Microsoft Job Trends in Nottingham

Microsoft
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottingham 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 20 January 2026, 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
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 58 63 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 11.44% 12.26% 18.65%
As % of the Vendors category 36.71% 47.37% 56.56%
Number of salaries quoted 34 28 64
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £26,400
25th Percentile £30,313 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,938 £60,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -

All Vendors
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 158 133 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 31.16% 25.88% 32.97%
Number of salaries quoted 71 60 106
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £40,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,563 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £77,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £37,750 £43,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.71% -12.50% -9.09%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Nottingham over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Nottingham

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (20.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (46.55%) Azure
2 17 (29.31%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (27.59%) Power Platform
4 7 (12.07%) PowerApps
5 6 (10.34%) Azure AI
6 5 (8.62%) AWS
6 5 (8.62%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (8.62%) Smartsheet
7 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (6.90%) Power Automate
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (5.17%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Functions
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (3.45%) Serverless
10 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) DHCP
1 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.62%) DNS
3 4 (6.90%) Firewall
3 4 (6.90%) PBX
3 4 (6.90%) VoIP
4 1 (1.72%) VLAN
4 1 (1.72%) VPN
4 1 (1.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.41%) Power BI
2 6 (10.34%) Tableau
3 3 (5.17%) Power Query
4 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.72%) Metadata
5 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Law
3 14 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.17%) Finance
6 3 (5.17%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Military
8 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Developer
2 14 (24.14%) Analyst
3 12 (20.69%) Junior
3 12 (20.69%) Junior Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Data Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Junior Data Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Junior Security Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Lead
5 6 (10.34%) Security Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Administrator
6 5 (8.62%) IT Administrator
6 5 (8.62%) Project Administrator
6 5 (8.62%) Senior Developer
6 5 (8.62%) Service Manager
6 5 (8.62%) Service Support Manager
6 5 (8.62%) Support Manager
6 5 (8.62%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.79%) .NET
2 5 (8.62%) .NET Core
2 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET
2 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (6.90%) AngularJS
3 4 (6.90%) React
4 1 (1.72%) JSON
4 1 (1.72%) REST
4 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) iSeries
1 2 (3.45%) Low-Code
1 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.72%) e-Learning
2 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (1.72%) iPhone
2 1 (1.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.72%) Android
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (18.97%) AI
2 11 (18.97%) ITIL
3 9 (15.52%) Service Delivery
3 9 (15.52%) Service Management
4 8 (13.79%) Business Development
5 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (10.34%) ITSM
6 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.34%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.62%) DevOps
7 5 (8.62%) MVC
7 5 (8.62%) Project Management
7 5 (8.62%) Service Delivery Management
7 5 (8.62%) Time Management
8 4 (6.90%) CI/CD
8 4 (6.90%) Full-Stack Development
9 3 (5.17%) API Management
9 3 (5.17%) Case Management
9 3 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) SQL
2 6 (10.34%) Python
3 5 (8.62%) C#
4 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (24.14%) Azure Certification
2 6 (10.34%) CompTIA CySA+
2 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.90%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) ForeScout
2 1 (1.72%) Cisco
2 1 (1.72%) iManage
2 1 (1.72%) SAP