Microsoft Jobs in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 9 39 6
Rank change year-on-year +30 -33 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 93 103 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.29% 9.95% 21.51%
As % of the Vendors category 46.97% 25.18% 58.76%
Number of salaries quoted 50 66 54
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,438 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +23.29% -21.08%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £65,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 198 409 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 36.80% 39.52% 36.60%
Number of salaries quoted 90 179 109
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +12.50% -13.51%
75th Percentile £69,725 £58,125 £48,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £72,000 £69,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +28 84 £42,500 -6.61% 48
County Down +13 1 £34,500 -29.23%
County Londonderry +9 1 - - 3
Newry - 1 £34,500 -
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 8 (8.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.15%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.08%) IIS
3 1 (1.08%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.08%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (26.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (63.44%) Azure
2 41 (44.09%) Power Platform
3 39 (41.94%) Dynamics 365
4 25 (26.88%) SaaS
5 23 (24.73%) IaaS
5 23 (24.73%) PaaS
6 22 (23.66%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (22.58%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (19.35%) Azure Functions
8 18 (19.35%) Serverless
9 6 (6.45%) Entra ID
10 4 (4.30%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.08%) AWS
11 1 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.60%) Firewall
2 5 (5.38%) SAN
3 4 (4.30%) DHCP
3 4 (4.30%) DNS
3 4 (4.30%) Network Security
3 4 (4.30%) WAN
4 3 (3.23%) LAN
4 3 (3.23%) VoIP
4 3 (3.23%) VPN
4 3 (3.23%) Wireless
5 2 (2.15%) IP Telephony
5 2 (2.15%) PBX
6 1 (1.08%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.08%) ISDN
6 1 (1.08%) MPLS
6 1 (1.08%) NAS
6 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.08%) VLAN
6 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.98%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.53%) Power BI
3 3 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.15%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.15%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (2.15%) QlikView
4 2 (2.15%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.08%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (1.08%) Power Query
5 1 (1.08%) PowerPivot
5 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.08%) Git
2 1 (1.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
General
1 39 (41.94%) Finance
2 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (8.60%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.60%) Retail
4 6 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.23%) Marketing
8 2 (2.15%) Electronics
8 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.08%) Banking
9 1 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (43.01%) Architect
2 34 (36.56%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 18 (19.35%) CRM Architect
3 18 (19.35%) Dynamics CRM Architect
4 17 (18.28%) Developer
5 13 (13.98%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (12.90%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
7 10 (10.75%) Analyst
7 10 (10.75%) Software Developer
8 9 (9.68%) Senior
9 5 (5.38%) CRM Developer
9 5 (5.38%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
9 5 (5.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 5 (5.38%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 5 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) IT Support
9 5 (5.38%) Technical Architect
10 4 (4.30%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.23%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 3 (3.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.13%) .NET
2 12 (12.90%) CSS
3 10 (10.75%) jQuery
4 9 (9.68%) HTML
5 7 (7.53%) ASP.NET
5 7 (7.53%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (4.30%) .NET Framework
6 4 (4.30%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.30%) ASP.NET MVC 5
6 4 (4.30%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (4.30%) Entity Framework
6 4 (4.30%) HTML5
6 4 (4.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 4 (4.30%) WCF
6 4 (4.30%) Web Services
7 3 (3.23%) .NET Core
7 3 (3.23%) Ajax
7 3 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.60%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.15%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) CCTV
5 1 (1.08%) EPoS
5 1 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.98%) Windows
2 6 (6.45%) Windows 10
2 6 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.23%) Android
3 3 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.08%) Linux
5 1 (1.08%) Unix
5 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.08%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (44.09%) Agile
2 40 (43.01%) Actionable Insight
3 25 (26.88%) CRM
4 22 (23.66%) DevOps
4 22 (23.66%) Mentoring
5 20 (21.51%) Roadmaps
6 18 (19.35%) Presales
6 18 (19.35%) Project Planning
6 18 (19.35%) Requirements Gathering
6 18 (19.35%) Strategic Roadmap
6 18 (19.35%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 16 (17.20%) Customer Engagement
7 16 (17.20%) Supply Chain Management
7 16 (17.20%) User Acceptance Testing
8 15 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (10.75%) MVC
11 8 (8.60%) Programme Management
12 6 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (6.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.28%) C#
2 11 (11.83%) JavaScript
3 8 (8.60%) SQL
4 5 (5.38%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.08%) Bash
5 1 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.08%) Java
5 1 (1.08%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.68%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.23%) HND
4 2 (2.15%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.15%) PMP
4 2 (2.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.08%) MCP
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.38%) QA
2 1 (1.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.08%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (18.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.15%) SCCM
3 1 (1.08%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (10.75%) Citrix
2 7 (7.53%) VMware
3 5 (5.38%) SAP
4 3 (3.23%) Commvault
4 3 (3.23%) Veeam
5 2 (2.15%) Cisco
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle
6 1 (1.08%) Dell
6 1 (1.08%) Sage
6 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.08%) Ubiquiti