Microsoft Job Trends in Peterborough

Microsoft
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Peterborough 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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 27 19 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 15.61% 13.38% 21.69%
As % of the Vendors category 52.94% 42.22% 64.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 15
10th Percentile - £25,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,280 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £30,450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +39.58% -26.63%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £67,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £34,000 £32,000 £34,750
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.91% -20.57%

All Vendors
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 51 45 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 29.48% 31.69% 33.73%
Number of salaries quoted 41 26 22
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,280 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £30,450
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +43.68% -26.63%
75th Percentile £82,500 £50,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £57,500 £57,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,960 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.08% +25.00% -14.63%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Peterborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Peterborough over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Peterborough

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.11%) AWS
4 3 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.41%) OCI
5 2 (7.41%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.70%) GitHub
6 1 (3.70%) IaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.70%) PaaS
6 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
3 1 (3.70%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) LoadRunner
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Law
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) IT Support
2 6 (22.22%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Lead
3 4 (14.81%) Technical Leader
4 3 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) IT Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Trainee
6 1 (3.70%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Performance Tester
6 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Tester
6 1 (3.70%) Trainee Administrator
6 1 (3.70%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) .NET
2 6 (22.22%) Vue
2 6 (22.22%) Web Services
2 6 (22.22%) YAML
3 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Client/Server
1 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.70%) SUSE
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 6 (22.22%) Clean Code
2 6 (22.22%) Dependency Injection
2 6 (22.22%) Migration
2 6 (22.22%) Push Notifications
2 6 (22.22%) Scrum
2 6 (22.22%) SOLID
3 3 (11.11%) Analytics
3 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 3 (11.11%) Data Analytics
3 3 (11.11%) Front End Development
3 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.41%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (7.41%) Project Management
4 2 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
2 6 (22.22%) C#
2 6 (22.22%) VB.NET
3 2 (7.41%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) R
4 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) DevExpress
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.70%) Dynatrace
3 1 (3.70%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.70%) Splunk