Microsoft Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire 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 12 May 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
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 163 69 180
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 14.02% 13.42% 14.77%
As % of the Vendors category 57.80% 30.94% 46.63%
Number of salaries quoted 93 64 163
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £27,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -20.86% -6.90%
75th Percentile £62,500 £43,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £67,227
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.90% +2.67% -12.30%

All Vendors
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 282 223 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 24.25% 43.39% 31.67%
Number of salaries quoted 148 137 272
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £22,788
25th Percentile £29,625 £31,250 £30,205
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.74% -14.44% -14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -15.79%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Nottinghamshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Nottingham +22 134 £50,000 +25.00% 34
Mansfield -7 2 £27,750 -20.71% 4
Worksop - 2 £28,000 - 1
Microsoft
East Midlands

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 5 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (20.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) SAP Business One
2 4 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.61%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (55.21%) Azure
2 46 (28.22%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (22.70%) Power Platform
4 21 (12.88%) Azure AI
5 15 (9.20%) AWS
6 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (4.29%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.07%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.84%) Smartsheet
10 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.61%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.61%) GitHub
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.91%) Firewall
1 8 (4.91%) VoIP
2 5 (3.07%) IP Telephony
3 4 (2.45%) DHCP
3 4 (2.45%) DNS
3 4 (2.45%) VPN
4 3 (1.84%) Internet
4 3 (1.84%) Network Security
4 3 (1.84%) PBX
4 3 (1.84%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.23%) LAN
5 2 (1.23%) WAN
5 2 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (20.25%) Power BI
2 21 (12.88%) Tableau
3 4 (2.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.84%) Power Query
5 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) VersionOne
2 4 (2.45%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.45%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.23%) Git
4 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 99 (60.74%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.75%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.52%) Law
6 9 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.68%) Finance
8 5 (3.07%) Local Government
8 5 (3.07%) Retail
9 3 (1.84%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) Games
10 2 (1.23%) Marketing
10 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.61%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 63 (38.65%) Analyst
2 43 (26.38%) Junior
3 42 (25.77%) Junior Analyst
4 37 (22.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 37 (22.70%) Security Analyst
5 21 (12.88%) Data Analyst
5 21 (12.88%) Junior Data Analyst
5 21 (12.88%) Junior Security Analyst
6 18 (11.04%) Developer
7 15 (9.20%) Ethical Hacker
8 12 (7.36%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) IT Security Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) IT Support
9 10 (6.13%) Support Technician
10 8 (4.91%) Senior
11 7 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.68%) IT Technician
12 6 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) .NET
2 7 (4.29%) .NET Core
2 7 (4.29%) ASP.NET
3 6 (3.68%) React
4 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (2.45%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.84%) CSS
7 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.23%) Blazor
7 2 (1.23%) jQuery
7 2 (1.23%) LINQ
8 1 (0.61%) HTML
8 1 (0.61%) Hugging Face
8 1 (0.61%) Matplotlib
8 1 (0.61%) NumPy
8 1 (0.61%) Pandas
8 1 (0.61%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.61%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.66%) Cyberattack
2 15 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 13 (7.98%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (6.13%) CSOC
6 7 (4.29%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.68%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.45%) Insider Threat
8 4 (2.45%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.84%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.23%) CCTV
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.66%) Windows
2 10 (6.13%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.45%) Android
3 4 (2.45%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.84%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (41.10%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (20.25%) Business Intelligence
2 33 (20.25%) Mentoring
3 28 (17.18%) AI
4 21 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (11.66%) Ethical Hacking
6 18 (11.04%) Customer Service
6 18 (11.04%) Service Delivery
7 15 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.36%) ITIL
9 11 (6.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 10 (6.13%) Analytical Thinking
10 10 (6.13%) Incident Response
10 10 (6.13%) Security Operations
10 10 (6.13%) SIEM
11 9 (5.52%) Decision-Making
11 9 (5.52%) ERP
12 8 (4.91%) DevOps
12 8 (4.91%) ITSM
12 8 (4.91%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.40%) SQL
2 27 (16.56%) Python
3 9 (5.52%) C#
4 7 (4.29%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.23%) C++
7 2 (1.23%) Java
7 2 (1.23%) PHP
7 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (39.88%) Azure Certification
2 33 (20.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 27 (16.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 19 (11.66%) CEH
5 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
5 16 (9.82%) Security Cleared
6 10 (6.13%) CCNA
6 10 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (5.52%) Degree
8 8 (4.91%) SANS
9 7 (4.29%) CISSP
10 6 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.45%) CISMP
12 4 (2.45%) CREST Certified
12 4 (2.45%) GIAC
12 4 (2.45%) GPEN
12 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (2.45%) OSCP
12 4 (2.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.36%) SLA
2 10 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.68%) GDPR
4 4 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.45%) NIST
5 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 19 (11.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.45%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.45%) Nmap
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (25.77%) ForeScout
2 12 (7.36%) Cisco
3 6 (3.68%) SAP
4 5 (3.07%) ESET
5 2 (1.23%) Meraki
6 1 (0.61%) Citrix
6 1 (0.61%) VMware