Microsoft Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Developer salary in the UK is £45,828 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 880 1110
Rank change year-on-year +35 +230 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 51 90 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.086% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.094% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 44 58 78
10th Percentile £31,500 £45,575 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,019 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,828 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £63,688 £73,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £70,875 £80,375 £81,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,414 £55,050 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.50% +4.86% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in the UK

Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Developer.

Salary trend for Microsoft Developer in the UK

Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Developer in the UK

Microsoft Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +96 51 £45,828 -30.03% 12
UK excluding London +8 36 £45,414 -17.50% 9
Work from Home +83 22 £45,828 -23.62% 3
North of England +63 15 £45,000 -30.77%
London +99 13 £70,000 +2.56% 2
North East - 12 £45,000 -
West Midlands +28 9 £52,500 -8.70% 1
Midlands +10 9 £52,500 -8.70% 1
South East +28 6 £45,828 -20.30% 4
East of England +18 6 £45,000 -21.74% 3
North West +12 2 - -
Yorkshire +93 1 £60,000 -7.69%

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Microsoft Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 47 (92.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 25 (49.02%) Azure
4 20 (39.22%) JavaScript
5 19 (37.25%) C#
6 17 (33.33%) Agile
7 16 (31.37%) DevOps
8 15 (29.41%) .NET
8 15 (29.41%) PowerApps
9 13 (25.49%) Power Automate
9 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
10 12 (23.53%) SharePoint
11 11 (21.57%) Scrum
11 11 (21.57%) Power BI
12 10 (19.61%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (19.61%) CRM
12 10 (19.61%) Dynamics CRM
12 10 (19.61%) Degree
13 9 (17.65%) HTML
13 9 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (15.69%) SQL
14 8 (15.69%) Computer Science
14 8 (15.69%) SDLC
15 7 (13.73%) User Experience
15 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
15 7 (13.73%) CSS
16 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
16 6 (11.76%) Git
16 6 (11.76%) Mentoring

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (23.53%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 25 (49.02%) Azure
3 15 (29.41%) PowerApps
4 13 (25.49%) Power Automate
5 10 (19.61%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (7.84%) Azure Functions
7 4 (7.84%) Serverless
8 3 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.92%) GitHub
9 2 (3.92%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.57%) Power BI
2 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.84%) Power Query
3 4 (7.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (7.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.92%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.92%) OLAP
4 2 (3.92%) OLAP Cube
4 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.92%) NUnit
4 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Law
4 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Finance
5 1 (1.96%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (29.41%) .NET
2 9 (17.65%) HTML
3 7 (13.73%) ASP.NET
3 7 (13.73%) CSS
4 5 (9.80%) .NET Framework
5 4 (7.84%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (7.84%) Razor View Engine
5 4 (7.84%) REST
6 3 (5.88%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (5.88%) React
7 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.92%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (3.92%) Entity Framework
7 2 (3.92%) jQuery
7 2 (3.92%) LINQ
7 2 (3.92%) MDX
7 2 (3.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (3.92%) Vue
7 2 (3.92%) Web Services
8 1 (1.96%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.92%) e-Learning
2 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Agile
2 16 (31.37%) DevOps
3 11 (21.57%) Scrum
4 10 (19.61%) CRM
5 9 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (15.69%) Computer Science
6 8 (15.69%) SDLC
7 7 (13.73%) User Experience
8 6 (11.76%) Design Patterns
8 6 (11.76%) Full Stack Development
8 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
8 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
9 5 (9.80%) MVC
9 5 (9.80%) Web Development
10 4 (7.84%) Data Modelling
10 4 (7.84%) Kanban
10 4 (7.84%) OOP
10 4 (7.84%) TDD
10 4 (7.84%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (39.22%) JavaScript
2 19 (37.25%) C#
3 8 (15.69%) SQL
4 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
5 4 (7.84%) Formula Language
6 2 (3.92%) Java
6 2 (3.92%) PHP
6 2 (3.92%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 6 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 47 (92.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) IBM
2 2 (3.92%) Red Hat