Microsoft Jobs in Manchester

Microsoft
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 6 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 844 1,043 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.37% 23.08% 17.64%
As % of the Vendors category 43.26% 50.24% 50.84%
Number of salaries quoted 663 468 597
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,786 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +15.08% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,759 £80,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +5.68% -2.22%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,951 2,076 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.21% 45.94% 34.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 1,139 1,219
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,111 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £78,900
North West median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Manchester

Microsoft
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Manchester 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
Bolton -2 36 £55,000 +18.92% 9
Oldham +1 26 £40,000 +0.09% 3
Bury +2 18 £40,000 - 4
Salford -16 12 £73,750 +58.60% 13
Stockport -18 10 £42,500 +25.93% 15
Rochdale -1 9 - - 2
Heywood -1 8 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 6 £37,500 - 2
Cheadle -5 5 £43,865 +99.39% 2
Sale - 3 £25,000 - 2
Wigan +4 1 - - 5
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 70 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.67%) IIS
4 8 (0.95%) Apache
4 8 (0.95%) CMS
4 8 (0.95%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.47%) Confluence
6 4 (0.47%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Site Server
Applications
1 152 (18.01%) Microsoft Office
2 95 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 60 (7.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.59%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 51 (6.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 13 (1.54%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (1.54%) iTrent
4 8 (0.95%) NEC Housing
5 6 (0.71%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.47%) MIS ActiveH
8 2 (0.24%) Shopify
9 1 (0.12%) BPCS
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 351 (41.59%) Azure
2 225 (26.66%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (13.86%) Power Platform
4 94 (11.14%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (10.07%) AWS
6 58 (6.87%) Entra ID
7 54 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (4.27%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.15%) Power Automate
10 31 (3.67%) GCP
11 24 (2.84%) SaaS
12 22 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 19 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (2.13%) GitHub
15 17 (2.01%) PaaS
16 16 (1.90%) IaaS
17 13 (1.54%) Amazon S3
18 12 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
19 11 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
19 11 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 67 (7.94%) Firewall
2 54 (6.40%) WAN
3 42 (4.98%) DNS
4 30 (3.55%) SD-WAN
5 28 (3.32%) LAN
6 27 (3.20%) DHCP
6 27 (3.20%) SAN
7 26 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (2.73%) Wireless
9 19 (2.25%) Network Security
10 18 (2.13%) Internet
10 18 (2.13%) VoIP
11 14 (1.66%) TCP/IP
12 13 (1.54%) VPN
13 12 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (1.42%) iSCSI
13 12 (1.42%) NAS
14 10 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (0.95%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (18.36%) SQL Server
2 54 (6.40%) Power BI
3 29 (3.44%) MongoDB
4 26 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (2.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.90%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (1.54%) Oracle Database
10 11 (1.30%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 9 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.95%) Big Data
13 6 (0.71%) Data Vault
13 6 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.71%) Star Schema
14 3 (0.36%) DB2
Development Applications
1 38 (4.50%) Git
2 12 (1.42%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.18%) JIRA
4 6 (0.71%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.59%) GitLab
5 5 (0.59%) NUnit
6 4 (0.47%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (0.47%) MSTest
7 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
8 1 (0.12%) Selenium
8 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 250 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 212 (25.12%) Finance
3 105 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.89%) Retail
5 50 (5.92%) Legal
6 39 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 29 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (3.32%) Law
9 24 (2.84%) Marketing
10 23 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 22 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.25%) Local Government
13 17 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 16 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.30%) Banking
15 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.95%) Police
17 7 (0.83%) Back Office
18 6 (0.71%) Billing
18 6 (0.71%) Games
Job Titles
1 141 (16.71%) Developer
2 100 (11.85%) Senior
3 76 (9.00%) Consultant
4 75 (8.89%) Analyst
5 67 (7.94%) .NET Developer
6 66 (7.82%) Architect
7 65 (7.70%) Lead
8 56 (6.64%) IT Support
9 46 (5.45%) Business Manager
9 46 (5.45%) Development Manager
10 44 (5.21%) Business Development Manager
11 41 (4.86%) C# Developer
12 37 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
12 37 (4.38%) IT Engineer
13 35 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 33 (3.91%) Administrator
15 32 (3.79%) C# .NET Developer
16 31 (3.67%) Data Engineer
17 30 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
17 30 (3.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (13.03%) .NET
2 67 (7.94%) ASP.NET
3 65 (7.70%) .NET Core
4 52 (6.16%) AngularJS
4 52 (6.16%) ASP.NET MVC
5 47 (5.57%) ASP.NET Web API
6 42 (4.98%) .NET Framework
7 40 (4.74%) Entity Framework
7 40 (4.74%) HTML
8 30 (3.55%) React
9 25 (2.96%) Node.js
10 24 (2.84%) CSS
11 22 (2.61%) Vue
12 20 (2.37%) HTML5
13 19 (2.25%) Web Services
14 16 (1.90%) RESTful
15 15 (1.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 14 (1.66%) REST
17 13 (1.54%) LINQ
18 7 (0.83%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.23%) Data Centre
2 33 (3.91%) Public Cloud
3 32 (3.79%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.73%) PMI
6 19 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.01%) EPoS
8 14 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.30%) Blog
9 11 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.30%) FMCG
9 11 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.30%) PKI
10 10 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.18%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.07%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.95%) Mobile App
12 8 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 171 (20.26%) Windows
2 83 (9.83%) Windows Server
3 54 (6.40%) Linux
4 51 (6.04%) Windows 10
5 24 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 21 (2.49%) Windows Vista
7 20 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 19 (2.25%) Android
9 17 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (1.18%) Unix
11 9 (1.07%) VMS
12 8 (0.95%) Solaris
13 6 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (18.25%) Agile
3 109 (12.91%) Customer Service
4 98 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
5 94 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
5 94 (11.14%) DevOps
6 85 (10.07%) Project Management
7 79 (9.36%) CRM
8 78 (9.24%) Decision-Making
9 77 (9.12%) ITIL
10 70 (8.29%) Migration
11 69 (8.18%) Microservices
12 67 (7.94%) Full Stack Development
13 63 (7.46%) Presales
14 62 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (6.99%) MVC
16 58 (6.87%) Analytics
16 58 (6.87%) Business Development
17 57 (6.75%) CI/CD
18 55 (6.52%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 129 (15.28%) C#
2 107 (12.68%) SQL
3 82 (9.72%) JavaScript
4 54 (6.40%) PowerShell
5 39 (4.62%) TypeScript
6 25 (2.96%) T-SQL
7 21 (2.49%) Python
8 11 (1.30%) Delphi
9 9 (1.07%) Go
10 8 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.83%) Bash
12 6 (0.71%) Bicep
13 5 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.59%) VB
14 4 (0.47%) Java
14 4 (0.47%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.47%) VB6
15 1 (0.12%) C++
15 1 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 137 (16.23%) Degree
2 63 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (4.50%) CCNA
5 30 (3.55%) PMI Certification
6 29 (3.44%) Security Cleared
7 28 (3.32%) Azure Certification
8 27 (3.20%) CCNP
9 18 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 18 (2.13%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.78%) SC Cleared
11 13 (1.54%) MCP
12 10 (1.18%) ACCA
12 10 (1.18%) CIMA
13 9 (1.07%) CISSP
14 8 (0.95%) CISM
14 8 (0.95%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.95%) PMP
15 6 (0.71%) MCSA
15 6 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.32%) SLA
2 23 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.13%) QA
4 17 (2.01%) GDPR
5 15 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.66%) NIST
7 13 (1.54%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.47%) GRC
10 3 (0.36%) PMO
11 2 (0.24%) GMP
11 2 (0.24%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) GxP
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (15.76%) Active Directory
2 52 (6.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (4.03%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.07%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.59%) vSphere
7 4 (0.47%) RACF
7 4 (0.47%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.36%) Docker
8 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
10 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (3.55%) Terraform
3 28 (3.32%) Kubernetes
4 18 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (1.66%) SCCM
6 12 (1.42%) Opsgenie
6 12 (1.42%) VxRail
6 12 (1.42%) ZABBIX
7 11 (1.30%) Stealthwatch
8 5 (0.59%) Ansible
8 5 (0.59%) Autotask
8 5 (0.59%) CASB
8 5 (0.59%) WSUS
9 4 (0.47%) Grafana
9 4 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) CA Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) SELinux
10 3 (0.36%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.24%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 70 (8.29%) VMware
2 63 (7.46%) Apple
3 56 (6.64%) Cisco
4 53 (6.28%) Adobe
5 34 (4.03%) Google
6 30 (3.55%) Dell
7 29 (3.44%) Citrix
8 28 (3.32%) SAP
9 25 (2.96%) Meraki
10 23 (2.73%) Oracle
11 19 (2.25%) Fortinet
12 17 (2.01%) Facebook
12 17 (2.01%) HP
12 17 (2.01%) NetApp
13 16 (1.90%) Veeam
14 14 (1.66%) Databricks
14 14 (1.66%) Infor
14 14 (1.66%) SolarWinds
15 11 (1.30%) Sage
15 11 (1.30%) Samsung