Microsoft Purview Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 430 687
Rank change year-on-year -40 +257 +55
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Purview 94 60 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.23% 0.078%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.52% 0.71% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 81 52 45
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,100 £36,950
25th Percentile £53,000 £48,165 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,320 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.47% +0.58% -21.43%
75th Percentile £68,666 £74,164 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,000 £97,500 £89,923
UK median annual salary £66,000 £75,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.09% -8.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,958 8,482 22,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.79% 32.74% 33.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,685 6,327 17,286
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,963 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Purview relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Purview
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Purview.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Purview in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Purview in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Purview
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Purview within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
North of England -33 50 £57,239 -20.49% 8
Yorkshire -35 30 £57,239 -20.49% 3
Midlands -28 23 £59,527 +29.41% 4
North West -17 20 £52,500 -25.00% 5
East Midlands - 14 £60,000 - 2
South East -37 10 £65,000 -21.69% 25
West Midlands -12 9 £54,514 +18.51% 2
South West -51 5 £65,000 +27.31% 3
Scotland -16 3 £87,500 +1.45% 2
Wales -30 2 £62,500 -18.03%
East of England -45 1 £47,500 -14.14% 3
Microsoft Purview
UK

Microsoft Purview
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (32.98%) SharePoint
2 17 (18.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.26%) Confluence
4 1 (1.06%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (54.26%) Entra ID
2 50 (53.19%) Azure
3 41 (43.62%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (25.53%) Power Platform
5 17 (18.09%) OneDrive
6 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 9 (9.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (9.57%) SaaS
8 8 (8.51%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (6.38%) Power Automate
10 5 (5.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (4.26%) AWS
11 4 (4.26%) Dropbox
11 4 (4.26%) GitHub
11 4 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (4.26%) PowerApps
12 3 (3.19%) Azure App Service
12 3 (3.19%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (31.91%) Firewall
2 8 (8.51%) DNS
2 8 (8.51%) VoIP
3 6 (6.38%) DHCP
4 5 (5.32%) LAN
4 5 (5.32%) TCP/IP
4 5 (5.32%) VLAN
4 5 (5.32%) WAN
5 4 (4.26%) PBX
6 1 (1.06%) Network Security
6 1 (1.06%) SAN
6 1 (1.06%) SSL
6 1 (1.06%) VPN
6 1 (1.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.77%) Metadata
2 7 (7.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.06%) Big Data
3 1 (1.06%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.06%) Data Vault
3 1 (1.06%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 54 (57.45%) Social Skills
2 42 (44.68%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.77%) Finance
4 10 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.32%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (28.72%) Lead
2 13 (13.83%) Data Engineer
3 10 (10.64%) Senior
4 9 (9.57%) Analyst
5 8 (8.51%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Architect
6 5 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.32%) Security Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (4.26%) Head of Digital
7 4 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Principal Data Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (4.26%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Lead Data Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.19%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) PySpark
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (3.19%) SPFx
3 1 (1.06%) SAP CAF
3 1 (1.06%) XBRL
3 1 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (24.47%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (8.51%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (7.45%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.26%) Social Media
5 3 (3.19%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.06%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.06%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.64%) Windows
1 10 (10.64%) Windows Server
2 8 (8.51%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.06%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (37.23%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (36.17%) Incident Response
4 31 (32.98%) Decision-Making
5 28 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 27 (28.72%) Data Protection
7 26 (27.66%) AI
8 25 (26.60%) Information Governance
9 23 (24.47%) Business Continuity
9 23 (24.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (24.47%) Security Architecture
9 23 (24.47%) SIEM
10 22 (23.40%) Risk Management
11 21 (22.34%) BCP
11 21 (22.34%) Business Continuity Planning
11 21 (22.34%) Risk Register
12 20 (21.28%) DevOps
13 19 (20.21%) Data Governance
14 18 (19.15%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.77%) SQL
2 9 (9.57%) Python
3 8 (8.51%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.26%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.06%) Bash
5 1 (1.06%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (14.89%) Degree
2 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.26%) CCNA
4 4 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.26%) CISSP
4 4 (4.26%) DBS Check
4 4 (4.26%) MCSA
5 3 (3.19%) CISM
5 3 (3.19%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (3.19%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.19%) SSCP
6 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.13%) CISMP
7 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.06%) PMP
7 1 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (36.17%) GDPR
2 33 (35.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (25.53%) NIST
4 22 (23.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (9.57%) Data Quality
6 4 (4.26%) PCI DSS
6 4 (4.26%) SLA
7 3 (3.19%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.06%) GRC
9 1 (1.06%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.32%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.26%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (26.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.57%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (9.57%) Terraform
3 4 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.06%) CASB
Vendors
1 82 (87.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.96%) Databricks
3 9 (9.57%) Splunk
4 8 (8.51%) New Relic
5 6 (6.38%) Meraki
6 5 (5.32%) Cisco
7 4 (4.26%) Apple
7 4 (4.26%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (1.06%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.06%) Google
8 1 (1.06%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.06%) SAP
8 1 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.06%) VMware