Microsoft Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 3,080 3,545 3,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.76% 22.26% 19.35%
As % of the Vendors category 49.29% 49.07% 48.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,485 1,621 2,174
10th Percentile £24,773 £25,500 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,742 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,249 7,224 7,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.98% 45.36% 39.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,537 3,577 4,168
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,760 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,542 £73,750
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

Microsoft
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West -2 1,631 £45,000 -2.17% 544
Yorkshire +2 1,017 £42,500 -0.02% 325
North East +3 431 £42,500 - 123
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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
1 262 (8.51%) SharePoint
2 260 (8.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 55 (1.79%) IIS
4 18 (0.58%) Confluence
5 15 (0.49%) WordPress
6 12 (0.39%) CMS
7 11 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 10 (0.32%) Apache
9 9 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
10 8 (0.26%) SAS
10 8 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.13%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.065%) Resin
15 1 (0.032%) Documentum
15 1 (0.032%) Moodle
15 1 (0.032%) Site Server
Applications
1 543 (17.63%) Microsoft Office
2 272 (8.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 120 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.42%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.13%) InDesign
8 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.13%) Solid Edge
9 3 (0.097%) Acrobat
10 2 (0.065%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.065%) SPSS
10 2 (0.065%) Stata
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.032%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.032%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.032%) Trello
Business Applications
1 116 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
3 19 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 15 (0.49%) Sage 200
5 13 (0.42%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.42%) iTrent
6 8 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (0.26%) Magento
7 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
9 5 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.16%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.16%) Sage CRM
9 5 (0.16%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.13%) MIS ActiveH
10 4 (0.13%) Shopify
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.065%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1,306 (42.40%) Azure
2 954 (30.97%) Microsoft 365
3 372 (12.08%) Power Platform
4 259 (8.41%) AWS
5 254 (8.25%) Entra ID
6 232 (7.53%) Dynamics 365
7 161 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 122 (3.96%) PowerApps
9 112 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 111 (3.60%) SaaS
11 95 (3.08%) GCP
12 61 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (1.92%) OneDrive
14 46 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
14 46 (1.49%) IaaS
15 43 (1.40%) PaaS
16 34 (1.10%) Google Workspace
17 32 (1.04%) GitHub
18 29 (0.94%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 273 (8.86%) Firewall
2 217 (7.05%) WAN
3 207 (6.72%) DNS
4 184 (5.97%) LAN
5 161 (5.23%) DHCP
6 115 (3.73%) SAN
7 104 (3.38%) VPN
8 103 (3.34%) TCP/IP
9 89 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (2.63%) Internet
11 72 (2.34%) VoIP
12 71 (2.31%) Network Security
13 66 (2.14%) Wireless
14 53 (1.72%) VLAN
15 44 (1.43%) Broadband
16 41 (1.33%) NAS
17 40 (1.30%) SD-WAN
18 34 (1.10%) WLAN
19 29 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
20 20 (0.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 542 (17.60%) SQL Server
2 204 (6.62%) Power BI
3 110 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 108 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
5 99 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 65 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 59 (1.92%) Relational Database
8 46 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 43 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
10 41 (1.33%) Data Lake
11 31 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
12 27 (0.88%) MySQL
13 24 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 22 (0.71%) NoSQL
15 21 (0.68%) MS Access
16 20 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 18 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
18 16 (0.52%) DB2
19 15 (0.49%) DynamoDB
19 15 (0.49%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 102 (3.31%) Git
2 51 (1.66%) JIRA
3 27 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 24 (0.78%) GitLab
5 19 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 16 (0.52%) Jasmine
6 16 (0.52%) Karma Test Runner
7 12 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 10 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.29%) Selenium
9 9 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.26%) JUnit
11 7 (0.23%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.19%) Dreamweaver
12 6 (0.19%) NUnit
12 6 (0.19%) Postman
13 5 (0.16%) InstallShield
13 5 (0.16%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 1,007 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 545 (17.69%) Finance
3 312 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 219 (7.11%) Retail
5 188 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 187 (6.07%) Legal
7 167 (5.42%) Law
8 137 (4.45%) Marketing
9 118 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
10 101 (3.28%) Manufacturing
11 62 (2.01%) Advertising
12 61 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 56 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 53 (1.72%) Banking
15 51 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.56%) Local Government
17 39 (1.27%) Police
18 31 (1.01%) Games
19 30 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
20 18 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 497 (16.14%) Developer
2 425 (13.80%) Analyst
3 290 (9.42%) Senior
4 262 (8.51%) IT Support
5 205 (6.66%) .NET Developer
6 198 (6.43%) Lead
7 180 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 180 (5.84%) IT Engineer
7 180 (5.84%) Support Engineer
8 175 (5.68%) Architect
9 165 (5.36%) Consultant
10 137 (4.45%) IT Manager
11 135 (4.38%) Service Analyst
12 126 (4.09%) Service Desk Analyst
13 106 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
14 95 (3.08%) C# Developer
15 94 (3.05%) Administrator
16 92 (2.99%) IT Analyst
17 89 (2.89%) 2nd Line Support
17 89 (2.89%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 375 (12.18%) .NET
2 220 (7.14%) ASP.NET
3 209 (6.79%) .NET Core
4 171 (5.55%) ASP.NET MVC
5 165 (5.36%) HTML
6 149 (4.84%) AngularJS
7 141 (4.58%) ASP.NET Web API
8 139 (4.51%) Entity Framework
9 121 (3.93%) .NET Framework
10 100 (3.25%) CSS
11 98 (3.18%) HTML5
12 77 (2.50%) React
13 67 (2.18%) RESTful
14 56 (1.82%) Web Services
15 55 (1.79%) Node.js
16 54 (1.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 51 (1.66%) Blazor
18 49 (1.59%) REST
19 48 (1.56%) JSON
20 47 (1.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 146 (4.74%) Driving Licence
1 146 (4.74%) Management Information System
2 106 (3.44%) Data Centre
3 101 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 79 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 69 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
6 54 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 39 (1.27%) PKI
8 37 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.17%) Product Ownership
9 36 (1.17%) Smartphone
10 32 (1.04%) Cloud Native
11 31 (1.01%) PMI
12 30 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
12 30 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 29 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
13 29 (0.94%) NHS
14 28 (0.91%) Clustering
14 28 (0.91%) Mobile App
15 26 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 765 (24.84%) Windows
2 337 (10.94%) Windows Server
3 202 (6.56%) Windows 10
4 135 (4.38%) Linux
5 78 (2.53%) Android
6 72 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 56 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 45 (1.46%) Apple iOS
10 39 (1.27%) VMS
11 30 (0.97%) Windows 7
12 29 (0.94%) Mac OS
13 24 (0.78%) Unix
14 20 (0.65%) Windows Vista
15 12 (0.39%) Windows 8
15 12 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 9 (0.29%) Windows Phone
18 8 (0.26%) Solaris
19 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 570 (18.51%) Agile
3 460 (14.94%) Customer Service
4 398 (12.92%) ITIL
5 289 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
6 283 (9.19%) DevOps
7 262 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
8 261 (8.47%) CRM
9 255 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 234 (7.60%) Project Management
11 232 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 232 (7.53%) Migration
12 226 (7.34%) Roadmaps
13 211 (6.85%) Mentoring
14 202 (6.56%) Full Stack Development
15 199 (6.46%) ERP
16 195 (6.33%) Microservices
17 189 (6.14%) MVC
18 188 (6.10%) Coaching
19 171 (5.55%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 577 (18.73%) SQL
2 403 (13.08%) C#
3 296 (9.61%) JavaScript
4 220 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 124 (4.03%) T-SQL
6 84 (2.73%) TypeScript
7 74 (2.40%) Python
8 33 (1.07%) VB.NET
9 31 (1.01%) VB
10 26 (0.84%) Bash
11 18 (0.58%) R
12 16 (0.52%) VB6
13 14 (0.45%) PHP
14 13 (0.42%) VBScript
15 11 (0.36%) Delphi
15 11 (0.36%) Java
15 11 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.32%) Go
16 10 (0.32%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 406 (13.18%) Degree
2 259 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 110 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 109 (3.54%) Azure Certification
5 89 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 84 (2.73%) DBS Check
7 71 (2.31%) CCNA
8 60 (1.95%) SC Cleared
9 57 (1.85%) PMI Certification
10 52 (1.69%) MCP
11 49 (1.59%) CCNP
11 49 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 42 (1.36%) A+ Certification
13 30 (0.97%) CISSP
14 29 (0.94%) PMP
15 28 (0.91%) MCSE
16 25 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
17 23 (0.75%) AWS Certification
18 21 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 21 (0.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (4.94%) SLA
2 88 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (2.63%) GDPR
4 69 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 58 (1.88%) QA
6 33 (1.07%) NIST
7 29 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 29 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 27 (0.88%) PCI DSS
9 22 (0.71%) PMO
10 17 (0.55%) ISO 9001
11 13 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.26%) GRC
14 7 (0.23%) COSHH
14 7 (0.23%) ISO 14001
14 7 (0.23%) NEBOSH
14 7 (0.23%) PSD2
15 5 (0.16%) COBIT
15 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 744 (24.16%) Active Directory
2 180 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 176 (5.71%) Hyper-V
4 63 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (0.94%) vSphere
7 28 (0.91%) Docker
8 25 (0.81%) Terminal Services
9 24 (0.78%) RACF
10 17 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 14 (0.45%) VMware Server
12 10 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.23%) KVM
14 6 (0.19%) XenApp
14 6 (0.19%) XenDesktop
15 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.097%) Firmware
16 3 (0.097%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.097%) VMware NSX
17 2 (0.065%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 240 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (2.40%) SCCM
3 70 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 57 (1.85%) Terraform
5 27 (0.88%) WSUS
6 26 (0.84%) SCOM
7 24 (0.78%) vCenter Server
8 23 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
10 18 (0.58%) Ansible
10 18 (0.58%) Autotask
11 16 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (0.45%) ZABBIX
13 12 (0.39%) CA Single Sign-On
13 12 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 12 (0.39%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.39%) VxRail
14 10 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 10 (0.32%) Stealthwatch
15 9 (0.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 332 (10.78%) VMware
2 198 (6.43%) Google
3 158 (5.13%) Cisco
4 117 (3.80%) Apple
5 98 (3.18%) Citrix
6 81 (2.63%) Oracle
7 78 (2.53%) SAP
8 65 (2.11%) Adobe
8 65 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 61 (1.98%) Dell
10 57 (1.85%) Veeam
11 43 (1.40%) SolarWinds
12 42 (1.36%) Facebook
12 42 (1.36%) HP
13 40 (1.30%) Fortinet
14 36 (1.17%) CyberArk
14 36 (1.17%) Sophos
15 34 (1.10%) NetApp
16 32 (1.04%) Datto
17 29 (0.94%) Meraki