Microsoft Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 15 January 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 104 55 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 18.94% 12.44% 18.31%
As % of the Vendors category 41.94% 53.92% 54.47%
Number of salaries quoted 36 24 63
10th Percentile £26,875 £28,025 £26,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £34,313 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +31.58% +28.81%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,818 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,604 £58,750 £60,000
South West median annual salary £36,625 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.61% -5.26% +15.15%

All Vendors
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 248 102 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 45.17% 23.08% 33.61%
Number of salaries quoted 66 40 113
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,100 £28,290
25th Percentile £27,813 £35,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,555 £48,750 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.97% +16.07% -1.18%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,168 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,037 £67,500 £60,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +3.16%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Somerset over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Bath +6 55 £41,250 -17.50% 19
Weston-super-Mare - 13 - -
Clevedon 0 12 - -
Taunton -6 12 £32,500 -27.78% 1
Street -7 6 - - 8
Portishead -5 4 £41,815 +14.56%
Frome +1 2 £42,500 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £30,000 -
Bridgwater - 1 - - 2
Wells - 1 £90,000 -
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 52 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.58%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) Drupal
3 1 (0.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.85%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 71 (68.27%) Azure
2 58 (55.77%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.46%) Power Platform
4 11 (10.58%) Entra ID
5 10 (9.62%) Azure AI
6 7 (6.73%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.81%) Azure AKS
9 4 (3.85%) AWS
10 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (42.31%) DNS
2 41 (39.42%) DHCP
3 10 (9.62%) Firewall
4 9 (8.65%) DKIM
4 9 (8.65%) DMARC
5 5 (4.81%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.96%) Modbus
6 1 (0.96%) RS-485
6 1 (0.96%) VLAN
6 1 (0.96%) VPN
6 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (34.62%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (9.62%) Power BI
2 10 (9.62%) Tableau
General
1 79 (75.96%) Social Skills
2 41 (39.42%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.81%) Advertising
5 5 (4.81%) Legal
5 5 (4.81%) Marketing
6 4 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.85%) Law
7 3 (2.88%) Finance
7 3 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Police
7 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Retail
8 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.96%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (30.77%) Analyst
3 17 (16.35%) IT Support
3 17 (16.35%) Junior
4 16 (15.38%) Junior Analyst
5 14 (13.46%) Support Analyst
6 12 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
6 12 (11.54%) Technical Support
6 12 (11.54%) Technical Support Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Data Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Junior Data Analyst
8 9 (8.65%) Support Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) IT Support Technician
9 7 (6.73%) IT Technician
9 7 (6.73%) Support Technician
10 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
10 6 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) .NET
2 5 (4.81%) .NET Core
2 5 (4.81%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (34.62%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.88%) LIMS
5 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.88%) NHS
6 2 (1.92%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.96%) CCTV
7 1 (0.96%) Derivative
7 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (50.00%) Windows
2 47 (45.19%) Windows Server
3 37 (35.58%) Linux
4 36 (34.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.96%) Android
5 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.96%) Debian
5 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.96%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (56.73%) Customer Service
2 55 (52.88%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (38.46%) Migration
4 38 (36.54%) Customer Experience
5 36 (34.62%) Email Filtering
5 36 (34.62%) Kalman Filter
5 36 (34.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 36 (34.62%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 36 (34.62%) Web Filtering
6 13 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 13 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 11 (10.58%) AI
8 10 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (9.62%) ITIL
9 9 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (8.65%) Mentoring
10 8 (7.69%) Asset Management
11 6 (5.77%) CI/CD
12 5 (4.81%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (4.81%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.62%) Python
1 10 (9.62%) SQL
2 9 (8.65%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.77%) C#
Qualifications
1 36 (34.62%) SC Cleared
1 36 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.27%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.73%) Degree
3 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.77%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (2.88%) ECDL
6 2 (1.92%) MCP
7 1 (0.96%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.96%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (34.62%) Cyber Essentials
1 36 (34.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (51.92%) Active Directory
2 36 (34.62%) Hyper-V
2 36 (34.62%) Terminal Server
3 5 (4.81%) Docker
4 1 (0.96%) iptables
Systems Management
1 11 (10.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 36 (34.62%) Brocade
1 36 (34.62%) Nimble Storage
1 36 (34.62%) SolarWinds
1 36 (34.62%) Splunk
1 36 (34.62%) Tanium
1 36 (34.62%) Veeam
1 36 (34.62%) VMware
2 6 (5.77%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.96%) Cisco
3 1 (0.96%) Fortinet
3 1 (0.96%) MikroTik