Microsoft Jobs in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 19 4
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 +26
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 104 134 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 15.05% 15.42% 22.57%
As % of the Vendors category 37.68% 36.51% 58.08%
Number of salaries quoted 78 57 71
10th Percentile £30,240 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £33,122 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £45,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +23.29% -17.98%
75th Percentile £52,313 £52,500 £43,188
90th Percentile £61,125 £65,000 £62,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 276 367 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 39.94% 42.23% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 142 185 119
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +33.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £49,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £65,300 £61,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
County Antrim +6 96 £42,500 -10.53% 63
County Down +5 8 £27,000 -40.00%
Newry +3 3 £27,000 -46.00%
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 34 (32.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.88%) Confluence
4 2 (1.92%) IIS
5 1 (0.96%) CMS
5 1 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (6.73%) InfoPath
3 7 (6.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 50 (48.08%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (27.88%) Azure
3 15 (14.42%) AWS
4 12 (11.54%) OneDrive
5 11 (10.58%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (9.62%) GCP
7 9 (8.65%) SaaS
8 4 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.88%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 3 (2.88%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.88%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.88%) Route 53
9 3 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.69%) Firewall
2 7 (6.73%) FTP
2 7 (6.73%) HTTP
3 4 (3.85%) LAN
4 3 (2.88%) DHCP
4 3 (2.88%) DNS
4 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.92%) Network Security
5 2 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.92%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.92%) VPN
5 2 (1.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.92%) Power BI
3 2 (1.92%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Visual Studio
2 4 (3.85%) JIRA
3 3 (2.88%) GCC
4 1 (0.96%) Git
General
1 31 (29.81%) Finance
2 28 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 25 (24.04%) Telecoms
4 24 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 24 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 22 (21.15%) Electronics
5 22 (21.15%) Marketing
6 10 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Law
9 2 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (25.00%) Developer
2 25 (24.04%) Support Engineer
3 17 (16.35%) 1st Line Support
3 17 (16.35%) Service Desk Support
4 15 (14.42%) .NET Developer
4 15 (14.42%) 1st Line Engineer
4 15 (14.42%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 15 (14.42%) Customer Engineer
4 15 (14.42%) Customer Support Engineer
4 15 (14.42%) Service Desk Engineer
5 11 (10.58%) Architect
6 10 (9.62%) Software Developer
7 9 (8.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Technical Support
9 7 (6.73%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (5.77%) .NET Software Developer
10 6 (5.77%) .NET Web Developer
10 6 (5.77%) C# .NET Developer
10 6 (5.77%) C# Software Developer
10 6 (5.77%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (17.31%) HTML
2 17 (16.35%) .NET
3 15 (14.42%) jQuery
4 12 (11.54%) CSS
4 12 (11.54%) HTML5
5 10 (9.62%) .NET Core
6 9 (8.65%) .NET Framework
6 9 (8.65%) ASP.NET
6 9 (8.65%) Entity Framework
6 9 (8.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 8 (7.69%) AngularJS
7 8 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (6.73%) COM
9 6 (5.77%) WCF
9 6 (5.77%) Web Services
10 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 2 (1.92%) REST
12 1 (0.96%) SOAP
12 1 (0.96%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) PKI
1 7 (6.73%) Public Cloud
2 5 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.88%) EPoS
4 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.88%) Social Network
5 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.15%) Windows
2 5 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.88%) Linux
3 3 (2.88%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.88%) Unix
3 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.73%) Business Intelligence
2 24 (23.08%) Mentoring
3 22 (21.15%) Digital Marketing
3 22 (21.15%) Programme Management
4 20 (19.23%) Coaching
5 19 (18.27%) Customer Experience
6 17 (16.35%) Incident Management
7 16 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (14.42%) Migration
9 13 (12.50%) Project Management
10 12 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 12 (11.54%) MVC
10 12 (11.54%) Presales
11 10 (9.62%) OO
12 9 (8.65%) Web Development
13 8 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
14 7 (6.73%) Actionable Insight
14 7 (6.73%) Application Virtualisation
14 7 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (6.73%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 13 (12.50%) C#
3 8 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 8 (7.69%) SQL
4 4 (3.85%) R
5 3 (2.88%) Bash
5 3 (2.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) Degree
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 5 (4.81%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.88%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.92%) HNC
7 2 (1.92%) HND
8 1 (0.96%) CCNA
8 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) QA
2 3 (2.88%) GDPR
3 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.88%) Docker
4 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.88%) Terraform
2 2 (1.92%) SCCM
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (21.15%) SAP
2 10 (9.62%) Google
3 6 (5.77%) VMware
4 5 (4.81%) Apple
5 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.88%) Ciena
6 2 (1.92%) Cisco
6 2 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.92%) Meraki
7 1 (0.96%) Capita
7 1 (0.96%) Cognos
7 1 (0.96%) Datto
7 1 (0.96%) Kaseya