Microsoft Jobs in Yorkshire

Microsoft
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 988 1,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.66% 17.15% 19.28%
As % of the Vendors category 39.93% 49.06% 39.57%
Number of salaries quoted 306 837 708
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £61,350
90th Percentile £73,886 £71,105 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 914 2,014 4,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 34.19% 34.95% 48.73%
Number of salaries quoted 615 1,486 1,561
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,460 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,500 £78,750 £77,715
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Yorkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Yorkshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Yorkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
West Yorkshire -9 147 £53,000 +11.58% 137
South Yorkshire +2 73 £45,500 +13.75% 61
North Yorkshire -17 62 £42,500 +6.25% 36
East Yorkshire -11 15 £35,168 +32.71% 24
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 35 (9.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.58%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.92%) Confluence
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.82%) WordPress
5 2 (0.55%) IIS
5 2 (0.55%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 57 (15.62%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (4.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.29%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
1 7 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.10%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 144 (39.45%) Azure
2 116 (31.78%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (9.86%) Power Platform
4 32 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.22%) SaaS
6 27 (7.40%) AWS
6 27 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (6.03%) Power Automate
8 18 (4.93%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (4.38%) GitHub
11 10 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (1.64%) PaaS
14 5 (1.37%) Azure Functions
14 5 (1.37%) Boomi
14 5 (1.37%) OneDrive
14 5 (1.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 5 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.33%) Firewall
2 34 (9.32%) LAN
3 27 (7.40%) WAN
4 25 (6.85%) VPN
5 21 (5.75%) VoIP
5 21 (5.75%) Wireless
6 19 (5.21%) TCP/IP
7 15 (4.11%) DNS
8 12 (3.29%) Internet
9 10 (2.74%) DKIM
9 10 (2.74%) DMARC
9 10 (2.74%) DNSSEC
9 10 (2.74%) SMTP
10 9 (2.47%) SAN
11 8 (2.19%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (2.19%) DHCP
11 8 (2.19%) Network Security
12 7 (1.92%) Multicast
12 7 (1.92%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.64%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (23.84%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.40%) Power BI
3 20 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.74%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.19%) Big Data
7 8 (2.19%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.37%) DB2
9 4 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (1.10%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.82%) Tableau
11 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.27%) Power Query
12 1 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (2.47%) JIRA
2 8 (2.19%) Git
2 8 (2.19%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (2.19%) TeamCity
3 6 (1.64%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) ERwin
5 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 150 (41.10%) Social Skills
2 65 (17.81%) Finance
3 40 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.40%) Banking
6 24 (6.58%) Retail
7 21 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.93%) Telecoms
9 15 (4.11%) Law
10 14 (3.84%) Manufacturing
11 12 (3.29%) Legal
12 7 (1.92%) Marketing
13 6 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.37%) Advertising
14 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Back Office
15 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.82%) Billing
16 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (16.71%) IT Support
2 49 (13.42%) Developer
3 44 (12.05%) IT Engineer
4 43 (11.78%) Analyst
4 43 (11.78%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.32%) Senior
6 32 (8.77%) SQL Developer
7 31 (8.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 28 (7.67%) IT Analyst
9 27 (7.40%) Lead
10 22 (6.03%) Support Analyst
11 21 (5.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (4.66%) Architect
13 16 (4.38%) Database Developer
13 16 (4.38%) Software Support Engineer
13 16 (4.38%) SQL Database Developer
14 15 (4.11%) Applications Support
14 15 (4.11%) IT Manager
15 14 (3.84%) Desktop Support
15 14 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.12%) .NET
2 15 (4.11%) .NET Core
3 13 (3.56%) HTML
3 13 (3.56%) React
4 12 (3.29%) ASP.NET
5 10 (2.74%) CSS
6 9 (2.47%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (2.19%) Bootstrap
8 7 (1.92%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.92%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.64%) Entity Framework
9 6 (1.64%) LINQ
9 6 (1.64%) NHibernate
10 5 (1.37%) EDI
10 5 (1.37%) Middleware
10 5 (1.37%) REST
11 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
11 3 (0.82%) J2EE
11 3 (0.82%) JSR 170
11 3 (0.82%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.68%) Management Information System
2 37 (10.14%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (6.03%) Mobile App
4 19 (5.21%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.38%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.84%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.47%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.92%) Replication
9 6 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.64%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.37%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.37%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.37%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 125 (34.25%) Windows
2 50 (13.70%) Windows Server
3 35 (9.59%) Windows 10
4 28 (7.67%) Android
5 18 (4.93%) Linux
6 10 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.10%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.55%) Solaris
11 2 (0.55%) Unix
12 1 (0.27%) Debian
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (32.05%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (22.74%) Customer Service
3 56 (15.34%) Agile
4 42 (11.51%) ITIL
5 38 (10.41%) DevOps
6 35 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
6 35 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (7.95%) CRM
9 27 (7.40%) Technical Leadership
10 25 (6.85%) Migration
10 25 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 23 (6.30%) Service Delivery
12 23 (6.30%) Software Engineering
13 19 (5.21%) Mentoring
13 19 (5.21%) Risk Management
14 18 (4.93%) CI/CD
14 18 (4.93%) Project Management
15 17 (4.66%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 97 (26.58%) SQL
2 39 (10.68%) T-SQL
3 27 (7.40%) C#
3 27 (7.40%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.58%) Python
5 19 (5.21%) Java
6 16 (4.38%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.37%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.10%) Bicep
10 3 (0.82%) PHP
11 2 (0.55%) Bash
11 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.55%) R
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (13.70%) Degree
2 30 (8.22%) DBS Check
3 27 (7.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (5.48%) Security Cleared
5 19 (5.21%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.19%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.64%) CCNA
9 6 (1.64%) CCNP
9 6 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.64%) JNCIA
9 6 (1.64%) JNCIS
9 6 (1.64%) MCSE
10 5 (1.37%) MBA
10 5 (1.37%) PhD
10 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.10%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.66%) SLA
2 13 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (3.29%) GDPR
4 11 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.82%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) QA
8 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 74 (20.27%) Active Directory
2 32 (8.77%) Hyper-V
3 18 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) NFS
5 2 (0.55%) KVM
5 2 (0.55%) SRDF
5 2 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.55%) Xen
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) XenApp
6 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.11%) Ansible
2 15 (4.11%) Terraform
3 10 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.74%) SCCM
4 8 (2.19%) WSUS
5 6 (1.64%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.37%) AirWatch
7 4 (1.10%) PaperCut
8 3 (0.82%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.82%) SCOM
8 3 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.55%) Puppet
9 2 (0.55%) QRadar
10 1 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.27%) Nessus
10 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (9.59%) Cisco
2 28 (7.67%) VMware
3 16 (4.38%) Zoho
4 13 (3.56%) IBM
4 13 (3.56%) IFS
4 13 (3.56%) Veritas
5 12 (3.29%) Oracle
6 10 (2.74%) IronPort
6 10 (2.74%) SAP
7 9 (2.47%) Apple
7 9 (2.47%) Google
8 8 (2.19%) Dell
9 6 (1.64%) Arista
10 5 (1.37%) Draytek
10 5 (1.37%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (1.10%) Adobe
11 4 (1.10%) HP
11 4 (1.10%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.10%) Veeam