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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,631 1,250 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.12% 18.57% 17.45%
As % of the Vendors category 55.14% 50.14% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 707 891
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -5.88% +1.80%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £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 2,958 2,493 3,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.06% 37.03% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,205 1,435 1,948
10th Percentile £27,403 £28,600 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,918 £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 23 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 23 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 -2 378 £51,500 +8.42% 135
Gloucestershire +12 361 £36,625 -2.33% 73
Wiltshire -1 271 £50,000 +11.11% 91
Dorset +3 210 £40,000 -2.32% 33
Devon 0 204 £45,000 +38.46% 67
Somerset +2 146 £38,000 +1.33% 78
Cornwall -4 38 £40,000 - 13
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
1 159 (9.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 151 (9.26%) SharePoint
3 103 (6.32%) Confluence
4 28 (1.72%) CMS
5 25 (1.53%) IIS
6 22 (1.35%) Umbraco
7 20 (1.23%) Kentico
8 17 (1.04%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
9 15 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
10 10 (0.61%) 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%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.31%) Moodle
15 4 (0.25%) Site Server
16 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 260 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 101 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.061%) 1Password
8 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.061%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 31 (1.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 19 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.43%) 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 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 609 (37.34%) Azure
2 476 (29.18%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (11.89%) Power Platform
4 140 (8.58%) AWS
5 104 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
6 95 (5.82%) Entra ID
7 76 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
8 70 (4.29%) Power Automate
8 70 (4.29%) PowerApps
9 67 (4.11%) GCP
10 52 (3.19%) SaaS
11 49 (3.00%) OneDrive
12 34 (2.08%) IaaS
13 33 (2.02%) PaaS
14 20 (1.23%) Kontent
15 16 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (0.80%) GitHub
16 13 (0.80%) Nutanix
16 13 (0.80%) OCI
17 10 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 105 (6.44%) Firewall
2 81 (4.97%) LAN
3 71 (4.35%) WAN
4 64 (3.92%) DNS
5 51 (3.13%) DHCP
5 51 (3.13%) SAN
6 48 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 44 (2.70%) VPN
8 38 (2.33%) Wireless
9 32 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
10 31 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (1.72%) Internet
12 23 (1.41%) VLAN
13 21 (1.29%) VoIP
14 17 (1.04%) Broadband
14 17 (1.04%) Network Security
15 12 (0.74%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.74%) WLAN
16 10 (0.61%) NAS
16 10 (0.61%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (13.30%) SQL Server
2 113 (6.93%) Power BI
3 56 (3.43%) MongoDB
4 37 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 25 (1.53%) MySQL
8 20 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.92%) Tableau
11 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.61%) GIS
13 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.55%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.43%) Data Mining
15 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
15 7 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 117 (7.17%) JIRA
2 109 (6.68%) Visual Studio
3 107 (6.56%) Git
4 86 (5.27%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.62%) Sourcetree
6 14 (0.86%) Subversion
7 13 (0.80%) Selenium
7 13 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.37%) Postman
12 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
13 4 (0.25%) Toad
14 3 (0.18%) JMeter
14 3 (0.18%) Moq
14 3 (0.18%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) xUnit.net
General
1 527 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 283 (17.35%) Finance
3 135 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (7.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
6 90 (5.52%) Games
7 87 (5.33%) Law
8 80 (4.90%) Marketing
9 70 (4.29%) Banking
9 70 (4.29%) Retail
10 63 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
10 63 (3.86%) Telecoms
11 53 (3.25%) Legal
12 51 (3.13%) Public Sector
13 46 (2.82%) Investment Banking
14 44 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
15 37 (2.27%) Manufacturing
16 32 (1.96%) Aerospace
17 26 (1.59%) Military
18 19 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 325 (19.93%) Developer
2 238 (14.59%) Senior
3 156 (9.56%) Analyst
4 146 (8.95%) Support Engineer
5 132 (8.09%) IT Support
6 108 (6.62%) Architect
6 108 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 105 (6.44%) IT Engineer
8 100 (6.13%) .NET Developer
9 95 (5.82%) Consultant
10 91 (5.58%) Senior Developer
11 90 (5.52%) Administrator
12 81 (4.97%) Lead
13 76 (4.66%) 3D Developer
13 76 (4.66%) Games Developer
13 76 (4.66%) Unity 3D Developer
14 72 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
15 65 (3.99%) IT Support Engineer
16 57 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
17 55 (3.37%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (13.43%) .NET
2 107 (6.56%) ASP.NET
3 91 (5.58%) .NET Core
4 83 (5.09%) ASP.NET MVC
5 79 (4.84%) .NET Framework
6 77 (4.72%) AngularJS
7 76 (4.66%) React
7 76 (4.66%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 72 (4.41%) CSS
9 69 (4.23%) HTML
10 52 (3.19%) Entity Framework
11 48 (2.94%) Vue
12 47 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web API
13 30 (1.84%) REST
14 29 (1.78%) jQuery
15 27 (1.66%) Blazor
16 23 (1.41%) RESTful
17 19 (1.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 18 (1.10%) HTML5
19 17 (1.04%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 109 (6.68%) Driving Licence
2 85 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
3 80 (4.90%) Management Information System
4 78 (4.78%) Virtual Reality
5 34 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 28 (1.72%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.41%) Mobile App
10 19 (1.16%) Clustering
11 17 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.04%) Smartphone
12 16 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (0.86%) iPhone
14 13 (0.80%) PKI
15 12 (0.74%) Fat Client
15 12 (0.74%) Thin Client
16 11 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 502 (30.78%) Windows
2 182 (11.16%) Windows Server
3 158 (9.69%) Windows 10
4 131 (8.03%) Linux
5 82 (5.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 74 (4.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 69 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (2.82%) Mac OS
9 36 (2.21%) CentOS
10 34 (2.08%) Apple iOS
11 33 (2.02%) Windows 7
12 28 (1.72%) Android
13 17 (1.04%) AIX
14 16 (0.98%) VMS
15 14 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 6 (0.37%) Unix
18 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
19 3 (0.18%) Solaris
20 2 (0.12%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (15.51%) Agile
3 229 (14.04%) Customer Service
4 214 (13.12%) DevOps
5 205 (12.57%) ITIL
6 153 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 147 (9.01%) Scrum
8 146 (8.95%) Software Engineering
9 129 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
10 123 (7.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 122 (7.48%) User Experience
12 117 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 115 (7.05%) Project Delivery
14 109 (6.68%) Design Patterns
15 108 (6.62%) MVC
16 106 (6.50%) Service Delivery
16 106 (6.50%) UML
17 103 (6.32%) Roadmaps
18 99 (6.07%) Full Stack Development
19 94 (5.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.19%) C#
2 253 (15.51%) SQL
3 170 (10.42%) PowerShell
4 145 (8.89%) JavaScript
5 83 (5.09%) Python
6 82 (5.03%) Java
7 51 (3.13%) Bash
8 43 (2.64%) T-SQL
8 43 (2.64%) TypeScript
9 14 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 13 (0.80%) PHP
11 11 (0.67%) C++
12 10 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.49%) C
14 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.37%) R
16 5 (0.31%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.31%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) Rust
18 2 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 337 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 328 (20.11%) Degree
3 257 (15.76%) SC Cleared
4 120 (7.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 106 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 97 (5.95%) DV Cleared
7 66 (4.05%) DBS Check
8 39 (2.39%) A+ Certification
9 32 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
10 31 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (1.90%) MCP
11 25 (1.53%) MCSE
12 24 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
13 21 (1.29%) HNC
14 17 (1.04%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.86%) PMP
16 13 (0.80%) CISSP
16 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
16 13 (0.80%) MCITP
17 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.74%) SLA
2 59 (3.62%) QA
3 50 (3.07%) GDPR
4 21 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.67%) NIST
8 10 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.61%) 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 (0.061%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.061%) GAMP
13 1 (0.061%) GMP
13 1 (0.061%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.061%) NIST 800
System Software
1 383 (23.48%) Active Directory
2 142 (8.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 93 (5.70%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.59%) XenApp
6 25 (1.53%) Docker
7 24 (1.47%) vSphere
8 20 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (1.23%) XenDesktop
9 9 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.31%) RACF
13 4 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.061%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 100 (6.13%) SCCM
2 88 (5.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.10%) Nagios
5 16 (0.98%) Backup Exec
6 14 (0.86%) Ansible
6 14 (0.86%) WSUS
7 13 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 12 (0.74%) CASB
8 12 (0.74%) NetBackup
9 10 (0.61%) 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%) SCOM
12 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 194 (11.89%) VMware
2 105 (6.44%) Oracle
3 72 (4.41%) Google
4 52 (3.19%) Cisco
4 52 (3.19%) Citrix
5 47 (2.88%) Red Hat
6 44 (2.70%) HP
7 32 (1.96%) Veeam
8 31 (1.90%) Apple
8 31 (1.90%) Sparx
9 28 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.66%) Dell
10 27 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.35%) IBM
12 20 (1.23%) SolarWinds
13 19 (1.16%) Symantec
14 17 (1.04%) Optimizely
14 17 (1.04%) Sitecore
15 16 (0.98%) Veritas
16 15 (0.92%) NetApp