Microsoft Jobs

Microsoft
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,469 17,598 19,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 17.87% 18.62%
As % of the Vendors category 38.88% 48.22% 44.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,199 13,475 11,444
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,628 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.11% -4.44% -

All Vendors
UK

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,209 36,496 43,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 37.06% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,748 25,167 24,673
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,834 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 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 -5 6,833 £50,000 +5.26% 5,852
UK excluding London -6 4,904 £45,628 +6.11% 4,348
Work from Home -2 2,372 £55,000 +4.76% 3,060
London -3 2,121 £62,500 +3.31% 2,134
North of England -8 1,317 £47,863 +10.03% 1,085
South East -3 1,314 £45,000 - 1,351
Midlands -6 966 £42,500 - 691
North West -8 876 £50,055 +11.23% 601
West Midlands -7 628 £47,000 +4.44% 406
East of England -2 551 £45,000 +18.42% 484
South West -6 469 £45,000 -4.17% 463
Yorkshire -7 366 £42,500 +0.81% 360
East Midlands -7 338 £38,500 +2.67% 251
Scotland +7 185 £52,000 +15.56% 218
North East -13 79 £45,000 +5.88% 136
Wales -17 68 £40,000 +9.66% 134
Northern Ireland +6 47 £52,500 +25.75% 69
Isle of Man 0 8 £38,000 -15.56% 8
Channel Islands -3 2 £78,750 -7.35%

Microsoft
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
1 884 (11.84%) SharePoint
2 624 (8.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 92 (1.23%) IIS
4 89 (1.19%) CMS
5 50 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 49 (0.66%) Confluence
7 44 (0.59%) WordPress
8 34 (0.46%) IBM Domino
9 29 (0.39%) Apache
9 29 (0.39%) OpenEdge
10 21 (0.28%) Skype for Business
10 21 (0.28%) Umbraco
11 14 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
12 13 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
13 11 (0.15%) Kentico
14 10 (0.13%) SAS
14 10 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
14 10 (0.13%) Tomcat
15 9 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 9 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 1,624 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1,008 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 478 (6.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 128 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 88 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 50 (0.67%) Simulink
7 33 (0.44%) Chatbot
8 31 (0.42%) Photoshop
9 25 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
10 18 (0.24%) Trello
11 17 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
12 16 (0.21%) Acrobat
13 14 (0.19%) Maya
13 14 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
14 10 (0.13%) AutoCAD
15 9 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
15 9 (0.12%) CapCut
16 7 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 7 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
17 6 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 285 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 151 (2.02%) Teamcenter
3 50 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
4 42 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 33 (0.44%) Shopify
6 25 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
7 21 (0.28%) NetSuite
8 16 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 16 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 16 (0.21%) SAP FI
9 14 (0.19%) NEC Housing
9 14 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
10 11 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
10 11 (0.15%) Elite 3E
11 9 (0.12%) Sage 50
12 8 (0.11%) Sage 200
12 8 (0.11%) SAP ERP
13 7 (0.094%) Magento
13 7 (0.094%) Raiser’s Edge
14 6 (0.080%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,933 (39.27%) Azure
2 2,143 (28.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1,036 (13.87%) Power Platform
4 612 (8.19%) Dynamics 365
5 595 (7.97%) AWS
6 585 (7.83%) Entra ID
7 380 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
8 351 (4.70%) Power Automate
9 345 (4.62%) PowerApps
10 329 (4.40%) SaaS
11 250 (3.35%) OneDrive
12 211 (2.83%) GCP
13 166 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 153 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
15 148 (1.98%) PaaS
16 126 (1.69%) GitHub
16 126 (1.69%) IaaS
17 125 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 117 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
19 111 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 662 (8.86%) Firewall
2 497 (6.65%) DNS
3 399 (5.34%) DHCP
4 388 (5.19%) WAN
5 380 (5.09%) LAN
6 334 (4.47%) VPN
7 260 (3.48%) TCP/IP
8 253 (3.39%) Network Security
9 221 (2.96%) VoIP
10 211 (2.83%) Internet
11 203 (2.72%) VLAN
12 186 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
13 152 (2.04%) SAN
14 133 (1.78%) WLAN
15 127 (1.70%) Wireless
16 75 (1.00%) SD-WAN
17 74 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
18 55 (0.74%) SMTP
19 52 (0.70%) NAS
20 50 (0.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 781 (10.46%) SQL Server
2 580 (7.77%) Power BI
3 182 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 176 (2.36%) Data Lake
5 170 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 154 (2.06%) Tableau
7 146 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 122 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 97 (1.30%) Metadata
10 89 (1.19%) Relational Database
11 82 (1.10%) Big Data
12 70 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
13 53 (0.71%) MySQL
14 47 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
15 44 (0.59%) MongoDB
16 41 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 38 (0.51%) Data Mining
18 37 (0.50%) NoSQL
19 33 (0.44%) DB2
20 28 (0.37%) GIS
Development Applications
1 327 (4.38%) JIRA
2 139 (1.86%) Git
3 136 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 39 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 33 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 22 (0.29%) Selenium
7 16 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
7 16 (0.21%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
8 15 (0.20%) GitLab
9 13 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.17%) MSI
9 13 (0.17%) Postman
9 13 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 13 (0.17%) webpack
10 11 (0.15%) NUnit
11 10 (0.13%) Balsamiq
11 10 (0.13%) PowerBuilder
11 10 (0.13%) SonarQube
12 9 (0.12%) Babel
General
1 2,888 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 1,450 (19.41%) Finance
3 954 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 545 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 537 (7.19%) Law
6 407 (5.45%) Retail
7 398 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 378 (5.06%) Marketing
9 325 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
10 319 (4.27%) Legal
11 240 (3.21%) Aerospace
12 229 (3.07%) Automotive
13 210 (2.81%) Public Sector
14 207 (2.77%) Banking
15 181 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
16 168 (2.25%) Telecoms
17 119 (1.59%) Advertising
18 87 (1.16%) Electronics
18 87 (1.16%) Local Government
19 82 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 992 (13.28%) Analyst
2 979 (13.11%) Senior
3 783 (10.48%) IT Support
4 672 (9.00%) Developer
5 591 (7.91%) Lead
6 577 (7.73%) Support Engineer
7 419 (5.61%) IT Engineer
8 411 (5.50%) Architect
9 392 (5.25%) Support Analyst
10 316 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 298 (3.99%) IT Support Engineer
12 283 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
13 261 (3.49%) Consultant
14 252 (3.37%) IT Analyst
15 244 (3.27%) Project Manager
16 214 (2.87%) 2nd Line Support
17 191 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
18 188 (2.52%) Administrator
19 186 (2.49%) IT Manager
20 169 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 566 (7.58%) .NET
2 215 (2.88%) HTML
3 199 (2.66%) React
4 190 (2.54%) CSS
5 182 (2.44%) .NET Framework
6 161 (2.16%) ASP.NET
7 139 (1.86%) .NET Core
8 137 (1.83%) REST
9 100 (1.34%) AngularJS
10 96 (1.29%) Web Services
11 95 (1.27%) JSON
12 89 (1.19%) XML
13 80 (1.07%) RESTful
14 77 (1.03%) SOAP
15 75 (1.00%) Entity Framework
16 69 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
17 65 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
18 61 (0.82%) HTML5
19 44 (0.59%) Kafka
20 40 (0.54%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 378 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 304 (4.07%) Driving Licence
3 257 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 247 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 168 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 162 (2.17%) Social Media
7 159 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 105 (1.41%) Cloud Native
9 100 (1.34%) Security Posture
9 100 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
10 99 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 88 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 72 (0.96%) CCTV
12 72 (0.96%) Public Cloud
13 69 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
13 69 (0.92%) Private Cloud
14 68 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
15 67 (0.90%) Client/Server
16 64 (0.86%) Data Structures
17 63 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2,090 (27.98%) Windows
2 813 (10.88%) Windows Server
3 560 (7.50%) Linux
4 491 (6.57%) Windows 10
5 171 (2.29%) Mac OS
6 159 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 131 (1.75%) Android
7 131 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 106 (1.42%) Apple iOS
9 80 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 48 (0.64%) Ubuntu
11 39 (0.52%) Mac OS X
12 36 (0.48%) Windows Vista
13 35 (0.47%) Windows 7
14 29 (0.39%) Unix
15 25 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 24 (0.32%) CentOS
16 24 (0.32%) VMS
17 17 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
18 16 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,873 (25.08%) Problem-Solving
2 1,102 (14.75%) Agile
3 1,038 (13.90%) Customer Service
4 915 (12.25%) ITIL
5 789 (10.56%) Project Management
6 762 (10.20%) DevOps
7 709 (9.49%) Analytics
8 705 (9.44%) Business Intelligence
9 689 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
10 661 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 605 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 540 (7.23%) CRM
13 499 (6.68%) Computer Science
14 493 (6.60%) Roadmaps
15 447 (5.98%) Migration
16 437 (5.85%) CI/CD
17 421 (5.64%) ERP
18 407 (5.45%) Stakeholder Management
19 387 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 363 (4.86%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1,092 (14.62%) SQL
2 704 (9.43%) PowerShell
3 637 (8.53%) C#
4 544 (7.28%) Python
5 449 (6.01%) JavaScript
6 195 (2.61%) Java
7 179 (2.40%) T-SQL
8 153 (2.05%) MATLAB
9 104 (1.39%) Bash
9 104 (1.39%) TypeScript
10 54 (0.72%) R
11 53 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 52 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
13 51 (0.68%) C++
14 49 (0.66%) C
15 42 (0.56%) PHP
16 39 (0.52%) VB.NET
17 31 (0.42%) VB
18 30 (0.40%) Bicep
18 30 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,672 (22.39%) Degree
2 687 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 354 (4.74%) Security Cleared
4 347 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 322 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 300 (4.02%) Azure Certification
7 268 (3.59%) DBS Check
8 251 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
9 223 (2.99%) SC Cleared
10 208 (2.78%) CCNA
11 195 (2.61%) HND
12 186 (2.49%) HNC
13 185 (2.48%) MCSE
14 164 (2.20%) MCP
15 146 (1.95%) CCNP
16 142 (1.90%) A+ Certification
17 117 (1.57%) Master's Degree
18 107 (1.43%) CISSP
19 95 (1.27%) LPIC
20 92 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (3.92%) SLA
2 258 (3.45%) GDPR
3 224 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 211 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 163 (2.18%) QA
6 139 (1.86%) NIST
7 125 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 114 (1.53%) Accessibility
9 50 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 49 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 45 (0.60%) PMO
12 41 (0.55%) NCSC
13 26 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 24 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 21 (0.28%) SOC 2
16 20 (0.27%) HIPAA
17 19 (0.25%) COBIT
18 15 (0.20%) GRC
18 15 (0.20%) WCAG
19 11 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1,426 (19.09%) Active Directory
2 484 (6.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 321 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 129 (1.73%) Docker
5 128 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 102 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
7 99 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
8 81 (1.08%) vSphere
9 41 (0.55%) Firmware
10 26 (0.35%) BitLocker
11 22 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
12 21 (0.28%) Terminal Services
13 17 (0.23%) XenApp
14 13 (0.17%) VMware NSX
15 12 (0.16%) DFS Replication
16 9 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
17 8 (0.11%) XenDesktop
18 6 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 5 (0.067%) Postfix
20 4 (0.054%) Samba
Systems Management
1 537 (7.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 243 (3.25%) SCCM
3 213 (2.85%) Terraform
4 162 (2.17%) Kubernetes
5 113 (1.51%) Ansible
6 80 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 40 (0.54%) vCenter Server
7 40 (0.54%) WSUS
8 38 (0.51%) Puppet
9 37 (0.50%) SCOM
10 34 (0.46%) QRadar
11 31 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 29 (0.39%) FortiGate
12 29 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 27 (0.36%) Grafana
14 19 (0.25%) Prometheus
15 17 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
16 16 (0.21%) Nessus
16 16 (0.21%) NetBackup
16 16 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 652 (8.73%) VMware
2 549 (7.35%) Cisco
3 414 (5.54%) Google
4 280 (3.75%) SAP
5 229 (3.07%) Apple
6 224 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 214 (2.87%) Citrix
8 165 (2.21%) Databricks
9 151 (2.02%) ANSYS
9 151 (2.02%) Oracle
10 148 (1.98%) Salesforce
11 139 (1.86%) Dell
12 130 (1.74%) Veeam
13 118 (1.58%) Meraki
14 105 (1.41%) Adobe
15 103 (1.38%) HP
16 78 (1.04%) IBM
17 72 (0.96%) Fortinet
17 72 (0.96%) Palo Alto
18 59 (0.79%) SolarWinds