Microsoft Engineer Jobs in England

Microsoft Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 801 994
Rank change year-on-year +51 +193 -236
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 86 108 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.097% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 79 78 99
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,395 £38,162
25th Percentile £39,874 £41,476 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.27% +5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the England 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
South East +23 28 £45,000 +5.88% 1
London +114 22 £77,500 +10.71% 7
South West -23 20 £50,000 +25.00% 4
North of England +47 8 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Yorkshire +79 5 £32,500 +14.04% 1
West Midlands +9 3 £36,000 +27.43%
North West +5 3 £50,000 +2.17% 2
Midlands -7 3 £36,000 +26.32% 1
Microsoft Engineer
UK

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 59 (68.60%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (56.98%) Azure
4 30 (34.88%) Windows
5 29 (33.72%) Active Directory
6 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 24 (27.91%) Windows Server
8 22 (25.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 16 (18.60%) SharePoint
10 16 (18.60%) Degree
11 15 (17.44%) Entra ID
12 14 (16.28%) Social Skills
13 13 (15.12%) OneDrive
13 13 (15.12%) PowerShell
13 13 (15.12%) PaaS
14 12 (13.95%) IaaS
15 11 (12.79%) SCCM
16 10 (11.63%) VMware
16 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
17 9 (10.47%) Customer Service
18 8 (9.30%) ITIL
19 7 (8.14%) Android
19 7 (8.14%) Windows Server 2012
19 7 (8.14%) Apple iOS
19 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
20 6 (6.98%) BYOD
20 6 (6.98%) WhatsApp
20 6 (6.98%) Power Platform
20 6 (6.98%) Slack

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (18.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (68.60%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (56.98%) Azure
3 15 (17.44%) Entra ID
4 13 (15.12%) OneDrive
4 13 (15.12%) PaaS
5 12 (13.95%) IaaS
6 6 (6.98%) Power Platform
6 6 (6.98%) Slack
6 6 (6.98%) WhatsApp
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Storage
7 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.65%) SaaS
8 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.49%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.33%) Serverless
10 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.81%) Firewall
2 3 (3.49%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.49%) VoIP
2 3 (3.49%) WAN
3 2 (2.33%) DHCP
3 2 (2.33%) DNS
3 2 (2.33%) Skype
4 1 (1.16%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.16%) Network Security
4 1 (1.16%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
2 2 (2.33%) GitLab
2 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.33%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (2.33%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (16.28%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.81%) Finance
3 3 (3.49%) Local Government
3 3 (3.49%) Retail
4 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.16%) General Ledger
4 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) .NET
2 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.16%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.16%) Blazor
2 1 (1.16%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Blackberry
1 6 (6.98%) BYOD
2 4 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.33%) iPad
4 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.16%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.16%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.16%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (34.88%) Windows
2 24 (27.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.14%) Android
3 7 (8.14%) Apple iOS
3 7 (8.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.33%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) Linux
8 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
3 9 (10.47%) Customer Service
4 8 (9.30%) ITIL
5 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (6.98%) Application Packaging
6 6 (6.98%) Migration
7 5 (5.81%) DevOps
7 5 (5.81%) Presales
7 5 (5.81%) Security Operations
7 5 (5.81%) Zero Trust
8 4 (4.65%) Client Onboarding
8 4 (4.65%) ITSM
8 4 (4.65%) Roadmaps
9 3 (3.49%) Agile
9 3 (3.49%) CI/CD
9 3 (3.49%) Data Security
9 3 (3.49%) Open Source
9 3 (3.49%) Software Engineering
10 2 (2.33%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.81%) Bash
3 4 (4.65%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (4.65%) SQL
4 3 (3.49%) C#
5 2 (2.33%) Go
5 2 (2.33%) Java
5 2 (2.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.33%) Python
5 2 (2.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Degree
2 6 (6.98%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 29 (33.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.49%) Docker
4 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (12.79%) SCCM
3 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.33%) Terraform
5 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (1.16%) SCDPM
5 1 (1.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.63%) VMware
3 4 (4.65%) CA
4 2 (2.33%) Acronis
4 2 (2.33%) Aruba
4 2 (2.33%) WatchGuard
5 1 (1.16%) Apple
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco
5 1 (1.16%) Meraki
5 1 (1.16%) Oracle
5 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto