Microsoft Jobs in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,356 1,171 1,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.46% 19.98% 18.70%
As % of the Vendors category 51.60% 45.92% 47.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 781 796
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £66,250 £65,250
90th Percentile £67,800 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £46,350 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -2.42% -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,628 2,550 2,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.72% 43.50% 39.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,772 1,458 1,739
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,427 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £50,000 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.66% -3.15%
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,550
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire 0 610 £48,000 +4.92% 137
Buckinghamshire -2 396 £42,500 +21.43% 96
Oxfordshire +3 350 £43,239 -21.38% 82
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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
1 169 (12.46%) SharePoint
2 159 (11.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (2.88%) IIS
4 33 (2.43%) CMS
5 26 (1.92%) Kentico
6 24 (1.77%) Headless CMS
7 20 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
8 19 (1.40%) Exchange Server 2010
8 19 (1.40%) Umbraco
9 12 (0.88%) Confluence
10 7 (0.52%) WordPress
11 6 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.37%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.15%) IBM Domino
14 1 (0.074%) Alfresco
14 1 (0.074%) Apache
14 1 (0.074%) Documentum
14 1 (0.074%) FileNet
Applications
1 220 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 220 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.44%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.22%) Revit
7 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.074%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 67 (4.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.59%) Primavera
4 7 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.37%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.37%) ResourceLink
5 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 496 (36.58%) Azure
2 438 (32.30%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (12.32%) Power Platform
4 92 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (6.27%) Entra ID
6 80 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (5.01%) OneDrive
8 60 (4.42%) Power Automate
9 59 (4.35%) PowerApps
10 48 (3.54%) AWS
11 44 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (2.80%) SaaS
13 22 (1.62%) Azure Storage
14 21 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.55%) Kontent
15 20 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.47%) Google Workspace
16 16 (1.18%) PaaS
17 12 (0.88%) GCP
17 12 (0.88%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 174 (12.83%) Firewall
2 124 (9.14%) DNS
3 86 (6.34%) DHCP
4 49 (3.61%) Broadband
5 42 (3.10%) WAN
6 41 (3.02%) VPN
7 35 (2.58%) Wireless
8 34 (2.51%) TCP/IP
8 34 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (2.29%) VLAN
10 27 (1.99%) LAN
11 23 (1.70%) Internet
12 22 (1.62%) SAN
12 22 (1.62%) VoIP
13 21 (1.55%) SD-WAN
14 20 (1.47%) Network Security
15 18 (1.33%) Intranet
15 18 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (1.25%) SNMP
17 16 (1.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 102 (7.52%) Power BI
3 28 (2.06%) Data Lake
4 25 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
5 24 (1.77%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (1.25%) MongoDB
9 16 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (0.96%) Power Query
12 11 (0.81%) Tableau
13 10 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.66%) MySQL
14 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
15 8 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
17 5 (0.37%) Data Mining
17 5 (0.37%) MariaDB
17 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 42 (3.10%) Visual Studio
2 29 (2.14%) JIRA
3 24 (1.77%) Git
4 20 (1.47%) GitLab
5 19 (1.40%) NUnit
6 13 (0.96%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.59%) Selenium
8 7 (0.52%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.44%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.44%) InstallShield
9 6 (0.44%) MSI
9 6 (0.44%) MSTest
10 5 (0.37%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.37%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.29%) PowerBuilder
12 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Team System
12 3 (0.22%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 488 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 219 (16.15%) Finance
3 180 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (7.08%) Retail
5 75 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
6 74 (5.46%) Legal
7 73 (5.38%) Marketing
8 68 (5.01%) Law
9 51 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (2.73%) Manufacturing
12 35 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 33 (2.43%) Public Sector
14 28 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 27 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.40%) Back Office
17 16 (1.18%) Automotive
18 13 (0.96%) Games
19 12 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 189 (13.94%) Analyst
2 180 (13.27%) Senior
3 159 (11.73%) Developer
4 138 (10.18%) IT Support
5 118 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 100 (7.37%) IT Engineer
7 94 (6.93%) Consultant
8 91 (6.71%) .NET Developer
9 86 (6.34%) Architect
10 80 (5.90%) IT Support Engineer
11 77 (5.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 72 (5.31%) Lead
13 61 (4.50%) C# Developer
14 53 (3.91%) C# .NET Developer
14 53 (3.91%) IT Analyst
15 48 (3.54%) 3rd Line Support
16 47 (3.47%) Systems Engineer
17 45 (3.32%) Support Analyst
18 41 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
19 40 (2.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (12.24%) .NET
2 85 (6.27%) ASP.NET
3 80 (5.90%) .NET Framework
4 78 (5.75%) .NET Core
5 65 (4.79%) React
6 58 (4.28%) ASP.NET MVC
7 42 (3.10%) AngularJS
8 39 (2.88%) Entity Framework
9 32 (2.36%) ASP.NET Web API
10 29 (2.14%) Web Services
11 24 (1.77%) Next.js
11 24 (1.77%) Vue
12 23 (1.70%) RESTful
13 20 (1.47%) CSS
13 20 (1.47%) HTML
14 18 (1.33%) ARM Templates
14 18 (1.33%) Node.js
15 15 (1.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 12 (0.88%) LINQ
16 12 (0.88%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 64 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 48 (3.54%) Driving Licence
4 38 (2.80%) PKI
5 36 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.36%) Algorithms
6 32 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.77%) Replication
8 20 (1.47%) Life Science
9 18 (1.33%) Client/Server
9 18 (1.33%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
11 16 (1.18%) Biopharmaceutical
11 16 (1.18%) Smartphone
12 14 (1.03%) Educational Technology
12 14 (1.03%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.03%) Social Media
13 13 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 371 (27.36%) Windows
2 171 (12.61%) Windows Server
3 162 (11.95%) Windows 10
4 120 (8.85%) Linux
5 79 (5.83%) Windows Server 2016
5 79 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (4.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (3.17%) Android
7 43 (3.17%) Windows 7
8 34 (2.51%) Apple iOS
9 29 (2.14%) Unix
10 18 (1.33%) Mac OS
11 16 (1.18%) Windows XP
12 12 (0.88%) Windows NT
13 11 (0.81%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.59%) CentOS
14 8 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.59%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.59%) VMS
15 7 (0.52%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 276 (20.35%) Agile
3 230 (16.96%) Customer Service
4 184 (13.57%) ITIL
5 163 (12.02%) Cybersecurity
5 163 (12.02%) DevOps
6 129 (9.51%) Project Management
7 124 (9.14%) CRM
8 109 (8.04%) Analytics
9 106 (7.82%) Business Intelligence
10 100 (7.37%) Mentoring
11 98 (7.23%) Decision-Making
12 94 (6.93%) Presales
13 91 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 89 (6.56%) Service Management
15 76 (5.60%) Computer Science
16 72 (5.31%) MVC
17 66 (4.87%) Project Delivery
18 64 (4.72%) Logistics
19 63 (4.65%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 208 (15.34%) SQL
2 205 (15.12%) C#
3 111 (8.19%) JavaScript
4 87 (6.42%) PowerShell
5 83 (6.12%) Python
6 50 (3.69%) Fortran
7 40 (2.95%) Bash
7 40 (2.95%) C++
8 38 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 37 (2.73%) TypeScript
10 30 (2.21%) VB
11 26 (1.92%) VBScript
12 23 (1.70%) C
13 17 (1.25%) Bicep
14 16 (1.18%) Java
15 15 (1.11%) VB.NET
16 12 (0.88%) Perl
17 11 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.66%) PL/SQL
19 6 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 340 (25.07%) Degree
2 272 (20.06%) Security Cleared
3 137 (10.10%) DV Cleared
4 132 (9.73%) SC Cleared
5 73 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.98%) DBS Check
7 50 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (3.02%) ACCA
8 41 (3.02%) CIMA
9 39 (2.88%) MCP
10 38 (2.80%) CCNA
11 35 (2.58%) Master's Degree
12 33 (2.43%) Azure Certification
13 30 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 29 (2.14%) NVQ Level 3
15 28 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
16 27 (1.99%) CISSP
16 27 (1.99%) PhD
17 26 (1.92%) CCNP
18 24 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (4.94%) SLA
2 39 (2.88%) GDPR
3 28 (2.06%) QA
4 25 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 14 (1.03%) Good Clinical Practice
8 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 13 (0.96%) NIST
9 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.22%) PMO
14 1 (0.074%) GAAP
14 1 (0.074%) IASME
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.074%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 351 (25.88%) Active Directory
2 107 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (5.68%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.92%) Firmware
5 22 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.18%) Docker
7 15 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.96%) vSphere
9 12 (0.88%) KVM
10 6 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.29%) XenApp
13 3 (0.22%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.074%) NFS
14 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (8.85%) SCCM
2 107 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (3.69%) WSUS
4 47 (3.47%) SCOM
5 33 (2.43%) Kubernetes
6 30 (2.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.47%) NetBackup
8 17 (1.25%) vCenter Server
9 15 (1.11%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (0.88%) Sysprep
11 11 (0.81%) Terraform
12 9 (0.66%) Stealthwatch
13 7 (0.52%) Ansible
14 5 (0.37%) CASB
14 5 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
14 5 (0.37%) Puppet
14 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 5 (0.37%) Suricata
15 4 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.29%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 156 (11.50%) VMware
2 71 (5.24%) Apple
3 70 (5.16%) Citrix
4 69 (5.09%) Cisco
5 62 (4.57%) Adobe
6 58 (4.28%) Veeam
7 45 (3.32%) HP
8 39 (2.88%) Google
9 36 (2.65%) Dell
10 27 (1.99%) Oracle
11 23 (1.70%) Juniper
11 23 (1.70%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.55%) ServiceNow
13 20 (1.47%) Meraki
13 20 (1.47%) Sitecore
14 19 (1.40%) Optimizely
15 18 (1.33%) EMC
15 18 (1.33%) Salesforce
16 17 (1.25%) SAP
17 14 (1.03%) Sage