Microsoft Jobs in Southampton

Microsoft
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 30 May 2025, 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 53 192 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 17.38% 20.58% 16.86%
As % of the Vendors category 43.09% 51.47% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 50 185 110
10th Percentile £26,850 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +0.54% -7.50%
75th Percentile £61,875 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +12.50% -11.11%

All Vendors
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 123 373 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 40.33% 39.98% 35.97%
Number of salaries quoted 80 305 234
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -1.04%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Southampton

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Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Southampton

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Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Southampton over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 8 (15.09%) SharePoint
2 7 (13.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.66%) Productboard
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (54.72%) Azure
2 23 (43.40%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 9 (16.98%) Power Platform
5 7 (13.21%) SaaS
6 6 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) AWS
7 3 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (5.66%) Google Analytics
7 3 (5.66%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (5.66%) IaaS
7 3 (5.66%) PaaS
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.77%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.89%) GCP
9 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) Wireshark
2 3 (5.66%) Firewall
3 2 (3.77%) Wireless
4 1 (1.89%) DHCP
4 1 (1.89%) DNS
4 1 (1.89%) LAN
4 1 (1.89%) Network Security
4 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.89%) VLAN
4 1 (1.89%) VoIP
4 1 (1.89%) VPN
4 1 (1.89%) WAN
4 1 (1.89%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Power BI
1 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Retail
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Advertising
4 3 (5.66%) Marketing
4 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 9 (16.98%) IT Support
1 9 (16.98%) Support Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Desktop Support
2 7 (13.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Service Desk Support
3 6 (11.32%) NOC Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Analyst
4 4 (7.55%) Lead
4 4 (7.55%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Security Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) PPC Specialist
5 3 (5.66%) Scrum Master
5 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Senior
5 3 (5.66%) Software Team Leader
5 3 (5.66%) Team Leader
6 2 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) Clustering
3 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.89%) IoT
3 1 (1.89%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.89%) NHS
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.30%) Windows
2 7 (13.21%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) CentOS
3 6 (11.32%) Ubuntu
4 5 (9.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.75%) ITIL
3 10 (18.87%) Project Management
4 9 (16.98%) Agile
4 9 (16.98%) DevOps
5 8 (15.09%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (15.09%) Information Security
5 8 (15.09%) Proactive Monitoring
6 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (13.21%) Scrum
6 7 (13.21%) Security Management
6 7 (13.21%) Service Delivery
7 6 (11.32%) Information Security Management
7 6 (11.32%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (9.43%) Cloud Security
8 5 (9.43%) Containerisation
9 4 (7.55%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (7.55%) Software Architecture
9 4 (7.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) SQL
2 6 (11.32%) C#
3 5 (9.43%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.66%) Java
4 3 (5.66%) Rust
5 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.89%) Python
5 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) CCNA
1 7 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (13.21%) Network+ Certification
2 6 (11.32%) CCNP
2 6 (11.32%) MCSA
2 6 (11.32%) MCSE
2 6 (11.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (9.43%) Degree
4 4 (7.55%) CISSP
5 3 (5.66%) CEH
6 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.77%) CISM
6 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.89%) CISMP
7 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) GDPR
2 3 (5.66%) HIPAA
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (24.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (13.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Ansible
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.89%) Puppet
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Cisco
2 9 (16.98%) VMware
3 6 (11.32%) Palo Alto
3 6 (11.32%) Red Hat
4 3 (5.66%) Google
5 2 (3.77%) Meraki
6 1 (1.89%) Aderant
6 1 (1.89%) Adobe
6 1 (1.89%) Apple
6 1 (1.89%) Citrix
6 1 (1.89%) NetApp
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.89%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.89%) Xero