Microsoft Jobs in Northamptonshire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 2 18
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 92 185 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 10.66% 25.10% 8.98%
As % of the Vendors category 43.60% 68.27% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 57 121 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £24,750 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -24.69% -14.74%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,700
East Midlands median annual salary £37,750 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% -11.76% -

All Vendors
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 211 271 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 24.45% 36.77% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 121 183 122
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £24,750 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £32,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -40.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £47,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,475
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £49,944
% change year-on-year +6.25% -19.91% +10.99%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

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Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Northampton -14 55 £32,500 - 41
Corby +2 1 £27,500 - 1
Wellingborough +2 1 £52,500 +80.26% 1
Towcester -7 1 - - 2
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 20 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (19.57%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.52%) IIS
4 1 (1.09%) CMS
4 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (33.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.52%) Chatbot
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.09%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (38.04%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (27.17%) Azure
3 9 (9.78%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.17%) IaaS
5 1 (1.09%) AWS
5 1 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.09%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.09%) PaaS
5 1 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.48%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (9.78%) DHCP
2 9 (9.78%) DNS
2 9 (9.78%) Firewall
3 7 (7.61%) Ethernet
3 7 (7.61%) SAN
4 3 (3.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.17%) IP Telephony
5 2 (2.17%) VPN
5 2 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.09%) 5G
6 1 (1.09%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.09%) Broadband
6 1 (1.09%) LTE
6 1 (1.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Postman
General
1 34 (36.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 27 (29.35%) Manufacturing
3 19 (20.65%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.26%) Automotive
4 3 (3.26%) Electronics
5 2 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.17%) Retail
6 1 (1.09%) Law
6 1 (1.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Electrical Engineer
1 25 (27.17%) Safety Engineer
1 25 (27.17%) Test Engineer
2 16 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 7 (7.61%) 1st Line Support
3 7 (7.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (7.61%) Senior
4 6 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (6.52%) Active Directory Engineer
4 6 (6.52%) Active Directory Support
4 6 (6.52%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 6 (6.52%) Automation Architect
4 6 (6.52%) Digital Architect
4 6 (6.52%) Digital Solutions Architect
4 6 (6.52%) Digital Transformation
4 6 (6.52%) Digital Transformation Architect
4 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
4 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support Technician
4 6 (6.52%) Infrastructure Technician
4 6 (6.52%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) .NET
1 4 (4.35%) .NET Core
1 4 (4.35%) ASP.NET
1 4 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
1 3 (3.26%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.17%) Optoelectronics
3 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.09%) IoT
3 1 (1.09%) NB-IoT
3 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.09%) Replication
3 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (41.30%) Windows
2 36 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 7 (7.61%) Linux
4 5 (5.43%) CentOS
4 5 (5.43%) Rocky
4 5 (5.43%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.17%) Safety Engineering
2 12 (13.04%) Service Delivery
3 11 (11.96%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (10.87%) Customer Service
5 8 (8.70%) Data Protection
6 7 (7.61%) Process Improvement
6 7 (7.61%) Service Management
6 7 (7.61%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.52%) Conversational UI
7 6 (6.52%) ITSM
7 6 (6.52%) Machine Learning
7 6 (6.52%) Mentoring
7 6 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.52%) Roadmaps
7 6 (6.52%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (5.43%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (5.43%) SDLC
9 4 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.70%) SQL
2 4 (4.35%) C#
2 4 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (1.09%) Bash
4 1 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.09%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (33.70%) Degree
2 8 (8.70%) CCNA
2 8 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.17%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.17%) HNC
4 2 (2.17%) HND
4 2 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) SLA
2 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.09%) NIST
2 1 (1.09%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (31.52%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.39%) Hyper-V
3 10 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (7.61%) vSphere
5 6 (6.52%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.09%) Firmware
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.52%) Ansible
2 2 (2.17%) Autotask
3 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.09%) Puppet
3 1 (1.09%) SCCM
3 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (13.04%) VMware
2 7 (7.61%) Meraki
3 6 (6.52%) Dell
3 6 (6.52%) HP
3 6 (6.52%) NetApp
4 4 (4.35%) Cisco
4 4 (4.35%) Veeam
5 3 (3.26%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.09%) Adobe
6 1 (1.09%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.09%) Datto
6 1 (1.09%) Imperva
6 1 (1.09%) SAP
6 1 (1.09%) Sun