Microsoft Jobs in Reading

Microsoft
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 11 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 66 389 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 12.84% 21.20% 19.87%
As % of the Vendors category 32.84% 51.18% 49.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58 311 173
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,313 £31,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +1.99%
75th Percentile £64,750 £59,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
Berkshire median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -11.46% +4.92% -8.50%

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 201 760 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 39.11% 41.42% 40.07%
Number of salaries quoted 114 480 307
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,563 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,750 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £78,750 £88,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Reading

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Reading

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Reading

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (25.76%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.03%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.52%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.52%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 42 (63.64%) Azure
2 27 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
4 14 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (12.12%) AWS
5 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 5 (7.58%) IaaS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (3.03%) SaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.52%) GitHub
8 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.67%) DNS
2 10 (15.15%) DHCP
3 9 (13.64%) Firewall
4 5 (7.58%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (7.58%) SAN
5 2 (3.03%) LAN
5 2 (3.03%) WAN
6 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.52%) VPN
6 1 (1.52%) VSAN
6 1 (1.52%) Wireless
6 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.09%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Git
1 2 (3.03%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.52%) Selenium
2 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 10 (15.15%) Law
4 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) German Language
6 3 (4.55%) Marketing
6 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.03%) Electronics
7 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Developer
2 15 (22.73%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 14 (21.21%) Support Engineer
4 11 (16.67%) Technical Support
5 7 (10.61%) IT Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) IT Support
5 7 (10.61%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (9.09%) 1st Line Technical Support
6 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
6 6 (9.09%) Support Specialist
6 6 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (9.09%) Technical Support Specialist
7 5 (7.58%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (7.58%) Help Desk Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Developer
7 5 (7.58%) Senior
7 5 (7.58%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.70%) .NET
2 7 (10.61%) .NET Framework
3 5 (7.58%) SAML
4 2 (3.03%) CSS
4 2 (3.03%) HTML
4 2 (3.03%) React
5 1 (1.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.52%) CSS3
5 1 (1.52%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.52%) HTML5
5 1 (1.52%) Middleware
5 1 (1.52%) Node.js
5 1 (1.52%) REST
5 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) PKI
2 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
2 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.52%) Clustering
3 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.52%) NHS
3 1 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (40.91%) Windows
2 17 (25.76%) Windows Server
3 8 (12.12%) Windows 10
4 7 (10.61%) Mac OS
4 7 (10.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.52%) Linux
6 1 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (24.24%) Customer Service
3 15 (22.73%) DevOps
4 11 (16.67%) CRM
5 10 (15.15%) Data Migration
5 10 (15.15%) Migration
6 9 (13.64%) Presales
7 8 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (10.61%) Service Desk Management
9 6 (9.09%) Decision Tree
9 6 (9.09%) ITIL
9 6 (9.09%) Security Testing
9 6 (9.09%) Time Management
10 5 (7.58%) CI/CD
10 5 (7.58%) Data Management
10 5 (7.58%) Innovative Thinking
10 5 (7.58%) Project Management
10 5 (7.58%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) C#
2 6 (9.09%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) X++
3 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.52%) PHP
4 1 (1.52%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) Degree
2 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 6 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (7.58%) CCNA
5 5 (7.58%) CCNP
5 5 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.52%) CEH
6 1 (1.52%) CISA
6 1 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.52%) MCSA
6 1 (1.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 21 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 16 (24.24%) Hyper-V
3 14 (21.21%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.03%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.52%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.58%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (7.58%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.52%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.52%) vRealize
3 1 (1.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) VMware
2 5 (7.58%) Sophos
2 5 (7.58%) Ubiquiti
2 5 (7.58%) Veeam
3 3 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (3.03%) IBM
4 2 (3.03%) SAP
5 1 (1.52%) Apple
5 1 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.52%) Dell
5 1 (1.52%) Juniper
5 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow