Microsoft Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Engineer
England > South East

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 299 251
Rank change year-on-year +37 -48 +158
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 14 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.086% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.094% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 18
10th Percentile £40,875 £46,625 -
25th Percentile - £47,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.41% +15.63%
75th Percentile £48,750 £49,688 £53,438
90th Percentile £57,500 £49,875 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 9,508 8,510 7,307
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 91.64% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 4,598 5,310
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,749
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,543
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Engineer in the South East

Microsoft Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Thames Valley +17 10 £45,000 -7.69% 4
Berkshire +13 10 £45,000 - 1
Home Counties - 3 £55,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £40,000 - 3
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
4 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 5 (35.71%) DHCP
4 5 (35.71%) DNS
4 5 (35.71%) Firewall
4 5 (35.71%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) Atlassian
5 4 (28.57%) AWS
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 4 (28.57%) GCP
5 4 (28.57%) Google
5 4 (28.57%) Google Workspace
5 4 (28.57%) Linux
5 4 (28.57%) SaaS
6 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
6 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (7.14%) Windows Server

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
3 6 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 4 (28.57%) AWS
4 4 (28.57%) GCP
4 4 (28.57%) Google Workspace
4 4 (28.57%) SaaS
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) DHCP
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
3 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Atlassian
2 4 (28.57%) Google