Microsoft Jobs

Microsoft
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 7,490 17,567 19,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.87% 17.77% 18.52%
As % of the Vendors category 37.72% 48.29% 44.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,196 13,440 11,282
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £27,510
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,369 £80,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,628 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.11% -4.44% -

All Vendors
UK

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,855 36,381 42,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.77% 36.80% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,830 25,037 24,429
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,700 £31,105
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,150
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the UK

Microsoft
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
England -6 6,849 £50,000 +5.26% 6,651
UK excluding London -6 4,925 £45,628 +6.11% 4,990
Work from Home -4 2,362 £54,793 +4.37% 3,535
London -3 2,120 £62,500 +3.31% 2,525
South East -4 1,323 £45,000 - 1,629
North of England -8 1,311 £47,863 +10.03% 1,204
Midlands -6 974 £42,500 - 746
North West -9 874 £50,055 +11.23% 677
West Midlands -7 635 £46,000 +2.22% 431
East of England -2 557 £45,000 +16.88% 544
South West -6 475 £45,000 -2.17% 517
Yorkshire -7 364 £43,500 +4.29% 391
East Midlands -8 339 £38,500 +2.67% 275
Scotland +2 183 £52,000 +15.56% 276
North East -17 77 £45,000 +5.88% 156
Wales -21 71 £40,000 +6.67% 158
Northern Ireland +5 43 £52,500 +23.53% 88
Isle of Man 0 8 £38,000 -15.56% 10
Channel Islands -3 2 £78,750 -7.35%

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 871 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 632 (8.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 98 (1.31%) IIS
4 89 (1.19%) CMS
5 49 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 49 (0.65%) Confluence
6 44 (0.59%) WordPress
7 34 (0.45%) IBM Domino
8 27 (0.36%) OpenEdge
9 26 (0.35%) Apache
10 23 (0.31%) Skype for Business
11 21 (0.28%) Umbraco
12 16 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
13 14 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
14 13 (0.17%) Tomcat
15 10 (0.13%) Kentico
15 10 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
16 9 (0.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 9 (0.12%) SAS
16 9 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1,653 (22.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1,035 (13.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 497 (6.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 126 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
5 88 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 50 (0.67%) Simulink
7 35 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 31 (0.41%) Photoshop
9 25 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
10 17 (0.23%) Trello
11 16 (0.21%) Acrobat
11 16 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
12 14 (0.19%) Maya
12 14 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
13 9 (0.12%) AutoCAD
13 9 (0.12%) CapCut
14 8 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
15 7 (0.093%) Adobe Illustrator
16 6 (0.080%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 286 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 161 (2.15%) Teamcenter
3 51 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
4 41 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
5 31 (0.41%) Shopify
6 25 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
7 23 (0.31%) NetSuite
8 16 (0.21%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 16 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
8 16 (0.21%) SAP FI
9 15 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
10 14 (0.19%) NEC Housing
11 12 (0.16%) Elite 3E
12 11 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
13 9 (0.12%) SAP ERP
14 8 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
14 8 (0.11%) Sage 50
15 7 (0.093%) Magento
15 7 (0.093%) Sage 200
16 6 (0.080%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2,896 (38.66%) Azure
2 2,154 (28.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1,038 (13.86%) Power Platform
4 597 (7.97%) Dynamics 365
5 596 (7.96%) AWS
6 581 (7.76%) Entra ID
7 372 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 355 (4.74%) Power Automate
9 346 (4.62%) PowerApps
10 326 (4.35%) SaaS
11 251 (3.35%) OneDrive
12 210 (2.80%) GCP
13 171 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
14 152 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
15 151 (2.02%) PaaS
16 127 (1.70%) IaaS
17 125 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 122 (1.63%) GitHub
19 116 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
20 114 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 666 (8.89%) Firewall
2 491 (6.56%) DNS
3 398 (5.31%) DHCP
4 395 (5.27%) WAN
5 386 (5.15%) LAN
6 338 (4.51%) VPN
7 266 (3.55%) TCP/IP
8 250 (3.34%) Network Security
9 226 (3.02%) VoIP
10 214 (2.86%) Internet
11 200 (2.67%) VLAN
12 186 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
13 157 (2.10%) SAN
14 128 (1.71%) WLAN
15 126 (1.68%) Wireless
16 75 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
17 70 (0.93%) SD-WAN
18 58 (0.77%) SMTP
19 54 (0.72%) NAS
20 50 (0.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 783 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 596 (7.96%) Power BI
3 186 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 178 (2.38%) Data Lake
5 168 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 156 (2.08%) Tableau
7 143 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 121 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
9 99 (1.32%) Metadata
10 89 (1.19%) Relational Database
11 83 (1.11%) Big Data
12 70 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
13 53 (0.71%) MySQL
14 50 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
15 45 (0.60%) Data Mining
15 45 (0.60%) MongoDB
16 40 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 39 (0.52%) NoSQL
18 31 (0.41%) DB2
19 27 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 315 (4.21%) JIRA
2 136 (1.82%) Git
3 133 (1.78%) Visual Studio
4 40 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 34 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 22 (0.29%) Selenium
7 17 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 16 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 15 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
10 14 (0.19%) GitLab
10 14 (0.19%) MSI
10 14 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
11 13 (0.17%) Postman
11 13 (0.17%) webpack
12 12 (0.16%) NUnit
13 11 (0.15%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.15%) PowerBuilder
13 11 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
14 10 (0.13%) Balsamiq
15 9 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 2,924 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 1,471 (19.64%) Finance
3 952 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 549 (7.33%) Law
5 539 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 409 (5.46%) Retail
7 396 (5.29%) Manufacturing
8 376 (5.02%) Marketing
9 330 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
10 319 (4.26%) Legal
11 253 (3.38%) Aerospace
12 240 (3.20%) Automotive
13 211 (2.82%) Public Sector
14 207 (2.76%) Banking
15 185 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
16 183 (2.44%) Telecoms
17 117 (1.56%) Advertising
18 88 (1.17%) Electronics
18 88 (1.17%) Local Government
19 83 (1.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 992 (13.24%) Analyst
2 951 (12.70%) Senior
3 815 (10.88%) IT Support
4 671 (8.96%) Developer
5 594 (7.93%) Lead
6 587 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 410 (5.47%) IT Engineer
8 400 (5.34%) Support Analyst
9 396 (5.29%) Architect
10 314 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 298 (3.98%) IT Support Engineer
12 294 (3.93%) Systems Engineer
13 258 (3.44%) IT Analyst
14 256 (3.42%) Consultant
15 240 (3.20%) Project Manager
16 222 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support
17 198 (2.64%) Administrator
18 189 (2.52%) IT Manager
19 182 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
20 172 (2.30%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 560 (7.48%) .NET
2 210 (2.80%) HTML
3 198 (2.64%) React
4 186 (2.48%) CSS
5 174 (2.32%) .NET Framework
6 156 (2.08%) ASP.NET
7 138 (1.84%) REST
8 136 (1.82%) .NET Core
9 97 (1.30%) AngularJS
10 96 (1.28%) JSON
11 91 (1.21%) Web Services
12 89 (1.19%) XML
13 74 (0.99%) SOAP
14 73 (0.97%) RESTful
15 72 (0.96%) Entity Framework
16 68 (0.91%) ASP.NET Web API
17 64 (0.85%) ASP.NET MVC
18 57 (0.76%) HTML5
19 45 (0.60%) Kafka
20 38 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 379 (5.06%) Management Information System
2 317 (4.23%) Driving Licence
3 259 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 251 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 164 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 159 (2.12%) Social Media
7 156 (2.08%) Product Ownership
8 107 (1.43%) Cloud Native
9 100 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 97 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
11 94 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 87 (1.16%) Mobile App
13 72 (0.96%) CCTV
14 71 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
14 71 (0.95%) Private Cloud
14 71 (0.95%) Public Cloud
15 70 (0.93%) Client/Server
15 70 (0.93%) Data Structures
15 70 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
16 64 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2,094 (27.96%) Windows
2 812 (10.84%) Windows Server
3 561 (7.49%) Linux
4 482 (6.44%) Windows 10
5 177 (2.36%) Mac OS
6 148 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 127 (1.70%) Android
8 126 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 108 (1.44%) Apple iOS
10 80 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
11 46 (0.61%) Ubuntu
12 38 (0.51%) Mac OS X
13 36 (0.48%) Unix
14 35 (0.47%) Windows 7
15 34 (0.45%) Windows Vista
16 24 (0.32%) CentOS
16 24 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 24 (0.32%) VMS
17 19 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
18 15 (0.20%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,880 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
2 1,098 (14.66%) Agile
3 1,057 (14.11%) Customer Service
4 912 (12.18%) ITIL
5 784 (10.47%) Project Management
6 752 (10.04%) DevOps
7 715 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
8 707 (9.44%) Analytics
9 688 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
10 668 (8.92%) Mentoring
11 616 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 547 (7.30%) CRM
13 500 (6.68%) Computer Science
14 496 (6.62%) Roadmaps
15 448 (5.98%) Migration
16 436 (5.82%) CI/CD
17 422 (5.63%) ERP
18 416 (5.55%) Stakeholder Management
19 388 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 370 (4.94%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1,098 (14.66%) SQL
2 709 (9.47%) PowerShell
3 626 (8.36%) C#
4 538 (7.18%) Python
5 451 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 195 (2.60%) Java
7 175 (2.34%) T-SQL
8 163 (2.18%) MATLAB
9 102 (1.36%) TypeScript
10 100 (1.34%) Bash
11 52 (0.69%) R
12 51 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 49 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
14 48 (0.64%) C
14 48 (0.64%) C++
15 39 (0.52%) PHP
16 37 (0.49%) VB.NET
17 31 (0.41%) Bicep
17 31 (0.41%) VBA
18 28 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,676 (22.38%) Degree
2 684 (9.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 359 (4.79%) Security Cleared
4 355 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 323 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 300 (4.01%) Azure Certification
7 274 (3.66%) DBS Check
8 247 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
9 223 (2.98%) SC Cleared
10 209 (2.79%) CCNA
11 206 (2.75%) HND
12 196 (2.62%) HNC
13 186 (2.48%) MCSE
14 164 (2.19%) MCP
15 146 (1.95%) CCNP
16 145 (1.94%) A+ Certification
17 120 (1.60%) Master's Degree
18 105 (1.40%) CISSP
19 95 (1.27%) LPIC
20 90 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (3.97%) SLA
2 262 (3.50%) GDPR
3 226 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 212 (2.83%) Data Quality
5 159 (2.12%) QA
6 133 (1.78%) NIST
7 130 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 112 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 51 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 49 (0.65%) ISO 9001
11 47 (0.63%) PMO
12 42 (0.56%) NCSC
13 27 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 25 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 20 (0.27%) HIPAA
15 20 (0.27%) SOC 2
16 19 (0.25%) COBIT
17 15 (0.20%) GRC
17 15 (0.20%) WCAG
18 12 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1,420 (18.96%) Active Directory
2 489 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 325 (4.34%) Hyper-V
4 130 (1.74%) Docker
5 124 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 105 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
7 95 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
8 82 (1.09%) vSphere
9 37 (0.49%) Firmware
10 26 (0.35%) BitLocker
11 23 (0.31%) Terminal Services
12 20 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
13 17 (0.23%) XenApp
14 12 (0.16%) VMware NSX
15 10 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (0.11%) XenDesktop
17 7 (0.093%) DFS Replication
18 6 (0.080%) Microsoft Virtual Server
19 5 (0.067%) Postfix
19 5 (0.067%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 543 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 238 (3.18%) SCCM
3 215 (2.87%) Terraform
4 163 (2.18%) Kubernetes
5 123 (1.64%) Ansible
6 82 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 41 (0.55%) Puppet
8 39 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 38 (0.51%) WSUS
10 36 (0.48%) SCOM
11 35 (0.47%) QRadar
12 31 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
13 29 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 28 (0.37%) FortiGate
15 27 (0.36%) Grafana
16 19 (0.25%) Prometheus
17 17 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
17 17 (0.23%) Progress Chef
18 16 (0.21%) Nessus
18 16 (0.21%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 654 (8.73%) VMware
2 549 (7.33%) Cisco
3 405 (5.41%) Google
4 285 (3.81%) SAP
5 225 (3.00%) Apple
6 220 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 209 (2.79%) Citrix
8 164 (2.19%) Databricks
9 161 (2.15%) ANSYS
10 154 (2.06%) Salesforce
11 150 (2.00%) Oracle
12 138 (1.84%) Dell
13 131 (1.75%) Veeam
14 119 (1.59%) Meraki
15 106 (1.42%) HP
16 100 (1.34%) Adobe
17 79 (1.05%) IBM
18 74 (0.99%) Fortinet
19 69 (0.92%) Palo Alto
20 56 (0.75%) SolarWinds