Microsoft Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 765 1,214 953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.73% 25.04% 16.87%
As % of the Vendors category 42.43% 54.34% 48.95%
Number of salaries quoted 648 473 595
10th Percentile £27,500 £24,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,150
% change year-on-year - +4.29% -4.11%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,803 2,234 1,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 34.71% 46.08% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,111 1,218
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £37,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,590 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +9.18% -
75th Percentile £66,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £80,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bolton -2 30 £50,000 +8.11% 10
Oldham +2 19 £40,000 +1.27% 4
Salford -10 12 £73,750 +58.60% 8
Bury +1 11 £40,000 - 3
Stockport -15 9 £42,500 - 12
Ashton-under-Lyne - 6 £37,500 - 5
Cheadle -6 4 £43,865 +99.39% 5
Sale - 3 £25,000 - 1
Heywood -1 2 - -
Wigan +1 1 - - 7
Rochdale -11 1 - - 5
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 71 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.92%) IIS
4 8 (1.05%) CMS
5 7 (0.92%) Apache
5 7 (0.92%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.52%) Confluence
7 4 (0.52%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 106 (13.86%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.65%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (6.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.70%) Infor SunSystems
2 13 (1.70%) iTrent
3 11 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.92%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.78%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.52%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.13%) BPCS
8 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 333 (43.53%) Azure
2 217 (28.37%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (14.38%) Power Platform
4 89 (11.63%) Dynamics 365
5 87 (11.37%) AWS
6 54 (7.06%) Entra ID
7 47 (6.14%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (4.31%) PowerApps
9 32 (4.18%) GCP
9 32 (4.18%) Power Automate
10 26 (3.40%) SaaS
11 19 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (2.35%) GitHub
13 15 (1.96%) PaaS
14 14 (1.83%) IaaS
15 13 (1.70%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
17 11 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.24%) Firewall
2 48 (6.27%) WAN
3 43 (5.62%) DNS
4 28 (3.66%) DHCP
4 28 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (3.40%) LAN
5 26 (3.40%) SAN
5 26 (3.40%) SD-WAN
6 24 (3.14%) Wireless
7 19 (2.48%) Network Security
8 18 (2.35%) VoIP
9 17 (2.22%) Internet
10 13 (1.70%) Unified Communications
11 12 (1.57%) iSCSI
11 12 (1.57%) TCP/IP
11 12 (1.57%) VPN
12 11 (1.44%) NAS
13 9 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (1.05%) SSL
15 7 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (19.61%) SQL Server
2 48 (6.27%) Power BI
3 29 (3.79%) MongoDB
4 24 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 20 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
7 18 (2.35%) Relational Database
7 18 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.70%) BusinessObjects
9 12 (1.57%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.18%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 8 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.05%) Big Data
11 8 (1.05%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.78%) Data Vault
12 6 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (4.18%) Git
2 12 (1.57%) Visual Studio
3 9 (1.18%) JIRA
4 6 (0.78%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.52%) GitLab
6 4 (0.52%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.52%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (0.52%) MSTest
6 4 (0.52%) NUnit
7 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.13%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.13%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
General
1 204 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 165 (21.57%) Finance
3 94 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (5.75%) Legal
5 39 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.97%) Retail
7 30 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (3.53%) Marketing
9 25 (3.27%) Law
10 24 (3.14%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.35%) Local Government
11 18 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.57%) Banking
15 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.92%) Back Office
16 7 (0.92%) Police
17 6 (0.78%) Billing
17 6 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 136 (17.78%) Developer
2 90 (11.76%) Senior
3 66 (8.63%) Analyst
3 66 (8.63%) Consultant
4 65 (8.50%) .NET Developer
5 63 (8.24%) Lead
6 58 (7.58%) Architect
7 53 (6.93%) IT Support
8 40 (5.23%) C# Developer
9 37 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (4.71%) IT Engineer
11 33 (4.31%) Administrator
12 31 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
12 31 (4.05%) C# .NET Developer
13 28 (3.66%) Support Engineer
14 26 (3.40%) Data Engineer
14 26 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
16 23 (3.01%) Financial Analyst
16 23 (3.01%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (13.73%) .NET
2 66 (8.63%) ASP.NET
3 63 (8.24%) .NET Core
4 52 (6.80%) AngularJS
4 52 (6.80%) ASP.NET MVC
5 47 (6.14%) ASP.NET Web API
6 40 (5.23%) .NET Framework
6 40 (5.23%) Entity Framework
7 37 (4.84%) HTML
8 29 (3.79%) React
9 25 (3.27%) Node.js
10 22 (2.88%) Vue
11 21 (2.75%) CSS
12 20 (2.61%) HTML5
13 18 (2.35%) Web Services
14 17 (2.22%) RESTful
15 15 (1.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 13 (1.70%) LINQ
16 13 (1.70%) REST
17 7 (0.92%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.06%) Data Centre
2 31 (4.05%) Public Cloud
3 28 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.01%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.01%) PMI
6 18 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.22%) EPoS
8 13 (1.70%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.44%) Blog
9 11 (1.44%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.44%) FMCG
9 11 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.44%) PKI
10 10 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.31%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.18%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.05%) iPhone
13 7 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 161 (21.05%) Windows
2 81 (10.59%) Windows Server
3 54 (7.06%) Linux
4 51 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 24 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.09%) Android
8 16 (2.09%) Windows Vista
9 9 (1.18%) Unix
10 8 (1.05%) VMS
11 7 (0.92%) Solaris
11 7 (0.92%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.52%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.52%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (19.74%) Agile
2 146 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (13.07%) Customer Service
4 91 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
6 85 (11.11%) DevOps
6 85 (11.11%) Project Management
7 75 (9.80%) ITIL
8 73 (9.54%) CRM
9 69 (9.02%) Microservices
9 69 (9.02%) Migration
10 64 (8.37%) Full Stack Development
11 59 (7.71%) MVC
12 58 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 58 (7.58%) Presales
13 57 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (7.32%) Mentoring
15 52 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
16 51 (6.67%) CI/CD
17 50 (6.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (16.47%) C#
2 100 (13.07%) SQL
3 78 (10.20%) JavaScript
4 48 (6.27%) PowerShell
5 37 (4.84%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.88%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.35%) Python
8 11 (1.44%) Delphi
9 8 (1.05%) Go
10 7 (0.92%) Bash
10 7 (0.92%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.78%) VB
12 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.52%) Bicep
13 4 (0.52%) Java
13 4 (0.52%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.52%) VB6
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 122 (15.95%) Degree
2 63 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (4.58%) CCNA
5 29 (3.79%) PMI Certification
6 27 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 27 (3.53%) Security Cleared
7 22 (2.88%) CCNP
8 18 (2.35%) AWS Certification
9 17 (2.22%) DBS Check
10 14 (1.83%) SC Cleared
11 13 (1.70%) MCP
12 9 (1.18%) CISSP
13 8 (1.05%) CISM
13 8 (1.05%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.05%) MCSA
14 7 (0.92%) PMP
15 6 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 5 (0.65%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.40%) SLA
2 24 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.35%) QA
4 16 (2.09%) GDPR
5 15 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.83%) NIST
7 13 (1.70%) Accessibility
8 11 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.52%) GRC
10 3 (0.39%) PMO
11 2 (0.26%) GMP
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 124 (16.21%) Active Directory
2 51 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (4.05%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.44%) Terminal Services
6 4 (0.52%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.39%) Docker
8 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.26%) vSphere
9 1 (0.13%) RACF
9 1 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 63 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (3.53%) Terraform
3 26 (3.40%) Kubernetes
4 19 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (2.09%) SCCM
6 12 (1.57%) Opsgenie
6 12 (1.57%) VxRail
6 12 (1.57%) ZABBIX
7 7 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
8 6 (0.78%) WSUS
9 5 (0.65%) CASB
9 5 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.52%) Autotask
10 4 (0.52%) Grafana
10 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.39%) CA Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.39%) SELinux
11 3 (0.39%) SysTrack
12 2 (0.26%) Ansible
13 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 68 (8.89%) VMware
2 61 (7.97%) Apple
3 56 (7.32%) Cisco
4 52 (6.80%) Adobe
5 34 (4.44%) Google
6 29 (3.79%) Dell
6 29 (3.79%) SAP
7 27 (3.53%) Citrix
8 25 (3.27%) Oracle
9 20 (2.61%) Meraki
10 19 (2.48%) Fortinet
11 17 (2.22%) HP
11 17 (2.22%) NetApp
12 15 (1.96%) Veeam
13 14 (1.83%) Facebook
13 14 (1.83%) Infor
13 14 (1.83%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.44%) Databricks
14 11 (1.44%) Sage
14 11 (1.44%) Samsung