Microsoft Job Trends 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 13 June 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
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,154 1,384 3,629
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 14.75% 17.73% 19.87%
As % of the Vendors category 57.12% 42.38% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,345 845 2,568
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -2.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,450 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -9.52%

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 3,771 3,266 6,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.83% 41.83% 36.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 1,759 4,488
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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
Thames Valley +2 784 £50,000 +20.48% 223
Hampshire +1 448 £37,500 -16.67% 117
Berkshire +7 320 £50,000 +17.65% 96
Surrey 0 308 £50,000 +17.65% 89
Buckinghamshire +4 292 £50,000 +11.11% 68
Kent +8 286 £40,000 +6.67% 58
Oxfordshire +1 172 £42,500 +3.66% 61
East Sussex +15 159 £45,000 +66.67% 20
West Sussex +3 125 £55,000 +18.28% 40
Sussex +3 28 £30,000 -29.41% 11
Isle of Wight +3 3 £50,000 +8.70% 1
Middlesex +2 3 £38,500 +2.67% 22
Home Counties -2 1 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Microsoft
England

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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
1 128 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 125 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (0.84%) IIS
4 14 (0.65%) Confluence
5 5 (0.23%) Apache
5 5 (0.23%) WordPress
6 3 (0.14%) CMS
6 3 (0.14%) govService
7 1 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.046%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.046%) nginx
7 1 (0.046%) SAS
7 1 (0.046%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 309 (14.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 234 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.046%) Revit
8 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 44 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.19%) Magento
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.14%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.046%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.046%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.046%) Infor LN
5 1 (0.046%) Primavera
5 1 (0.046%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.046%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.046%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.046%) Shopify
5 1 (0.046%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1,158 (53.76%) Azure
2 535 (24.84%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (13.88%) Power Platform
4 213 (9.89%) Azure AI
5 145 (6.73%) Entra ID
6 123 (5.71%) AWS
7 92 (4.27%) SaaS
8 91 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
9 78 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (2.37%) GitHub
11 38 (1.76%) PaaS
12 37 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 35 (1.62%) IaaS
14 31 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 31 (1.44%) Mimecast
15 30 (1.39%) Snowflake
16 28 (1.30%) GCP
17 27 (1.25%) OneDrive
17 27 (1.25%) PowerApps
18 24 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 210 (9.75%) Firewall
2 159 (7.38%) DNS
3 136 (6.31%) VPN
4 88 (4.09%) DHCP
5 77 (3.57%) WAN
6 68 (3.16%) LAN
7 62 (2.88%) TCP/IP
8 47 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (1.81%) VLAN
10 36 (1.67%) Network Security
11 34 (1.58%) VoIP
12 28 (1.30%) Internet
13 27 (1.25%) SAN
14 26 (1.21%) HTTP
15 23 (1.07%) SSL
16 22 (1.02%) Wireless
17 20 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
18 19 (0.88%) NAS
19 16 (0.74%) BGP
20 12 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (11.05%) Power BI
2 169 (7.85%) Tableau
3 141 (6.55%) SQL Server
4 89 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 82 (3.81%) MongoDB
6 32 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 31 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.84%) MySQL
9 14 (0.65%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (0.42%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.42%) Metadata
10 9 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.37%) Spotfire
12 7 (0.32%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.28%) Redis
14 5 (0.23%) Data Mining
14 5 (0.23%) Power Query
14 5 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 44 (2.04%) JIRA
2 35 (1.62%) Git
3 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.19%) GitLab
4 4 (0.19%) Postman
5 2 (0.093%) MSI
5 2 (0.093%) Selenium
5 2 (0.093%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.093%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.046%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.046%) DBeaver
6 1 (0.046%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.046%) JMeter
6 1 (0.046%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.046%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.046%) Ranorex
6 1 (0.046%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.046%) Snyk
6 1 (0.046%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.046%) Terragrunt
General
1 1,097 (50.93%) Social Skills
2 223 (10.35%) Finance
3 145 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
5 99 (4.60%) Marketing
6 70 (3.25%) Retail
7 48 (2.23%) Legal
8 41 (1.90%) Telecoms
9 40 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
10 39 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 37 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 36 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (1.62%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.16%) Advertising
15 23 (1.07%) Law
16 22 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.65%) Local Government
19 11 (0.51%) Banking
20 10 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 527 (24.47%) Analyst
2 342 (15.88%) Junior
3 322 (14.95%) Junior Analyst
4 236 (10.96%) IT Support
5 176 (8.17%) Security Analyst
6 171 (7.94%) Data Analyst
7 170 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 170 (7.89%) Developer
8 167 (7.75%) Support Engineer
9 160 (7.43%) Junior Data Analyst
9 160 (7.43%) Junior Security Analyst
10 150 (6.96%) Ethical Hacker
11 149 (6.92%) IT Engineer
12 146 (6.78%) Senior
13 115 (5.34%) IT Support Engineer
14 114 (5.29%) Support Technician
15 99 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 93 (4.32%) .NET Developer
17 90 (4.18%) Support Analyst
18 82 (3.81%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (7.38%) .NET
2 100 (4.64%) .NET Core
3 96 (4.46%) ASP.NET
4 84 (3.90%) ASP.NET Core
5 43 (2.00%) HTML
6 42 (1.95%) CSS
7 41 (1.90%) React
8 37 (1.72%) Blazor
8 37 (1.72%) Node.js
9 32 (1.49%) Entity Framework
9 32 (1.49%) Vue
10 31 (1.44%) ASP.NET Web API
11 29 (1.35%) RESTful
12 28 (1.30%) AngularJS
13 24 (1.11%) ML.NET
14 22 (1.02%) .NET Framework
15 19 (0.88%) LINQ
16 18 (0.84%) Regular Expression
17 16 (0.74%) OAuth
17 16 (0.74%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 151 (7.01%) Cyberattack
2 103 (4.78%) Driving Licence
3 72 (3.34%) Management Information System
4 58 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 54 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (2.09%) Cloud Native
7 29 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 25 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.16%) Replication
9 22 (1.02%) Product Ownership
10 19 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
11 18 (0.84%) Low-Code
11 18 (0.84%) PKI
12 17 (0.79%) Security Posture
12 17 (0.79%) Web Conferencing
13 16 (0.74%) EPoS
14 15 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (0.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 426 (19.78%) Windows
2 197 (9.15%) Windows Server
3 114 (5.29%) Linux
4 46 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 38 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 30 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (1.02%) Android
9 15 (0.70%) Ubuntu
10 14 (0.65%) Apple iOS
10 14 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.46%) CentOS
13 1 (0.046%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.046%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.046%) VMS
13 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
2 331 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
3 325 (15.09%) AI
4 256 (11.88%) Mentoring
5 241 (11.19%) Customer Service
6 236 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
7 215 (9.98%) Agile
8 204 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 163 (7.57%) ITIL
10 151 (7.01%) Ethical Hacking
11 135 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 129 (5.99%) DevOps
13 123 (5.71%) CRM
14 121 (5.62%) Project Management
15 109 (5.06%) CI/CD
16 104 (4.83%) Project Delivery
17 101 (4.69%) Decision-Making
18 97 (4.50%) Analytics
19 95 (4.41%) Service Delivery
20 93 (4.32%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 400 (18.57%) SQL
2 266 (12.35%) Python
3 183 (8.50%) C#
4 110 (5.11%) PowerShell
5 79 (3.67%) JavaScript
6 42 (1.95%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.25%) Bash
8 23 (1.07%) R
9 16 (0.74%) Bicep
10 14 (0.65%) C++
10 14 (0.65%) Java
11 12 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.46%) C
13 8 (0.37%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
14 7 (0.32%) VBA
15 6 (0.28%) Korn
15 6 (0.28%) Ruby
16 5 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 558 (25.91%) Azure Certification
2 203 (9.42%) Degree
3 178 (8.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 163 (7.57%) CompTIA CySA+
5 154 (7.15%) CEH
6 113 (5.25%) Security Cleared
7 104 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 77 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
9 73 (3.39%) CCNA
10 71 (3.30%) SC Cleared
11 66 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
12 55 (2.55%) DBS Check
13 39 (1.81%) DV Cleared
14 29 (1.35%) A+ Certification
15 26 (1.21%) PMI Certification
15 26 (1.21%) PMP
16 25 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
17 20 (0.93%) MCSE
18 18 (0.84%) AWS Certification
19 15 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (3.62%) SLA
2 60 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.14%) QA
4 42 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 34 (1.58%) GDPR
6 33 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 21 (0.97%) NIST
9 18 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (0.79%) PMO
11 13 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 8 (0.37%) Good Clinical Practice
13 6 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.23%) IFRS
15 4 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.19%) GxP
15 4 (0.19%) NCSC
16 2 (0.093%) ISO 14001
16 2 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 319 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 105 (4.87%) Hyper-V
3 94 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (2.37%) Docker
5 36 (1.67%) vSphere
6 30 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (0.65%) Firmware
9 9 (0.42%) KVM
10 8 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.23%) XenApp
12 4 (0.19%) ClearTrust
13 3 (0.14%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.14%) Kamailio
13 3 (0.14%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.093%) Samba
14 2 (0.093%) UAG
14 2 (0.093%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 107 (4.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 57 (2.65%) Terraform
4 33 (1.53%) SCCM
5 20 (0.93%) vCenter Server
6 13 (0.60%) Graylog
7 12 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.51%) Ansible
9 9 (0.42%) Backup Exec
9 9 (0.42%) CASB
9 9 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.42%) Kibana
9 9 (0.42%) Nessus
9 9 (0.42%) Proxmox
9 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.37%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.23%) Argo
11 5 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.14%) Autotask
12 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 370 (17.18%) ForeScout
2 170 (7.89%) Cisco
3 137 (6.36%) VMware
4 62 (2.88%) Dell
5 57 (2.65%) Veeam
6 54 (2.51%) Google
7 38 (1.76%) Citrix
8 35 (1.62%) Fortinet
9 32 (1.49%) Palo Alto
9 32 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 32 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 31 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
10 31 (1.44%) Oracle
11 27 (1.25%) Databricks
12 23 (1.07%) Apple
12 23 (1.07%) Salesforce
12 23 (1.07%) Splunk
13 20 (0.93%) Sophos
14 19 (0.88%) SonicWALL
15 18 (0.84%) HP