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 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 125 324 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 16.58% 19.26% 17.10%
As % of the Vendors category 55.80% 56.06% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 97 292 237
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,043 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £43,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% -18.10% +23.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £59,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £65,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%

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 224 578 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 29.71% 34.36% 47.52%
Number of salaries quoted 173 465 415
10th Percentile £28,350 £26,250 £26,224
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £62,971
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 11 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 11 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 -4 28 £65,000 +44.44% 29
Witney -1 12 £70,000 +66.67% 2
Banbury +6 11 £27,500 -42.11% 5
Bicester +6 4 £87,500 +191.67% 3
Woodstock - 4 £41,500 - 1
Kidlington -1 3 £40,000 -11.11% 2
Abingdon -2 2 £34,750 -19.19% 7
Wantage 0 1 £71,000 +18.33% 1
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 12 (9.60%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.20%) CMS
2 9 (7.20%) Kentico
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (3.20%) IIS
6 1 (0.80%) Apache
6 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.80%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (15.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (9.60%) Shopify
2 3 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.80%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 44 (35.20%) Azure
2 33 (26.40%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (16.00%) AWS
4 14 (11.20%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.60%) Google Ads
5 12 (9.60%) Google Analytics
5 12 (9.60%) Google Tag Manager
6 11 (8.80%) Entra ID
7 9 (7.20%) Kontent
8 8 (6.40%) GCP
9 5 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (3.20%) Cloudflare
11 3 (2.40%) BigCommerce
11 3 (2.40%) ClickUp
11 3 (2.40%) Storyblok
12 2 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.20%) DNS
2 13 (10.40%) DHCP
3 11 (8.80%) TCP/IP
3 11 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (8.00%) Firewall
5 9 (7.20%) WAN
6 7 (5.60%) VLAN
7 6 (4.80%) LAN
8 5 (4.00%) Wireless
9 4 (3.20%) SAN
10 3 (2.40%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.60%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.80%) ADSL
12 1 (0.80%) Internet
12 1 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.80%) VPN
12 1 (0.80%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (19.20%) SQL Server
2 20 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (5.60%) Power BI
4 5 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (16.00%) Visual Studio
2 13 (10.40%) JIRA
3 4 (3.20%) Git
3 4 (3.20%) Jasmine
3 4 (3.20%) NUnit
3 4 (3.20%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.60%) Marketing
3 16 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.80%) Finance
4 12 (9.60%) Retail
5 6 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.00%) Law
6 5 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.80%) Advertising
8 1 (0.80%) Billing
8 1 (0.80%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (20.80%) Developer
2 20 (16.00%) Portal Developer
3 13 (10.40%) Support Engineer
4 11 (8.80%) IT Engineer
4 11 (8.80%) IT Support
4 11 (8.80%) PPC Executive
5 9 (7.20%) IT Manager
5 9 (7.20%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Project Manager
5 9 (7.20%) Web Manager
5 9 (7.20%) Web Project Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Digital Project Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Senior
7 5 (4.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) Lead
7 5 (4.00%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.00%) Technical Support
8 4 (3.20%) Senior C# Developer
8 4 (3.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.80%) .NET
2 24 (19.20%) React
3 22 (17.60%) .NET Framework
4 20 (16.00%) .NET Core
4 20 (16.00%) JSON
4 20 (16.00%) XML
5 9 (7.20%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.20%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.20%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (3.20%) CSS
6 4 (3.20%) CSS3
6 4 (3.20%) HTML
6 4 (3.20%) HTML5
6 4 (3.20%) Jest
6 4 (3.20%) RESTful
6 4 (3.20%) Vue
7 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.20%) Mobile App
2 11 (8.80%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.60%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.20%) AS400
5 4 (3.20%) iSeries
5 4 (3.20%) Mainframe
5 4 (3.20%) Replication
5 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.60%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (1.60%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.80%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.80%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.80%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.80%) NHS
8 1 (0.80%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.40%) Windows
2 11 (8.80%) Linux
3 10 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.20%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.20%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.60%) Android
7 2 (1.60%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.60%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.80%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.80%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.80%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.80%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (25.60%) Project Management
3 31 (24.80%) Agile
4 24 (19.20%) Workflow
5 21 (16.80%) Business Development
5 21 (16.80%) Data Privacy
6 20 (16.00%) Customer-Centricity
7 18 (14.40%) Digital Marketing
8 14 (11.20%) ITIL
9 13 (10.40%) Commercial Awareness
9 13 (10.40%) CRM
9 13 (10.40%) Roadmaps
10 12 (9.60%) Analytics
10 12 (9.60%) Marketing Strategy
10 12 (9.60%) Pay per click
10 12 (9.60%) Scrum
10 12 (9.60%) Time Management
11 11 (8.80%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.00%) E-Commerce
12 10 (8.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.00%) SQL
2 7 (5.60%) C#
3 6 (4.80%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.20%) RPG
4 4 (3.20%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.60%) Python
6 1 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.80%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 14 (11.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (8.80%) MCP
3 10 (8.00%) Degree
4 9 (7.20%) A+ Certification
5 3 (2.40%) ACCA
5 3 (2.40%) CIMA
5 3 (2.40%) MCSA
5 3 (2.40%) MCSE
6 2 (1.60%) CCNA
6 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.60%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.60%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.80%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) GDPR
1 5 (4.00%) ISO 22301
1 5 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.00%) NIST
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.60%) SLA
4 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.80%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.60%) Hyper-V
3 11 (8.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.20%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.80%) Squid
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.00%) Terraform
3 4 (3.20%) SCCM
4 3 (2.40%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.60%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.80%) Ansible
6 1 (0.80%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (16.00%) Google
2 11 (8.80%) Pinterest
2 11 (8.80%) TikTok
2 11 (8.80%) VMware
3 5 (4.00%) HP
4 4 (3.20%) Apple
4 4 (3.20%) arcserve
4 4 (3.20%) Cisco
4 4 (3.20%) Meraki
4 4 (3.20%) Rollbar
5 3 (2.40%) Veeam
6 2 (1.60%) Aruba
6 2 (1.60%) Dell
6 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.80%) ConnectWise
7 1 (0.80%) NETGEAR
7 1 (0.80%) Snow
7 1 (0.80%) Sophos
7 1 (0.80%) Ubiquiti