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 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,608 1,250 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.37% 18.65% 17.55%
As % of the Vendors category 54.77% 50.34% 45.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,344 711 889
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,932 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £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 2,936 2,483 3,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.72% 37.05% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,202 1,450 1,943
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £27,029
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,873
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,331 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.77%

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 15 May 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 15 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
Bristol -4 362 £52,500 +16.67% 137
Gloucestershire +11 361 £36,000 -7.10% 62
Wiltshire 0 275 £49,000 +8.89% 79
Dorset +1 205 £40,000 -3.66% 37
Devon 0 201 £45,000 +31.39% 76
Somerset +2 147 £38,000 +5.56% 77
Cornwall -5 34 £40,000 +3.23% 16
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
1 154 (9.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 153 (9.51%) SharePoint
3 108 (6.72%) Confluence
4 27 (1.68%) CMS
5 25 (1.55%) IIS
6 22 (1.37%) Umbraco
7 20 (1.24%) Kentico
8 17 (1.06%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (0.93%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.62%) Apache
11 8 (0.50%) SAS
12 7 (0.44%) 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 (0.19%) GlassFish
Applications
1 253 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 102 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) 1Password
8 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.062%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 33 (2.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.56%) 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
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.062%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 601 (37.38%) Azure
2 476 (29.60%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (11.75%) Power Platform
4 141 (8.77%) AWS
5 111 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 87 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 73 (4.54%) Dynamics 365
8 69 (4.29%) Power Automate
9 67 (4.17%) GCP
10 65 (4.04%) PowerApps
11 52 (3.23%) SaaS
12 47 (2.92%) OneDrive
13 34 (2.11%) PaaS
14 33 (2.05%) IaaS
15 20 (1.24%) Kontent
16 16 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (0.81%) GitHub
17 13 (0.81%) Nutanix
17 13 (0.81%) OCI
18 11 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.34%) Firewall
2 81 (5.04%) LAN
3 72 (4.48%) WAN
4 59 (3.67%) DNS
5 49 (3.05%) SAN
6 47 (2.92%) DHCP
7 45 (2.80%) TCP/IP
8 41 (2.55%) VPN
9 37 (2.30%) Wireless
10 32 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
11 30 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.68%) Internet
13 22 (1.37%) VoIP
14 21 (1.31%) VLAN
15 17 (1.06%) Broadband
15 17 (1.06%) Network Security
16 13 (0.81%) SD-WAN
17 12 (0.75%) WLAN
18 10 (0.62%) NAS
18 10 (0.62%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (13.56%) SQL Server
2 110 (6.84%) Power BI
3 52 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 37 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (1.49%) MySQL
7 20 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (0.93%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.93%) Tableau
10 13 (0.81%) GIS
11 11 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.44%) Big Data
14 7 (0.44%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 121 (7.52%) JIRA
2 116 (7.21%) Visual Studio
3 112 (6.97%) Git
4 91 (5.66%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.67%) Sourcetree
6 16 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.87%) Subversion
8 13 (0.81%) Selenium
9 10 (0.62%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.50%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.37%) Postman
13 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.25%) Toad
14 3 (0.19%) Moq
14 3 (0.19%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.19%) xUnit.net
15 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
15 2 (0.12%) Robot Framework
15 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 521 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 276 (17.16%) Finance
3 132 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (6.22%) Presentation Skills
6 97 (6.03%) Games
7 88 (5.47%) Law
8 80 (4.98%) Marketing
9 72 (4.48%) Retail
10 65 (4.04%) Banking
11 61 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
11 61 (3.79%) Telecoms
12 51 (3.17%) Legal
12 51 (3.17%) Public Sector
13 46 (2.86%) Investment Banking
14 44 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
15 37 (2.30%) Manufacturing
16 31 (1.93%) Aerospace
17 25 (1.55%) Military
18 19 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (20.65%) Developer
2 226 (14.05%) Senior
3 145 (9.02%) Analyst
4 142 (8.83%) Support Engineer
5 126 (7.84%) IT Support
6 109 (6.78%) Architect
7 106 (6.59%) IT Engineer
8 102 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 98 (6.09%) .NET Developer
10 91 (5.66%) Consultant
11 90 (5.60%) Senior Developer
12 88 (5.47%) Administrator
13 82 (5.10%) 3D Developer
13 82 (5.10%) Games Developer
13 82 (5.10%) Unity 3D Developer
14 78 (4.85%) Lead
15 72 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
16 65 (4.04%) IT Support Engineer
17 58 (3.61%) Applications Developer
18 55 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (13.74%) .NET
2 106 (6.59%) ASP.NET
3 91 (5.66%) .NET Core
4 84 (5.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 82 (5.10%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 79 (4.91%) .NET Framework
6 79 (4.91%) AngularJS
7 76 (4.73%) React
8 75 (4.66%) CSS
9 72 (4.48%) HTML
10 52 (3.23%) Entity Framework
11 47 (2.92%) Vue
12 45 (2.80%) ASP.NET Web API
13 33 (2.05%) REST
14 30 (1.87%) jQuery
15 27 (1.68%) Blazor
16 22 (1.37%) RESTful
17 19 (1.18%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 18 (1.12%) HTML5
18 18 (1.12%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.34%) Driving Licence
2 86 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
3 84 (5.22%) Virtual Reality
4 76 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.93%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.68%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.43%) Mobile App
10 18 (1.12%) Clustering
11 17 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (0.87%) iPhone
14 13 (0.81%) Smartphone
15 12 (0.75%) Fat Client
15 12 (0.75%) PKI
15 12 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
15 12 (0.75%) Thin Client
16 11 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 487 (30.29%) Windows
2 176 (10.95%) Windows Server
3 156 (9.70%) Windows 10
4 125 (7.77%) Linux
5 78 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 65 (4.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (2.80%) Mac OS
9 33 (2.05%) Apple iOS
9 33 (2.05%) CentOS
10 31 (1.93%) Windows 7
11 27 (1.68%) Android
12 17 (1.06%) AIX
13 16 (1.00%) VMS
14 14 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
17 4 (0.25%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.19%) Solaris
19 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (15.11%) Agile
3 227 (14.12%) Customer Service
4 220 (13.68%) DevOps
5 203 (12.62%) ITIL
6 154 (9.58%) Scrum
7 152 (9.45%) Software Engineering
8 150 (9.33%) Mentoring
9 129 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
10 119 (7.40%) User Experience
11 117 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 116 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (7.21%) Design Patterns
13 114 (7.09%) Project Delivery
13 114 (7.09%) UML
14 111 (6.90%) Service Delivery
15 109 (6.78%) MVC
16 102 (6.34%) Full Stack Development
17 98 (6.09%) Roadmaps
18 94 (5.85%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 268 (16.67%) C#
2 240 (14.93%) SQL
3 163 (10.14%) PowerShell
4 148 (9.20%) JavaScript
5 82 (5.10%) Java
5 82 (5.10%) Python
6 47 (2.92%) Bash
7 44 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 43 (2.67%) T-SQL
9 14 (0.87%) PHP
10 12 (0.75%) C++
11 11 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.50%) C
13 7 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.37%) R
15 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.25%) VBA
17 3 (0.19%) Ruby
17 3 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 343 (21.33%) Security Cleared
2 334 (20.77%) Degree
3 265 (16.48%) SC Cleared
4 129 (8.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 103 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 97 (6.03%) DV Cleared
7 64 (3.98%) DBS Check
8 38 (2.36%) A+ Certification
9 34 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (1.87%) MCP
12 24 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
12 24 (1.49%) MCSE
13 21 (1.31%) HNC
14 17 (1.06%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.87%) PMP
16 13 (0.81%) CISSP
16 13 (0.81%) ISTQB
17 12 (0.75%) MCITP
18 11 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.79%) QA
2 60 (3.73%) SLA
3 50 (3.11%) GDPR
4 23 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 21 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (0.68%) NIST
7 10 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.31%) SOC 1
9 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 1 (0.062%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.062%) GAMP
12 1 (0.062%) GMP
12 1 (0.062%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.062%) NIST 800
System Software
1 369 (22.95%) Active Directory
2 141 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (5.72%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.55%) XenApp
6 24 (1.49%) Docker
6 24 (1.49%) vSphere
7 19 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.18%) XenDesktop
8 9 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.19%) Forefront TMG
13 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 102 (6.34%) SCCM
2 91 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.12%) Nagios
5 15 (0.93%) Backup Exec
6 14 (0.87%) WSUS
7 13 (0.81%) Ansible
7 13 (0.81%) vCenter Server
8 12 (0.75%) CASB
8 12 (0.75%) NetBackup
9 9 (0.56%) Terraform
10 7 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (0.37%) Icinga
11 6 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
12 5 (0.31%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.31%) Rancher
12 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 193 (12.00%) VMware
2 101 (6.28%) Oracle
3 72 (4.48%) Google
4 52 (3.23%) Citrix
5 51 (3.17%) Cisco
6 45 (2.80%) HP
7 44 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.05%) Sparx
9 31 (1.93%) Veeam
10 30 (1.87%) Apple
11 28 (1.74%) ServiceNow
12 27 (1.68%) Salesforce
13 26 (1.62%) Dell
14 24 (1.49%) IBM
15 21 (1.31%) SolarWinds
16 18 (1.12%) Symantec
17 17 (1.06%) Optimizely
17 17 (1.06%) Sitecore
18 15 (0.93%) NetApp
18 15 (0.93%) Veritas