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 26 April 2024 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,432 2,680 3,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.63% 17.76% 18.32%
As % of the Vendors category 51.71% 43.46% 46.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 1,939 2,420
10th Percentile £25,450 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,750 £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 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 6,637 6,166 7,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.90% 40.86% 39.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 3,732 4,992
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +3.06%

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 April 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 April 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 +2 1,307 £45,000 - 272
Hampshire +5 755 £44,400 +11.00% 195
Surrey +6 631 £47,500 +8.57% 95
Berkshire 0 590 £47,500 +2.48% 95
Buckinghamshire -1 395 £42,500 +21.43% 99
Oxfordshire +1 322 £42,898 -13.34% 78
Kent +4 307 £42,500 +6.25% 76
West Sussex +7 160 £50,000 -16.67% 40
East Sussex +2 157 £42,500 -20.19% 44
Middlesex +23 81 £39,190 -49.43% 1
Sussex - 11 £35,000 - 2
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
1 394 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 305 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 50 (1.46%) IIS
4 43 (1.25%) CMS
5 27 (0.79%) Kentico
6 24 (0.70%) Headless CMS
7 22 (0.64%) Umbraco
8 20 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
10 14 (0.41%) Confluence
11 10 (0.29%) WordPress
12 9 (0.26%) SAS
13 7 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 6 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2000
14 6 (0.17%) OpenStack
15 5 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
16 4 (0.12%) TWiki
17 3 (0.087%) Alfresco
17 3 (0.087%) Documentum
17 3 (0.087%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 635 (18.50%) Microsoft Office
2 582 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 132 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
4 108 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 18 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.20%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.17%) InVision
9 6 (0.17%) Sketch
10 4 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.12%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.12%) OrCAD
10 4 (0.12%) Simulink
10 4 (0.12%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.087%) ProjectWise
11 3 (0.087%) Revit
12 2 (0.058%) MadCap Flare
12 2 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 107 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 61 (1.78%) Primavera
3 19 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.15%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.087%) assyst
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.087%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.087%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.087%) SAP MDM
9 2 (0.058%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.058%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,386 (40.38%) Azure
2 1,074 (31.29%) Microsoft 365
3 348 (10.14%) Power Platform
4 274 (7.98%) Entra ID
5 189 (5.51%) AWS
6 158 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
7 132 (3.85%) OneDrive
8 125 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
9 102 (2.97%) PowerApps
10 96 (2.80%) Power Automate
11 88 (2.56%) SaaS
12 60 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
13 48 (1.40%) PaaS
14 37 (1.08%) IaaS
15 34 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
16 33 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
17 31 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 27 (0.79%) Mimecast
19 26 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
20 25 (0.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 403 (11.74%) Firewall
2 307 (8.95%) Broadband
3 257 (7.49%) DNS
4 202 (5.89%) DHCP
5 143 (4.17%) LAN
5 143 (4.17%) VPN
6 132 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 128 (3.73%) WAN
8 125 (3.64%) Wireless
9 98 (2.86%) VLAN
10 79 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
11 77 (2.24%) 5G
12 76 (2.21%) VoIP
13 68 (1.98%) Intranet
14 66 (1.92%) Internet
15 55 (1.60%) Unified Communications
16 50 (1.46%) SAN
17 47 (1.37%) Network Security
18 31 (0.90%) SD-WAN
19 30 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 468 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 238 (6.93%) Power BI
3 84 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 81 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 76 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
6 67 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
7 63 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 51 (1.49%) Data Lake
9 44 (1.28%) Relational Database
10 29 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 26 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (0.67%) Power Query
13 18 (0.52%) MySQL
14 14 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 14 (0.41%) Tableau
15 13 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 13 (0.38%) NoSQL
16 11 (0.32%) Oracle Database
17 9 (0.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 80 (2.33%) JIRA
2 79 (2.30%) Visual Studio
3 68 (1.98%) Git
4 48 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.93%) GitLab
6 22 (0.64%) NUnit
7 19 (0.55%) Subversion
8 12 (0.35%) Selenium
8 12 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.29%) Postman
9 10 (0.29%) Trac
10 9 (0.26%) eggPlant
10 9 (0.26%) JMeter
10 9 (0.26%) MSI
11 7 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.20%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.17%) Newman
12 6 (0.17%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,341 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 598 (17.42%) Finance
3 560 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 224 (6.53%) Influencing Skills
5 211 (6.15%) Retail
6 175 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
7 150 (4.37%) Legal
8 128 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 125 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 107 (3.12%) Law
11 94 (2.74%) Marketing
12 91 (2.65%) Public Sector
13 82 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
14 77 (2.24%) Manufacturing
15 67 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
16 58 (1.69%) Games
17 50 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
18 49 (1.43%) Advertising
19 40 (1.17%) Automotive
20 38 (1.11%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 574 (16.72%) Analyst
2 439 (12.79%) Senior
3 434 (12.65%) Developer
4 329 (9.59%) IT Support
5 287 (8.36%) Support Engineer
6 268 (7.81%) .NET Developer
7 240 (6.99%) IT Engineer
8 175 (5.10%) Lead
9 173 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
10 169 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 159 (4.63%) Consultant
12 155 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
13 150 (4.37%) Architect
14 138 (4.02%) Administrator
15 121 (3.53%) C# Developer
16 109 (3.18%) 2nd Line Support
16 109 (3.18%) IT Analyst
17 108 (3.15%) Support Analyst
18 107 (3.12%) C# .NET Developer
19 98 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 453 (13.20%) .NET
2 262 (7.63%) ASP.NET
3 252 (7.34%) .NET Core
4 215 (6.26%) ASP.NET MVC
5 189 (5.51%) .NET Framework
6 176 (5.13%) AngularJS
7 170 (4.95%) Entity Framework
8 152 (4.43%) ASP.NET Web API
9 145 (4.22%) React
10 123 (3.58%) HTML
11 94 (2.74%) Node.js
12 90 (2.62%) HTML5
13 87 (2.53%) CSS
14 80 (2.33%) RESTful
15 78 (2.27%) Vue
16 51 (1.49%) CSS3
17 49 (1.43%) LINQ
18 48 (1.40%) Blazor
19 44 (1.28%) Web Services
20 43 (1.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 207 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
2 122 (3.55%) Driving Licence
2 122 (3.55%) Management Information System
3 92 (2.68%) Data Centre
4 91 (2.65%) Social Media
5 81 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 68 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
7 58 (1.69%) PKI
8 55 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 44 (1.28%) Replication
10 38 (1.11%) Algorithms
11 36 (1.05%) IoT
12 35 (1.02%) NHS
13 34 (0.99%) Client/Server
14 31 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 31 (0.90%) Public Cloud
15 30 (0.87%) Low-Code
16 28 (0.82%) PMI
17 27 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
17 27 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1,060 (30.89%) Windows
2 478 (13.93%) Windows Server
3 364 (10.61%) Windows 10
4 265 (7.72%) Linux
5 129 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 122 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 103 (3.00%) Ubuntu
8 91 (2.65%) Android
9 87 (2.53%) Windows 7
10 83 (2.42%) Apple iOS
11 77 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
12 49 (1.43%) Mac OS
12 49 (1.43%) Windows 8
13 30 (0.87%) VMS
14 23 (0.67%) CentOS
15 20 (0.58%) Unix
16 17 (0.50%) Mac OS X
16 17 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 17 (0.50%) Windows XP
17 16 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (23.51%) Agile
2 798 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
3 552 (16.08%) Customer Service
4 367 (10.69%) ITIL
5 341 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
6 326 (9.50%) Mentoring
7 325 (9.47%) Project Management
8 310 (9.03%) DevOps
9 299 (8.71%) Decision-Making
10 277 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
11 271 (7.90%) CRM
12 251 (7.31%) Full Stack Development
13 249 (7.26%) Actionable Insight
14 242 (7.05%) MVC
15 217 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 209 (6.09%) Business Case
17 201 (5.86%) Budgeting
18 197 (5.74%) Budgeting and Forecasting
19 195 (5.68%) Artificial Intelligence
20 185 (5.39%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 473 (13.78%) C#
2 460 (13.40%) SQL
3 325 (9.47%) JavaScript
4 217 (6.32%) PowerShell
5 128 (3.73%) Python
6 112 (3.26%) Bash
7 108 (3.15%) TypeScript
8 76 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 69 (2.01%) C++
10 59 (1.72%) C
11 42 (1.22%) Java
12 34 (0.99%) Fortran
13 30 (0.87%) VB
14 29 (0.84%) VBScript
15 17 (0.50%) Bicep
16 12 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 12 (0.35%) Perl
17 11 (0.32%) MATLAB
17 11 (0.32%) VB.NET
17 11 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 552 (16.08%) Degree
2 386 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 205 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 196 (5.71%) ACCA
5 195 (5.68%) CIMA
6 187 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 175 (5.10%) DV Cleared
8 141 (4.11%) DBS Check
9 117 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
10 87 (2.53%) CCNA
11 74 (2.16%) Azure Certification
12 63 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 55 (1.60%) MCP
14 45 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
15 40 (1.17%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.17%) NVQ Level 3
16 38 (1.11%) Master's Degree
17 37 (1.08%) CCNP
18 36 (1.05%) PMI Certification
19 35 (1.02%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (5.07%) SLA
2 106 (3.09%) GDPR
3 73 (2.13%) QA
4 45 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 39 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 26 (0.76%) PMO
8 21 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 21 (0.61%) NIST
9 17 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 13 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 12 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 9 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.20%) ISO 13485
16 5 (0.15%) NCSC
17 4 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
17 4 (0.12%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 857 (24.97%) Active Directory
2 250 (7.28%) Hyper-V
3 245 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 56 (1.63%) Docker
6 49 (1.43%) Firmware
7 46 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 41 (1.19%) vSphere
9 40 (1.17%) XenApp
10 33 (0.96%) XenDesktop
11 32 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
12 29 (0.84%) VirtualBox
13 15 (0.44%) KVM
14 11 (0.32%) NFS
15 10 (0.29%) pfSense
15 10 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
16 8 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 5 (0.15%) Terminal Services
18 4 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 285 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 148 (4.31%) SCCM
3 75 (2.19%) Kubernetes
4 73 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
5 60 (1.75%) WSUS
6 57 (1.66%) SCOM
7 34 (0.99%) vCenter Server
8 33 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 32 (0.93%) Terraform
10 27 (0.79%) Ansible
11 19 (0.55%) NetBackup
12 18 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
13 16 (0.47%) FortiGate
13 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (0.47%) SCDPM
14 15 (0.44%) Grafana
15 14 (0.41%) Sysprep
16 13 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
16 13 (0.38%) Nessus
16 13 (0.38%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 357 (10.40%) VMware
2 200 (5.83%) Cisco
3 127 (3.70%) Citrix
4 122 (3.55%) Apple
5 101 (2.94%) Google
6 92 (2.68%) Adobe
7 89 (2.59%) Veeam
8 75 (2.19%) HP
9 67 (1.95%) CyberArk
9 67 (1.95%) Tanium
10 57 (1.66%) Meraki
11 55 (1.60%) Dell
11 55 (1.60%) Fortinet
12 51 (1.49%) Oracle
13 47 (1.37%) Juniper
14 45 (1.31%) Palo Alto
15 42 (1.22%) Salesforce
15 42 (1.22%) SAP
16 35 (1.02%) Aruba
17 34 (0.99%) ServiceNow