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 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,448 2,695 3,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.77% 17.72% 18.34%
As % of the Vendors category 51.73% 43.52% 46.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,603 1,959 2,431
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £59,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £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 6,666 6,193 7,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.16% 40.72% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,761 5,002
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,677 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.78% +3.05% +2.80%

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 23 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 23 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 - 300
Hampshire +5 763 £45,000 +12.50% 199
Surrey +7 634 £47,500 +11.76% 103
Berkshire 0 591 £47,500 +2.48% 108
Buckinghamshire -1 391 £45,000 +28.57% 107
Oxfordshire +2 325 £43,000 -9.38% 85
Kent +5 312 £42,500 +6.25% 64
West Sussex +7 160 £50,000 -16.67% 39
East Sussex +2 157 £42,500 -19.09% 34
Middlesex +23 81 £39,190 -49.43% 2
Sussex - 11 £35,000 - 3
Isle of Wight -1 1 £35,000 -19.54% 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
1 393 (11.40%) SharePoint
2 302 (8.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (1.51%) IIS
4 43 (1.25%) CMS
5 27 (0.78%) Kentico
6 24 (0.70%) Headless CMS
7 22 (0.64%) Umbraco
8 20 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
9 14 (0.41%) Confluence
10 12 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
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%) FileNet
17 3 (0.087%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 639 (18.53%) Microsoft Office
2 581 (16.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 133 (3.86%) Microsoft Project
4 107 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.33%) 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%) Simulink
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%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.087%) ProjectWise
11 3 (0.087%) Revit
12 2 (0.058%) PTC Creo
12 2 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 107 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 61 (1.77%) Primavera
3 19 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
5 7 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
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 1,389 (40.28%) Azure
2 1,077 (31.24%) Microsoft 365
3 347 (10.06%) Power Platform
4 271 (7.86%) Entra ID
5 190 (5.51%) AWS
6 158 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
7 129 (3.74%) OneDrive
8 125 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
9 101 (2.93%) PowerApps
10 95 (2.76%) Power Automate
11 87 (2.52%) SaaS
12 60 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
13 48 (1.39%) PaaS
14 37 (1.07%) IaaS
15 33 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
16 31 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
16 31 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 27 (0.78%) Mimecast
18 26 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
19 25 (0.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 405 (11.75%) Firewall
2 308 (8.93%) Broadband
3 260 (7.54%) DNS
4 205 (5.95%) DHCP
5 145 (4.21%) LAN
6 139 (4.03%) VPN
7 132 (3.83%) TCP/IP
8 129 (3.74%) WAN
9 127 (3.68%) Wireless
10 99 (2.87%) VLAN
11 78 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
12 77 (2.23%) 5G
13 75 (2.18%) VoIP
14 68 (1.97%) Intranet
15 66 (1.91%) Internet
16 55 (1.60%) Unified Communications
17 53 (1.54%) SAN
18 45 (1.31%) Network Security
19 30 (0.87%) Remote Desktop
19 30 (0.87%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (13.69%) SQL Server
2 236 (6.84%) Power BI
3 86 (2.49%) MongoDB
4 81 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 76 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
6 67 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
7 64 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 50 (1.45%) Data Lake
9 45 (1.31%) Relational Database
10 29 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 26 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (0.67%) Power Query
13 20 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
14 19 (0.55%) MySQL
15 14 (0.41%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 14 (0.41%) Tableau
16 13 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 13 (0.38%) NoSQL
17 9 (0.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 80 (2.32%) JIRA
2 78 (2.26%) Visual Studio
3 67 (1.94%) Git
4 48 (1.39%) Jenkins
5 32 (0.93%) GitLab
6 22 (0.64%) NUnit
7 18 (0.52%) 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
12 6 (0.17%) Newman
12 6 (0.17%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 1,349 (39.12%) Social Skills
2 597 (17.31%) Finance
3 564 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 225 (6.53%) Influencing Skills
5 211 (6.12%) Retail
6 174 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 149 (4.32%) Legal
8 126 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 124 (3.60%) Telecoms
10 107 (3.10%) Law
11 95 (2.76%) Marketing
12 91 (2.64%) Public Sector
13 82 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 73 (2.12%) Manufacturing
15 66 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
16 57 (1.65%) Games
17 49 (1.42%) Advertising
17 49 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
18 44 (1.28%) Automotive
19 38 (1.10%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 573 (16.62%) Analyst
2 444 (12.88%) Senior
3 438 (12.70%) Developer
4 328 (9.51%) IT Support
5 289 (8.38%) Support Engineer
6 269 (7.80%) .NET Developer
7 241 (6.99%) IT Engineer
8 179 (5.19%) Lead
9 173 (5.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 172 (4.99%) IT Support Engineer
11 158 (4.58%) Consultant
12 154 (4.47%) Senior Analyst
13 148 (4.29%) Architect
14 140 (4.06%) Administrator
15 122 (3.54%) C# Developer
16 109 (3.16%) Support Analyst
17 108 (3.13%) C# .NET Developer
17 108 (3.13%) IT Analyst
18 107 (3.10%) 2nd Line Support
19 102 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 458 (13.28%) .NET
2 262 (7.60%) ASP.NET
3 252 (7.31%) .NET Core
4 215 (6.24%) ASP.NET MVC
5 188 (5.45%) .NET Framework
6 176 (5.10%) AngularJS
7 170 (4.93%) Entity Framework
8 152 (4.41%) ASP.NET Web API
9 146 (4.23%) React
10 125 (3.63%) HTML
11 95 (2.76%) Node.js
12 91 (2.64%) HTML5
13 89 (2.58%) CSS
14 82 (2.38%) RESTful
15 78 (2.26%) Vue
16 51 (1.48%) CSS3
17 50 (1.45%) Blazor
18 49 (1.42%) LINQ
19 43 (1.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 43 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 209 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 124 (3.60%) Driving Licence
3 121 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 92 (2.67%) Social Media
5 91 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 79 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 68 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 60 (1.74%) PKI
9 54 (1.57%) Product Ownership
10 46 (1.33%) Replication
11 35 (1.02%) Algorithms
11 35 (1.02%) IoT
11 35 (1.02%) NHS
12 34 (0.99%) Client/Server
13 31 (0.90%) Mobile App
13 31 (0.90%) Public Cloud
14 30 (0.87%) Low-Code
15 28 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (0.81%) PMI
16 27 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1,069 (31.00%) Windows
2 486 (14.10%) Windows Server
3 363 (10.53%) Windows 10
4 267 (7.74%) Linux
5 130 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 125 (3.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 102 (2.96%) Ubuntu
8 88 (2.55%) Android
9 87 (2.52%) Windows 7
10 81 (2.35%) Apple iOS
11 78 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 49 (1.42%) Windows 8
13 48 (1.39%) Mac OS
14 30 (0.87%) VMS
15 23 (0.67%) CentOS
16 18 (0.52%) Mac OS X
16 18 (0.52%) Unix
17 17 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 17 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
17 17 (0.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (23.52%) Agile
2 806 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
3 553 (16.04%) Customer Service
4 368 (10.67%) ITIL
5 340 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
6 327 (9.48%) Project Management
7 325 (9.43%) Mentoring
8 310 (8.99%) DevOps
9 299 (8.67%) Decision-Making
10 275 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
11 273 (7.92%) CRM
12 251 (7.28%) Full Stack Development
13 249 (7.22%) Actionable Insight
14 243 (7.05%) MVC
15 221 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 209 (6.06%) Business Case
17 201 (5.83%) Budgeting
18 197 (5.71%) Budgeting and Forecasting
19 195 (5.66%) Artificial Intelligence
20 186 (5.39%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 477 (13.83%) C#
2 464 (13.46%) SQL
3 325 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 219 (6.35%) PowerShell
5 127 (3.68%) Python
6 112 (3.25%) Bash
7 109 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 77 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 66 (1.91%) C++
10 58 (1.68%) C
11 42 (1.22%) Java
12 32 (0.93%) Fortran
13 30 (0.87%) VB
14 29 (0.84%) VBScript
15 17 (0.49%) Bicep
16 13 (0.38%) MATLAB
17 12 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 12 (0.35%) Perl
18 11 (0.32%) Go
18 11 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 553 (16.04%) Degree
2 384 (11.14%) Security Cleared
3 206 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 196 (5.68%) ACCA
5 195 (5.66%) CIMA
6 189 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 177 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 141 (4.09%) DBS Check
9 118 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
10 88 (2.55%) CCNA
11 74 (2.15%) Azure Certification
12 63 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
13 56 (1.62%) MCP
14 46 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
15 40 (1.16%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.16%) NVQ Level 3
16 37 (1.07%) CCNP
16 37 (1.07%) PMI Certification
17 36 (1.04%) Master's Degree
18 34 (0.99%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (4.99%) SLA
2 106 (3.07%) GDPR
3 73 (2.12%) QA
4 45 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 27 (0.78%) PMO
8 21 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.58%) NIST
10 17 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 12 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 8 (0.23%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.20%) ISO 13485
15 5 (0.15%) NCSC
16 4 (0.12%) IEC 61131
16 4 (0.12%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 863 (25.03%) Active Directory
2 252 (7.31%) Hyper-V
3 250 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 57 (1.65%) Docker
6 49 (1.42%) Firmware
7 46 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 44 (1.28%) vSphere
9 40 (1.16%) 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 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 150 (4.35%) SCCM
3 76 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 73 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
5 60 (1.74%) WSUS
6 58 (1.68%) SCOM
7 34 (0.99%) vCenter Server
8 33 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 32 (0.93%) Terraform
10 27 (0.78%) Ansible
11 19 (0.55%) NetBackup
12 18 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
13 17 (0.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 16 (0.46%) FortiGate
14 16 (0.46%) SCDPM
15 15 (0.44%) Grafana
16 14 (0.41%) Nessus
16 14 (0.41%) Sysprep
17 13 (0.38%) Cisco CUCM
17 13 (0.38%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 366 (10.61%) VMware
2 199 (5.77%) Cisco
3 123 (3.57%) Citrix
4 122 (3.54%) Apple
5 102 (2.96%) Google
6 93 (2.70%) Adobe
7 89 (2.58%) Veeam
8 75 (2.18%) HP
9 67 (1.94%) CyberArk
9 67 (1.94%) Tanium
10 57 (1.65%) Meraki
11 55 (1.60%) Dell
11 55 (1.60%) Fortinet
12 54 (1.57%) Oracle
13 46 (1.33%) Juniper
14 44 (1.28%) Palo Alto
15 43 (1.25%) Salesforce
16 42 (1.22%) SAP
17 35 (1.02%) Aruba
17 35 (1.02%) ServiceNow