Microsoft Jobs in the South West

Microsoft
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 5 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,278 1,072 1,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.53% 17.23% 19.43%
As % of the Vendors category 53.45% 48.16% 48.26%
Number of salaries quoted 991 725 1,007
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,677 £24,300
25th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,222 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,391 2,226 3,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 27.19% 35.77% 40.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 1,481 2,087
10th Percentile £27,218 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,715 £78,750
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South West 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
Bristol +7 364 £55,000 +22.22% 112
Wiltshire +1 241 £50,000 - 64
Gloucestershire +7 209 £42,500 +6.25% 46
Dorset -3 179 £45,000 +6.51% 32
Devon -3 124 £45,000 +34.33% 31
Somerset +1 108 £37,500 -11.76% 49
Cornwall +3 43 £40,000 +6.67% 8
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 138 (10.80%) SharePoint
2 136 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (3.60%) Confluence
4 18 (1.41%) IIS
5 17 (1.33%) CMS
6 14 (1.10%) Kentico
7 13 (1.02%) Umbraco
8 12 (0.94%) Headless CMS
8 12 (0.94%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (0.94%) SharePoint 2013
8 12 (0.94%) Sitecore CMS
9 11 (0.86%) ArcGIS
10 10 (0.78%) SAS
11 8 (0.63%) Skype for Business
12 6 (0.47%) OpenEdge
12 6 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
13 5 (0.39%) Apache
14 3 (0.23%) GlassFish
14 3 (0.23%) JBoss
14 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 228 (17.84%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Trello
7 1 (0.078%) 1Password
7 1 (0.078%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.078%) Solid Edge
7 1 (0.078%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (0.55%) Maximo
4 5 (0.39%) Primavera
5 4 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.31%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.078%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 462 (36.15%) Azure
2 378 (29.58%) Microsoft 365
3 116 (9.08%) Power Platform
4 106 (8.29%) AWS
5 83 (6.49%) Entra ID
6 78 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
7 72 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (4.23%) SaaS
9 44 (3.44%) GCP
10 41 (3.21%) Power Automate
11 40 (3.13%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.27%) OneDrive
13 20 (1.56%) IaaS
14 15 (1.17%) PaaS
15 14 (1.10%) Kontent
16 13 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
17 12 (0.94%) GitHub
18 9 (0.70%) Serverless
19 8 (0.63%) Azure Stack
19 8 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 114 (8.92%) Firewall
2 85 (6.65%) LAN
3 70 (5.48%) WAN
4 56 (4.38%) SAN
4 56 (4.38%) TCP/IP
5 50 (3.91%) DNS
5 50 (3.91%) VPN
6 39 (3.05%) DHCP
7 38 (2.97%) VLAN
8 36 (2.82%) Wireless
9 27 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
10 20 (1.56%) Internet
11 16 (1.25%) ADSL
11 16 (1.25%) Network Security
12 15 (1.17%) Skype
12 15 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (1.02%) NAS
14 11 (0.86%) VoIP
15 10 (0.78%) Broadband
15 10 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (10.02%) SQL Server
2 70 (5.48%) Power BI
3 36 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 18 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 17 (1.33%) Oracle Database
6 14 (1.10%) Tableau
7 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.78%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.70%) MySQL
10 9 (0.70%) Power Query
11 8 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.55%) Data Mining
12 7 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 67 (5.24%) JIRA
2 42 (3.29%) Git
3 41 (3.21%) Visual Studio
4 31 (2.43%) Bitbucket
5 23 (1.80%) Sourcetree
6 14 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (1.02%) Selenium
8 10 (0.78%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.47%) Jenkins
12 5 (0.39%) Subversion
13 4 (0.31%) Toad
14 3 (0.23%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.23%) JMeter
14 3 (0.23%) Moq
14 3 (0.23%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.23%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.23%) xUnit.net
General
1 409 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 242 (18.94%) Finance
3 134 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (6.57%) Law
6 83 (6.49%) Banking
7 68 (5.32%) Marketing
8 52 (4.07%) Retail
9 51 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (3.60%) Investment Banking
12 45 (3.52%) Telecoms
13 44 (3.44%) Manufacturing
14 41 (3.21%) Legal
15 37 (2.90%) Public Sector
16 24 (1.88%) Games
17 21 (1.64%) Aerospace
18 19 (1.49%) Back Office
18 19 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
19 16 (1.25%) Billing
Job Titles
1 173 (13.54%) Analyst
2 167 (13.07%) Senior
3 157 (12.28%) Developer
4 127 (9.94%) IT Support
5 121 (9.47%) Support Engineer
6 114 (8.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 80 (6.26%) Consultant
8 76 (5.95%) IT Engineer
9 75 (5.87%) Lead
10 70 (5.48%) Architect
11 59 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 59 (4.62%) IT Analyst
12 55 (4.30%) IT Technician
13 53 (4.15%) Administrator
14 52 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
15 50 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
16 49 (3.83%) Senior Developer
17 48 (3.76%) .NET Developer
18 47 (3.68%) Support Analyst
19 45 (3.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (10.02%) .NET
2 56 (4.38%) ASP.NET
3 50 (3.91%) React
4 40 (3.13%) .NET Framework
5 39 (3.05%) .NET Core
6 37 (2.90%) AngularJS
7 31 (2.43%) ASP.NET MVC
7 31 (2.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 29 (2.27%) CSS
9 28 (2.19%) HTML
10 27 (2.11%) Vue
11 23 (1.80%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 17 (1.33%) RESTful
13 15 (1.17%) Entity Framework
14 14 (1.10%) REST
15 12 (0.94%) Next.js
15 12 (0.94%) XML
16 11 (0.86%) jQuery
17 10 (0.78%) Gherkin
18 8 (0.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.20%) Driving Licence
2 71 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 56 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.66%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.03%) Clustering
5 26 (2.03%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.03%) Virtual Reality
6 20 (1.56%) Mobile App
6 20 (1.56%) PKI
7 19 (1.49%) Product Ownership
8 18 (1.41%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.41%) Replication
9 13 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.02%) Fat Client
9 13 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.02%) Thin Client
10 11 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (0.78%) Robotics
11 10 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 461 (36.07%) Windows
2 164 (12.83%) Windows Server
3 133 (10.41%) Windows 10
4 131 (10.25%) Linux
5 68 (5.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 52 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (3.29%) Mac OS
9 32 (2.50%) Apple iOS
10 28 (2.19%) CentOS
11 26 (2.03%) Android
12 20 (1.56%) Windows 7
13 16 (1.25%) AIX
14 15 (1.17%) VMS
15 10 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.47%) Unix
17 5 (0.39%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.39%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (15.41%) Customer Service
3 184 (14.40%) ITIL
4 161 (12.60%) Agile
5 131 (10.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 117 (9.15%) DevOps
7 107 (8.37%) Service Management
8 105 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 100 (7.82%) Mentoring
10 95 (7.43%) Project Delivery
11 86 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
12 83 (6.49%) Roadmaps
13 79 (6.18%) Service Delivery
14 78 (6.10%) Collaborative Working
15 76 (5.95%) Software Engineering
16 74 (5.79%) Project Management
16 74 (5.79%) Time Management
17 73 (5.71%) Coaching
18 69 (5.40%) CRM
19 66 (5.16%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 176 (13.77%) SQL
2 130 (10.17%) C#
3 108 (8.45%) PowerShell
4 77 (6.03%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.99%) Python
6 36 (2.82%) Bash
7 27 (2.11%) T-SQL
8 23 (1.80%) TypeScript
9 22 (1.72%) Java
10 12 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (0.86%) C++
12 7 (0.55%) PHP
13 6 (0.47%) Progress 4GL
13 6 (0.47%) R
13 6 (0.47%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.47%) VBA
14 5 (0.39%) C
15 3 (0.23%) Bicep
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
16 2 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 264 (20.66%) Degree
2 233 (18.23%) Security Cleared
3 183 (14.32%) SC Cleared
4 101 (7.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 64 (5.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 60 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 57 (4.46%) DBS Check
8 36 (2.82%) A+ Certification
9 30 (2.35%) MCP
10 29 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.96%) MCSE
12 22 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
13 20 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (1.41%) MCITP
15 16 (1.25%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.17%) ACCA
16 15 (1.17%) ISTQB
16 15 (1.17%) PMP
17 14 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (1.02%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.79%) SLA
2 38 (2.97%) QA
3 37 (2.90%) GDPR
4 34 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.17%) NIST
6 13 (1.02%) GAAP
6 13 (1.02%) IFRS
7 12 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.39%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.16%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
13 1 (0.078%) GRC
13 1 (0.078%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 331 (25.90%) Active Directory
2 129 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 83 (6.49%) Hyper-V
4 34 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
5 31 (2.43%) vSphere
6 25 (1.96%) XenApp
7 23 (1.80%) XenDesktop
8 18 (1.41%) Docker
9 16 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (0.70%) VMware Workstation
11 8 (0.63%) VMware NSX
12 7 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
13 5 (0.39%) RACF
14 3 (0.23%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.16%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.078%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 77 (6.03%) SCCM
2 70 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.56%) Backup Exec
4 13 (1.02%) Kubernetes
5 12 (0.94%) Ansible
5 12 (0.94%) NetBackup
6 10 (0.78%) CASB
6 10 (0.78%) SCOM
6 10 (0.78%) WSUS
7 9 (0.70%) Nagios
7 9 (0.70%) ServiceCenter
7 9 (0.70%) Terraform
7 9 (0.70%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Clustering
8 8 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.47%) Icinga
9 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 175 (13.69%) VMware
2 88 (6.89%) Oracle
3 60 (4.69%) Cisco
4 54 (4.23%) HP
5 47 (3.68%) Google
6 43 (3.36%) Red Hat
7 42 (3.29%) Citrix
8 31 (2.43%) Dell
9 27 (2.11%) Salesforce
9 27 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 27 (2.11%) Symantec
10 25 (1.96%) Veeam
11 20 (1.56%) Apple
11 20 (1.56%) Veritas
12 19 (1.49%) CA
12 19 (1.49%) Sparx
13 18 (1.41%) IBM
14 15 (1.17%) NetApp
15 14 (1.10%) Fortinet
15 14 (1.10%) SolarWinds