Microsoft Jobs in the South East

Microsoft
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, 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
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,892 2,162 3,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.16% 18.66% 17.68%
As % of the Vendors category 51.90% 46.30% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,813 1,600 2,323
10th Percentile £26,009 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,600 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,572 4,670 8,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 36.92% 40.30% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,394 3,072 4,761
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £27,501
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,275 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +0.92%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South East

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the South East

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the South East

Microsoft
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +3 1,165 £45,000 -10.00% 176
Hampshire +1 607 £45,828 +22.21% 130
Surrey +3 575 £46,000 -3.16% 72
Berkshire 0 505 £48,925 +3.00% 59
Buckinghamshire 0 331 £42,500 +21.43% 72
Oxfordshire +3 329 £45,000 -21.74% 45
Kent +3 219 £37,500 -6.25% 55
East Sussex +2 132 £55,000 +5.31% 24
West Sussex 0 89 £46,581 -15.31% 39
Middlesex +19 74 £39,190 -32.43% 2
Sussex - 4 £40,000 - 4
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
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
1 275 (9.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 269 (9.30%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.04%) CMS
4 22 (0.76%) IIS
5 21 (0.73%) Kentico
6 20 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
7 16 (0.55%) Headless CMS
7 16 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
7 16 (0.55%) Umbraco
8 14 (0.48%) Confluence
9 6 (0.21%) SAS
9 6 (0.21%) WordPress
10 5 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 5 (0.17%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2000
11 4 (0.14%) TWiki
12 2 (0.069%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.069%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.035%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 705 (24.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 599 (20.71%) Microsoft Office
3 120 (4.15%) Microsoft Project
4 77 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 44 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.45%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.21%) InVision
9 6 (0.21%) OrCAD
9 6 (0.21%) Sketch
10 5 (0.17%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.069%) InDesign
12 2 (0.069%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.069%) Revit
12 2 (0.069%) SPSS
13 1 (0.035%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 87 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 62 (2.14%) Primavera
3 14 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 10 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.17%) ResourceLink
6 5 (0.17%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.10%) SAP MDM
9 2 (0.069%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.069%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.069%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.035%) iTrent
10 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 960 (33.20%) Azure
2 813 (28.11%) Microsoft 365
3 261 (9.02%) Entra ID
4 251 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 143 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 117 (4.05%) OneDrive
7 105 (3.63%) AWS
8 102 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
9 100 (3.46%) PowerApps
10 90 (3.11%) SaaS
11 71 (2.46%) Power Automate
12 47 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
13 45 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
14 41 (1.42%) PaaS
15 33 (1.14%) IaaS
16 28 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
17 22 (0.76%) GitHub
18 20 (0.69%) Azure Storage
19 19 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
20 18 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 300 (10.37%) Firewall
2 278 (9.61%) Broadband
3 187 (6.47%) DNS
4 138 (4.77%) DHCP
5 127 (4.39%) VPN
6 108 (3.73%) Wireless
7 105 (3.63%) WAN
8 101 (3.49%) LAN
9 95 (3.28%) TCP/IP
10 77 (2.66%) 5G
11 72 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
12 54 (1.87%) Network Security
13 52 (1.80%) VLAN
14 51 (1.76%) SAN
15 38 (1.31%) VoIP
16 36 (1.24%) Internet
17 29 (1.00%) Intranet
18 28 (0.97%) NAS
18 28 (0.97%) Unified Communications
19 26 (0.90%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 162 (5.60%) Power BI
3 38 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 28 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 24 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (0.62%) MySQL
9 18 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.41%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.41%) Tableau
12 11 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.35%) DB2
14 9 (0.31%) MariaDB
14 9 (0.31%) Power Query
15 8 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 69 (2.39%) Visual Studio
2 61 (2.11%) Git
3 60 (2.07%) JIRA
4 33 (1.14%) GitLab
5 32 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 21 (0.73%) Subversion
7 19 (0.66%) MSI
8 16 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
9 13 (0.45%) AdminStudio
9 13 (0.45%) InstallShield
10 12 (0.41%) PowerBuilder
11 9 (0.31%) eggPlant
11 9 (0.31%) JMeter
11 9 (0.31%) MSBuild
11 9 (0.31%) Trac
12 8 (0.28%) Selenium
13 7 (0.24%) Postman
14 6 (0.21%) Newman
14 6 (0.21%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.21%) Robot Framework
General
1 1,095 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 642 (22.20%) Finance
3 624 (21.58%) Analytical Skills
4 221 (7.64%) Retail
5 206 (7.12%) Influencing Skills
6 184 (6.36%) Marketing
7 170 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 137 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 113 (3.91%) Legal
10 108 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
11 104 (3.60%) Telecoms
12 92 (3.18%) Manufacturing
13 86 (2.97%) Law
14 54 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 46 (1.59%) Public Sector
16 44 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
17 35 (1.21%) Electronics
18 32 (1.11%) Games
19 28 (0.97%) Aerospace
20 25 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 499 (17.25%) Analyst
2 395 (13.66%) Senior
3 236 (8.16%) Developer
4 234 (8.09%) IT Support
5 209 (7.23%) Support Engineer
6 171 (5.91%) Architect
7 164 (5.67%) IT Engineer
8 146 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
9 138 (4.77%) Lead
10 133 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 130 (4.50%) Consultant
12 121 (4.18%) Development Manager
13 117 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
14 110 (3.80%) Support Analyst
15 102 (3.53%) .NET Developer
16 101 (3.49%) Coordinator
17 97 (3.35%) 2nd Line Support
18 95 (3.28%) IT Analyst
19 89 (3.08%) Software Engineer
20 73 (2.52%) Project Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (9.13%) .NET
2 104 (3.60%) .NET Core
3 90 (3.11%) .NET Framework
4 81 (2.80%) ASP.NET
5 73 (2.52%) React
6 69 (2.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 60 (2.07%) AngularJS
8 56 (1.94%) Web Services
9 52 (1.80%) HTML
10 50 (1.73%) RESTful
11 49 (1.69%) Entity Framework
12 44 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 38 (1.31%) CSS
14 35 (1.21%) Node.js
15 32 (1.11%) HTML5
16 27 (0.93%) JSON
17 23 (0.80%) Vue
17 23 (0.80%) XML
18 22 (0.76%) EDI
19 19 (0.66%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 250 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
2 106 (3.67%) Management Information System
3 90 (3.11%) Data Centre
4 72 (2.49%) Social Media
5 67 (2.32%) Driving Licence
6 55 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 55 (1.90%) Product Ownership
7 52 (1.80%) PKI
8 41 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 39 (1.35%) Replication
10 33 (1.14%) IoT
11 28 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 26 (0.90%) Mobile App
13 23 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (0.80%) PMI
13 23 (0.80%) Smartphone
14 21 (0.73%) Client/Server
14 21 (0.73%) Life Science
15 20 (0.69%) Digital Signage
15 20 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 838 (28.98%) Windows
2 342 (11.83%) Windows Server
3 289 (9.99%) Linux
4 278 (9.61%) Windows 10
5 104 (3.60%) Ubuntu
6 86 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 85 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 63 (2.18%) Android
9 60 (2.07%) Apple iOS
10 47 (1.63%) Unix
11 45 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 40 (1.38%) Windows 7
13 33 (1.14%) Mac OS
14 24 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
15 22 (0.76%) CentOS
16 20 (0.69%) VMS
17 16 (0.55%) Windows 8
18 14 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 10 (0.35%) Mac OS X
20 9 (0.31%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 724 (25.03%) Agile
2 616 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
3 377 (13.04%) Customer Service
4 326 (11.27%) Mentoring
5 319 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
6 288 (9.96%) ITIL
7 281 (9.72%) Decision-Making
7 281 (9.72%) Project Management
8 241 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
9 231 (7.99%) CRM
10 217 (7.50%) DevOps
11 203 (7.02%) Business Case
12 200 (6.92%) Budgeting
13 194 (6.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 192 (6.64%) Logistics
15 187 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
16 180 (6.22%) Customer Requirements
16 180 (6.22%) Data Management
17 156 (5.39%) Business Development
17 156 (5.39%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 312 (10.79%) C#
2 298 (10.30%) SQL
3 185 (6.40%) PowerShell
4 162 (5.60%) JavaScript
5 151 (5.22%) Python
6 134 (4.63%) Bash
7 91 (3.15%) C++
8 77 (2.66%) C
9 73 (2.52%) Fortran
10 45 (1.56%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.38%) Java
12 38 (1.31%) VB
13 32 (1.11%) T-SQL
14 24 (0.83%) VB.NET
14 24 (0.83%) VBScript
15 19 (0.66%) Bicep
16 14 (0.48%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.41%) VBA
18 11 (0.38%) Perl
18 11 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 557 (19.26%) Degree
2 324 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 195 (6.74%) ACCA
3 195 (6.74%) CIMA
4 159 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 132 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 102 (3.53%) DBS Check
7 97 (3.35%) DV Cleared
8 86 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
9 64 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 62 (2.14%) Azure Certification
11 61 (2.11%) CCNA
12 53 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 42 (1.45%) PhD
14 39 (1.35%) CCNP
14 39 (1.35%) MCP
15 35 (1.21%) CISSP
16 34 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
16 34 (1.18%) PMI Certification
17 29 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (4.94%) SLA
2 86 (2.97%) GDPR
3 60 (2.07%) QA
4 38 (1.31%) PMO
5 36 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (0.69%) NIST
8 15 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
9 14 (0.48%) ISO 9001
10 13 (0.45%) Data Quality
11 12 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 10 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (0.28%) ISO 13485
15 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.21%) HIPAA
16 6 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 6 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 677 (23.41%) Active Directory
2 195 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (5.12%) Hyper-V
4 56 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 52 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 41 (1.42%) vSphere
7 35 (1.21%) Docker
8 25 (0.86%) Firmware
9 19 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (0.55%) XenApp
11 14 (0.48%) pfSense
12 13 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (0.45%) NFS
13 12 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
14 11 (0.38%) XenDesktop
15 8 (0.28%) VirtualBox
16 5 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.14%) Terminal Services
18 3 (0.10%) KVM
Systems Management
1 230 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 109 (3.77%) SCCM
3 73 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
4 61 (2.11%) Kubernetes
5 54 (1.87%) WSUS
6 31 (1.07%) Terraform
7 30 (1.04%) SCOM
8 29 (1.00%) Ansible
9 27 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 26 (0.90%) vCenter Server
11 15 (0.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 15 (0.52%) SCDPM
12 14 (0.48%) Grafana
13 12 (0.41%) Stealthwatch
14 9 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
14 9 (0.31%) Sysprep
14 9 (0.31%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.24%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.24%) NetCrunch
15 7 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 299 (10.34%) VMware
2 167 (5.77%) Cisco
3 101 (3.49%) Citrix
4 87 (3.01%) Adobe
5 82 (2.84%) Veeam
6 81 (2.80%) Apple
7 67 (2.32%) CyberArk
7 67 (2.32%) Tanium
8 54 (1.87%) Google
9 51 (1.76%) Dell
10 50 (1.73%) HP
11 42 (1.45%) Meraki
11 42 (1.45%) Oracle
11 42 (1.45%) Palo Alto
12 40 (1.38%) Fortinet
13 35 (1.21%) SAP
14 34 (1.18%) Juniper
15 31 (1.07%) Red Hat
16 26 (0.90%) Aruba
16 26 (0.90%) McAfee