Microsoft Engineer Jobs 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 to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 408 460
Rank change year-on-year +51 +52 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 33 9 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.060% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.067% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33 9 14
10th Percentile £39,747 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,155 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £79,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +16.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,676 13,491 19,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.50% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,454 12,614
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in the South East

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Microsoft Engineer 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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +29 16 £45,000 -10.00%
Oxfordshire +22 9 £45,000 +5.88%
Surrey - 8 £45,000 - 1
Kent - 8 £42,500 -
Buckinghamshire -15 4 £45,000 -10.00%
Berkshire +25 3 £30,000 -58.62%
Hampshire -20 1 £40,000 -46.67%
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (87.88%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (75.76%) Azure
4 14 (42.42%) Degree
5 12 (36.36%) Active Directory
6 11 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (18.18%) Zero Trust
9 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
9 6 (18.18%) OneDrive
9 6 (18.18%) IaaS
9 6 (18.18%) PaaS
9 6 (18.18%) SharePoint
10 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
11 4 (12.12%) Windows
11 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (12.12%) Presales
11 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
11 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
11 4 (12.12%) Client Onboarding
11 4 (12.12%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
12 3 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
12 3 (9.09%) Retail
12 3 (9.09%) Local Government
12 3 (9.09%) Data Security
12 3 (9.09%) Migration
13 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (6.06%) LAN

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (87.88%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (75.76%) Azure
3 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 6 (18.18%) IaaS
3 6 (18.18%) OneDrive
3 6 (18.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DHCP
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) LAN
1 2 (6.06%) Skype
1 2 (6.06%) WAN
General
1 3 (9.09%) Local Government
1 3 (9.09%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (18.18%) Zero Trust
3 4 (12.12%) Client Onboarding
3 4 (12.12%) Presales
3 4 (12.12%) Security Operations
4 3 (9.09%) Data Security
4 3 (9.09%) Migration
4 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (3.03%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 12 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco