Microsoft Jobs in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 8 December 2024, 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
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 10 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 -26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 80 89 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.35% 17.15% 10.41%
As % of the Vendors category 52.63% 47.34% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 31 46 66
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £33,750 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% +23.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £68,125 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 152 188 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 32.97% 36.22% 40.64%
Number of salaries quoted 52 83 183
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,154 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +11.11% +14.65%
75th Percentile £63,024 £69,838 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £72,000
UK median annual salary £56,252 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.28% -4.35% +4.55%

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 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
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 8 December 2024. 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 +5 64 £52,500 +25.75% 22
County Down +1 10 £52,500 +52.17%
County Londonderry -1 3 £27,800 - 1
County Tyrone - 3 - -
Newry 0 2 £52,500 +52.17%
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 18 (22.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (7.50%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (3.75%) AutoCAD
6 3 (3.75%) InfoPath
7 2 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Oracle EBS
1 11 (13.75%) Oracle ERP
1 11 (13.75%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (3.75%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.25%) Sage X3
3 1 (1.25%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.00%) Azure
2 18 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (18.75%) AWS
4 12 (15.00%) OneDrive
5 11 (13.75%) OCI
6 3 (3.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (3.75%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.75%) dbt
6 3 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.50%) IaaS
7 2 (2.50%) PaaS
7 2 (2.50%) SaaS
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) Network Security
2 3 (3.75%) FTP
2 3 (3.75%) HTTP
2 3 (3.75%) WAN
3 2 (2.50%) IPsec
3 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.50%) VPN
4 1 (1.25%) Firewall
4 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.25%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.75%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (1.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.50%) Finance
3 15 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (16.25%) Public Sector
5 11 (13.75%) Marketing
6 10 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 10 (12.50%) Retail
7 7 (8.75%) Legal
8 5 (6.25%) Electronics
8 5 (6.25%) Telecoms
9 4 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Banking
10 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (3.75%) Law
11 2 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (33.75%) Project Manager
2 19 (23.75%) Senior
3 16 (20.00%) Consultant
4 13 (16.25%) Lead
4 13 (16.25%) Lead Consultant
4 13 (16.25%) Senior Manager
4 13 (16.25%) Senior Project Manager
5 9 (11.25%) Cloud Consultant
5 9 (11.25%) Oracle Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Functional Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Consultant
6 7 (8.75%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 6 (7.50%) Principal Consultant
7 6 (7.50%) Workstream Lead
8 5 (6.25%) Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Architect
8 5 (6.25%) Support Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (5.00%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.75%) COM
2 3 (3.75%) Django
2 3 (3.75%) HTML
2 3 (3.75%) HTML5
3 1 (1.25%) .NET
3 1 (1.25%) Universal Windows Platform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.75%) Driving Licence
1 11 (13.75%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Licensing
2 3 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.25%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.25%) Windows
2 10 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (7.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.50%) Linux
5 2 (2.50%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Android
6 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.25%) Coaching
1 17 (21.25%) Project Management
2 15 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 14 (17.50%) ERP
4 11 (13.75%) Analytics
4 11 (13.75%) Service Delivery
5 10 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 8 (10.00%) Change Control
6 8 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 8 (10.00%) Presales
7 6 (7.50%) Change Management
7 6 (7.50%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.50%) ITSM
7 6 (7.50%) Requirements Workshops
7 6 (7.50%) Service Management
7 6 (7.50%) Time Management
7 6 (7.50%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (6.25%) ITIL
8 5 (6.25%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.00%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.75%) Python
4 1 (1.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.50%) CIPD
5 4 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.75%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.50%) CCNA
7 2 (2.50%) CCNP
7 2 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.50%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (2.50%) Postgraduate
8 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.25%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.25%) CEH
8 1 (1.25%) CISSP
8 1 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.25%) HNC
8 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.25%) GDPR
1 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.75%) AirWatch
2 3 (3.75%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (2.50%) Ansible
3 2 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.50%) SCCM
3 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (13.75%) Hyperion
1 11 (13.75%) JD Edwards
1 11 (13.75%) NEC
1 11 (13.75%) Oracle
1 11 (13.75%) PeopleSoft
2 6 (7.50%) SAP
3 3 (3.75%) Citrix
3 3 (3.75%) iManage
3 3 (3.75%) Splunk
3 3 (3.75%) Symantec
4 2 (2.50%) Apple
4 2 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (1.25%) Sage
5 1 (1.25%) VMware