Microsoft Job Trends in Sale

Microsoft
Manchester > Sale

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sale 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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Sale 8.33% - 50.00%
As % of the Vendors category 40.00% - 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22,400
25th Percentile £16,100 - £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £16,600 - £27,000
75th Percentile £17,100 - £29,000
90th Percentile - - £29,600
Manchester median annual salary £44,000 £47,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.88% -5.50% -

All Vendors
Sale

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 Sale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sale 20.83% - 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £27,770 - £22,850
25th Percentile £45,275 - £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile £65,000 - £28,500
90th Percentile - - £29,400
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Sale

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Sale

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Sale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sale citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sale 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory