Microsoft Purview Job Trends

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 480 549 635
Rank change year-on-year +69 +86 +279
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Purview 176 153 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 0.79% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 128 120 87
10th Percentile £44,900 £48,165 £52,400
25th Percentile £53,563 £53,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,840 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% +7.69% -21.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £84,063 £77,000
90th Percentile £118,250 £115,000 £93,816
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £55,320 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.30% -3.79% -31.34%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Microsoft Purview 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 20,809 19,305 23,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.14% 36.19% 39.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,348 11,350 19,345
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,331 £46,313 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Purview
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Purview over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Purview in the UK

Microsoft Purview
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 Purview within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +83 148 £69,840 -2.99% 51
UK excluding London +60 87 £58,250 +5.30% 48
London +43 72 £85,000 +11.84% 23
Work from Home +59 56 £69,920 +5.54% 28
North of England +32 32 £57,239 -19.38% 14
North West +37 20 £39,250 -64.32% 6
Scotland +6 19 £63,750 +50.00% 4
South East +40 17 £61,250 +15.46% 20
Midlands +28 15 £53,750 -28.33% 3
Yorkshire -9 12 £79,000 +9.74% 8
East Midlands - 10 £48,000 - 1
West Midlands +30 5 £56,250 -25.00% 2
Wales +5 2 £62,500 -18.03% 3
South West 0 2 £65,000 +8.33% 3

Microsoft Purview
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 53 (30.11%) SharePoint
2 42 (23.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 116 (65.91%) Azure
2 77 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (39.20%) Entra ID
4 36 (20.45%) Power Platform
5 31 (17.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (14.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 23 (13.07%) Azure Sentinel
7 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 20 (11.36%) OneDrive
8 20 (11.36%) SaaS
9 15 (8.52%) PaaS
10 12 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (5.68%) AWS
12 9 (5.11%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (5.11%) Mimecast
13 8 (4.55%) ChatGPT
14 7 (3.98%) Power Automate
15 6 (3.41%) Collibra
16 5 (2.84%) GitHub
16 5 (2.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.66%) Firewall
2 7 (3.98%) DNS
3 5 (2.84%) DHCP
3 5 (2.84%) VoIP
4 4 (2.27%) PBX
4 4 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.70%) LAN
5 3 (1.70%) WAN
6 2 (1.14%) SAN
6 2 (1.14%) VLAN
6 2 (1.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.57%) MPLS
7 1 (0.57%) Network Security
7 1 (0.57%) SSL
7 1 (0.57%) Wireless
7 1 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (13.64%) Power BI
2 21 (11.93%) Data Lake
3 20 (11.36%) Metadata
4 11 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.27%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.70%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.70%) Tableau
7 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.14%) Big Data
7 2 (1.14%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.57%) Ataccama
8 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.57%) HDInsight
8 1 (0.57%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (2.27%) JIRA
2 3 (1.70%) Git
General
1 70 (39.77%) Social Skills
2 62 (35.23%) Finance
3 39 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.11%) Law
5 9 (5.11%) Legal
6 8 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.84%) Banking
7 5 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.27%) Retail
9 3 (1.70%) Games
10 2 (1.14%) Advertising
10 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.14%) Marketing
11 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (15.34%) Lead
2 24 (13.64%) Senior
3 22 (12.50%) Analyst
3 22 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 21 (11.93%) Architect
5 18 (10.23%) Data Engineer
6 15 (8.52%) Consultant
6 15 (8.52%) Data Architect
7 13 (7.39%) Microsoft Engineer
7 13 (7.39%) Security Analyst
8 10 (5.68%) Security Consultant
9 9 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (5.11%) Project Engineer
10 8 (4.55%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Senior Consultant
12 6 (3.41%) Support Engineer
13 5 (2.84%) Data Manager
13 5 (2.84%) Senior Security Consultant
13 5 (2.84%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.68%) PySpark
2 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.70%) SPFx
4 2 (1.14%) Kafka
4 2 (1.14%) Middleware
5 1 (0.57%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.57%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.80%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (10.23%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 13 (7.39%) Security Posture
5 12 (6.82%) Cloud Native
6 11 (6.25%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (5.68%) Onboarding
8 8 (4.55%) AI Agents
8 8 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.84%) Reference Data
12 4 (2.27%) Algorithms
12 4 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
13 3 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
14 2 (1.14%) Insider Threat
14 2 (1.14%) Private Cloud
14 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.66%) Windows
2 12 (6.82%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.70%) Linux
5 2 (1.14%) Android
5 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.55%) Analytics
2 51 (28.98%) AI
3 45 (25.57%) Roadmaps
4 42 (23.86%) Agile
5 39 (22.16%) Data Governance
6 37 (21.02%) Data Loss Prevention
7 35 (19.89%) DevOps
8 33 (18.75%) Data Protection
8 33 (18.75%) Incident Response
8 33 (18.75%) Mentoring
9 31 (17.61%) Machine Learning
9 31 (17.61%) Migration
10 30 (17.05%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (17.05%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (15.34%) Decision-Making
13 26 (14.77%) Information Security
14 25 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (13.64%) Risk Management
16 23 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.48%) PowerShell
2 23 (13.07%) Python
3 17 (9.66%) SQL
4 8 (4.55%) Bash
5 4 (2.27%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.57%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (0.57%) Java
6 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (14.77%) Degree
2 13 (7.39%) CISSP
3 11 (6.25%) CISM
4 9 (5.11%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.11%) Security Cleared
5 8 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.55%) IIBA
5 8 (4.55%) PMI Certification
5 8 (4.55%) PMP
5 8 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.41%) CRISC
6 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.27%) CCNA
7 4 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.27%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.70%) GCIH
8 3 (1.70%) GIAC
8 3 (1.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (19.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (18.75%) GDPR
3 32 (18.18%) NIST
4 24 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (11.36%) Data Quality
6 8 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.84%) NCSC
9 4 (2.27%) Accessibility
9 4 (2.27%) SLA
10 3 (1.70%) ITGC
10 3 (1.70%) PCI DSS
11 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.14%) PERC
11 2 (1.14%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.57%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (11.93%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.27%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.14%) Docker
4 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.57%) Postfix
5 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (20.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (16.48%) Terraform
3 12 (6.82%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.98%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.70%) Ansible
5 3 (1.70%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (1.70%) QRadar
5 3 (1.70%) SCCM
6 1 (0.57%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 139 (78.98%) Microsoft
2 28 (15.91%) Databricks
3 14 (7.95%) Splunk
4 9 (5.11%) Alteryx
5 8 (4.55%) Anaplan
5 8 (4.55%) New Relic
6 5 (2.84%) McAfee
7 4 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (2.27%) Informatica
7 4 (2.27%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.70%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.70%) Commvault
8 3 (1.70%) Dell
8 3 (1.70%) LogLogic
8 3 (1.70%) Meraki
9 2 (1.14%) Cisco
9 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.14%) Google
9 2 (1.14%) Symantec
9 2 (1.14%) VMware