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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,622 1,249 1,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.31% 18.69% 17.59%
As % of the Vendors category 54.89% 50.38% 45.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,353 712 890
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,932 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,958 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -5.88% +0.64%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £53,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £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 2,955 2,479 3,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.53% 37.10% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,446 1,941
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £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 18 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 18 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 -4 371 £52,500 +16.67% 141
Gloucestershire +12 360 £36,625 -1.01% 67
Wiltshire -1 274 £49,500 +10.00% 77
Dorset +2 206 £40,000 -3.66% 34
Devon -1 204 £45,000 +38.46% 68
Somerset +1 148 £38,000 +5.56% 77
Cornwall -3 36 £40,000 - 14
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
1 156 (9.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (9.37%) SharePoint
3 106 (6.54%) Confluence
4 28 (1.73%) CMS
5 26 (1.60%) IIS
6 22 (1.36%) Umbraco
7 20 (1.23%) Kentico
8 17 (1.05%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.05%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.62%) Apache
11 8 (0.49%) SAS
12 7 (0.43%) 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 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 259 (15.97%) Microsoft Office
2 102 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.74%) 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 32 (1.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.49%) 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
Cloud Services
1 605 (37.30%) Azure
2 476 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
3 193 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 139 (8.57%) AWS
5 109 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (5.55%) Entra ID
7 74 (4.56%) Dynamics 365
8 69 (4.25%) Power Automate
9 67 (4.13%) GCP
9 67 (4.13%) PowerApps
10 53 (3.27%) SaaS
11 48 (2.96%) OneDrive
12 34 (2.10%) IaaS
12 34 (2.10%) PaaS
13 20 (1.23%) Kontent
14 16 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (0.80%) GitHub
15 13 (0.80%) Nutanix
15 13 (0.80%) OCI
16 10 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.29%) Firewall
2 81 (4.99%) LAN
3 72 (4.44%) WAN
4 62 (3.82%) DNS
5 49 (3.02%) DHCP
5 49 (3.02%) SAN
6 45 (2.77%) TCP/IP
7 41 (2.53%) VPN
8 37 (2.28%) Wireless
9 31 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
9 31 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (1.66%) Internet
11 22 (1.36%) VoIP
12 21 (1.29%) VLAN
13 17 (1.05%) Broadband
13 17 (1.05%) Network Security
14 13 (0.80%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.74%) WLAN
16 10 (0.62%) NAS
16 10 (0.62%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 113 (6.97%) Power BI
3 53 (3.27%) MongoDB
4 38 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 29 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (1.48%) MySQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.92%) Tableau
11 14 (0.86%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.74%) GIS
13 11 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
16 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
16 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
16 7 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 119 (7.34%) JIRA
2 113 (6.97%) Visual Studio
3 109 (6.72%) Git
4 88 (5.43%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.64%) Sourcetree
6 15 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (0.86%) Subversion
8 13 (0.80%) Selenium
9 10 (0.62%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.37%) Postman
13 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.25%) Toad
14 3 (0.18%) Moq
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) xUnit.net
15 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
15 2 (0.12%) Robot Framework
15 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 526 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 277 (17.08%) Finance
3 133 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
6 94 (5.80%) Games
7 88 (5.43%) Law
8 80 (4.93%) Marketing
9 71 (4.38%) Retail
10 66 (4.07%) Banking
11 63 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
12 61 (3.76%) Telecoms
13 51 (3.14%) Public Sector
14 50 (3.08%) Legal
15 46 (2.84%) Investment Banking
16 44 (2.71%) Fire and Rescue
17 37 (2.28%) Manufacturing
18 31 (1.91%) Aerospace
19 26 (1.60%) Military
20 19 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 328 (20.22%) Developer
2 232 (14.30%) Senior
3 150 (9.25%) Analyst
4 145 (8.94%) Support Engineer
5 126 (7.77%) IT Support
6 110 (6.78%) Architect
7 106 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 105 (6.47%) IT Engineer
9 99 (6.10%) .NET Developer
10 93 (5.73%) Consultant
11 90 (5.55%) Senior Developer
12 89 (5.49%) Administrator
13 79 (4.87%) 3D Developer
13 79 (4.87%) Games Developer
13 79 (4.87%) Lead
13 79 (4.87%) Unity 3D Developer
14 73 (4.50%) Solutions Architect
15 64 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
16 57 (3.51%) Applications Developer
17 56 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (13.63%) .NET
2 107 (6.60%) ASP.NET
3 91 (5.61%) .NET Core
4 84 (5.18%) ASP.NET MVC
5 79 (4.87%) .NET Framework
5 79 (4.87%) AngularJS
5 79 (4.87%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 76 (4.69%) React
7 74 (4.56%) CSS
8 71 (4.38%) HTML
9 52 (3.21%) Entity Framework
10 48 (2.96%) Vue
11 46 (2.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 32 (1.97%) REST
13 30 (1.85%) jQuery
14 27 (1.66%) Blazor
15 22 (1.36%) RESTful
16 19 (1.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 18 (1.11%) HTML5
18 17 (1.05%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 107 (6.60%) Driving Licence
2 85 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 81 (4.99%) Virtual Reality
4 76 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.10%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 18 (1.11%) Clustering
11 17 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.92%) Smartphone
14 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.86%) iPhone
15 13 (0.80%) PKI
16 12 (0.74%) Fat Client
16 12 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
16 12 (0.74%) Thin Client
17 11 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 494 (30.46%) Windows
2 180 (11.10%) Windows Server
3 158 (9.74%) Windows 10
4 127 (7.83%) Linux
5 80 (4.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 72 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 67 (4.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (2.77%) Mac OS
9 34 (2.10%) CentOS
10 33 (2.03%) Apple iOS
10 33 (2.03%) Windows 7
11 27 (1.66%) Android
12 17 (1.05%) AIX
13 16 (0.99%) VMS
14 14 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 6 (0.37%) Unix
17 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
18 3 (0.18%) Solaris
19 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
2 246 (15.17%) Agile
3 227 (14.00%) Customer Service
4 218 (13.44%) DevOps
5 202 (12.45%) ITIL
6 151 (9.31%) Mentoring
6 151 (9.31%) Scrum
7 149 (9.19%) Software Engineering
8 131 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
9 122 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 120 (7.40%) User Experience
11 116 (7.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 114 (7.03%) Project Delivery
13 113 (6.97%) Design Patterns
14 110 (6.78%) UML
15 109 (6.72%) MVC
15 109 (6.72%) Service Delivery
16 101 (6.23%) Full Stack Development
17 98 (6.04%) Roadmaps
18 95 (5.86%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 265 (16.34%) C#
2 248 (15.29%) SQL
3 165 (10.17%) PowerShell
4 147 (9.06%) JavaScript
5 83 (5.12%) Python
6 82 (5.06%) Java
7 48 (2.96%) Bash
8 44 (2.71%) TypeScript
9 43 (2.65%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.86%) PHP
11 11 (0.68%) C++
11 11 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.49%) C
13 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.37%) R
15 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.31%) VBA
16 3 (0.18%) Ruby
16 3 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 342 (21.09%) Security Cleared
2 330 (20.35%) Degree
3 263 (16.21%) SC Cleared
4 124 (7.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 105 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 98 (6.04%) DV Cleared
7 64 (3.95%) DBS Check
8 39 (2.40%) A+ Certification
9 33 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (1.85%) MCP
12 25 (1.54%) MCSE
13 24 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
14 21 (1.29%) HNC
15 17 (1.05%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.86%) PMP
17 13 (0.80%) CISSP
17 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
17 13 (0.80%) MCITP
18 11 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.76%) QA
2 60 (3.70%) SLA
3 50 (3.08%) GDPR
4 21 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.68%) NIST
8 10 (0.62%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 1
10 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.12%) PMO
13 1 (0.062%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.062%) GAMP
13 1 (0.062%) GMP
13 1 (0.062%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.062%) NIST 800
System Software
1 376 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 141 (8.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (5.67%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (1.54%) XenApp
6 24 (1.48%) Docker
6 24 (1.48%) vSphere
7 19 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.17%) XenDesktop
8 9 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
13 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.062%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.062%) RACF
Systems Management
1 102 (6.29%) SCCM
2 91 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.11%) Nagios
5 15 (0.92%) Backup Exec
6 14 (0.86%) WSUS
7 13 (0.80%) Ansible
7 13 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 12 (0.74%) CASB
8 12 (0.74%) NetBackup
9 9 (0.55%) Terraform
10 7 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.43%) 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 (11.90%) VMware
2 102 (6.29%) Oracle
3 72 (4.44%) Google
4 52 (3.21%) Cisco
4 52 (3.21%) Citrix
5 45 (2.77%) HP
5 45 (2.77%) Red Hat
6 32 (1.97%) Sparx
7 31 (1.91%) Veeam
8 30 (1.85%) Apple
9 28 (1.73%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 26 (1.60%) Dell
12 23 (1.42%) IBM
13 21 (1.29%) SolarWinds
14 18 (1.11%) Symantec
15 17 (1.05%) Optimizely
15 17 (1.05%) Sitecore
16 15 (0.92%) Meraki
16 15 (0.92%) Veritas