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 with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 2 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,577 3,060 3,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.34% 17.57% 17.17%
As % of the Vendors category 46.70% 44.48% 44.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 2,131 2,233
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% -5.10%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,313 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -

All Vendors
South East

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,377 6,880 7,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 43.56% 39.51% 38.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,450 4,241 4,815
10th Percentile £28,290 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 -2 656 £49,996 -1.00% 340
Berkshire -3 366 £50,000 -4.76% 151
Hampshire +6 344 £42,750 +0.59% 157
Surrey +3 234 £48,900 +15.06% 143
Buckinghamshire -1 169 £46,550 -11.33% 85
Oxfordshire +2 121 £50,000 +25.00% 105
Kent +2 104 £40,000 -3.61% 106
West Sussex +3 101 £44,250 -19.55% 64
East Sussex +1 96 £58,000 +7.58% 32
Middlesex +14 4 £42,500 -26.09% 2
Sussex +10 2 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Home Counties +3 1 - -
Isle of Wight +2 1 £35,000 -14.63% 5
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
1 181 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 84 (5.33%) MS Exchange
3 67 (4.25%) IIS
4 17 (1.08%) WebSphere
5 9 (0.57%) Apache
6 8 (0.51%) CMS
7 6 (0.38%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.32%) Confluence
9 4 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 4 (0.25%) IBM Domino
9 4 (0.25%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.19%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 265 (16.80%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.70%) AutoCAD
7 10 (0.63%) PTC Creo
8 9 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.44%) Acrobat
10 6 (0.38%) Simulink
11 4 (0.25%) CANalyzer
11 4 (0.25%) Stateflow
12 3 (0.19%) 1Password
13 2 (0.13%) Fireworks
13 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.13%) RoboHelp
13 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
14 1 (0.063%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.063%) SPSS
14 1 (0.063%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (0.51%) Primavera
3 7 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.25%) assyst
4 4 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.063%) iTrent
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.063%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.063%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.063%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 697 (44.20%) Azure
2 558 (35.38%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 110 (6.98%) Entra ID
4 110 (6.98%) SaaS
5 107 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
6 100 (6.34%) AWS
7 81 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (4.06%) PaaS
9 56 (3.55%) IaaS
10 31 (1.97%) PowerApps
11 27 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
11 27 (1.71%) OneDrive
12 23 (1.46%) Serverless
13 22 (1.40%) Azure Functions
14 14 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (0.76%) Azure Storage
15 12 (0.76%) GCP
16 11 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
16 11 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 214 (13.57%) Firewall
2 148 (9.38%) DNS
3 128 (8.12%) DHCP
4 121 (7.67%) LAN
5 115 (7.29%) WAN
6 103 (6.53%) VPN
7 69 (4.38%) Wireless
8 68 (4.31%) TCP/IP
9 62 (3.93%) SAN
10 60 (3.80%) VLAN
11 39 (2.47%) VoIP
12 37 (2.35%) Internet
13 31 (1.97%) SNMP
14 30 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (1.65%) Network Security
16 23 (1.46%) Broadband
17 19 (1.20%) ADSL
18 17 (1.08%) NAS
19 15 (0.95%) iSCSI
20 13 (0.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 69 (4.38%) Power BI
3 35 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (1.78%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.40%) Oracle Database
7 19 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 18 (1.14%) Data Lake
9 15 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (0.89%) DB2
11 13 (0.82%) SAP HANA
11 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database 10g
12 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database 11g
12 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database 12c
13 10 (0.63%) Big Data
13 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 10 (0.63%) Power Query
14 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (2.47%) Git
2 35 (2.22%) JIRA
3 24 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.52%) MSI
4 20 (1.27%) Visual Studio
5 17 (1.08%) AdminStudio
5 17 (1.08%) InstallShield
6 13 (0.82%) GitLab
6 13 (0.82%) NUnit
7 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio Team System
8 9 (0.57%) Chocolatey
8 9 (0.57%) Postman
8 9 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (0.51%) JetBrains Rider
9 8 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.44%) Selenium
10 7 (0.44%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.38%) git-flow
11 6 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
12 5 (0.32%) JMeter
General
1 518 (32.85%) Social Skills
2 242 (15.35%) Finance
3 137 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (5.58%) Manufacturing
5 77 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 66 (4.19%) Legal
7 56 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (3.55%) Retail
7 56 (3.55%) Telecoms
8 38 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 37 (2.35%) Marketing
10 34 (2.16%) Law
11 30 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (0.89%) Automotive
15 13 (0.82%) Electronics
16 12 (0.76%) Publishing
17 10 (0.63%) Back Office
18 9 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 266 (16.87%) Analyst
2 209 (13.25%) Support Engineer
3 166 (10.53%) Senior
4 144 (9.13%) Developer
5 127 (8.05%) IT Support
6 116 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 114 (7.23%) IT Engineer
8 87 (5.52%) Architect
9 72 (4.57%) Support Analyst
10 71 (4.50%) Lead
11 64 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
12 62 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
13 60 (3.80%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 57 (3.61%) Junior
15 56 (3.55%) IT Analyst
16 54 (3.42%) Consultant
17 53 (3.36%) .NET Developer
18 52 (3.30%) Administrator
19 51 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (11.41%) .NET
2 51 (3.23%) HTML
3 44 (2.79%) CSS
4 42 (2.66%) XML
5 39 (2.47%) React
6 38 (2.41%) .NET Core
7 32 (2.03%) ASP.NET
8 31 (1.97%) AngularJS
9 26 (1.65%) Web Services
10 23 (1.46%) RESTful
11 22 (1.40%) JSON
12 21 (1.33%) REST
13 18 (1.14%) Blazor
14 16 (1.01%) HTML5
15 15 (0.95%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.89%) 802.1X
16 14 (0.89%) ARM Templates
17 12 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
18 11 (0.70%) jQuery
18 11 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.19%) Management Information System
2 60 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 59 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 40 (2.54%) Data Centre
4 40 (2.54%) PKI
5 30 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 30 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 28 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.65%) Replication
8 25 (1.59%) CMDB
9 24 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 22 (1.40%) Clustering
11 21 (1.33%) Operational Technology
12 20 (1.27%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.20%) NHS
14 18 (1.14%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.08%) Shadow IT
16 13 (0.82%) IoT
16 13 (0.82%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 702 (44.51%) Windows
2 313 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 170 (10.78%) Windows 10
4 143 (9.07%) Linux
5 103 (6.53%) Android
6 101 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 80 (5.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 52 (3.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 44 (2.79%) Windows 7
10 41 (2.60%) Apple iOS
11 25 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
12 23 (1.46%) Windows 8
13 21 (1.33%) Mac OS
14 18 (1.14%) Windows NT
15 12 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.63%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.57%) Unix
18 7 (0.44%) Windows Mobile
19 6 (0.38%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
2 287 (18.20%) Customer Service
3 274 (17.37%) Agile
4 241 (15.28%) ITIL
5 174 (11.03%) DevOps
6 141 (8.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 133 (8.43%) Mentoring
8 131 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
9 119 (7.55%) Migration
10 116 (7.36%) Project Management
11 113 (7.17%) Service Management
12 106 (6.72%) ERP
13 100 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
13 100 (6.34%) CRM
14 93 (5.90%) Analytics
15 85 (5.39%) CI/CD
15 85 (5.39%) Roadmaps
16 81 (5.14%) Service Delivery
17 70 (4.44%) Information Security
18 67 (4.25%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 256 (16.23%) SQL
2 209 (13.25%) C#
3 201 (12.75%) PowerShell
4 84 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 55 (3.49%) Python
5 55 (3.49%) T-SQL
6 33 (2.09%) VB
7 28 (1.78%) Bicep
8 18 (1.14%) Java
9 17 (1.08%) VBScript
10 15 (0.95%) MATLAB
11 14 (0.89%) Bash
12 12 (0.76%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.57%) C++
13 9 (0.57%) VBA
14 8 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.25%) XPath
17 2 (0.13%) C
Qualifications
1 290 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 242 (15.35%) Degree
3 210 (13.32%) SC Cleared
4 150 (9.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 141 (8.94%) DV Cleared
6 65 (4.12%) MCSE
7 62 (3.93%) Azure Certification
8 44 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.22%) DBS Check
10 34 (2.16%) Linux+ Certification
11 32 (2.03%) CCNA
12 29 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 29 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (1.33%) MCITP
14 18 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
15 16 (1.01%) A+ Certification
15 16 (1.01%) CISSP
16 14 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.82%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.66%) SLA
2 46 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (1.71%) GDPR
4 22 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.14%) QA
7 15 (0.95%) PMO
8 13 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.51%) NIST
10 6 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (0.25%) IFRS
12 4 (0.25%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.19%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.13%) NCSC
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.063%) GMP
System Software
1 502 (31.83%) Active Directory
2 181 (11.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 121 (7.67%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.79%) Firmware
5 35 (2.22%) Docker
5 35 (2.22%) vSphere
6 34 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
9 17 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
10 13 (0.82%) XenApp
11 9 (0.57%) Terminal Server
12 8 (0.51%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
14 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.19%) KVM
15 3 (0.19%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.13%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 126 (7.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 125 (7.93%) SCCM
3 68 (4.31%) WSUS
4 60 (3.80%) SCOM
5 41 (2.60%) Kubernetes
6 36 (2.28%) Terraform
7 28 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 23 (1.46%) Ansible
9 18 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
10 15 (0.95%) Nessus
10 15 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 14 (0.89%) NetBackup
11 14 (0.89%) Sysprep
12 13 (0.82%) vCenter Server
13 7 (0.44%) FortiGate
13 7 (0.44%) Tivoli
14 6 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.38%) SCSM
15 5 (0.32%) Puppet
15 5 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 240 (15.22%) VMware
2 94 (5.96%) Cisco
3 69 (4.38%) Apple
4 63 (3.99%) Oracle
5 53 (3.36%) HP
6 50 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 46 (2.92%) Citrix
8 30 (1.90%) SAP
9 28 (1.78%) Dell
10 26 (1.65%) Adobe
10 26 (1.65%) Veeam
11 25 (1.59%) Dynatrace
12 22 (1.40%) Palo Alto
13 21 (1.33%) Remedy
14 19 (1.20%) Autodesk
14 19 (1.20%) IBM
15 18 (1.14%) NEC
16 17 (1.08%) Salesforce
17 15 (0.95%) Google
17 15 (0.95%) Red Hat