Microsoft Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 4,918 12,831 11,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.49% 17.21% 20.57%
As % of the Vendors category 32.27% 50.57% 48.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,367 9,899 6,424
10th Percentile £26,150 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,239 25,371 24,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 38.70% 34.03% 42.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 17,286 12,852
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,760 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,863 £45,673 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% -8.66% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £61,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the UK excluding London

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the UK excluding London

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the UK excluding London

Microsoft
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East -5 1,390 £44,720 -0.62% 5,183
North of England -9 1,329 £48,000 +10.04% 4,192
North West -15 861 £50,055 +11.23% 1,973
Midlands -8 841 £42,500 - 3,560
East of England -3 603 £45,000 +17.65% 2,772
West Midlands -9 526 £47,500 +5.56% 1,902
South West -5 488 £45,000 -2.17% 2,204
Yorkshire -7 368 £42,000 -1.18% 1,665
East Midlands -10 315 £36,250 -3.33% 1,427
Scotland -6 177 £52,000 +15.56% 950
North East -11 104 £40,000 -5.88% 567
Wales -24 62 £38,094 -2.32% 532
Northern Ireland +5 35 £50,000 +17.65% 279
Isle of Man -1 5 £34,500 -25.41% 3
Channel Islands -3 4 £57,500 -32.35% 20
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 516 (10.49%) SharePoint
2 387 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 78 (1.59%) IIS
4 52 (1.06%) Confluence
5 34 (0.69%) IBM Domino
6 33 (0.67%) CMS
7 23 (0.47%) WordPress
8 17 (0.35%) Apache
8 17 (0.35%) Umbraco
9 14 (0.28%) Skype for Business
10 13 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 13 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 12 (0.24%) OpenEdge
12 7 (0.14%) Apache Spark
12 7 (0.14%) Kentico
13 6 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
14 5 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
14 5 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
15 4 (0.081%) Apache Solr
15 4 (0.081%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1,226 (24.93%) Microsoft Office
2 694 (14.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 350 (7.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 70 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 50 (1.02%) Simulink
6 36 (0.73%) MS Visio
7 24 (0.49%) Chatbot
8 17 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 10 (0.20%) Trello
10 7 (0.14%) Acrobat
10 7 (0.14%) Photoshop
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.081%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.061%) Productboard
13 2 (0.041%) AutoCAD
14 1 (0.020%) EPLAN
14 1 (0.020%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.020%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 173 (3.52%) Teamcenter
2 110 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 46 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
4 41 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
5 25 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 16 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 16 (0.33%) SAP FI
6 16 (0.33%) Shopify
7 14 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
8 11 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 10 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
10 8 (0.16%) Primavera
10 8 (0.16%) SAP ERP
11 6 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
12 5 (0.10%) PeopleSoft Financials
13 4 (0.081%) Infor CloudSuite
13 4 (0.081%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
13 4 (0.081%) Magento
13 4 (0.081%) SAP BPC
13 4 (0.081%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,745 (35.48%) Azure
2 1,393 (28.32%) Microsoft 365
3 538 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 397 (8.07%) Entra ID
5 273 (5.55%) AWS
6 262 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
7 198 (4.03%) Power Automate
8 188 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
9 183 (3.72%) PowerApps
10 140 (2.85%) SaaS
11 127 (2.58%) OneDrive
12 91 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 77 (1.57%) GCP
14 76 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 72 (1.46%) PaaS
16 65 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 65 (1.32%) GitHub
17 63 (1.28%) IaaS
18 48 (0.98%) Google Workspace
19 46 (0.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 500 (10.17%) Firewall
2 312 (6.34%) DNS
3 282 (5.73%) WAN
4 275 (5.59%) LAN
5 268 (5.45%) DHCP
6 232 (4.72%) VPN
7 186 (3.78%) VoIP
8 185 (3.76%) TCP/IP
9 138 (2.81%) VLAN
9 138 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
10 135 (2.75%) Network Security
11 131 (2.66%) SAN
12 94 (1.91%) Internet
13 92 (1.87%) Broadband
14 74 (1.50%) Wireless
15 60 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
16 52 (1.06%) NAS
16 52 (1.06%) WLAN
17 40 (0.81%) MPLS
17 40 (0.81%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 533 (10.84%) SQL Server
2 352 (7.16%) Power BI
3 109 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 96 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
5 91 (1.85%) Tableau
6 81 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 80 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 57 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 50 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
10 48 (0.98%) Data Mining
11 45 (0.92%) Big Data
11 45 (0.92%) Relational Database
12 43 (0.87%) MySQL
13 40 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
14 34 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 22 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
16 21 (0.43%) Metadata
17 20 (0.41%) Data Hub
17 20 (0.41%) NoSQL
18 17 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 241 (4.90%) JIRA
2 90 (1.83%) Visual Studio
3 86 (1.75%) Git
4 28 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 23 (0.47%) TeamCity
6 21 (0.43%) Jenkins
7 15 (0.31%) MSI
8 14 (0.28%) NUnit
9 13 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (0.22%) Selenium
12 10 (0.20%) Jasmine
13 9 (0.18%) webpack
14 8 (0.16%) GitLab
14 8 (0.16%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (0.14%) Babel
15 7 (0.14%) Postman
16 6 (0.12%) NDoc
General
1 2,016 (40.99%) Social Skills
2 688 (13.99%) Finance
3 506 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 358 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 350 (7.12%) Manufacturing
6 311 (6.32%) Retail
7 275 (5.59%) Law
8 251 (5.10%) Aerospace
9 244 (4.96%) Automotive
10 220 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
11 166 (3.38%) Marketing
12 145 (2.95%) Legal
13 122 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 122 (2.48%) Telecoms
14 92 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 78 (1.59%) Banking
16 74 (1.50%) Electronics
17 57 (1.16%) Advertising
18 55 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
19 51 (1.04%) Games
Job Titles
1 629 (12.79%) Analyst
2 617 (12.55%) IT Support
3 566 (11.51%) Senior
4 463 (9.41%) Support Engineer
5 433 (8.80%) Developer
6 383 (7.79%) Lead
7 273 (5.55%) Systems Engineer
8 264 (5.37%) Support Analyst
9 251 (5.10%) IT Engineer
10 204 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 183 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support
12 175 (3.56%) IT Support Engineer
13 172 (3.50%) IT Analyst
14 149 (3.03%) Test Engineer
15 147 (2.99%) Administrator
16 144 (2.93%) Architect
16 144 (2.93%) Project Manager
17 142 (2.89%) Electrical Engineer
18 140 (2.85%) 1st Line Support
18 140 (2.85%) Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (6.49%) .NET
2 109 (2.22%) React
3 101 (2.05%) HTML
4 93 (1.89%) CSS
5 90 (1.83%) .NET Framework
6 82 (1.67%) ASP.NET
7 81 (1.65%) .NET Core
8 70 (1.42%) REST
9 62 (1.26%) JSON
10 59 (1.20%) XML
11 54 (1.10%) Web Services
12 53 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 39 (0.79%) RESTful
14 38 (0.77%) HTML5
15 29 (0.59%) YAML
16 28 (0.57%) ASP.NET MVC
16 28 (0.57%) Entity Framework
17 27 (0.55%) Middleware
18 26 (0.53%) SOAP
19 25 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 237 (4.82%) Driving Licence
2 192 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 185 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 130 (2.64%) Onboarding
5 108 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 94 (1.91%) NHS
7 89 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 69 (1.40%) Social Media
9 64 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 56 (1.14%) Client/Server
11 55 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 53 (1.08%) CCTV
13 51 (1.04%) Mobile App
14 50 (1.02%) Private Cloud
15 46 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
16 45 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
17 43 (0.87%) Cloud Native
17 43 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
18 42 (0.85%) Clustering
18 42 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,438 (29.24%) Windows
2 540 (10.98%) Windows Server
3 324 (6.59%) Linux
4 306 (6.22%) Windows 10
5 142 (2.89%) Mac OS
6 107 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 91 (1.85%) Android
8 81 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 77 (1.57%) Apple iOS
9 77 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 39 (0.79%) Unix
11 33 (0.67%) Ubuntu
12 30 (0.61%) Windows 7
13 24 (0.49%) Mac OS X
14 19 (0.39%) VMS
15 18 (0.37%) CentOS
16 12 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 7 (0.14%) Debian
17 7 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,187 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 821 (16.69%) Customer Service
3 653 (13.28%) Agile
4 570 (11.59%) ITIL
5 482 (9.80%) Project Management
6 480 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
7 437 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
8 405 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 404 (8.21%) Analytics
10 392 (7.97%) Mentoring
11 368 (7.48%) DevOps
12 333 (6.77%) ERP
13 320 (6.51%) Coaching
14 296 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 276 (5.61%) CRM
16 275 (5.59%) Roadmaps
17 249 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 241 (4.90%) Service Delivery
19 240 (4.88%) Systems Engineering
20 237 (4.82%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 662 (13.46%) SQL
2 420 (8.54%) PowerShell
3 334 (6.79%) C#
4 244 (4.96%) Python
5 222 (4.51%) JavaScript
6 173 (3.52%) MATLAB
7 131 (2.66%) Java
8 112 (2.28%) T-SQL
9 69 (1.40%) Bash
10 44 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 41 (0.83%) TypeScript
12 40 (0.81%) VBA
13 35 (0.71%) C
14 29 (0.59%) PHP
15 27 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
16 26 (0.53%) C++
17 23 (0.47%) R
18 21 (0.43%) Rust
18 21 (0.43%) VB.NET
19 19 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 1,193 (24.26%) Degree
2 381 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 353 (7.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 254 (5.16%) DBS Check
5 234 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 212 (4.31%) HND
7 202 (4.11%) HNC
8 159 (3.23%) SC Cleared
9 144 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 139 (2.83%) Azure Certification
11 118 (2.40%) A+ Certification
12 115 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
13 106 (2.16%) CCNA
14 100 (2.03%) MCSE
15 86 (1.75%) MCP
16 68 (1.38%) CCNP
17 64 (1.30%) DV Cleared
17 64 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
18 62 (1.26%) MCSA
19 60 (1.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (3.97%) SLA
2 151 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 142 (2.89%) GDPR
4 128 (2.60%) Data Quality
5 98 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 78 (1.59%) QA
7 68 (1.38%) NIST
8 35 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 32 (0.65%) Accessibility
10 29 (0.59%) NCSC
11 19 (0.39%) ISO 9001
11 19 (0.39%) PMO
12 17 (0.35%) COBIT
13 16 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 15 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 11 (0.22%) GRC
16 11 (0.22%) HIPAA
17 10 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
18 9 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 1,063 (21.61%) Active Directory
2 321 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 246 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 68 (1.38%) Docker
5 66 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 62 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 58 (1.18%) vSphere
8 55 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (0.53%) Terminal Services
10 20 (0.41%) BitLocker
10 20 (0.41%) Firmware
11 9 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.14%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.061%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.061%) ISA Server
14 3 (0.061%) NFS
14 3 (0.061%) Postfix
14 3 (0.061%) XenApp
15 2 (0.041%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 344 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 106 (2.16%) Terraform
3 99 (2.01%) SCCM
4 78 (1.59%) Ansible
4 78 (1.59%) Kubernetes
5 32 (0.65%) Puppet
6 31 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (0.53%) FortiGate
8 22 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
8 22 (0.45%) QRadar
8 22 (0.45%) vCenter Server
9 16 (0.33%) SCOM
9 16 (0.33%) WMI
10 14 (0.28%) CASB
10 14 (0.28%) vMotion
10 14 (0.28%) WSUS
11 12 (0.24%) Autotask
12 11 (0.22%) Backup Exec
13 10 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 9 (0.18%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 427 (8.68%) VMware
2 330 (6.71%) Cisco
3 184 (3.74%) SAP
4 175 (3.56%) Google
5 173 (3.52%) ANSYS
6 133 (2.70%) Apple
7 102 (2.07%) Dell
8 92 (1.87%) ServiceNow
9 87 (1.77%) Oracle
9 87 (1.77%) Salesforce
10 86 (1.75%) Veeam
11 84 (1.71%) Citrix
12 81 (1.65%) Meraki
13 75 (1.53%) HP
14 73 (1.48%) Databricks
15 65 (1.32%) Sun
16 53 (1.08%) Fortinet
17 50 (1.02%) MathWorks
18 41 (0.83%) IBM
18 41 (0.83%) Sophos