Microsoft Job Trends in Suffolk

Microsoft
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 2 11
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 58 58 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 14.76% 20.64% 8.85%
As % of the Vendors category 37.91% 49.57% 30.30%
Number of salaries quoted 34 10 6
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,925 £25,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,625 £28,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,089 £57,500 £32,120
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% +79.02% -7.57%
75th Percentile £49,500 £66,901 £46,695
90th Percentile £60,375 £67,711 £59,375
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +11.76% -5.56%

All Vendors
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 153 117 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 38.93% 41.64% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 63 15 26
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,550 £29,229
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,901 £80,625
90th Percentile £82,250 £67,260 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Suffolk over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Suffolk

Microsoft
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Ipswich +1 42 £44,089 -2.03% 30
Newmarket - 5 - -
Halesworth - 5 £40,000 -
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (39.66%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (46.55%) Azure
1 27 (46.55%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (34.48%) Power Platform
3 9 (15.52%) PowerApps
4 7 (12.07%) Power Automate
5 5 (8.62%) Azure AI
5 5 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.45%) GitHub
8 1 (1.72%) AWS
8 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.72%) Azure API Management
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.97%) DNS
2 6 (10.34%) DHCP
2 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.34%) VLAN
3 5 (8.62%) Firewall
3 5 (8.62%) VPN
4 1 (1.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) Power BI
2 7 (12.07%) Tableau
3 4 (6.90%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (3.45%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 28 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Legal
3 9 (15.52%) Finance
4 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Marketing
5 5 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Law
7 2 (3.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.72%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) IT Support
2 11 (18.97%) Analyst
3 10 (17.24%) Junior
3 10 (17.24%) Junior Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) IT Manager
4 9 (15.52%) IT Support Manager
4 9 (15.52%) Support Manager
5 6 (10.34%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (10.34%) Administrator
5 6 (10.34%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (10.34%) IT Technician
5 6 (10.34%) Support Technician
6 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Data Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Graduate
6 5 (8.62%) IT Administrator
6 5 (8.62%) Junior Data Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Junior Security Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) .NET
1 3 (5.17%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.45%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (3.45%) React
3 1 (1.72%) CSS
3 1 (1.72%) HTML
3 1 (1.72%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.62%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (41.38%) Windows
2 11 (18.97%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 5 (8.62%) Android
4 5 (8.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Customer Service
1 18 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (22.41%) AI
4 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (17.24%) Service Delivery
5 9 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (15.52%) IT Strategy
5 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.79%) Process Improvement
6 8 (13.79%) User Experience
7 7 (12.07%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (10.34%) Customer Experience
9 5 (8.62%) Case Management
9 5 (8.62%) DevOps
9 5 (8.62%) Digital Innovation
9 5 (8.62%) ERP
9 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Management
9 5 (8.62%) Sales Enablement
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.41%) SQL
2 11 (18.97%) Python
3 8 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 6 (10.34%) VBScript
5 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.17%) C#
7 1 (1.72%) Bash
7 1 (1.72%) Go
7 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) Azure Certification
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.34%) MCSA
4 5 (8.62%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (8.62%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (8.62%) Degree
4 5 (8.62%) Master's Degree
5 4 (6.90%) ACCA
5 4 (6.90%) CIMA
6 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) Broadcom
1 5 (8.62%) ForeScout
2 1 (1.72%) Databricks
2 1 (1.72%) VMware