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 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,620 1,356 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.71% 19.27% 18.01%
As % of the Vendors category 54.44% 51.83% 45.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,373 784 902
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,958 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -5.88% +0.91%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,793 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +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 2,976 2,616 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.54% 37.18% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,265 1,541 1,964
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,150 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.42% -4.44% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,525
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +2.80%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 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
Bristol -7 368 £52,500 +19.32% 138
Gloucestershire +10 366 £36,000 -15.29% 68
Wiltshire 0 287 £49,000 +8.89% 62
Devon +1 205 £45,000 +38.46% 50
Dorset +2 187 £41,250 -2.12% 19
Somerset +1 148 £38,000 +8.57% 73
Cornwall -5 34 £40,000 - 9
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
1 162 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 146 (9.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 116 (7.16%) Confluence
4 26 (1.60%) IIS
5 25 (1.54%) CMS
6 22 (1.36%) Umbraco
7 19 (1.17%) Kentico
8 16 (0.99%) Headless CMS
8 16 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
9 12 (0.74%) SharePoint 2010
9 12 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.62%) Apache
11 8 (0.49%) SAS
12 7 (0.43%) Skype for Business
13 6 (0.37%) NServiceBus
13 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.31%) Moodle
15 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.25%) Site Server
16 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 244 (15.06%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) 1Password
8 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.062%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Maximo
4 6 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.37%) Primavera
5 4 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 603 (37.22%) Azure
2 489 (30.19%) Microsoft 365
3 182 (11.23%) Power Platform
4 133 (8.21%) AWS
5 117 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (5.37%) Entra ID
7 65 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
7 65 (4.01%) Power Automate
7 65 (4.01%) PowerApps
8 63 (3.89%) GCP
9 53 (3.27%) SaaS
10 48 (2.96%) OneDrive
11 35 (2.16%) PaaS
12 34 (2.10%) IaaS
13 19 (1.17%) Kontent
14 16 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.80%) GitHub
15 13 (0.80%) Nutanix
16 12 (0.74%) OCI
16 12 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 97 (5.99%) Firewall
2 78 (4.81%) LAN
3 68 (4.20%) WAN
4 63 (3.89%) DNS
5 50 (3.09%) DHCP
5 50 (3.09%) SAN
6 45 (2.78%) TCP/IP
7 41 (2.53%) VPN
8 37 (2.28%) Wireless
9 29 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
9 29 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (1.54%) Internet
10 25 (1.54%) VoIP
11 21 (1.30%) VLAN
12 19 (1.17%) Network Security
13 17 (1.05%) Broadband
14 13 (0.80%) NAS
14 13 (0.80%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.74%) Skype
15 12 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (13.77%) SQL Server
2 101 (6.23%) Power BI
3 48 (2.96%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (1.36%) MySQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.05%) NoSQL
10 16 (0.99%) GIS
10 16 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.86%) Tableau
12 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.49%) Big Data
16 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
17 6 (0.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 128 (7.90%) JIRA
2 121 (7.47%) Git
2 121 (7.47%) Visual Studio
3 95 (5.86%) Bitbucket
4 59 (3.64%) Sourcetree
5 19 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (0.93%) Subversion
7 13 (0.80%) Selenium
8 10 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.37%) Postman
12 4 (0.25%) Toad
13 3 (0.19%) Moq
13 3 (0.19%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.19%) xUnit.net
14 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
14 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
15 1 (0.062%) JIRA Agile
15 1 (0.062%) MSI
General
1 507 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 261 (16.11%) Finance
3 118 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
6 103 (6.36%) Games
7 83 (5.12%) Law
8 79 (4.88%) Retail
9 75 (4.63%) Marketing
10 63 (3.89%) Legal
11 60 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (3.58%) Telecoms
13 56 (3.46%) Banking
14 50 (3.09%) Public Sector
15 44 (2.72%) Fire and Rescue
16 37 (2.28%) Manufacturing
17 36 (2.22%) Investment Banking
18 30 (1.85%) Aerospace
19 29 (1.79%) Military
20 17 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 336 (20.74%) Developer
2 239 (14.75%) Senior
3 141 (8.70%) Analyst
4 139 (8.58%) Support Engineer
5 126 (7.78%) IT Support
6 110 (6.79%) IT Engineer
7 109 (6.73%) Architect
8 103 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 96 (5.93%) .NET Developer
10 89 (5.49%) Administrator
11 88 (5.43%) 3D Developer
11 88 (5.43%) Consultant
11 88 (5.43%) Games Developer
11 88 (5.43%) Senior Developer
11 88 (5.43%) Unity 3D Developer
12 76 (4.69%) Lead
13 71 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
14 63 (3.89%) IT Support Engineer
15 60 (3.70%) Applications Developer
16 52 (3.21%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (13.58%) .NET
2 104 (6.42%) ASP.NET
3 89 (5.49%) .NET Core
4 88 (5.43%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 84 (5.19%) ASP.NET MVC
6 82 (5.06%) AngularJS
7 78 (4.81%) .NET Framework
8 75 (4.63%) CSS
9 74 (4.57%) React
10 72 (4.44%) HTML
11 52 (3.21%) Entity Framework
12 46 (2.84%) Vue
13 45 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
14 36 (2.22%) REST
15 30 (1.85%) jQuery
16 27 (1.67%) Blazor
17 21 (1.30%) RESTful
18 19 (1.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 18 (1.11%) HTML5
19 18 (1.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.30%) Driving Licence
2 90 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
3 87 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.10%) Onboarding
6 32 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.42%) Mobile App
8 23 (1.42%) Product Ownership
9 21 (1.30%) Clustering
10 18 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.93%) Fat Client
12 15 (0.93%) Thin Client
13 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (0.80%) iPhone
14 13 (0.80%) PKI
14 13 (0.80%) Smartphone
15 12 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
16 10 (0.62%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 489 (30.19%) Windows
2 186 (11.48%) Windows Server
3 154 (9.51%) Windows 10
4 121 (7.47%) Linux
5 83 (5.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 67 (4.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 42 (2.59%) Mac OS
9 31 (1.91%) CentOS
10 30 (1.85%) Windows 7
11 29 (1.79%) Apple iOS
12 23 (1.42%) Android
13 17 (1.05%) AIX
13 17 (1.05%) VMS
14 14 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
17 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.19%) Solaris
19 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
2 241 (14.88%) Agile
3 225 (13.89%) DevOps
4 223 (13.77%) Customer Service
5 207 (12.78%) ITIL
6 163 (10.06%) Scrum
7 157 (9.69%) Software Engineering
8 147 (9.07%) Mentoring
9 122 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
10 121 (7.47%) Design Patterns
10 121 (7.47%) UML
11 119 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 118 (7.28%) User Experience
13 114 (7.04%) Project Delivery
13 114 (7.04%) Service Delivery
14 111 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 109 (6.73%) MVC
16 105 (6.48%) Full Stack Development
17 95 (5.86%) Roadmaps
18 94 (5.80%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 271 (16.73%) C#
2 240 (14.81%) SQL
3 175 (10.80%) PowerShell
4 147 (9.07%) JavaScript
5 81 (5.00%) Java
6 75 (4.63%) Python
7 47 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.72%) Bash
9 42 (2.59%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.86%) PHP
11 12 (0.74%) C++
12 11 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.49%) Ruby
14 7 (0.43%) C
14 7 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.37%) R
16 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.19%) Bicep
17 3 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 357 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 333 (20.56%) Degree
3 279 (17.22%) SC Cleared
4 139 (8.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 111 (6.85%) DV Cleared
6 96 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (4.01%) DBS Check
8 41 (2.53%) A+ Certification
9 35 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
10 32 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (1.67%) MCP
12 24 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.30%) HNC
14 20 (1.23%) MCSE
15 17 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 15 (0.93%) CISSP
17 14 (0.86%) PMP
18 13 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
19 11 (0.68%) ISTQB
19 11 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.83%) QA
2 61 (3.77%) SLA
3 54 (3.33%) GDPR
4 29 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 25 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.68%) NIST
8 10 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.19%) PMO
13 1 (0.062%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.062%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.062%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.062%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.062%) NCSC
System Software
1 378 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 148 (9.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (6.17%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.60%) vSphere
6 21 (1.30%) Docker
7 20 (1.23%) XenApp
8 17 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (0.80%) XenDesktop
10 9 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
12 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.19%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 118 (7.28%) SCCM
2 99 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.11%) Nagios
4 12 (0.74%) Backup Exec
4 12 (0.74%) CASB
4 12 (0.74%) NetBackup
4 12 (0.74%) vCenter Server
4 12 (0.74%) WSUS
5 11 (0.68%) Ansible
6 8 (0.49%) SCOM
6 8 (0.49%) Terraform
7 7 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.37%) Icinga
8 6 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
9 5 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.31%) OfficeScan
9 5 (0.31%) Rancher
9 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (12.16%) VMware
2 98 (6.05%) Oracle
3 68 (4.20%) Google
4 48 (2.96%) Citrix
5 46 (2.84%) Cisco
6 44 (2.72%) HP
7 43 (2.65%) Red Hat
8 34 (2.10%) Sparx
9 29 (1.79%) Apple
10 28 (1.73%) ServiceNow
11 27 (1.67%) IBM
11 27 (1.67%) Salesforce
11 27 (1.67%) SolarWinds
11 27 (1.67%) Veeam
12 17 (1.05%) Dell
13 16 (0.99%) Optimizely
13 16 (0.99%) Sitecore
14 15 (0.93%) NetApp
15 14 (0.86%) EMC
16 13 (0.80%) Hitachi