Microsoft Jobs in the South West

Microsoft
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,627 1,328 1,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.71% 19.25% 17.98%
As % of the Vendors category 54.56% 52.04% 45.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,371 771 903
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,958 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £58,750 £54,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,982 2,552 3,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.46% 36.99% 39.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,516 1,974
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,150 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -4.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,605 £61,650 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +2.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South West.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the South West

Microsoft
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South West 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
Gloucestershire +10 366 £36,000 -15.29% 69
Bristol -7 366 £52,500 +17.48% 149
Wiltshire 0 285 £49,000 +8.89% 54
Devon +1 206 £45,000 +31.39% 52
Dorset +2 198 £40,000 -3.66% 22
Somerset +1 148 £38,000 +8.57% 74
Cornwall -5 34 £40,000 - 10
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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
1 160 (9.83%) SharePoint
2 149 (9.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 116 (7.13%) Confluence
4 26 (1.60%) IIS
5 25 (1.54%) CMS
6 22 (1.35%) Umbraco
7 19 (1.17%) Kentico
8 16 (0.98%) Headless CMS
8 16 (0.98%) Sitecore CMS
9 13 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
9 13 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.61%) Apache
11 8 (0.49%) SAS
12 7 (0.43%) Skype for Business
13 6 (0.37%) NServiceBus
13 6 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
14 5 (0.31%) Moodle
15 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
15 4 (0.25%) Site Server
16 3 (0.18%) GlassFish
Applications
1 248 (15.24%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.061%) 1Password
8 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.061%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (2.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.68%) Maximo
4 6 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.31%) Primavera
6 4 (0.25%) Elite 3E
6 4 (0.25%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 602 (37.00%) Azure
2 488 (29.99%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (11.25%) Power Platform
4 135 (8.30%) AWS
5 115 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (5.35%) Entra ID
7 66 (4.06%) Power Automate
8 65 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
9 64 (3.93%) GCP
9 64 (3.93%) PowerApps
10 53 (3.26%) SaaS
11 48 (2.95%) OneDrive
12 35 (2.15%) PaaS
13 34 (2.09%) IaaS
14 19 (1.17%) Kontent
15 16 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (0.80%) GitHub
16 13 (0.80%) Nutanix
17 12 (0.74%) OCI
17 12 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.15%) Firewall
2 79 (4.86%) LAN
3 70 (4.30%) WAN
4 63 (3.87%) DNS
5 51 (3.13%) SAN
6 50 (3.07%) DHCP
7 44 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 41 (2.52%) VPN
9 38 (2.34%) Wireless
10 30 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
11 29 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.66%) Internet
13 25 (1.54%) VoIP
14 22 (1.35%) VLAN
15 19 (1.17%) Network Security
16 17 (1.04%) Broadband
17 13 (0.80%) NAS
17 13 (0.80%) SD-WAN
18 12 (0.74%) Skype
18 12 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 102 (6.27%) Power BI
3 48 (2.95%) MongoDB
4 39 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (1.35%) MySQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.98%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.92%) GIS
11 14 (0.86%) Tableau
12 13 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.49%) Big Data
16 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
17 6 (0.37%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 128 (7.87%) JIRA
2 121 (7.44%) Visual Studio
3 120 (7.38%) Git
4 95 (5.84%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.63%) Sourcetree
6 18 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.86%) Subversion
8 13 (0.80%) Selenium
9 10 (0.61%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.37%) Postman
13 4 (0.25%) Toad
14 3 (0.18%) Moq
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) xUnit.net
15 2 (0.12%) Jenkins
15 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
16 1 (0.061%) MSI
16 1 (0.061%) WebDriver
General
1 514 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 271 (16.66%) Finance
3 125 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
6 103 (6.33%) Games
7 90 (5.53%) Law
8 78 (4.79%) Marketing
8 78 (4.79%) Retail
9 64 (3.93%) Banking
10 60 (3.69%) Legal
11 59 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
12 58 (3.56%) Telecoms
13 49 (3.01%) Public Sector
14 44 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
14 44 (2.70%) Investment Banking
15 37 (2.27%) Manufacturing
16 30 (1.84%) Aerospace
17 29 (1.78%) Military
18 19 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 335 (20.59%) Developer
2 239 (14.69%) Senior
3 147 (9.04%) Analyst
4 140 (8.60%) Support Engineer
5 127 (7.81%) IT Support
6 111 (6.82%) IT Engineer
7 108 (6.64%) Architect
8 104 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 96 (5.90%) .NET Developer
10 89 (5.47%) Administrator
10 89 (5.47%) Consultant
11 88 (5.41%) 3D Developer
11 88 (5.41%) Games Developer
11 88 (5.41%) Senior Developer
11 88 (5.41%) Unity 3D Developer
12 76 (4.67%) Lead
13 70 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
14 64 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
15 59 (3.63%) Applications Developer
16 52 (3.20%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (13.40%) .NET
2 104 (6.39%) ASP.NET
3 89 (5.47%) .NET Core
4 88 (5.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 84 (5.16%) ASP.NET MVC
6 81 (4.98%) AngularJS
7 78 (4.79%) .NET Framework
8 75 (4.61%) CSS
9 74 (4.55%) React
10 72 (4.43%) HTML
11 52 (3.20%) Entity Framework
12 46 (2.83%) Vue
13 45 (2.77%) ASP.NET Web API
14 35 (2.15%) REST
15 30 (1.84%) jQuery
16 27 (1.66%) Blazor
17 21 (1.29%) RESTful
18 19 (1.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 18 (1.11%) HTML5
19 18 (1.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.21%) Driving Licence
2 90 (5.53%) Virtual Reality
3 87 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (4.61%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.29%) Clustering
11 18 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.92%) Fat Client
13 15 (0.92%) Thin Client
14 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.80%) iPhone
15 13 (0.80%) PKI
16 12 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
16 12 (0.74%) Smartphone
17 10 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 492 (30.24%) Windows
2 190 (11.68%) Windows Server
3 155 (9.53%) Windows 10
4 123 (7.56%) Linux
5 83 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 67 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 42 (2.58%) Mac OS
9 31 (1.91%) CentOS
10 30 (1.84%) Apple iOS
11 29 (1.78%) Windows 7
12 24 (1.48%) Android
13 17 (1.04%) AIX
13 17 (1.04%) VMS
14 14 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
17 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.18%) Solaris
19 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (14.94%) Agile
3 224 (13.77%) Customer Service
4 223 (13.71%) DevOps
5 205 (12.60%) ITIL
6 163 (10.02%) Scrum
7 157 (9.65%) Software Engineering
8 148 (9.10%) Mentoring
9 124 (7.62%) Business Intelligence
10 121 (7.44%) Design Patterns
11 120 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 120 (7.38%) UML
12 118 (7.25%) User Experience
13 114 (7.01%) Project Delivery
14 113 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 113 (6.95%) Service Delivery
15 109 (6.70%) MVC
16 103 (6.33%) Full Stack Development
17 97 (5.96%) Roadmaps
18 94 (5.78%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 271 (16.66%) C#
2 241 (14.81%) SQL
3 176 (10.82%) PowerShell
4 146 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 81 (4.98%) Java
6 76 (4.67%) Python
7 46 (2.83%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.70%) Bash
9 42 (2.58%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.86%) PHP
11 12 (0.74%) C++
12 11 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.43%) C
14 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.37%) R
15 6 (0.37%) Ruby
16 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.18%) Rust
17 3 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 354 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 335 (20.59%) Degree
3 276 (16.96%) SC Cleared
4 137 (8.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 110 (6.76%) DV Cleared
6 97 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (4.00%) DBS Check
8 41 (2.52%) A+ Certification
9 34 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
10 32 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (1.72%) MCP
12 24 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.29%) HNC
13 21 (1.29%) MCSE
14 17 (1.04%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.92%) CISSP
16 14 (0.86%) PMP
17 13 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
18 11 (0.68%) ISTQB
18 11 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.81%) QA
2 61 (3.75%) SLA
3 54 (3.32%) GDPR
4 29 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 23 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.68%) NIST
8 10 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.18%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.12%) PMO
14 1 (0.061%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.061%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.061%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 1 (0.061%) NCSC
System Software
1 380 (23.36%) Active Directory
2 150 (9.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (6.21%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.60%) vSphere
6 21 (1.29%) Docker
6 21 (1.29%) XenApp
7 18 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (0.92%) XenDesktop
9 9 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
13 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 118 (7.25%) SCCM
2 98 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.11%) Nagios
4 13 (0.80%) Backup Exec
4 13 (0.80%) vCenter Server
5 12 (0.74%) CASB
5 12 (0.74%) NetBackup
5 12 (0.74%) WSUS
6 11 (0.68%) Ansible
7 8 (0.49%) Terraform
8 7 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
8 7 (0.43%) SCOM
9 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.37%) Icinga
9 6 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
10 5 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.31%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.31%) Rancher
10 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 202 (12.42%) VMware
2 98 (6.02%) Oracle
3 69 (4.24%) Google
4 51 (3.13%) Citrix
5 47 (2.89%) Cisco
6 45 (2.77%) HP
7 43 (2.64%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.03%) Sparx
9 28 (1.72%) Apple
9 28 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.72%) Veeam
10 27 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 26 (1.60%) IBM
11 26 (1.60%) SolarWinds
12 19 (1.17%) Dell
13 16 (0.98%) Optimizely
13 16 (0.98%) Sitecore
14 15 (0.92%) NetApp
15 14 (0.86%) EMC
15 14 (0.86%) Symantec