Microsoft Copilot Job Trends

Microsoft Copilot
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Copilot skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 658 716
Rank change year-on-year +158 +58 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Copilot 169 84 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.12% 0.040%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.05% 0.38% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 134 65 21
10th Percentile £32,500 £51,279 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,662 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -45.78% +15.38% -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Microsoft Copilot 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,048 22,067 22,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.64% 32.42% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11,107 13,314 19,150
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,545
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.83% -0.83%

Microsoft Copilot
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Copilot job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Copilot
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Copilot.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Copilot over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Copilot in the UK

Microsoft Copilot
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Copilot within the UK over the 6 months to 7 November 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
England +172 147 £60,000 -17.24% 322
UK excluding London +112 87 £40,662 -45.78% 250
Work from Home +90 68 £67,500 -10.00% 161
London +74 68 £80,000 +14.29% 168
North of England +45 35 £40,331 -46.23% 35
North West +45 24 £48,393 -35.48% 18
South East +31 17 £37,500 -48.28% 136
Scotland +11 14 £80,000 +6.67% 15
Midlands +54 9 £50,000 -24.53% 22
Yorkshire +21 8 £40,000 -42.86% 12
West Midlands +47 6 £52,500 -20.75% 11
East of England +36 6 £27,500 -54.17% 7
South West +44 5 £63,950 -14.73% 24
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 10
North East - 3 £40,662 - 5
Northern Ireland +1 1 £70,000 -6.67% 3

Microsoft Copilot
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:

Application Platforms
1 57 (33.73%) SharePoint
2 29 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.37%) Confluence
3 4 (2.37%) IIS
3 4 (2.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.59%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.59%) InDesign
4 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.59%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (19.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (4.14%) Shopify
3 1 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.59%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 100 (59.17%) Power Platform
2 97 (57.40%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (55.62%) Azure
4 68 (40.24%) Power Automate
5 45 (26.63%) Copilot Studio
5 45 (26.63%) PowerApps
6 37 (21.89%) Entra ID
7 36 (21.30%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (17.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 28 (16.57%) Azure AI
10 25 (14.79%) OneDrive
11 13 (7.69%) ChatGPT
12 12 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (4.73%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (2.96%) SaaS
14 5 (2.96%) ShareGate
15 4 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (2.37%) GitHub
15 4 (2.37%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.37%) DMARC
1 4 (2.37%) SSL
2 3 (1.78%) Firewall
2 3 (1.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.59%) DHCP
3 1 (0.59%) DNS
3 1 (0.59%) LAN
3 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (31.95%) Power BI
2 11 (6.51%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.37%) Power Query
4 2 (1.18%) Big Data
4 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.18%) Tableau
5 1 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.59%) MySQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (8.88%) JIRA
2 4 (2.37%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.78%) Git
4 1 (0.59%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.59%) MLflow
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 76 (44.97%) Social Skills
2 51 (30.18%) Finance
3 29 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (13.02%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (11.24%) Law
6 15 (8.88%) Legal
7 10 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.73%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.73%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.37%) Czech Language
9 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Advertising
11 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.18%) Local Government
11 2 (1.18%) Marketing
12 1 (0.59%) Back Office
12 1 (0.59%) Banking
12 1 (0.59%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (17.75%) Consultant
2 26 (15.38%) Senior
3 18 (10.65%) Lead
4 17 (10.06%) Support Engineer
5 14 (8.28%) Developer
6 13 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 12 (7.10%) Microsoft Engineer
7 12 (7.10%) Power Platform Engineer
8 11 (6.51%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 10 (5.92%) Applications Engineer
9 10 (5.92%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 10 (5.92%) Help Desk Manager
9 10 (5.92%) IT Manager
10 9 (5.33%) Analyst
10 9 (5.33%) IT Support
10 9 (5.33%) Power Platform Developer
11 7 (4.14%) Microsoft 365 Manager
11 7 (4.14%) Operations Manager
11 7 (4.14%) Project Manager
11 7 (4.14%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.10%) .NET
2 11 (6.51%) REST
3 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (4.14%) SOAP
5 5 (2.96%) XML
6 4 (2.37%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.37%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.37%) Blazor
6 4 (2.37%) JSON
6 4 (2.37%) React
6 4 (2.37%) RESTful
7 2 (1.18%) HTML
7 2 (1.18%) LangChain
7 2 (1.18%) Node.js
7 2 (1.18%) PyTorch
7 2 (1.18%) TAPI
8 1 (0.59%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.59%) CSS
8 1 (0.59%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.59%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.16%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.88%) AI Agents
3 13 (7.69%) Low-Code
3 13 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (6.51%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.55%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.78%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.78%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.18%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.59%) FMCG
10 1 (0.59%) IoT
10 1 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.47%) Windows
2 6 (3.55%) Linux
3 4 (2.37%) Unix
4 3 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.18%) Android
5 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (51.48%) AI
2 47 (27.81%) Business Intelligence
3 40 (23.67%) CRM
4 36 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (20.12%) Agile
6 30 (17.75%) ITIL
7 26 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 25 (14.79%) Decision-Making
9 20 (11.83%) Project Delivery
10 19 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (10.65%) Customer Service
11 18 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (10.65%) User Experience
12 17 (10.06%) Project Management
12 17 (10.06%) Task Automation
13 16 (9.47%) Coaching
13 16 (9.47%) LLM
13 16 (9.47%) Mentoring
13 16 (9.47%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.20%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.69%) SQL
3 12 (7.10%) JavaScript
4 11 (6.51%) C#
5 8 (4.73%) Python
6 6 (3.55%) Java
7 4 (2.37%) VBA
8 2 (1.18%) C++
8 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (17.16%) Degree
2 21 (12.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (8.28%) Security Cleared
4 11 (6.51%) SC Cleared
5 9 (5.33%) Master's Degree
6 8 (4.73%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.78%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.18%) CBAP
10 2 (1.18%) MCP
11 1 (0.59%) CISSP
11 1 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.59%) MBA
11 1 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.06%) SLA
2 14 (8.28%) QA
3 12 (7.10%) Accessibility
4 11 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.78%) PMO
7 2 (1.18%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.59%) COBIT
8 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.96%) Docker
4 3 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (17.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.96%) Terraform
3 4 (2.37%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 153 (90.53%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.33%) Foundry
3 7 (4.14%) Oracle
4 6 (3.55%) Google
4 6 (3.55%) Okta
4 6 (3.55%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.37%) Zscaler
6 3 (1.78%) iManage
6 3 (1.78%) SAP
6 3 (1.78%) VMware
7 2 (1.18%) Adobe
7 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.59%) Apple
8 1 (0.59%) Citrix
8 1 (0.59%) Databricks
8 1 (0.59%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.59%) HP
8 1 (0.59%) Intapp
8 1 (0.59%) SendGrid
8 1 (0.59%) ServiceNow