Microsoft Job Trends in West Sussex

Microsoft
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 77 58 114
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 19.30% 18.83% 25.91%
As % of the Vendors category 47.53% 42.96% 54.03%
Number of salaries quoted 62 20 82
10th Percentile £27,750 £22,308 £32,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,438 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -35.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £58,750 £44,688 £66,875
90th Percentile £74,875 £57,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -

All Vendors
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 162 135 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 40.60% 43.83% 47.95%
Number of salaries quoted 117 57 149
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,150 £32,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,550 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Microsoft
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in West Sussex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in West Sussex

Microsoft
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 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
Crawley +7 23 £55,000 +70.54% 39
Horsham +6 15 £40,000 -27.27% 1
Chichester - 11 £41,650 - 1
Burgess Hill +4 8 £31,000 -13.29% 2
Worthing +6 6 £48,500 +59.02% 3
Selsey - 4 £32,000 -
Gatwick -4 3 £55,000 +102.55%
Lancing - 3 £55,000 -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 14 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.90%) Confluence
4 1 (1.30%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.30%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.30%) InDesign
4 1 (1.30%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.30%) Poser
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (41.56%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (33.77%) Azure
3 18 (23.38%) Power Platform
4 9 (11.69%) Entra ID
5 6 (7.79%) Azure AI
5 6 (7.79%) OneDrive
6 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.90%) AWS
8 3 (3.90%) IaaS
8 3 (3.90%) PaaS
8 3 (3.90%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.90%) SaaS
9 2 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.30%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) VPN
2 8 (10.39%) Intranet
3 4 (5.19%) DHCP
3 4 (5.19%) DNS
3 4 (5.19%) Firewall
4 3 (3.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (23.38%) Power BI
2 8 (10.39%) Relational Database
3 7 (9.09%) Tableau
4 2 (2.60%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 32 (41.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.18%) Finance
3 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.39%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.19%) German Language
5 4 (5.19%) Law
6 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.60%) Multimedia
7 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Aviation
8 1 (1.30%) Electronics
8 1 (1.30%) Games
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (28.57%) Analyst
2 18 (23.38%) IT Support
3 15 (19.48%) Data Analyst
4 12 (15.58%) IT Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (15.58%) Support Engineer
5 11 (14.29%) Junior
6 10 (12.99%) Junior Analyst
7 8 (10.39%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (10.39%) Report Analyst
8 7 (9.09%) Lead
8 7 (9.09%) Support Technician
9 6 (7.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Security Analyst
10 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (6.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (6.49%) Developer
10 5 (6.49%) Junior Data Analyst
10 5 (6.49%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) ARM Templates
1 2 (2.60%) CSS
1 2 (2.60%) HTML
1 2 (2.60%) React
1 2 (2.60%) Tailwind CSS
1 2 (2.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.49%) Driving Licence
1 5 (6.49%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.19%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Windows
2 10 (12.99%) Windows 10
3 9 (11.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (23.38%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (19.48%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (15.58%) Analytics
6 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 10 (12.99%) AI
8 8 (10.39%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (10.39%) Data Extraction
9 7 (9.09%) DevOps
9 7 (9.09%) Risk Management
9 7 (9.09%) Service Delivery
10 5 (6.49%) Agile
10 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (5.19%) Coaching
11 4 (5.19%) Customer Service
11 4 (5.19%) Decision-Making
11 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (5.19%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.38%) SQL
2 13 (16.88%) Python
3 5 (6.49%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.90%) Bicep
4 3 (3.90%) C#
5 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (16.88%) Azure Certification
2 5 (6.49%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (6.49%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.90%) Degree
5 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.30%) CIPD
6 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.69%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.90%) PMO
3 2 (2.60%) NIST
3 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) GRC
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 14 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) Docker
2 3 (3.90%) Hyper-V
2 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) VMware
2 5 (6.49%) ForeScout
3 3 (3.90%) Veeam
4 2 (2.60%) Openreach
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe
5 1 (1.30%) Databricks