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 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 3 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,425 1,126 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.42% 20.11% 18.57%
As % of the Vendors category 52.70% 46.64% 47.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 765 785
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,989
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -8.50% -
75th Percentile £58,194 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,625 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.64% -3.68% +5.56%

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 2,704 2,414 2,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.85% 43.11% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,762 1,446 1,730
10th Percentile £28,025 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £50,000 £50,845
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% -1.66% -3.15%
75th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,500
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 9 June 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 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
Berkshire +1 628 £48,925 +5.56% 135
Buckinghamshire -1 408 £42,500 +21.43% 99
Oxfordshire +2 389 £43,239 -21.38% 88
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
1 177 (12.42%) SharePoint
2 166 (11.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (2.60%) IIS
4 33 (2.32%) CMS
5 26 (1.82%) Kentico
6 24 (1.68%) Headless CMS
7 20 (1.40%) Sitecore CMS
8 19 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 19 (1.33%) Umbraco
9 13 (0.91%) Confluence
10 7 (0.49%) WordPress
11 6 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
12 5 (0.35%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
14 1 (0.070%) Alfresco
14 1 (0.070%) Apache
14 1 (0.070%) Documentum
14 1 (0.070%) FileNet
14 1 (0.070%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 276 (19.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 275 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (1.47%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.21%) Revit
8 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.070%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 66 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.63%) Primavera
4 7 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.35%) ResourceLink
5 5 (0.35%) Sage X3
6 3 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.070%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 500 (35.09%) Azure
2 446 (31.30%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (11.72%) Power Platform
4 92 (6.46%) Dynamics 365
5 89 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 81 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
7 74 (5.19%) OneDrive
8 57 (4.00%) Power Automate
8 57 (4.00%) PowerApps
9 48 (3.37%) AWS
10 46 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
11 42 (2.95%) SaaS
12 23 (1.61%) Azure Storage
13 21 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (1.47%) Kontent
14 20 (1.40%) Google Workspace
15 16 (1.12%) PaaS
16 12 (0.84%) GCP
16 12 (0.84%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 172 (12.07%) Firewall
2 123 (8.63%) DNS
3 86 (6.04%) DHCP
4 49 (3.44%) Broadband
5 44 (3.09%) WAN
6 41 (2.88%) VPN
7 36 (2.53%) TCP/IP
7 36 (2.53%) Wireless
8 34 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (2.18%) VLAN
10 26 (1.82%) LAN
11 24 (1.68%) Internet
12 23 (1.61%) SAN
12 23 (1.61%) SD-WAN
13 22 (1.54%) VoIP
14 21 (1.47%) Network Security
15 19 (1.33%) Intranet
16 18 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (1.12%) SSL
18 15 (1.05%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (12.49%) SQL Server
2 100 (7.02%) Power BI
3 25 (1.75%) Data Lake
3 25 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
3 25 (1.75%) Relational Database
4 20 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 20 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (1.19%) MongoDB
7 16 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.77%) Power Query
9 10 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (0.70%) Tableau
10 8 (0.56%) MySQL
11 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.35%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.35%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 41 (2.88%) Visual Studio
2 31 (2.18%) JIRA
3 25 (1.75%) Git
4 21 (1.47%) GitLab
5 18 (1.26%) NUnit
6 13 (0.91%) Jenkins
7 8 (0.56%) Selenium
8 7 (0.49%) AdminStudio
8 7 (0.49%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.49%) InstallShield
8 7 (0.49%) MSI
9 6 (0.42%) MSTest
10 5 (0.35%) Bugzilla
10 5 (0.35%) PowerBuilder
10 5 (0.35%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.21%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.14%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 500 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 277 (19.44%) Finance
3 236 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (10.32%) Retail
5 123 (8.63%) Marketing
6 78 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
7 77 (5.40%) Legal
8 65 (4.56%) Law
9 54 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (3.02%) Manufacturing
11 37 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 31 (2.18%) Public Sector
14 28 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.26%) Back Office
17 16 (1.12%) Automotive
18 13 (0.91%) Games
19 12 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 186 (13.05%) Analyst
2 180 (12.63%) Senior
3 160 (11.23%) Developer
4 137 (9.61%) IT Support
5 120 (8.42%) Support Engineer
6 99 (6.95%) Consultant
6 99 (6.95%) IT Engineer
7 91 (6.39%) Architect
8 90 (6.32%) .NET Developer
9 81 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
10 78 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 72 (5.05%) Development Manager
12 71 (4.98%) Lead
13 61 (4.28%) C# Developer
14 53 (3.72%) IT Analyst
15 51 (3.58%) C# .NET Developer
16 49 (3.44%) 3rd Line Support
17 44 (3.09%) Support Analyst
17 44 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
18 41 (2.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (11.79%) .NET
2 82 (5.75%) ASP.NET
3 81 (5.68%) .NET Core
4 79 (5.54%) .NET Framework
5 64 (4.49%) React
6 58 (4.07%) ASP.NET MVC
7 41 (2.88%) AngularJS
8 40 (2.81%) Entity Framework
9 33 (2.32%) ASP.NET Web API
10 29 (2.04%) Web Services
11 24 (1.68%) Next.js
11 24 (1.68%) Vue
12 23 (1.61%) RESTful
13 19 (1.33%) ARM Templates
14 18 (1.26%) Node.js
15 17 (1.19%) CSS
15 17 (1.19%) HTML
16 13 (0.91%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 12 (0.84%) LINQ
18 11 (0.77%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
2 66 (4.63%) Data Centre
3 47 (3.30%) Driving Licence
4 39 (2.74%) PKI
5 38 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.46%) Algorithms
7 32 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.68%) Replication
9 21 (1.47%) Life Science
10 19 (1.33%) Smartphone
11 18 (1.26%) Client/Server
12 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.12%) Biopharmaceutical
13 16 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
14 14 (0.98%) Educational Technology
14 14 (0.98%) Social Media
15 13 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.91%) Product Ownership
15 13 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 366 (25.68%) Windows
2 170 (11.93%) Windows Server
3 161 (11.30%) Windows 10
4 127 (8.91%) Linux
5 80 (5.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 80 (5.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 61 (4.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 45 (3.16%) Android
8 42 (2.95%) Windows 7
9 36 (2.53%) Apple iOS
10 32 (2.25%) Unix
11 17 (1.19%) Mac OS
12 16 (1.12%) Windows XP
13 12 (0.84%) Windows NT
14 11 (0.77%) Mac OS X
15 8 (0.56%) CentOS
15 8 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.56%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.56%) VMS
16 7 (0.49%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (23.37%) Agile
2 314 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
3 224 (15.72%) Customer Service
4 179 (12.56%) ITIL
5 162 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
6 161 (11.30%) DevOps
7 137 (9.61%) Project Management
8 125 (8.77%) CRM
9 118 (8.28%) Logistics
10 110 (7.72%) Analytics
11 106 (7.44%) Business Intelligence
12 105 (7.37%) Business Development
13 100 (7.02%) Data Management
13 100 (7.02%) Decision-Making
13 100 (7.02%) Mentoring
14 98 (6.88%) Presales
15 97 (6.81%) Customer Requirements
16 91 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 90 (6.32%) Service Management
18 89 (6.25%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 212 (14.88%) C#
2 204 (14.32%) SQL
3 111 (7.79%) JavaScript
4 92 (6.46%) PowerShell
5 90 (6.32%) Python
6 54 (3.79%) Fortran
7 46 (3.23%) Bash
8 44 (3.09%) C++
9 38 (2.67%) TypeScript
10 33 (2.32%) T-SQL
11 32 (2.25%) VB
12 26 (1.82%) C
13 25 (1.75%) VBScript
14 18 (1.26%) Bicep
15 16 (1.12%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.98%) Java
17 12 (0.84%) Perl
18 11 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.70%) PL/SQL
20 6 (0.42%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 355 (24.91%) Degree
2 273 (19.16%) Security Cleared
3 131 (9.19%) SC Cleared
4 126 (8.84%) DV Cleared
5 77 (5.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 54 (3.79%) DBS Check
7 52 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (2.95%) Master's Degree
9 41 (2.88%) ACCA
9 41 (2.88%) CCNA
9 41 (2.88%) CIMA
10 40 (2.81%) MCP
11 33 (2.32%) Azure Certification
12 30 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 30 (2.11%) PhD
13 29 (2.04%) CCNP
13 29 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
14 26 (1.82%) CISSP
15 24 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 23 (1.61%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.84%) SLA
2 40 (2.81%) GDPR
3 28 (1.96%) QA
4 25 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
7 12 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (0.84%) NIST
8 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.28%) PMO
13 3 (0.21%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.070%) COSHH
14 1 (0.070%) GAAP
14 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.070%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 354 (24.84%) Active Directory
2 110 (7.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (5.68%) Hyper-V
4 25 (1.75%) Firmware
5 23 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 23 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.12%) Docker
7 15 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (0.91%) vSphere
9 11 (0.77%) KVM
10 7 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 4 (0.28%) XenApp
13 3 (0.21%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.070%) NFS
14 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 121 (8.49%) SCCM
2 104 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 52 (3.65%) WSUS
4 46 (3.23%) SCOM
5 34 (2.39%) Kubernetes
6 31 (2.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (1.40%) NetBackup
8 17 (1.19%) vCenter Server
9 15 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (0.84%) Sysprep
10 12 (0.84%) Terraform
11 11 (0.77%) Stealthwatch
12 7 (0.49%) Ansible
13 5 (0.35%) CASB
13 5 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
13 5 (0.35%) Puppet
13 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 5 (0.35%) Suricata
14 4 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.28%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 159 (11.16%) VMware
2 74 (5.19%) Cisco
3 72 (5.05%) Citrix
4 71 (4.98%) Apple
5 62 (4.35%) Adobe
6 59 (4.14%) Veeam
7 46 (3.23%) HP
8 39 (2.74%) Google
9 38 (2.67%) Dell
10 29 (2.04%) Oracle
11 23 (1.61%) Juniper
11 23 (1.61%) Palo Alto
12 22 (1.54%) Meraki
13 21 (1.47%) ServiceNow
14 20 (1.40%) Sitecore
15 19 (1.33%) Optimizely
16 18 (1.26%) EMC
16 18 (1.26%) Salesforce
17 17 (1.19%) SAP
18 15 (1.05%) Sage