Microsoft Consultant
UK

The median Microsoft Consultant salary in the UK is £61,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 898 1112
Rank change year-on-year +70 +214 -301
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 66 91 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.087% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.094% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 56 59 76
10th Percentile £37,500 £52,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% -1.89% +10.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,813
90th Percentile £91,250 £83,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% -1.92% +13.04%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +85 60 £60,000 -11.11% 30
UK excluding London +5 28 £55,000 -13.73% 33
London +103 27 £75,000 +7.14% 8
Work from Home +79 20 £70,000 +3.70% 21
South East +21 14 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North of England +41 7 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Midlands +13 7 £42,500 -34.62% 6
West Midlands +22 4 £56,250 -6.25% 5
North East - 4 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands -13 3 £27,500 -60.71% 1
Yorkshire +83 2 £50,000 -23.08% 1
North West +12 1 £37,500 -37.50% 7

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Microsoft Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 65 (98.48%) Microsoft
2 40 (60.61%) Dynamics 365
3 32 (48.48%) Degree
4 30 (45.45%) Azure
5 29 (43.94%) SharePoint
6 25 (37.88%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (31.82%) Power Platform
8 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
8 19 (28.79%) Data Modelling
9 18 (27.27%) Law
9 18 (27.27%) Power Automate
10 17 (25.76%) Build Automation
10 17 (25.76%) DevOps
10 17 (25.76%) Presales
11 16 (24.24%) Dynamics CRM
11 16 (24.24%) CRM
12 15 (22.73%) Project Management
13 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
13 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
13 14 (21.21%) Cloud Security
14 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
14 13 (19.70%) Finance
15 12 (18.18%) Migration
15 12 (18.18%) MS Visio
15 12 (18.18%) Windows
15 12 (18.18%) Ticket Management
15 12 (18.18%) Test Automation
15 12 (18.18%) Continuous Integration

Microsoft Consultant 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 29 (43.94%) SharePoint
2 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.03%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (24.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (7.58%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 40 (60.61%) Dynamics 365
2 30 (45.45%) Azure
3 25 (37.88%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (31.82%) Power Platform
5 18 (27.27%) Power Automate
6 11 (16.67%) Entra ID
7 8 (12.12%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (10.61%) IaaS
8 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (7.58%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (7.58%) PaaS
9 5 (7.58%) PowerApps
9 5 (7.58%) Serverless
10 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
10 2 (3.03%) SaaS
11 1 (1.52%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) DHCP
1 2 (3.03%) DNS
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) Intranet
1 2 (3.03%) SSL
1 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.03%) VLAN
1 2 (3.03%) VPN
2 1 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Power BI
1 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.03%) PowerPivot
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.52%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) GitLab
1 5 (7.58%) Jenkins
1 5 (7.58%) Octopus Deploy
1 5 (7.58%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Law
3 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (19.70%) Finance
4 12 (18.18%) Marketing
5 6 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Retail
7 2 (3.03%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Cloud Native
1 5 (7.58%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.52%) NHS
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.18%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.58%) VMS
4 4 (6.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (28.79%) Data Modelling
3 17 (25.76%) Build Automation
3 17 (25.76%) DevOps
3 17 (25.76%) Presales
4 16 (24.24%) CRM
5 15 (22.73%) Project Management
6 14 (21.21%) Cloud Security
7 12 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
7 12 (18.18%) Migration
7 12 (18.18%) Test Automation
7 12 (18.18%) Ticket Management
8 8 (12.12%) Application Security
8 8 (12.12%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (10.61%) BPR
9 7 (10.61%) Customer Service
10 6 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (7.58%) Scrum
11 5 (7.58%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.09%) SQL
3 5 (7.58%) Bash
3 5 (7.58%) Bicep
4 2 (3.03%) C#
5 1 (1.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (48.48%) Degree
2 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (12.12%) Azure Certification
3 8 (12.12%) PMI Certification
3 8 (12.12%) PMP
4 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.55%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.52%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.58%) Docker
2 5 (7.58%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (98.48%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Cisco
2 2 (3.03%) Datto
2 2 (3.03%) Meraki
2 2 (3.03%) Sophos
2 2 (3.03%) Veeam
2 2 (3.03%) VMware
2 2 (3.03%) WatchGuard