Microsoft Jobs in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 119 352 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 17.12% 19.50% 17.60%
As % of the Vendors category 56.94% 59.36% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 89 294 231
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,105 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £43,120 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -21.60% +29.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,381 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.64% -3.68%

All Vendors
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 209 593 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 30.07% 32.85% 48.44%
Number of salaries quoted 159 451 410
10th Percentile £26,900 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -16.67% +8.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £58,875 £66,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Oxfordshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Oxford -1 29 £65,000 +44.44% 21
Banbury +2 9 £27,500 -42.11% 5
Witney -4 7 £70,000 +66.67% 1
Woodstock - 5 £41,500 - 3
Bicester +7 4 £87,500 +191.67% 6
Kidlington -1 4 £36,000 -20.00% 7
Abingdon -2 2 £34,750 -21.02% 7
Wantage 0 1 £71,000 +18.33% 2
Carterton - 1 - - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 14 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.72%) IIS
2 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.88%) CMS
3 7 (5.88%) Kentico
4 5 (4.20%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.84%) Apache
5 1 (0.84%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (9.24%) Shopify
2 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (33.61%) Azure
2 34 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (20.17%) AWS
4 14 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 13 (10.92%) Power Platform
6 11 (9.24%) Google Ads
6 11 (9.24%) Google Analytics
6 11 (9.24%) Google Tag Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Cloudflare
8 7 (5.88%) GCP
8 7 (5.88%) Kontent
9 3 (2.52%) BigCommerce
9 3 (2.52%) ClickUp
9 3 (2.52%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.52%) Storyblok
10 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) TCP/IP
1 12 (10.08%) WAN
1 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (9.24%) DNS
2 11 (9.24%) Firewall
3 9 (7.56%) DHCP
3 9 (7.56%) LAN
4 7 (5.88%) SAN
4 7 (5.88%) VLAN
5 5 (4.20%) Wireless
6 3 (2.52%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.68%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.84%) Internet
8 1 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (22.69%) SQL Server
2 17 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (7.56%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (7.56%) MySQL
4 5 (4.20%) Power BI
5 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 13 (10.92%) JIRA
3 9 (7.56%) Git
3 9 (7.56%) NUnit
3 9 (7.56%) TeamCity
4 8 (6.72%) Jasmine
General
1 50 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.13%) Marketing
3 15 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.92%) Finance
5 11 (9.24%) Retail
6 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.36%) Games
7 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Law
9 1 (0.84%) Advertising
9 1 (0.84%) Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Billing
9 1 (0.84%) Legal
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (22.69%) Developer
2 17 (14.29%) Portal Developer
3 14 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 11 (9.24%) IT Support
5 10 (8.40%) IT Engineer
5 10 (8.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (8.40%) PPC Executive
5 10 (8.40%) Senior
6 9 (7.56%) Senior Developer
7 8 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (6.72%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 7 (5.88%) Analyst
8 7 (5.88%) Project Manager
8 7 (5.88%) Web Manager
8 7 (5.88%) Web Project Manager
9 6 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.20%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.20%) Support Technician
10 5 (4.20%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (23.53%) .NET
2 26 (21.85%) React
3 20 (16.81%) .NET Framework
4 17 (14.29%) .NET Core
4 17 (14.29%) JSON
4 17 (14.29%) XML
5 14 (11.76%) ASP.NET
6 9 (7.56%) AngularJS
6 9 (7.56%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (7.56%) CSS
6 9 (7.56%) CSS3
6 9 (7.56%) HTML
6 9 (7.56%) HTML5
6 9 (7.56%) Vue
7 8 (6.72%) Jest
7 8 (6.72%) RESTful
8 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 9 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.20%) Replication
5 4 (3.36%) AS400
5 4 (3.36%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.36%) iSeries
5 4 (3.36%) Mainframe
5 4 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.52%) Online Games
7 2 (1.68%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.84%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.05%) Windows
2 11 (9.24%) Linux
2 11 (9.24%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.40%) Mac OS
4 4 (3.36%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.68%) Android
6 2 (1.68%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.68%) Unix
7 1 (0.84%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.84%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.57%) Agile
2 32 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (21.85%) Project Management
4 21 (17.65%) Workflow
5 18 (15.13%) Business Development
5 18 (15.13%) Data Privacy
6 17 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
7 15 (12.61%) Digital Marketing
8 14 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (10.08%) Commercial Awareness
9 12 (10.08%) ITIL
9 12 (10.08%) Scrum
10 11 (9.24%) Analytics
10 11 (9.24%) Marketing Strategy
10 11 (9.24%) Pay per click
10 11 (9.24%) Roadmaps
10 11 (9.24%) Time Management
11 10 (8.40%) CI/CD
12 9 (7.56%) Full-Stack Development
12 9 (7.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (20.17%) SQL
2 11 (9.24%) C#
2 11 (9.24%) JavaScript
3 9 (7.56%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.36%) RPG
5 2 (1.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (10.92%) MCP
2 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (7.56%) Degree
4 8 (6.72%) A+ Certification
5 3 (2.52%) ACCA
5 3 (2.52%) CIMA
5 3 (2.52%) MCSA
5 3 (2.52%) MCSE
6 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.84%) CCNA
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.84%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.84%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (4.20%) GDPR
3 5 (4.20%) NIST
4 2 (1.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.84%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 26 (21.85%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.92%) Hyper-V
2 13 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.84%) Squid
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.56%) Terraform
3 7 (5.88%) SCCM
4 3 (2.52%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.68%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.84%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (15.13%) Google
2 13 (10.92%) VMware
3 10 (8.40%) Pinterest
3 10 (8.40%) TikTok
4 9 (7.56%) Rollbar
5 6 (5.04%) Sophos
6 5 (4.20%) Apple
6 5 (4.20%) arcserve
6 5 (4.20%) HP
7 4 (3.36%) Meraki
8 3 (2.52%) Datto
8 3 (2.52%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.68%) Aruba
9 2 (1.68%) Cisco
9 2 (1.68%) Dell
9 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.68%) Veeam
10 1 (0.84%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.84%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (0.84%) Xero