Microsoft Job Trends in Wakefield

Microsoft
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wakefield 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 13 January 2026, 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 12 5
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 12 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 17.65% 3.33% 20.55%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 33.33% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 13
10th Percentile £30,405 - £35,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £82,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £85,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +82.80% +16.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £88,500 - £63,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £41,500 £45,000 £49,995
% change year-on-year -7.78% -9.99% +5.25%

All Vendors
Wakefield

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 in Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36 3 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 52.94% 10.00% 32.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 20
10th Percentile £30,405 - £34,825
25th Percentile £37,500 £82,500 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £85,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +82.80% +11.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £53,125
90th Percentile £88,500 - £63,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% +5.77%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Wakefield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Wakefield over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Wakefield

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
1 5 (41.67%) VLAN
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (41.67%) Advertising
2 5 (41.67%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Tech for Good
5 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) IT Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 3 (25.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Power Apps Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (8.33%) Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Security
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) IT Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) VMware