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 5 October 2024, 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
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 910 744 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.22% 19.20% 17.78%
As % of the Vendors category 54.95% 44.42% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 391 563 742
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £26,774
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £34,093
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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 1,656 1,675 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.98% 43.23% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 696 1,116 1,545
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,800 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,925 £54,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +2.83% -3.64%
75th Percentile £64,563 £66,778 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £80,750
South East median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +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 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 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
Berkshire 0 399 £48,925 -6.81% 65
Buckinghamshire -1 269 £42,500 -5.96% 60
Oxfordshire +2 242 £45,000 -21.74% 52
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
1 115 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 111 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.09%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (0.99%) Confluence
5 4 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.33%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.22%) Kentico
7 2 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 262 (28.79%) Microsoft Office
2 242 (26.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.98%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.21%) Photoshop
6 10 (1.10%) Acrobat
7 9 (0.99%) Fireworks
7 9 (0.99%) RoboHelp
8 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.22%) InDesign
9 2 (0.22%) SPSS
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 8 (0.88%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (0.55%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Manufacturing
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
6 2 (0.22%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 282 (30.99%) Azure
2 231 (25.38%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (8.13%) Entra ID
4 61 (6.70%) OneDrive
5 59 (6.48%) Power Platform
6 51 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
8 34 (3.74%) AWS
9 33 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
9 33 (3.63%) SaaS
10 28 (3.08%) PowerApps
11 26 (2.86%) PaaS
12 24 (2.64%) Power Automate
13 20 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.65%) IaaS
15 14 (1.54%) Azure Storage
16 13 (1.43%) GitHub
17 12 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 11 (1.21%) GCP
19 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 58 (6.37%) DNS
2 47 (5.16%) Firewall
3 43 (4.73%) Broadband
4 41 (4.51%) TCP/IP
5 36 (3.96%) VPN
6 34 (3.74%) WAN
7 29 (3.19%) DHCP
8 18 (1.98%) HTTP
9 17 (1.87%) SMTP
9 17 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.76%) LAN
10 16 (1.76%) SD-WAN
11 14 (1.54%) Internet
11 14 (1.54%) Wireless
12 13 (1.43%) Network Security
13 12 (1.32%) SSL
14 10 (1.10%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (1.10%) VLAN
15 7 (0.77%) 4G
15 7 (0.77%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.41%) Power BI
3 27 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (2.75%) Relational Database
5 22 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (1.32%) NoSQL
8 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.77%) MySQL
11 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (0.66%) Tableau
12 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.44%) GIS
13 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.22%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.22%) SQLite
15 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.11%) DTS
Development Applications
1 49 (5.38%) Visual Studio
2 27 (2.97%) GitLab
3 25 (2.75%) JIRA
4 23 (2.53%) Git
5 15 (1.65%) PowerBuilder
6 9 (0.99%) AdminStudio
6 9 (0.99%) InstallShield
6 9 (0.99%) MSI
7 6 (0.66%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.44%) NUnit
9 4 (0.44%) Selenium
10 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.22%) Appium
11 2 (0.22%) CMake
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 287 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 274 (30.11%) Finance
3 259 (28.46%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (16.81%) Retail
5 141 (15.49%) Marketing
6 51 (5.60%) Legal
7 48 (5.27%) Presentation Skills
8 45 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
9 40 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
10 38 (4.18%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 23 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.98%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.76%) Law
15 15 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.21%) German Language
17 10 (1.10%) Automotive
18 9 (0.99%) Dutch Language
18 9 (0.99%) Games
18 9 (0.99%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 122 (13.41%) Senior
2 115 (12.64%) Analyst
3 109 (11.98%) Development Manager
4 95 (10.44%) Developer
5 80 (8.79%) Architect
6 60 (6.59%) Consultant
7 55 (6.04%) Support Engineer
8 48 (5.27%) Software Engineer
9 42 (4.62%) IT Support
10 37 (4.07%) Lead
11 35 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 32 (3.52%) IT Engineer
13 31 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
14 28 (3.08%) Software Developer
15 27 (2.97%) Software Architect
16 25 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (2.53%) 2nd Line Support
17 23 (2.53%) IT Support Engineer
18 21 (2.31%) Project Leader
19 20 (2.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (11.76%) .NET
2 45 (4.95%) React
3 42 (4.62%) XML
4 39 (4.29%) .NET Core
4 39 (4.29%) Web Services
5 30 (3.30%) HTML
6 29 (3.19%) .NET Framework
7 25 (2.75%) AngularJS
8 19 (2.09%) ASP.NET
8 19 (2.09%) JSON
9 17 (1.87%) HTML5
10 15 (1.65%) CSS
11 12 (1.32%) RESTful
12 11 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
13 10 (1.10%) ARM Templates
13 10 (1.10%) Blazor
13 10 (1.10%) Middleware
14 9 (0.99%) Entity Framework
14 9 (0.99%) Flash
15 8 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (4.29%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.42%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.31%) Driving Licence
5 21 (2.31%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.31%) Smartphone
6 19 (2.09%) Life Science
7 15 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.21%) PKI
11 10 (1.10%) Onboarding
12 9 (0.99%) Shadow IT
13 7 (0.77%) Biopharmaceutical
13 7 (0.77%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.66%) Clustering
14 6 (0.66%) CUDA
15 5 (0.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 173 (19.01%) Windows
2 108 (11.87%) Linux
3 68 (7.47%) Windows Server
4 64 (7.03%) Windows 10
5 39 (4.29%) Unix
6 31 (3.41%) Android
7 29 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 26 (2.86%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.43%) Windows 7
12 12 (1.32%) Mac OS
13 9 (0.99%) Windows NT
14 6 (0.66%) VMS
15 5 (0.55%) Kali Linux
15 5 (0.55%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
17 3 (0.33%) CentOS
17 3 (0.33%) Windows 8
17 3 (0.33%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (38.35%) Agile
2 179 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
3 163 (17.91%) Business Development
4 162 (17.80%) Logistics
5 139 (15.27%) Data Management
6 137 (15.05%) Customer Requirements
7 131 (14.40%) Commercial Awareness
8 130 (14.29%) CAD
8 130 (14.29%) Facilities Management
8 130 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
9 116 (12.75%) Customer Service
10 97 (10.66%) Computer Science
11 95 (10.44%) DevOps
12 93 (10.22%) Project Management
13 87 (9.56%) ITIL
14 80 (8.79%) Physics
15 77 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
16 75 (8.24%) Decision-Making
17 73 (8.02%) Analytics
18 70 (7.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 146 (16.04%) SQL
2 143 (15.71%) C#
3 112 (12.31%) Python
4 69 (7.58%) Fortran
5 57 (6.26%) PowerShell
6 56 (6.15%) JavaScript
7 53 (5.82%) C++
8 51 (5.60%) Bash
9 36 (3.96%) C
10 25 (2.75%) Java
11 21 (2.31%) Bicep
12 19 (2.09%) VB
13 18 (1.98%) TypeScript
14 16 (1.76%) PL/SQL
15 15 (1.65%) VB.NET
16 12 (1.32%) T-SQL
17 10 (1.10%) VBScript
18 5 (0.55%) Go
18 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
18 5 (0.55%) R
Qualifications
1 227 (24.95%) Degree
2 176 (19.34%) Security Cleared
3 70 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.49%) Master's Degree
5 40 (4.40%) ACCA
5 40 (4.40%) CIMA
6 37 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (4.07%) PhD
7 29 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 23 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (2.42%) CCNA
10 21 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (1.98%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.65%) CCNP
13 13 (1.43%) DBS Check
14 12 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (1.21%) MCP
16 10 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.74%) SLA
2 20 (2.20%) QA
3 16 (1.76%) GDPR
4 15 (1.65%) Good Clinical Practice
5 9 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.88%) PMO
7 7 (0.77%) NIST
7 7 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.55%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.22%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) PMBOK
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 152 (16.70%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.51%) Hyper-V
3 31 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (1.43%) Firmware
6 12 (1.32%) Docker
7 9 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.22%) vSphere
10 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (6.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (4.29%) SCCM
3 31 (3.41%) WSUS
4 23 (2.53%) Kubernetes
5 14 (1.54%) Terraform
6 10 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.10%) SCOM
6 10 (1.10%) Stealthwatch
7 9 (0.99%) Sysprep
8 5 (0.55%) Graylog
8 5 (0.55%) Suricata
9 3 (0.33%) Ansible
9 3 (0.33%) CASB
9 3 (0.33%) Grafana
9 3 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.22%) Nessus
10 2 (0.22%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.22%) Puppet
10 2 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (7.03%) VMware
2 48 (5.27%) Apple
3 44 (4.84%) Cisco
4 37 (4.07%) Adobe
5 34 (3.74%) Citrix
6 27 (2.97%) Oracle
7 19 (2.09%) Dell
7 19 (2.09%) Veeam
8 18 (1.98%) Meraki
9 16 (1.76%) HP
10 14 (1.54%) Sage
11 12 (1.32%) Palo Alto
12 11 (1.21%) Google
12 11 (1.21%) ServiceNow
13 10 (1.10%) Juniper
13 10 (1.10%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.99%) Autodesk
14 9 (0.99%) Databricks
15 8 (0.88%) IBM
16 7 (0.77%) Splunk