Microsoft Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 593 1,369 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.34% 19.41% 20.07%
As % of the Vendors category 45.20% 52.13% 46.32%
Number of salaries quoted 309 1,006 771
10th Percentile £26,450 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,600
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.32% -8.80%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.64% -3.68%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,312 2,626 2,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.36% 37.24% 43.33%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,764 1,446
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -7.75% -0.99%
75th Percentile £66,250 £59,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,950 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Berkshire -8 246 £42,500 -11.46% 195
Buckinghamshire -3 228 £45,000 +5.88% 140
Oxfordshire -5 119 £41,500 -3.76% 131
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 80 (13.49%) SharePoint
2 58 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (4.55%) IBM Domino
4 16 (2.70%) IIS
5 9 (1.52%) CMS
6 7 (1.18%) Kentico
7 6 (1.01%) Apache
8 5 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.17%) Confluence
10 1 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 140 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.34%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (4.05%) Dynamics AX
2 16 (2.70%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 16 (2.70%) SAP FI
3 13 (2.19%) Shopify
4 4 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.67%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.34%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 222 (37.44%) Azure
2 139 (23.44%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.77%) AWS
5 43 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 34 (5.73%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.73%) PowerApps
7 33 (5.56%) Power Automate
8 29 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.70%) GCP
9 16 (2.70%) Google Analytics
10 15 (2.53%) Vertex AI
11 13 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (1.85%) Cloudflare
13 11 (1.85%) Google Ads
13 11 (1.85%) Google Tag Manager
14 10 (1.69%) IaaS
15 7 (1.18%) Kontent
15 7 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.46%) Firewall
2 40 (6.75%) DNS
3 34 (5.73%) WAN
4 31 (5.23%) DHCP
4 31 (5.23%) LAN
5 22 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (3.54%) TCP/IP
7 16 (2.70%) VoIP
7 16 (2.70%) VPN
8 15 (2.53%) Internet
8 15 (2.53%) VLAN
9 14 (2.36%) SAN
10 11 (1.85%) Network Security
10 11 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
11 10 (1.69%) 5G
12 9 (1.52%) Bluetooth
12 9 (1.52%) IP Telephony
12 9 (1.52%) LTE
13 7 (1.18%) Wireless
14 6 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (12.31%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.42%) Power BI
3 36 (6.07%) Data Lake
4 26 (4.38%) Big Data
4 26 (4.38%) Tableau
5 24 (4.05%) Data Mining
6 21 (3.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (2.53%) MySQL
8 13 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.01%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.67%) Metabase
12 4 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.17%) DTS
14 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (5.06%) Visual Studio
2 26 (4.38%) JIRA
3 13 (2.19%) Git
4 11 (1.85%) NUnit
4 11 (1.85%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.69%) Jasmine
6 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 101 (17.03%) Law
3 93 (15.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (14.67%) Finance
5 73 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (11.97%) Manufacturing
7 55 (9.27%) Retail
8 39 (6.58%) Marketing
9 13 (2.19%) Electronics
9 13 (2.19%) General Ledger
10 11 (1.85%) Local Government
10 11 (1.85%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.35%) Spanish Language
13 6 (1.01%) Back Office
13 6 (1.01%) Fire and Rescue
13 6 (1.01%) Games
13 6 (1.01%) German Language
14 5 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 100 (16.86%) Lead
1 100 (16.86%) Senior
2 77 (12.98%) Analyst
3 63 (10.62%) Developer
4 60 (10.12%) Electrical Engineer
4 60 (10.12%) Safety Engineer
4 60 (10.12%) Test Engineer
5 53 (8.94%) Support Engineer
6 49 (8.26%) IT Support
7 41 (6.91%) Support Analyst
8 30 (5.06%) IT Engineer
9 29 (4.89%) Technical Support
10 27 (4.55%) IT Analyst
11 25 (4.22%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
13 21 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
15 19 (3.20%) Service Analyst
16 17 (2.87%) Consultant
16 17 (2.87%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (9.61%) .NET
2 38 (6.41%) React
3 29 (4.89%) ASP.NET
4 28 (4.72%) .NET Framework
5 21 (3.54%) XML
6 20 (3.37%) .NET Core
7 19 (3.20%) JSON
8 18 (3.04%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.70%) CSS
9 16 (2.70%) HTML
10 15 (2.53%) HTML5
11 12 (2.02%) CSS3
12 11 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
12 11 (1.85%) RESTful
12 11 (1.85%) Vue
13 10 (1.69%) Jest
14 9 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (0.84%) SAML
16 4 (0.67%) REST
17 3 (0.51%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 26 (4.38%) Onboarding
2 26 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 21 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 18 (3.04%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.36%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.69%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.69%) PKI
9 9 (1.52%) IoT
9 9 (1.52%) NB-IoT
9 9 (1.52%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.35%) Social Media
11 7 (1.18%) Client/Server
11 7 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.18%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 154 (25.97%) Windows
2 70 (11.80%) Windows Server
3 41 (6.91%) Mac OS
4 32 (5.40%) Linux
5 22 (3.71%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.02%) Android
7 8 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.01%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.34%) Unix
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (24.96%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (17.37%) Analytics
3 95 (16.02%) Project Management
4 82 (13.83%) Customer Service
5 79 (13.32%) Agile
6 75 (12.65%) DevOps
7 73 (12.31%) Roadmaps
8 68 (11.47%) Business Intelligence
9 66 (11.13%) ERP
10 61 (10.29%) Strategic Thinking
11 60 (10.12%) Safety Engineering
11 60 (10.12%) Service Management
12 58 (9.78%) Mentoring
13 55 (9.27%) Customer-Centricity
13 55 (9.27%) Data Engineering
14 54 (9.11%) Data Science
15 51 (8.60%) Data Management
15 51 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (8.09%) ITIL
17 47 (7.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.61%) SQL
2 39 (6.58%) C#
2 39 (6.58%) PowerShell
3 32 (5.40%) JavaScript
4 24 (4.05%) Python
5 16 (2.70%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.19%) Bash
7 6 (1.01%) X++
8 5 (0.84%) C++
9 4 (0.67%) RPG
10 3 (0.51%) Java
10 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.34%) Korn
12 1 (0.17%) PHP
12 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 156 (26.31%) Degree
2 49 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 26 (4.38%) SC Cleared
5 22 (3.71%) MCP
6 18 (3.04%) A+ Certification
6 18 (3.04%) DBS Check
7 13 (2.19%) MCSA
7 13 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (1.69%) MCSE
10 8 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.18%) HNC
11 7 (1.18%) HND
12 6 (1.01%) CCNA
12 6 (1.01%) MOS
12 6 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.72%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.70%) SLA
3 13 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.85%) GDPR
5 8 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.84%) NIST
7 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.34%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 99 (16.69%) Active Directory
2 53 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (8.77%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.85%) vSphere
6 8 (1.35%) Docker
7 7 (1.18%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Squid
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (5.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.06%) Terraform
3 12 (2.02%) SCCM
4 11 (1.85%) Ansible
5 9 (1.52%) Puppet
6 6 (1.01%) FortiGate
7 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.84%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.84%) WSUS
7 5 (0.84%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.67%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.51%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.34%) SCOM
10 2 (0.34%) SCSM
10 2 (0.34%) ZENworks
11 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.17%) Graylog
11 1 (0.17%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.17%) Nessus
11 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 67 (11.30%) VMware
2 44 (7.42%) SAP
3 42 (7.08%) Google
4 32 (5.40%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.54%) Apple
5 21 (3.54%) Cisco
6 17 (2.87%) Dell
7 15 (2.53%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.19%) Sophos
9 12 (2.02%) Databricks
9 12 (2.02%) Veeam
10 11 (1.85%) Rollbar
11 10 (1.69%) Pinterest
11 10 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.69%) TikTok
12 7 (1.18%) Citrix
12 7 (1.18%) HP
13 6 (1.01%) Oracle
13 6 (1.01%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.01%) Ubiquiti