Microsoft Jobs in England

Microsoft
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 16,730 15,634 21,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.76% 18.91% 14.89%
As % of the Vendors category 50.90% 45.45% 38.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,198 9,559 13,110
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 32,868 34,402 56,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.89% 41.62% 39.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22,742 20,803 29,199
10th Percentile £26,507 £31,008 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £91,250
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in England

Microsoft
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London +5 4,334 £60,500 -3.20% 1,124
South East +3 3,642 £45,000 -1.64% 802
North of England -1 3,091 £43,742 -2.80% 976
Midlands +2 2,607 £42,500 -15.00% 688
West Midlands +2 1,675 £45,000 -10.00% 425
South West +2 1,668 £46,000 +12.61% 462
North West -2 1,641 £45,000 -3.23% 540
East of England +2 1,247 £38,000 -5.00% 339
Yorkshire +1 1,017 £42,500 -0.02% 322
East Midlands +1 924 £37,500 -16.67% 262
North East +3 432 £42,500 -0.58% 128
South Coast - 1 £35,000 -
Microsoft
UK

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1,704 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 1,527 (9.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 265 (1.58%) IIS
4 162 (0.97%) Confluence
5 143 (0.85%) CMS
6 75 (0.45%) Apache
6 75 (0.45%) Skype for Business
7 67 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 57 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 53 (0.32%) Kentico
10 49 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
11 48 (0.29%) SAS
12 46 (0.27%) WordPress
13 45 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
14 41 (0.25%) Headless CMS
15 39 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
16 30 (0.18%) Tomcat
17 29 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
18 24 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
19 22 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3,286 (19.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2,511 (15.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 619 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 258 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
5 124 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 66 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 57 (0.34%) AutoCAD
8 25 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 24 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 21 (0.13%) InDesign
11 17 (0.10%) Adobe XD
12 16 (0.096%) Trello
13 15 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
14 13 (0.078%) SPSS
15 12 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
16 10 (0.060%) Chatbot
17 8 (0.048%) Acrobat
17 8 (0.048%) Adobe Captivate
17 8 (0.048%) Adobe Premiere
17 8 (0.048%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 556 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 109 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 77 (0.46%) Primavera
4 50 (0.30%) NEC Housing
5 36 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 29 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 27 (0.16%) Shopify
8 26 (0.16%) NetSuite
8 26 (0.16%) Sage 200
9 21 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
9 21 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 18 (0.11%) iTrent
11 16 (0.096%) Magento
11 16 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
11 16 (0.096%) SAP S/4HANA
12 15 (0.090%) Elite 3E
12 15 (0.090%) Infor SunSystems
13 13 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
13 13 (0.078%) Oracle Receivables
14 12 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6,663 (39.83%) Azure
2 4,893 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2,116 (12.65%) Power Platform
4 1,329 (7.94%) Entra ID
5 1,275 (7.62%) AWS
6 1,185 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
7 771 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
8 668 (3.99%) PowerApps
9 617 (3.69%) Power Automate
10 615 (3.68%) SaaS
11 418 (2.50%) OneDrive
12 374 (2.24%) GCP
13 290 (1.73%) PaaS
14 285 (1.70%) IaaS
15 218 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
16 200 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
17 172 (1.03%) Serverless
18 169 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 141 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
20 133 (0.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1,512 (9.04%) Firewall
2 1,042 (6.23%) DNS
3 881 (5.27%) WAN
4 797 (4.76%) Broadband
5 782 (4.67%) DHCP
6 756 (4.52%) LAN
7 561 (3.35%) VPN
8 525 (3.14%) TCP/IP
9 468 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
10 460 (2.75%) Wireless
11 435 (2.60%) SAN
12 403 (2.41%) Internet
13 355 (2.12%) Network Security
14 324 (1.94%) VLAN
15 289 (1.73%) VoIP
16 247 (1.48%) SD-WAN
17 221 (1.32%) 5G
18 192 (1.15%) Intranet
19 169 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
19 169 (1.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,447 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 1,370 (8.19%) Power BI
3 428 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 415 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 404 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 306 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 297 (1.78%) MongoDB
8 265 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 246 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 245 (1.46%) Data Lake
11 170 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 130 (0.78%) MySQL
13 129 (0.77%) Tableau
14 116 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
15 111 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
16 100 (0.60%) Big Data
17 94 (0.56%) MS Access
17 94 (0.56%) NoSQL
18 91 (0.54%) Oracle Database
19 71 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 434 (2.59%) Git
2 383 (2.29%) JIRA
3 344 (2.06%) Visual Studio
4 115 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 103 (0.62%) GitLab
6 91 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 73 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 64 (0.38%) Sourcetree
9 59 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 44 (0.26%) Subversion
11 43 (0.26%) NUnit
11 43 (0.26%) Selenium
12 32 (0.19%) Postman
13 31 (0.19%) TeamCity
14 27 (0.16%) Jasmine
14 27 (0.16%) Karma Test Runner
15 24 (0.14%) Moq
16 23 (0.14%) Cucumber
17 20 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
18 17 (0.10%) MSTest
General
1 5,968 (35.67%) Social Skills
2 3,690 (22.06%) Finance
3 2,481 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 1,197 (7.15%) Retail
5 942 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 857 (5.12%) Marketing
7 842 (5.03%) Legal
8 762 (4.55%) Law
9 743 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
10 631 (3.77%) Public Sector
11 582 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
12 484 (2.89%) Manufacturing
13 456 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
14 403 (2.41%) Telecoms
15 359 (2.15%) Banking
16 235 (1.40%) Games
17 224 (1.34%) Advertising
18 212 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
19 196 (1.17%) Local Government
20 161 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2,414 (14.43%) Analyst
2 2,264 (13.53%) Developer
3 2,163 (12.93%) Senior
4 1,486 (8.88%) IT Support
5 1,175 (7.02%) Support Engineer
6 1,057 (6.32%) Architect
7 959 (5.73%) IT Engineer
8 941 (5.62%) .NET Developer
9 903 (5.40%) Lead
10 902 (5.39%) Consultant
11 805 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 665 (3.97%) IT Support Engineer
13 583 (3.48%) Administrator
14 482 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
15 465 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
16 459 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
17 458 (2.74%) IT Analyst
18 449 (2.68%) Support Analyst
19 433 (2.59%) IT Manager
20 431 (2.58%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,968 (11.76%) .NET
2 986 (5.89%) ASP.NET
3 952 (5.69%) .NET Core
4 773 (4.62%) ASP.NET MVC
5 729 (4.36%) AngularJS
6 697 (4.17%) HTML
7 681 (4.07%) .NET Framework
8 629 (3.76%) ASP.NET Web API
9 606 (3.62%) Entity Framework
10 491 (2.93%) React
11 476 (2.85%) CSS
12 357 (2.13%) HTML5
13 322 (1.92%) RESTful
14 292 (1.75%) Vue
15 287 (1.72%) Node.js
16 262 (1.57%) Web Services
17 225 (1.34%) REST
18 210 (1.26%) JSON
19 196 (1.17%) Blazor
20 193 (1.15%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 895 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
2 763 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 686 (4.10%) Driving Licence
4 510 (3.05%) Data Centre
5 377 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 343 (2.05%) Social Media
7 306 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 240 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
9 218 (1.30%) Product Ownership
10 212 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 205 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
12 196 (1.17%) PKI
13 163 (0.97%) Cloud Native
14 158 (0.94%) Replication
15 133 (0.79%) NHS
16 131 (0.78%) Clustering
17 130 (0.78%) Mobile App
18 121 (0.72%) Low-Code
19 120 (0.72%) Smartphone
20 105 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4,478 (26.77%) Windows
2 1,895 (11.33%) Windows Server
3 1,305 (7.80%) Windows 10
4 1,171 (7.00%) Linux
5 448 (2.68%) Android
6 446 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 440 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 318 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 299 (1.79%) Apple iOS
10 295 (1.76%) Ubuntu
11 240 (1.43%) Mac OS
12 220 (1.32%) Windows 7
13 138 (0.82%) Unix
14 132 (0.79%) VMS
15 100 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
16 80 (0.48%) Windows 8
17 72 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 69 (0.41%) CentOS
19 51 (0.30%) Mac OS X
20 34 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,478 (20.79%) Agile
2 3,335 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
3 2,199 (13.14%) Customer Service
4 1,853 (11.08%) ITIL
5 1,574 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
6 1,552 (9.28%) DevOps
7 1,547 (9.25%) Mentoring
8 1,545 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
9 1,336 (7.99%) Project Management
10 1,309 (7.82%) CRM
11 1,073 (6.41%) Decision-Making
12 1,037 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 927 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 923 (5.52%) Roadmaps
15 922 (5.51%) MVC
16 917 (5.48%) Full Stack Development
17 862 (5.15%) Migration
18 821 (4.91%) Microservices
19 813 (4.86%) Analytics
20 812 (4.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2,642 (15.79%) SQL
2 2,072 (12.38%) C#
3 1,400 (8.37%) JavaScript
4 1,185 (7.08%) PowerShell
5 670 (4.00%) Python
6 510 (3.05%) T-SQL
7 464 (2.77%) Bash
8 437 (2.61%) TypeScript
9 246 (1.47%) Java
10 144 (0.86%) C++
11 130 (0.78%) VB
12 121 (0.72%) C
12 121 (0.72%) VB.NET
13 103 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 94 (0.56%) Bicep
15 73 (0.44%) R
16 63 (0.38%) VBA
17 54 (0.32%) Fortran
18 52 (0.31%) Shell Script
19 46 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,768 (16.55%) Degree
2 1,165 (6.96%) Security Cleared
3 1,162 (6.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 685 (4.09%) SC Cleared
5 506 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 504 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 499 (2.98%) ACCA
8 479 (2.86%) CIMA
9 452 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
10 447 (2.67%) Azure Certification
11 341 (2.04%) CCNA
12 287 (1.72%) MCP
13 285 (1.70%) DV Cleared
14 252 (1.51%) MCSE
15 238 (1.42%) CCNP
16 235 (1.40%) Master's Degree
17 230 (1.37%) A+ Certification
18 220 (1.32%) CISSP
19 192 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
20 174 (1.04%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 752 (4.49%) SLA
2 467 (2.79%) GDPR
3 458 (2.74%) QA
4 355 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 273 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 202 (1.21%) Data Quality
7 168 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 141 (0.84%) NIST
9 119 (0.71%) PMO
10 109 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 94 (0.56%) ISO 9001
12 41 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 40 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 37 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 33 (0.20%) GRC
16 30 (0.18%) COBIT
17 29 (0.17%) IFRS
18 26 (0.16%) NCSC
18 26 (0.16%) SOC 2
19 24 (0.14%) GAAP
System Software
1 3,785 (22.62%) Active Directory
2 1,092 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 828 (4.95%) Hyper-V
4 284 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 258 (1.54%) Docker
6 223 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
7 213 (1.27%) vSphere
8 158 (0.94%) XenApp
9 145 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 137 (0.82%) XenDesktop
11 81 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
12 76 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
13 57 (0.34%) Firmware
14 53 (0.32%) Terminal Services
15 45 (0.27%) RACF
16 42 (0.25%) KVM
17 33 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 30 (0.18%) VMware NSX
19 24 (0.14%) VirtualBox
19 24 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1,244 (7.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 595 (3.56%) SCCM
3 361 (2.16%) Terraform
4 354 (2.12%) Kubernetes
5 277 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
6 161 (0.96%) WSUS
7 139 (0.83%) Ansible
8 122 (0.73%) SCOM
9 121 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 100 (0.60%) vCenter Server
11 94 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
12 74 (0.44%) AirWatch
13 53 (0.32%) FortiGate
14 44 (0.26%) Puppet
15 42 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
15 42 (0.25%) NetBackup
16 37 (0.22%) CASB
16 37 (0.22%) Grafana
17 36 (0.22%) Backup Exec
18 35 (0.21%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 1,640 (9.80%) VMware
2 931 (5.56%) Cisco
3 659 (3.94%) Google
4 559 (3.34%) Citrix
5 505 (3.02%) Apple
6 435 (2.60%) Oracle
7 397 (2.37%) Dell
8 368 (2.20%) Veeam
9 338 (2.02%) ServiceNow
10 316 (1.89%) HP
11 287 (1.72%) Adobe
12 282 (1.69%) CyberArk
13 234 (1.40%) SAP
14 219 (1.31%) Meraki
15 211 (1.26%) Tanium
16 181 (1.08%) Databricks
17 168 (1.00%) Salesforce
18 154 (0.92%) Fortinet
19 152 (0.91%) Red Hat
20 137 (0.82%) Sophos