Microsoft Jobs in Berkshire

Microsoft
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 596 626 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.03% 20.30% 19.41%
As % of the Vendors category 48.85% 48.94% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 485 360 423
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £46,050 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -7.90% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £45,600 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -4.00% -

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,220 1,279 1,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.95% 41.47% 40.80%
Number of salaries quoted 873 706 882
10th Percentile £29,265 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,713 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,875 £79,875
South East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
Reading +4 368 £50,675 -7.86% 96
Bracknell -14 37 £45,000 +27.12% 8
Slough +8 36 £47,500 +48.44% 15
Newbury -4 31 £50,000 +7.87% 5
Windsor +9 19 £42,500 -2.30% 4
Maidenhead +11 15 £27,000 -3.57% 4
Ascot +6 8 £42,500 -
Wokingham +3 7 £40,000 -52.94% 4
Hungerford +7 6 £50,000 +70.94% 2
Thatcham - 3 £24,000 - 1
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 75 (12.58%) SharePoint
2 48 (8.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (4.36%) IIS
4 10 (1.68%) CMS
5 7 (1.17%) Confluence
5 7 (1.17%) Kentico
6 6 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (1.01%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.01%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.67%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Documentum
8 1 (0.17%) FileNet
Applications
1 90 (15.10%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (13.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (3.36%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 18 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.84%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 233 (39.09%) Azure
2 168 (28.19%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (11.58%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.20%) Entra ID
5 30 (5.03%) AWS
5 30 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.53%) OneDrive
6 27 (4.53%) PowerApps
7 24 (4.03%) SaaS
8 22 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (3.19%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.52%) Azure Storage
12 13 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (2.01%) iTunes
13 12 (2.01%) OCI
14 11 (1.85%) ShareGate
15 7 (1.17%) GCP
15 7 (1.17%) Kontent
15 7 (1.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (14.93%) Firewall
2 65 (10.91%) DNS
3 55 (9.23%) DHCP
4 24 (4.03%) Broadband
5 20 (3.36%) Network Security
6 17 (2.85%) SAN
6 17 (2.85%) SNMP
7 16 (2.68%) LAN
7 16 (2.68%) SSL
8 15 (2.52%) Internet
9 14 (2.35%) VPN
10 12 (2.01%) VLAN
11 11 (1.85%) Wireless
12 9 (1.51%) WAN
13 7 (1.17%) Intranet
14 5 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.84%) NAS
14 5 (0.84%) VoIP
15 4 (0.67%) Fibre Channel
15 4 (0.67%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.74%) SQL Server
2 47 (7.89%) Power BI
3 16 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (2.35%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.35%) Relational Database
4 14 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (2.18%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.34%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.67%) Tableau
11 3 (0.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.34%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (0.34%) Power Query
12 2 (0.34%) SSDT
12 2 (0.34%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.17%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (3.19%) Visual Studio
2 17 (2.85%) GitLab
2 17 (2.85%) JIRA
3 10 (1.68%) Git
4 8 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.17%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.84%) AdminStudio
6 5 (0.84%) Bugzilla
6 5 (0.84%) InstallShield
6 5 (0.84%) MSI
6 5 (0.84%) Zephyr
7 4 (0.67%) Selenium
8 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.34%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 271 (45.47%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.44%) Finance
3 62 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
5 33 (5.54%) Retail
6 26 (4.36%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (3.36%) Back Office
9 19 (3.19%) Legal
10 17 (2.85%) Marketing
10 17 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 15 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (2.18%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.85%) Banking
13 11 (1.85%) Local Government
14 10 (1.68%) Fire and Rescue
14 10 (1.68%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.51%) Law
16 8 (1.34%) Billing
Job Titles
1 89 (14.93%) Senior
2 66 (11.07%) Developer
3 46 (7.72%) Analyst
4 41 (6.88%) Consultant
5 39 (6.54%) Support Engineer
6 37 (6.21%) Lead
7 36 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (5.87%) .NET Developer
8 35 (5.87%) IT Engineer
9 32 (5.37%) IT Support
10 31 (5.20%) Architect
11 27 (4.53%) Software Engineer
12 26 (4.36%) Systems Engineer
13 24 (4.03%) C# Developer
14 23 (3.86%) Support Specialist
15 21 (3.52%) Active Directory Specialist
15 21 (3.52%) Azure Specialist
16 20 (3.36%) C# .NET Developer
17 19 (3.19%) Administrator
17 19 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (10.57%) .NET
2 45 (7.55%) ASP.NET
3 39 (6.54%) .NET Core
4 36 (6.04%) React
5 31 (5.20%) ASP.NET MVC
6 28 (4.70%) AngularJS
7 27 (4.53%) .NET Framework
8 25 (4.19%) Entity Framework
9 23 (3.86%) ASP.NET Web API
10 16 (2.68%) ARM Templates
10 16 (2.68%) Vue
11 14 (2.35%) Node.js
12 13 (2.18%) Web Services
13 10 (1.68%) CSS
13 10 (1.68%) HTML
13 10 (1.68%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 8 (1.34%) SPFx
15 7 (1.17%) RESTful
16 6 (1.01%) Next.js
16 6 (1.01%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.74%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (4.70%) PKI
3 27 (4.53%) Algorithms
4 24 (4.03%) Driving Licence
5 18 (3.02%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.01%) Educational Technology
8 12 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.85%) CMDB
9 11 (1.85%) Life Science
10 7 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.17%) Social Network
11 6 (1.01%) CUDA
11 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.01%) Replication
12 5 (0.84%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.84%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 161 (27.01%) Windows
2 91 (15.27%) Windows 10
3 87 (14.60%) Windows Server
4 77 (12.92%) Linux
5 61 (10.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 60 (10.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 47 (7.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 43 (7.21%) Windows 7
9 22 (3.69%) Unix
10 14 (2.35%) Android
11 12 (2.01%) Windows XP
12 11 (1.85%) Windows NT
13 6 (1.01%) VMS
14 5 (0.84%) Kali Linux
14 5 (0.84%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (25.17%) Agile
3 99 (16.61%) Customer Service
4 96 (16.11%) ITIL
5 88 (14.77%) Project Management
6 72 (12.08%) DevOps
7 59 (9.90%) Decision-Making
8 56 (9.40%) Service Management
9 53 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
9 53 (8.89%) Computer Science
10 51 (8.56%) Analytics
11 50 (8.39%) Mentoring
12 49 (8.22%) Physics
13 46 (7.72%) Software Testing
14 45 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
15 43 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 42 (7.05%) Roadmaps
17 41 (6.88%) Project Delivery
18 40 (6.71%) Change Management
19 39 (6.54%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 104 (17.45%) SQL
2 102 (17.11%) C#
3 72 (12.08%) PowerShell
4 67 (11.24%) Python
5 59 (9.90%) JavaScript
6 44 (7.38%) Fortran
7 36 (6.04%) C++
8 27 (4.53%) Bash
8 27 (4.53%) VB
9 26 (4.36%) TypeScript
10 24 (4.03%) VBScript
11 20 (3.36%) T-SQL
12 17 (2.85%) C
13 16 (2.68%) Java
14 15 (2.52%) Bicep
15 7 (1.17%) Perl
16 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
16 6 (1.01%) MATLAB
16 6 (1.01%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 200 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 180 (30.20%) Degree
3 107 (17.95%) DV Cleared
4 102 (17.11%) SC Cleared
5 38 (6.38%) DBS Check
6 35 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (5.03%) Master's Degree
8 22 (3.69%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.69%) PhD
9 21 (3.52%) A+ Certification
10 20 (3.36%) ACCA
10 20 (3.36%) CIMA
11 19 (3.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 19 (3.19%) MCP
12 17 (2.85%) HNC
13 14 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (2.18%) CCNA
14 13 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (2.01%) CCNP
15 12 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.87%) SLA
2 17 (2.85%) QA
3 11 (1.85%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.34%) GDPR
6 6 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (0.84%) NIST
8 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.50%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 188 (31.54%) Active Directory
2 43 (7.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.36%) Firmware
3 26 (4.36%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.18%) KVM
7 12 (2.01%) Docker
7 12 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.01%) vSphere
9 5 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 92 (15.44%) SCCM
2 46 (7.72%) WSUS
3 45 (7.55%) SCOM
4 40 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (4.36%) Kubernetes
6 21 (3.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.19%) NetBackup
8 14 (2.35%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.01%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (1.85%) Sysprep
11 5 (0.84%) HP Quality Center
11 5 (0.84%) Suricata
12 2 (0.34%) Terraform
13 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 1 (0.17%) Grafana
13 1 (0.17%) Istio
13 1 (0.17%) Kibana
13 1 (0.17%) Nessus
13 1 (0.17%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 62 (10.40%) VMware
2 30 (5.03%) HP
3 22 (3.69%) Cisco
4 21 (3.52%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.36%) Oracle
6 17 (2.85%) Juniper
7 16 (2.68%) Dell
7 16 (2.68%) Veeam
8 13 (2.18%) 3PAR
8 13 (2.18%) EMC
8 13 (2.18%) Sage
9 12 (2.01%) Extreme Networks
9 12 (2.01%) Symantec
10 11 (1.85%) Adobe
10 11 (1.85%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.85%) Nintex
11 10 (1.68%) Apple
12 9 (1.51%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.34%) Barracuda Networks
13 8 (1.34%) SAP