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 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 6 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 798 1,770 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.87% 21.88% 17.85%
As % of the Vendors category 42.49% 50.64% 44.38%
Number of salaries quoted 625 1,048 937
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -
75th Percentile £61,000 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,878 3,495 2,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 39.70% 43.21% 40.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,405 1,938 2,025
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,100
25th Percentile £36,500 £34,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £46,791 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% +1.72% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £77,500
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 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 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
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 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
Bristol -9 260 £48,737 +18.15% 127
Wiltshire -2 156 £49,000 +1.03% 69
Gloucestershire -12 136 £40,000 -9.09% 47
Devon -3 89 £37,500 - 50
Somerset +6 80 £42,000 +36.59% 67
Dorset -4 54 £47,500 +5.56% 43
Cornwall -8 4 £27,000 +12.50% 12
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
1 118 (14.79%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.76%) Confluence
3 20 (2.51%) MS Exchange
4 12 (1.50%) IIS
5 7 (0.88%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (0.88%) SharePoint 2013
5 7 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.63%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.13%) Kentico
9 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 115 (14.41%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.75%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 42 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 16 (2.01%) Maximo
4 12 (1.50%) Primavera
5 4 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP CS
8 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 427 (53.51%) Azure
2 307 (38.47%) Microsoft 365
3 153 (19.17%) Power Platform
4 86 (10.78%) AWS
5 74 (9.27%) Entra ID
6 69 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (8.15%) Dynamics 365
8 46 (5.76%) Power Automate
9 40 (5.01%) Serverless
10 38 (4.76%) PowerApps
11 37 (4.64%) IaaS
12 36 (4.51%) Azure Functions
13 35 (4.39%) PaaS
14 33 (4.14%) SaaS
15 26 (3.26%) OneDrive
16 22 (2.76%) WhatsApp
17 18 (2.26%) GCP
18 13 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
19 10 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
19 10 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 114 (14.29%) Firewall
2 71 (8.90%) WAN
3 63 (7.89%) DNS
4 60 (7.52%) VPN
5 49 (6.14%) LAN
6 46 (5.76%) DHCP
7 43 (5.39%) Wireless
8 36 (4.51%) VLAN
9 28 (3.51%) SAN
10 27 (3.38%) Cisco ASA
11 25 (3.13%) TCP/IP
12 24 (3.01%) SD-WAN
12 24 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (2.76%) VoIP
14 17 (2.13%) Network Security
15 16 (2.01%) Internet
16 15 (1.88%) Skype
17 13 (1.63%) BGP
17 13 (1.63%) OSPF
18 12 (1.50%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.78%) SQL Server
2 67 (8.40%) Power BI
3 41 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (2.76%) MongoDB
6 21 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.75%) GIS
7 14 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.25%) MySQL
9 8 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.88%) Big Data
11 6 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.75%) Redis
11 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.38%) Metadata
13 2 (0.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 2 (0.25%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (4.51%) Git
2 32 (4.01%) JIRA
3 22 (2.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 19 (2.38%) Bitbucket
4 19 (2.38%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.75%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.63%) GitLab
8 4 (0.50%) JIRA Agile
8 4 (0.50%) Subversion
9 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.25%) Maven
9 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Selenium
10 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 169 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.80%) Finance
3 70 (8.77%) Retail
4 59 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 51 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (6.39%) Legal
6 36 (4.51%) Marketing
7 31 (3.88%) Military
8 27 (3.38%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.26%) Law
10 25 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.63%) Banking
13 20 (2.51%) Electronics
13 20 (2.51%) Games
13 20 (2.51%) Telecoms
14 18 (2.26%) Aerospace
15 16 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.25%) Police
17 9 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 108 (13.53%) Senior
2 93 (11.65%) Developer
3 91 (11.40%) Architect
4 81 (10.15%) Analyst
5 74 (9.27%) Support Engineer
6 58 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (6.77%) IT Engineer
7 54 (6.77%) IT Support
8 51 (6.39%) Lead
9 42 (5.26%) Administrator
9 42 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (4.51%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 35 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 34 (4.26%) Wintel Engineer
13 33 (4.14%) 2nd Line Support
13 33 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
13 33 (4.14%) Senior Wintel Engineer
14 26 (3.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 26 (3.26%) IT Manager
15 25 (3.13%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (10.40%) .NET
2 38 (4.76%) HTML
3 34 (4.26%) REST
4 32 (4.01%) CSS
5 29 (3.63%) .NET Core
6 27 (3.38%) AngularJS
7 26 (3.26%) ASP.NET
8 20 (2.51%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (2.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 14 (1.75%) .NET Framework
10 14 (1.75%) ARM Templates
11 13 (1.63%) React
12 12 (1.50%) Web Services
13 11 (1.38%) JSON
14 10 (1.25%) HTML5
15 9 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (1.00%) Blazor
16 8 (1.00%) Middleware
16 8 (1.00%) RESTful
17 7 (0.88%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 33 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.88%) Driving Licence
5 17 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
6 15 (1.88%) Clustering
7 13 (1.63%) PKI
7 13 (1.63%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.50%) Fat Client
8 12 (1.50%) Thin Client
9 10 (1.25%) Life Science
10 6 (0.75%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (0.75%) FPGA
10 6 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.75%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.75%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.75%) VHDL
11 5 (0.63%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 268 (33.58%) Windows
2 148 (18.55%) Windows Server
3 84 (10.53%) Linux
4 65 (8.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 64 (8.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 56 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 51 (6.39%) Windows 10
8 26 (3.26%) CentOS
9 16 (2.01%) Android
9 16 (2.01%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.13%) Windows 7
11 8 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.00%) Unix
12 4 (0.50%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.38%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.38%) Windows Mobile
14 2 (0.25%) Debian
14 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.13%) VMS
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (17.42%) Agile
2 130 (16.29%) ITIL
3 118 (14.79%) DevOps
4 109 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
6 85 (10.65%) Customer Service
7 84 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 74 (9.27%) Mentoring
9 71 (8.90%) Actionable Insight
10 62 (7.77%) Roadmaps
11 54 (6.77%) Project Management
12 53 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
13 51 (6.39%) CRM
14 48 (6.02%) Incident Management
14 48 (6.02%) Scrum
15 47 (5.89%) Migration
16 46 (5.76%) Analytics
17 44 (5.51%) Decision-Making
17 44 (5.51%) Software Engineering
17 44 (5.51%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (16.54%) PowerShell
2 119 (14.91%) SQL
3 77 (9.65%) C#
4 46 (5.76%) JavaScript
5 39 (4.89%) Python
6 38 (4.76%) Bash
7 14 (1.75%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.63%) Java
9 12 (1.50%) Ruby
10 7 (0.88%) PHP
11 6 (0.75%) C++
11 6 (0.75%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.63%) Bicep
12 5 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.50%) Perl
13 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.50%) XMLA
14 3 (0.38%) C
15 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 255 (31.95%) Security Cleared
2 170 (21.30%) SC Cleared
3 116 (14.54%) Degree
4 85 (10.65%) DV Cleared
5 71 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (4.39%) CCNA
9 33 (4.14%) MCSE
10 29 (3.63%) CCNP
11 25 (3.13%) MCP
12 19 (2.38%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.63%) CISSP
14 12 (1.50%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.38%) MCSA
15 11 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
17 7 (0.88%) A+ Certification
18 6 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.75%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.01%) SLA
4 18 (2.26%) QA
5 17 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 15 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 11 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.13%) GDPR
9 7 (0.88%) PMO
10 6 (0.75%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.75%) NCSC
11 4 (0.50%) GRC
12 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.25%) COBIT
14 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.13%) IFRS
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 226 (28.32%) Active Directory
2 114 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (12.41%) Hyper-V
4 27 (3.38%) Docker
5 24 (3.01%) vSphere
6 18 (2.26%) VMware NSX
7 13 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.00%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.75%) XenApp
10 5 (0.63%) Firmware
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.38%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.13%) HDFS
12 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 88 (11.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 64 (8.02%) SCCM
3 26 (3.26%) Kubernetes
4 21 (2.63%) FortiGate
5 19 (2.38%) Ansible
5 19 (2.38%) Terraform
6 15 (1.88%) Microsoft Clustering
7 13 (1.63%) SCOM
8 12 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
9 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 9 (1.13%) Puppet
11 5 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.63%) Nessus
12 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.38%) EdgeSight
13 3 (0.38%) Grafana
13 3 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
13 3 (0.38%) Nagios
14 2 (0.25%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 152 (19.05%) VMware
2 69 (8.65%) Cisco
3 29 (3.63%) Google
3 29 (3.63%) SolarWinds
4 27 (3.38%) Meraki
4 27 (3.38%) Oracle
5 26 (3.26%) Citrix
5 26 (3.26%) Dell
5 26 (3.26%) HP
5 26 (3.26%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.88%) Apple
6 23 (2.88%) CheckPoint
7 22 (2.76%) SAP
8 19 (2.38%) Remedy
8 19 (2.38%) Sparx
9 14 (1.75%) IBM
9 14 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.63%) Fortinet
11 12 (1.50%) Veeam
12 11 (1.38%) Teradata