Micro Focus Job Trends

Micro Focus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Micro Focus products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Micro Focus over the 6 months leading up to 3 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 Micro Focus.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 680 697
Rank change year-on-year +39 +17 +289
Permanent jobs citing Micro Focus 2 26 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Vendors category 0.010% 0.13% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 7
10th Percentile - - £45,650
25th Percentile - £58,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,465 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% +37.82% -32.14%
75th Percentile - £71,991 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,465 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +37.82% -

All Vendors
UK

Micro Focus 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,139 20,229 21,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.32% 36.95% 40.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,843 10,432 16,261
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £28,800
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,750 £38,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Micro Focus
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Micro Focus relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Micro Focus job vacancy trend in the UK

Micro Focus
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Micro Focus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Micro Focus

Micro Focus
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +47 1 - - 1
London - 1 - -

Micro Focus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Test Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) QA