Microsoft Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -12
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 32 70 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 29.91% 19.94% 12.15%
As % of the Vendors category 51.61% 56.91% 42.62%
Number of salaries quoted 28 67 23
10th Percentile £29,400 £28,501 £22,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 £58,750 £46,875
90th Percentile £44,625 £60,500 £58,750
Staffordshire median annual salary £38,754 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.12% -11.11% +12.50%

All Vendors
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 62 123 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 57.94% 35.04% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 34 115 56
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £24,613
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +31.15%
75th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £45,750 £60,000 £58,750
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £39,000 £44,625
% change year-on-year -10.26% -12.61% +11.56%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Applications
1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Google Workspace
2 12 (37.50%) Azure
3 8 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (43.75%) BGP
1 14 (43.75%) DHCP
1 14 (43.75%) DNS
1 14 (43.75%) Firewall
1 14 (43.75%) OSPF
1 14 (43.75%) TCP/IP
1 14 (43.75%) VLAN
1 14 (43.75%) WLAN
2 7 (21.88%) LAN
2 7 (21.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (43.75%) Automotive
2 14 (43.75%) Retail
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) IT Engineer
1 14 (43.75%) Systems Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) Infrastructure Support
3 8 (25.00%) IT Support
4 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Support Engineer
5 6 (18.75%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (18.75%) IT Technician
5 6 (18.75%) Support Technician
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Technician
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Technician
7 3 (9.38%) Database Developer
7 3 (9.38%) Developer
7 3 (9.38%) SQL Database Developer
7 3 (9.38%) SQL Developer
8 2 (6.25%) Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Management Information System
1 14 (43.75%) Smartphone
2 6 (18.75%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 25 (78.13%) Windows Server
3 20 (62.50%) Linux
3 20 (62.50%) Windows 10
4 14 (43.75%) Mac OS X
4 14 (43.75%) Ubuntu
4 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (43.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (18.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Business Case
1 14 (43.75%) Computer Science
1 14 (43.75%) Performance Tuning
1 14 (43.75%) Systems Engineering
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (9.38%) Analytics
4 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (9.38%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (9.38%) Database Optimisation
4 3 (9.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (6.25%) Change Management
5 2 (6.25%) Coaching
5 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 24 (75.00%) SQL
2 14 (43.75%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) MCSE
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (43.75%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (43.75%) Degree
2 14 (43.75%) HNC
2 14 (43.75%) HND
3 7 (21.88%) A+ Certification
3 7 (21.88%) MCP
3 7 (21.88%) MCSA
4 3 (9.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (84.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Apple
1 14 (43.75%) Cisco
1 14 (43.75%) Dell
1 14 (43.75%) Fortinet
1 14 (43.75%) Google
1 14 (43.75%) Ubiquiti
2 6 (18.75%) VMware