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 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 872 1115
Rank change year-on-year +20 +243 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 49 87 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.086% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.094% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 45 57 68
10th Percentile £32,000 £45,350 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,942 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,828 £60,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% +4.80% -4.58%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £80,500 £75,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,414 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.02% +15.00% -4.76%

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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +68 49 £45,828 -30.03% 13
UK excluding London -7 38 £45,414 -21.02% 11
Work from Home +79 21 £45,828 -23.62% 4
North of England +64 15 £45,000 -30.77%
North East - 12 £45,000 -
London +91 10 £82,500 +22.22% 2
West Midlands +29 10 £53,750 -6.52% 3
Midlands +1 10 £53,750 -6.52% 3
East of England +20 7 £45,000 -21.74% 2
South East +6 6 £45,828 -20.30% 5
North West +5 2 - -
Yorkshire +81 1 £60,000 -7.69%

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 44 (89.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (61.22%) Power Platform
3 22 (44.90%) Azure
4 18 (36.73%) C#
5 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
5 15 (30.61%) DevOps
6 14 (28.57%) .NET
6 14 (28.57%) Agile
7 12 (24.49%) PowerApps
8 11 (22.45%) Power Automate
8 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
8 11 (22.45%) Scrum
9 10 (20.41%) SharePoint
10 9 (18.37%) Power BI
10 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (16.33%) SQL
11 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
11 8 (16.33%) HTML
11 8 (16.33%) CRM
11 8 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (16.33%) Dynamics CRM
11 8 (16.33%) Degree
11 8 (16.33%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 7 (14.29%) ASP.NET
12 7 (14.29%) SDLC
12 7 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (12.24%) CSS
13 6 (12.24%) MVC
13 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared

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 10 (20.41%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (61.22%) Power Platform
2 22 (44.90%) Azure
3 12 (24.49%) PowerApps
4 11 (22.45%) Power Automate
5 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.08%) Azure Functions
8 2 (4.08%) IBM Cloud
8 2 (4.08%) Serverless
9 1 (2.04%) AWS
9 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.04%) GitHub
9 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) Power BI
2 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (8.16%) Power Query
3 4 (8.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (8.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.08%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.08%) OLAP
4 2 (4.08%) OLAP Cube
4 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) NUnit
2 2 (4.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Law
4 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (28.57%) .NET
2 8 (16.33%) HTML
3 7 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 6 (12.24%) CSS
5 5 (10.20%) Razor View Engine
6 4 (8.16%) .NET Framework
6 4 (8.16%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (6.12%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (6.12%) REST
8 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
8 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (4.08%) Entity Framework
8 2 (4.08%) jQuery
8 2 (4.08%) LINQ
8 2 (4.08%) MDX
8 2 (4.08%) React
8 2 (4.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (4.08%) Vue
8 2 (4.08%) Web Services
9 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.08%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.08%) e-Learning
2 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) DevOps
2 14 (28.57%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Scrum
4 8 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (16.33%) CRM
4 8 (16.33%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 7 (14.29%) SDLC
6 6 (12.24%) MVC
6 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.20%) Design Patterns
8 4 (8.16%) CI/CD
8 4 (8.16%) Data Modelling
8 4 (8.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (8.16%) Kanban
8 4 (8.16%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.16%) OOP
8 4 (8.16%) Technical Debt
8 4 (8.16%) Unit Testing
8 4 (8.16%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.73%) C#
2 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
3 8 (16.33%) SQL
4 4 (8.16%) Formula Language
5 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.04%) Java
7 1 (2.04%) PHP
7 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
2 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.08%) QA
Vendors
1 44 (89.80%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) IBM
2 2 (4.08%) Red Hat