Microsoft Purview Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 271 348
Rank change year-on-year -46 +77 -29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Purview 17 20 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.099% 0.23% 0.036%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.44% 0.86% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 5
10th Percentile £52,500 £59,975 £50,365
25th Percentile £64,000 £64,148 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,840 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +16.40% +20.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - £77,500
England median annual salary £68,658 £69,840 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% +7.45% -10.96%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,887 2,323 3,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 22.68% 26.18% 27.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 1,425 2,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -3.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,810
England median annual salary £64,169 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.95% - -7.69%

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Purview
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Purview.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Purview in the South East over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Purview in the South East

Microsoft Purview
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 Purview within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Surrey -20 8 £64,000 - 1
Thames Valley -7 5 £72,500 +3.81% 7
Hampshire - 5 £67,500 -
Berkshire +6 3 £72,500 +3.81%
Buckinghamshire -5 2 £50,500 -39.34% 7
Microsoft Purview
England

Microsoft Purview
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 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Power Platform
3 6 (35.29%) Power Automate
3 6 (35.29%) PowerApps
4 5 (29.41%) Entra ID
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (5.88%) AWS
8 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (5.88%) GCP
8 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
8 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
2 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.88%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Data Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Data Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) IT Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) IT Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Structures
1 3 (17.65%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (17.65%) IoT
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Analytics
1 7 (41.18%) Data Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Data Governance
2 6 (35.29%) Data Modelling
2 6 (35.29%) DevOps
2 6 (35.29%) ETL
2 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) AI
3 5 (29.41%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
4 4 (23.53%) Complex ETL
4 4 (23.53%) Cost Control
4 4 (23.53%) Data Security
4 4 (23.53%) FinOps
4 4 (23.53%) Incident Management
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
4 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
4 4 (23.53%) Observability
4 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Python
2 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
3 3 (17.65%) C
3 3 (17.65%) C++
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) HND
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CBAP
3 1 (5.88%) CISM
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) ICAEW
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) HIPAA
2 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.88%) CASB
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) Alteryx