Microsoft Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 21 May 2026, 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 282 80 221
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 21.66% 19.75% 15.97%
As % of the Vendors category 65.89% 41.88% 48.15%
Number of salaries quoted 94 54 190
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,600 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,875 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.94%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,640 £65,875 £62,810
Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -1.16%

All Vendors
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 428 191 459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 32.87% 47.16% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 185 111 340
10th Percentile £25,896 £26,000 £26,225
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +13.64% +3.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - -2.17% -8.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in South Yorkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Sheffield +1 140 £40,000 +23.08% 49
Barnsley +2 70 £37,500 -31.82% 5
Doncaster -1 69 £38,750 -39.22% 6
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.77%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.06%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (26.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.77%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 216 (76.60%) Azure
2 84 (29.79%) Power Platform
3 61 (21.63%) Azure AI
4 27 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (8.16%) AWS
6 19 (6.74%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.26%) GitHub
9 11 (3.90%) OneDrive
10 10 (3.55%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.84%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.13%) Google Docs
12 6 (2.13%) Google Sheets
12 6 (2.13%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.71%) GCP
16 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
16 1 (0.35%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.90%) Firewall
1 11 (3.90%) Internet
2 9 (3.19%) VPN
3 5 (1.77%) DNS
4 4 (1.42%) DHCP
4 4 (1.42%) LAN
4 4 (1.42%) WAN
5 3 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.06%) Wireless
6 2 (0.71%) VLAN
7 1 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.35%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.35%) Network Security
7 1 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (26.24%) Power BI
2 69 (24.47%) Tableau
3 9 (3.19%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.42%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.06%) Power Query
7 2 (0.71%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (3.90%) Git
2 10 (3.55%) JIRA
3 5 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (78.01%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.35%) Finance
3 23 (8.16%) Manufacturing
4 19 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.90%) Multimedia
6 10 (3.55%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.48%) Retail
8 3 (1.06%) Law
8 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Billing
9 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Automotive
10 1 (0.35%) Back Office
10 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 136 (48.23%) Analyst
2 121 (42.91%) Junior
3 120 (42.55%) Junior Analyst
4 70 (24.82%) Data Analyst
5 60 (21.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 60 (21.28%) Junior Data Analyst
5 60 (21.28%) Junior Security Analyst
5 60 (21.28%) Security Analyst
6 45 (15.96%) Ethical Hacker
7 25 (8.87%) Trainee
8 18 (6.38%) Network Engineer
9 16 (5.67%) IT Support
10 9 (3.19%) Developer
10 9 (3.19%) Trainee Analyst
10 9 (3.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 8 (2.84%) 1st Line Support
12 7 (2.48%) IT Manager
12 7 (2.48%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.13%) Applications Support
13 6 (2.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.96%) CSS
2 13 (4.61%) HTML
3 5 (1.77%) Hugging Face
3 5 (1.77%) Matplotlib
3 5 (1.77%) NumPy
3 5 (1.77%) Pandas
3 5 (1.77%) scikit-learn
3 5 (1.77%) Streamlit
4 3 (1.06%) .NET
5 2 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (0.71%) JSON
6 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 1 (0.35%) jQuery
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.35%) OpenID
6 1 (0.35%) React
6 1 (0.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.31%) Cyberattack
2 5 (1.77%) Algorithms
2 5 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.06%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
5 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.35%) IoT
6 1 (0.35%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.35%) Life Science
6 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.45%) Windows
2 16 (5.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.06%) Android
5 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (44.33%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (28.72%) Mentoring
3 75 (26.60%) Business Intelligence
4 67 (23.76%) AI
5 45 (15.96%) Ethical Hacking
6 28 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (7.80%) Customer Service
8 16 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (5.32%) Business Analysis
9 15 (5.32%) Project Management
10 14 (4.96%) Analytics
10 14 (4.96%) ERP
11 13 (4.61%) Data Analysis
12 12 (4.26%) Agile
12 12 (4.26%) Coaching
13 11 (3.90%) ITIL
13 11 (3.90%) Process Improvement
14 10 (3.55%) Business Continuity
14 10 (3.55%) Service Management
15 9 (3.19%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.27%) SQL
2 86 (30.50%) Python
3 13 (4.61%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.13%) R
5 4 (1.42%) C#
6 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.71%) VBA
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) PHP
8 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 198 (70.21%) Azure Certification
2 62 (21.99%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (21.28%) CompTIA CySA+
4 45 (15.96%) CEH
5 21 (7.45%) CCNA
5 21 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (6.38%) AWS Certification
6 18 (6.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 18 (6.38%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (4.26%) A+ Certification
8 11 (3.90%) Degree
9 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (2.13%) HNC
10 6 (2.13%) HND
11 2 (0.71%) CISM
11 2 (0.71%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) XenApp
4 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 123 (43.62%) ForeScout
2 23 (8.16%) Cisco
3 8 (2.84%) Google
4 7 (2.48%) Citrix
5 6 (2.13%) Veeam
5 6 (2.13%) VMware
6 4 (1.42%) HP
7 2 (0.71%) Apple
7 2 (0.71%) Samsung
8 1 (0.35%) Commvault
8 1 (0.35%) Databricks
8 1 (0.35%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.35%) Foundry
8 1 (0.35%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.35%) IFS
8 1 (0.35%) Meraki
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle
8 1 (0.35%) SAP
8 1 (0.35%) Tenable
8 1 (0.35%) WatchGuard