Microsoft Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 610 618 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.17% 20.10% 19.53%
As % of the Vendors category 49.43% 48.66% 47.85%
Number of salaries quoted 485 362 432
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £46,350 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -2.42% -

All Vendors
Berkshire

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,234 1,270 1,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.78% 41.31% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 869 710 891
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,713 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,050 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Reading +4 383 £50,000 -9.09% 87
Bracknell -8 37 £45,000 +27.12% 6
Slough +8 35 £39,125 +22.27% 14
Newbury -4 31 £50,000 +7.87% 6
Windsor +7 19 £42,500 +23.86% 4
Maidenhead +11 15 £27,000 -3.57% 5
Ascot +6 8 £42,500 -
Wokingham +3 7 £40,000 -52.94% 4
Hungerford +7 6 £50,000 +70.94% 1
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 77 (12.62%) SharePoint
2 51 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (4.26%) IIS
4 10 (1.64%) CMS
5 7 (1.15%) Confluence
5 7 (1.15%) Kentico
6 6 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.98%) Headless CMS
6 6 (0.98%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (0.98%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.66%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.16%) Apache
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.16%) Documentum
8 1 (0.16%) FileNet
Applications
1 91 (14.92%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (14.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.80%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.66%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 17 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.82%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.82%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 234 (38.36%) Azure
2 171 (28.03%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (11.64%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.57%) Entra ID
5 30 (4.92%) AWS
5 30 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.75%) OneDrive
7 27 (4.43%) PowerApps
8 24 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (3.77%) SaaS
10 20 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.11%) Power Automate
12 17 (2.79%) Azure Storage
13 14 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.97%) iTunes
14 12 (1.97%) OCI
15 11 (1.80%) ShareGate
16 7 (1.15%) GCP
16 7 (1.15%) Kontent
16 7 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (14.92%) Firewall
2 66 (10.82%) DNS
3 56 (9.18%) DHCP
4 24 (3.93%) Broadband
5 20 (3.28%) Network Security
6 17 (2.79%) SAN
6 17 (2.79%) SNMP
7 16 (2.62%) SSL
8 15 (2.46%) Internet
9 14 (2.30%) LAN
9 14 (2.30%) VPN
10 12 (1.97%) VLAN
11 11 (1.80%) Wireless
12 8 (1.31%) WAN
13 7 (1.15%) Intranet
14 5 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.82%) NAS
14 5 (0.82%) VoIP
15 4 (0.66%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (0.66%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.31%) SQL Server
2 48 (7.87%) Power BI
3 16 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (2.30%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.30%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.66%) Tableau
11 3 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.33%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.33%) Power Query
12 2 (0.33%) SSDT
12 2 (0.33%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.16%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (3.28%) Visual Studio
2 18 (2.95%) GitLab
3 17 (2.79%) JIRA
4 10 (1.64%) Git
5 8 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.98%) AdminStudio
7 6 (0.98%) InstallShield
7 6 (0.98%) MSI
8 5 (0.82%) Bugzilla
8 5 (0.82%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.66%) Selenium
10 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 276 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 97 (15.90%) Finance
3 61 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.69%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (5.41%) Retail
6 29 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (3.11%) Back Office
8 19 (3.11%) Legal
9 17 (2.79%) Marketing
9 17 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.13%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.80%) Banking
12 11 (1.80%) Local Government
13 10 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
13 10 (1.64%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.48%) Law
15 8 (1.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 94 (15.41%) Senior
2 66 (10.82%) Developer
3 47 (7.70%) Analyst
4 43 (7.05%) Consultant
5 40 (6.56%) Lead
6 39 (6.39%) Support Engineer
7 35 (5.74%) .NET Developer
7 35 (5.74%) IT Engineer
8 34 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (5.41%) IT Support
10 32 (5.25%) Architect
10 32 (5.25%) Software Engineer
11 26 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
12 24 (3.93%) C# Developer
12 24 (3.93%) Support Specialist
13 23 (3.77%) Active Directory Specialist
13 23 (3.77%) Azure Specialist
14 20 (3.28%) C# .NET Developer
15 19 (3.11%) Administrator
15 19 (3.11%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (10.33%) .NET
2 45 (7.38%) ASP.NET
3 39 (6.39%) .NET Core
4 36 (5.90%) React
5 31 (5.08%) ASP.NET MVC
6 28 (4.59%) AngularJS
7 27 (4.43%) .NET Framework
8 25 (4.10%) Entity Framework
9 23 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
10 18 (2.95%) ARM Templates
11 16 (2.62%) Vue
12 14 (2.30%) Node.js
13 13 (2.13%) Web Services
14 10 (1.64%) CSS
14 10 (1.64%) HTML
14 10 (1.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 8 (1.31%) SPFx
16 7 (1.15%) RESTful
17 6 (0.98%) Next.js
17 6 (0.98%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (12.13%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (5.25%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.92%) PKI
4 23 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 18 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.30%) Life Science
6 14 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.97%) Educational Technology
8 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.80%) CMDB
10 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.15%) Social Network
11 6 (0.98%) CUDA
11 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.98%) Replication
11 6 (0.98%) Shadow IT
12 5 (0.82%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 161 (26.39%) Windows
2 91 (14.92%) Windows 10
3 89 (14.59%) Windows Server
4 84 (13.77%) Linux
5 64 (10.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 62 (10.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (7.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 42 (6.89%) Windows 7
9 27 (4.43%) Unix
10 14 (2.30%) Android
11 12 (1.97%) Windows NT
11 12 (1.97%) Windows XP
12 6 (0.98%) VMS
13 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.82%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.66%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (25.08%) Agile
3 100 (16.39%) Customer Service
4 98 (16.07%) ITIL
5 93 (15.25%) Project Management
6 74 (12.13%) DevOps
7 60 (9.84%) Decision-Making
7 60 (9.84%) Service Management
8 59 (9.67%) Computer Science
9 56 (9.18%) Analytics
10 55 (9.02%) Physics
11 54 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (8.36%) Software Testing
13 50 (8.20%) Mentoring
14 46 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
15 44 (7.21%) Project Delivery
16 43 (7.05%) Roadmaps
17 42 (6.89%) Release Management
17 42 (6.89%) SDLC
17 42 (6.89%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 106 (17.38%) C#
1 106 (17.38%) SQL
2 75 (12.30%) PowerShell
3 73 (11.97%) Python
4 59 (9.67%) JavaScript
5 50 (8.20%) Fortran
6 40 (6.56%) C++
7 32 (5.25%) Bash
8 30 (4.92%) VB
9 26 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 26 (4.26%) VBScript
10 22 (3.61%) C
11 20 (3.28%) T-SQL
12 17 (2.79%) Bicep
13 16 (2.62%) Java
14 7 (1.15%) Perl
15 6 (0.98%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.98%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.98%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.82%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (34.10%) Security Cleared
2 192 (31.48%) Degree
3 108 (17.70%) DV Cleared
4 104 (17.05%) SC Cleared
5 38 (6.23%) DBS Check
6 35 (5.74%) Master's Degree
6 35 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (4.43%) PhD
8 22 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.44%) A+ Certification
9 21 (3.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (3.28%) ACCA
10 20 (3.28%) CIMA
11 19 (3.11%) MCP
12 17 (2.79%) HNC
13 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (2.13%) CCNA
14 13 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (1.97%) CCNP
16 11 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.75%) SLA
2 19 (3.11%) QA
3 14 (2.30%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (1.48%) GDPR
4 9 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.31%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.82%) NIST
8 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.49%) PMO
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 191 (31.31%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.26%) Firmware
3 26 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.97%) Docker
6 12 (1.97%) KVM
6 12 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.98%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) NFS
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 95 (15.57%) SCCM
2 50 (8.20%) WSUS
3 47 (7.70%) SCOM
4 42 (6.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 28 (4.59%) Kubernetes
6 23 (3.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.11%) NetBackup
8 14 (2.30%) vCenter Server
9 12 (1.97%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (1.97%) Sysprep
10 5 (0.82%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (0.82%) Suricata
11 2 (0.33%) Terraform
12 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.16%) Grafana
12 1 (0.16%) Istio
12 1 (0.16%) Kibana
12 1 (0.16%) Nessus
12 1 (0.16%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 63 (10.33%) VMware
2 29 (4.75%) HP
3 22 (3.61%) Cisco
4 21 (3.44%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.11%) Oracle
6 17 (2.79%) Juniper
7 16 (2.62%) Dell
7 16 (2.62%) Veeam
8 13 (2.13%) 3PAR
8 13 (2.13%) EMC
8 13 (2.13%) Sage
9 12 (1.97%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (1.97%) Symantec
10 11 (1.80%) Adobe
10 11 (1.80%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.80%) Nintex
11 10 (1.64%) Apple
11 10 (1.64%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.31%) Barracuda Networks
12 8 (1.31%) Google