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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 35 106 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.62% 14.21% 16.36%
As % of the Vendors category 26.52% 39.26% 40.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11 79 65
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,453 -
25th Percentile £26,750 £33,248 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +26.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £77,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +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 132 270 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 51.36% 36.19% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 37 137 190
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £84,000 £87,500 £71,300
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
County Antrim +2 27 £50,000 +17.65% 266
County Londonderry - 4 £30,000 - 2
County Down -8 2 - - 3
County Tyrone - 1 - - 3
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 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Primavera
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (5.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.57%) Azure
3 3 (8.57%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.71%) OCI
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (2.86%) IPsec
2 1 (2.86%) LAN
2 1 (2.86%) VPN
2 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Database
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) DB2
2 1 (2.86%) MS Access
2 1 (2.86%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.43%) Law
5 4 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Senior
2 5 (14.29%) Architect
2 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Programmer
3 4 (11.43%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Administrator
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Network Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Network Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Service Desk Administrator
5 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Support Specialist
6 1 (2.86%) Compliance Specialist
6 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) AS400
4 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.86%) PKI
4 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
2 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.86%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Project Management
2 7 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
3 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
3 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
4 5 (14.29%) Coaching
5 4 (11.43%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (11.43%) Cloud Security
5 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (11.43%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (8.57%) Analytics
6 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.57%) Logistics
6 3 (8.57%) Mathematics
6 3 (8.57%) Service Management
6 3 (8.57%) Time Management
7 2 (5.71%) Data Security
7 2 (5.71%) ERP
7 2 (5.71%) ITSM
7 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) RPG
1 1 (2.86%) RPG IV
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.71%) CISSP
3 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) CCNP
4 1 (2.86%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.86%) ISO 14001
1 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) CASB
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) Hyperion
1 2 (5.71%) JD Edwards
1 2 (5.71%) NEC
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle
1 2 (5.71%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (2.86%) Cisco
2 1 (2.86%) Google
2 1 (2.86%) IBM
2 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
2 1 (2.86%) SAP
2 1 (2.86%) Zscaler