.34%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.11%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 212 (24.01%) Azure
2 185 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.30%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (2.04%) Power Automate
8 17 (1.93%) AWS
8 17 (1.93%) SaaS
9 15 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (1.59%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.47%) IaaS
11 13 (1.47%) OneDrive
12 12 (1.36%) GCP
13 11 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.25%) PaaS
14 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.79%) Azure Functions
16 7 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.46%) DNS
2 40 (4.53%) Firewall
3 39 (4.42%) DHCP
4 32 (3.62%) WAN
5 31 (3.51%) LAN
6 24 (2.72%) VPN
7 16 (1.81%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.36%) VoIP
8 12 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.13%) SAN
10 9 (1.02%) Internet
11 7 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (0.79%) VLAN
11 7 (0.79%) VSAN
11 7 (0.79%) Wireless
12 6 (0.68%) MPLS
12 6 (0.68%) NAS
12 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.68%) Skype
13 5 (0.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.21%) Power BI
3 13 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.36%) MySQL
5 11 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.45%) Data Hub
9 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.45%) SQL CLR
9 4 (0.45%) Tableau
10 3 (0.34%) Metadata
10 3 (0.34%) Power Query
10 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.11%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 54 (6.12%) JIRA
2 13 (1.47%) Git
3 9 (1.02%) Babel
3 9 (1.02%) webpack
4 5 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.45%) Balsamiq
6 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.11%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.11%) git-flow
8 1 (0.11%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.11%) Maven
8 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 440 (49.83%) Social Skills
2 215 (24.35%) Aerospace
3 170 (19.25%) Automotive
4 100 (11.33%) Finance
5 95 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 44 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
8 42 (4.76%) Law
9 36 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.94%) Legal
11 24 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.93%) Marketing
13 16 (1.81%) Banking
14 12 (1.36%) Retail
14 12 (1.36%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.13%) Aeronautics
16 8 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.68%) Back Office
18 6 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 216 (24.46%) Systems Engineer
2 168 (19.03%) Senior
3 80 (9.06%) Lead
4 78 (8.83%) Analyst
5 75 (8.49%) Project Manager
6 69 (7.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 59 (6.68%) Team Leader
8 56 (6.34%) IT Support
9 50 (5.66%) Developer
9 50 (5.66%) Lead Systems Engineer
10 40 (4.53%) Support Engineer
11 37 (4.19%) Administrator
12 33 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (2.72%) Architect
14 23 (2.60%) Integration Engineer
14 23 (2.60%) Systems Integration Engineer
15 22 (2.49%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.38%) Configuration Manager
17 20 (2.27%) Service Analyst
18 19 (2.15%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.62%) .NET
2 16 (1.81%) REST
3 15 (1.70%) CSS
3 15 (1.70%) HTML
4 13 (1.47%) React
5 12 (1.36%) .NET Framework
5 12 (1.36%) ASP.NET
5 12 (1.36%) RESTful
6 9 (1.02%) HTML5
7 6 (0.68%) .NET Core
7 6 (0.68%) JSON
8 5 (0.57%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.57%) Entity Framework
8 5 (0.57%) Middleware
8 5 (0.57%) Web Services
8 5 (0.57%) XML
9 3 (0.34%) SAML
10 2 (0.23%) Immutable.js
10 2 (0.23%) Loki
10 2 (0.23%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.30%) Social Media
2 24 (2.72%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 21 (2.38%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (1.36%) FMCG
7 11 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.13%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 9 (1.02%) Life Science
9 9 (1.02%) Replication
10 8 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.91%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.91%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.79%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.45%) BYOD
12 4 (0.45%) NHS
12 4 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 162 (18.35%) Windows
2 54 (6.12%) Windows Server
3 45 (5.10%) Windows 10
4 37 (4.19%) Linux
5 14 (1.59%) Windows Vista
6 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.91%) Android
7 8 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.79%) CentOS
9 5 (0.57%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.57%) Unix
10 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.23%) AIX
12 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.23%) Debian
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (23.44%) Systems Engineering
2 161 (18.23%) Project Management
3 160 (18.12%) PLM
4 158 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (17.21%) Agile
6 114 (12.91%) Customer Service
7 97 (10.99%) ITIL
8 83 (9.40%) ERP
9 82 (9.29%) Coaching
10 79 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (8.72%) Line Management
12 69 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
13 68 (7.70%) Performance Metrics
14 62 (7.02%) Mentoring
15 53 (6.00%) Safety Engineering
15 53 (6.00%) System Testing
16 52 (5.89%) Cybersecurity
17 50 (5.66%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
17 50 (5.66%) SysML
18 48 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 158 (17.89%) MATLAB
2 66 (7.47%) SQL
3 34 (3.85%) Python
4 30 (3.40%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.72%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.49%) C#
7 14 (1.59%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.25%) PHP
9 10 (1.13%) Bash
10 7 (0.79%) Java
11 6 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.45%) C++
12 4 (0.45%) VB
13 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.34%) R
13 3 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.34%) VBA
14 2 (0.23%) AWK
14 2 (0.23%) Bicep
14 2 (0.23%) Korn
Qualifications
1 318 (36.01%) Degree
2 314 (35.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 161 (18.23%) HND
4 160 (18.12%) HNC
5 60 (6.80%) DBS Check
6 53 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 24 (2.72%) Security Cleared
8 19 (2.15%) SC Cleared
9 16 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (1.25%) MBA
13 10 (1.13%) ACCA
13 10 (1.13%) CIMA
13 10 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.91%) MOS
15 7 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.79%) CISSP
15 7 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.76%) SLA
2 23 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.81%) GDPR
5 14 (1.59%) QA
6 9 (1.02%) NIST
7 8 (0.91%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.57%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.34%) NCSC
9 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.34%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) COBIT
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) IFRS
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 102 (11.55%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.25%) vSphere
5 9 (1.02%) Docker
6 7 (0.79%) DFS Replication
6 7 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.57%) Postfix
7 5 (0.57%) Terminal Services
7 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.57%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.34%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.23%) KVM
9 2 (0.23%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (5.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.72%) SCCM
3 17 (1.93%) Terraform
4 14 (1.59%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.68%) Ansible
5 6 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.68%) Proxmox
6 4 (0.45%) SCOM
6 4 (0.45%) SCOrch
7 3 (0.34%) Autotask
7 3 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.23%) Grafana
8 2 (0.23%) Nessus
8 2 (0.23%) QRadar
8 2 (0.23%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 158 (17.89%) ANSYS
2 78 (8.83%) SAP
3 66 (7.47%) VMware
4 50 (5.66%) MathWorks
5 44 (4.98%) Cisco
6 25 (2.83%) Google
7 19 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.04%) Apple
8 18 (2.04%) Veeam
9 17 (1.93%) Oracle
10 15 (1.70%) Salesforce
11 14 (1.59%) Meraki
12 12 (1.36%) Capita
12 12 (1.36%) Citrix
13 10 (1.13%) Sophos
14 8 (0.91%) Adobe
15 7 (0.79%) IBM
16 6 (0.68%) Databricks
16 6 (0.68%) Facebook
16 6 (0.68%) Red Hat