Microsoft Developer
UK
The median Microsoft Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 639 | 845 | 899 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +206 | +54 | +185 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer | 53 | 51 | 90 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.052% | 0.087% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.055% | 0.095% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 44 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £53,625 | £31,500 | £45,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,125 | £44,019 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £45,828 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.75% | -23.62% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £63,688 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £70,875 | £80,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £45,414 | £55,050 |
| % change year-on-year | +54.14% | -17.50% | +4.86% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Microsoft Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Microsoft Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Developer.
Microsoft Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Microsoft Developer
Top 14 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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +172 | 49 | £70,000 | +52.75% | 34 |
| Work from Home | +207 | 34 | £70,000 | +52.75% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +201 | 28 | £70,000 | +54.14% | 26 |
| London | +118 | 21 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 10 |
| Midlands | +86 | 13 | £62,500 | +19.05% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 9 | £70,000 | +33.33% | 4 |
| South East | +110 | 7 | £70,000 | +52.75% | 12 |
| North of England | +77 | 7 | £70,000 | +55.56% | 8 |
| North West | +34 | 4 | £70,000 | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £56,250 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +77 | 2 | £75,000 | +25.00% | |
| North East | +39 | 1 | £85,000 | +88.89% | |
| South West | - | 1 | £32,500 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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.
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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: