Microsoft Jobs in Cheshire

Microsoft
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 321 262 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 19.99% 29.11% 25.55%
As % of the Vendors category 50.63% 65.99% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 254 139 130
10th Percentile £22,750 £22,000 £25,450
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £42,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% -6.59% +21.33%
75th Percentile £53,438 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £73,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,150
% change year-on-year - +4.29% -4.11%

All Vendors
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 634 397 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 39.48% 44.11% 50.31%
Number of salaries quoted 434 228 273
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £27,550
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,800 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% -12.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,625 £73,750
North West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cheshire over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Cheshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Warrington +8 110 £35,000 -17.65% 41
Chester +10 56 £37,500 +70.45% 24
Knutsford +15 26 £67,500 -6.90% 3
Northwich +4 13 £34,000 +46.24% 7
Macclesfield +2 13 £40,000 - 4
Crewe -10 13 £24,000 -36.00% 5
Alderley Edge - 8 £27,750 - 1
Winsford -9 7 £38,000 +47.57% 2
Runcorn -2 6 £25,000 -46.81% 5
Widnes -2 4 £29,500 -21.33% 1
Middlewich -5 3 £26,000 -48.00% 7
Neston -2 2 £55,000 - 2
Daresbury +6 1 £34,000 -20.00% 2
Lymm 0 1 - - 1
Sandbach -5 1 - - 2
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 38 (11.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (6.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.18%) IIS
4 2 (0.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.62%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) Documentum
Applications
1 46 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 46 (14.33%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (7.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.62%) SPSS
4 2 (0.62%) Stata
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.31%) InDesign
5 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.25%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (31.46%) Microsoft 365
2 93 (28.97%) Azure
3 48 (14.95%) AWS
4 18 (5.61%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (3.74%) SaaS
7 10 (3.12%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.49%) NuGet
9 5 (1.56%) GitHub
9 5 (1.56%) Google Ads
9 5 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.25%) Facebook Ads
10 4 (1.25%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.25%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.93%) CloudFront
11 3 (0.93%) Commercetools
11 3 (0.93%) GCP
11 3 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
12 2 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.35%) DNS
2 29 (9.03%) Firewall
3 28 (8.72%) DHCP
3 28 (8.72%) LAN
3 28 (8.72%) WAN
4 15 (4.67%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.36%) Broadband
5 14 (4.36%) Internet
6 10 (3.12%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.56%) Intranet
7 5 (1.56%) VPN
7 5 (1.56%) WLAN
8 4 (1.25%) IPv4
8 4 (1.25%) IPv6
8 4 (1.25%) VLAN
9 2 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.62%) Network Security
9 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.31%) SSL
10 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.33%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.05%) Power BI
3 9 (2.80%) MySQL
4 5 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.56%) MS Access
5 4 (1.25%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.93%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.31%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (5.30%) Git
2 12 (3.74%) TeamCity
3 7 (2.18%) Jasmine
3 7 (2.18%) Karma Test Runner
4 5 (1.56%) InstallShield
4 5 (1.56%) JetBrains Rider
4 5 (1.56%) JIRA
5 3 (0.93%) MSBuild
5 3 (0.93%) Subversion
5 3 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.31%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.31%) JUnit
6 1 (0.31%) Mockito
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Postman
General
1 124 (38.63%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.82%) Retail
3 27 (8.41%) Finance
4 25 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.23%) Legal
5 20 (6.23%) Telecoms
6 17 (5.30%) Marketing
6 17 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (3.43%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.18%) Advertising
9 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.25%) Law
10 4 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.93%) Electronics
11 3 (0.93%) Games
11 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.93%) Police
12 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (23.05%) Analyst
2 43 (13.40%) Developer
3 32 (9.97%) Service Analyst
3 32 (9.97%) Service Desk Analyst
4 31 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (9.66%) IT Support
5 26 (8.10%) IT Analyst
6 24 (7.48%) Senior
7 23 (7.17%) IT Engineer
8 20 (6.23%) .NET Developer
9 18 (5.61%) Support Analyst
9 18 (5.61%) Support Engineer
10 15 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 13 (4.05%) 1st Line Support
11 13 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.74%) Graduate
12 12 (3.74%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
13 11 (3.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.43%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (13.71%) .NET
2 21 (6.54%) ASP.NET
3 18 (5.61%) AngularJS
4 16 (4.98%) .NET Core
4 16 (4.98%) OLE
5 14 (4.36%) ASP.NET MVC
6 13 (4.05%) HTML
6 13 (4.05%) Web Services
7 12 (3.74%) REST
8 11 (3.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 11 (3.43%) HTML5
9 8 (2.49%) .NET Framework
9 8 (2.49%) JSON
9 8 (2.49%) LINQ
9 8 (2.49%) RESTful
9 8 (2.49%) XML
10 7 (2.18%) RxJS
10 7 (2.18%) Sass
10 7 (2.18%) SOAP
10 7 (2.18%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.53%) Driving Licence
2 27 (8.41%) Smartphone
3 20 (6.23%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.87%) FMCG
4 6 (1.87%) Pricing Data
5 5 (1.56%) Life Science
5 5 (1.56%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.25%) Social Media
7 3 (0.93%) BBC
8 2 (0.62%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.62%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.31%) Blog
9 1 (0.31%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.31%) iPad
9 1 (0.31%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 78 (24.30%) Windows
2 24 (7.48%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.92%) Windows 10
4 18 (5.61%) Linux
5 13 (4.05%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.43%) Android
7 9 (2.80%) VMS
8 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.93%) Unix
10 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (23.05%) Customer Service
3 56 (17.45%) ITIL
4 50 (15.58%) Time Management
5 39 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (10.90%) Agile
6 35 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 33 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (9.03%) ITSM
10 26 (8.10%) ERP
11 21 (6.54%) DevOps
11 21 (6.54%) Project Management
12 20 (6.23%) Service Management
12 20 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (5.92%) CRM
13 19 (5.92%) Incident Management
14 17 (5.30%) Asset Management
15 16 (4.98%) Decision-Making
15 16 (4.98%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 61 (19.00%) SQL
2 45 (14.02%) C#
3 33 (10.28%) JavaScript
4 20 (6.23%) PowerShell
5 16 (4.98%) R
6 13 (4.05%) VB
7 9 (2.80%) Swift
7 9 (2.80%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.49%) Bash
8 8 (2.49%) Python
9 7 (2.18%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.18%) VB.NET
9 7 (2.18%) VB6
10 5 (1.56%) Java
11 2 (0.62%) C
Qualifications
1 53 (16.51%) Degree
2 31 (9.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.05%) A+ Certification
5 12 (3.74%) MCP
6 7 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.56%) AAT
8 5 (1.56%) CIMA
8 5 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.62%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CCNP
11 1 (0.31%) CIPD
11 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.31%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.85%) SLA
2 10 (3.12%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.80%) QA
4 6 (1.87%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.56%) GDPR
6 4 (1.25%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.25%) PMO
7 2 (0.62%) EMIR
7 2 (0.62%) MiFID
8 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.31%) NIST
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (32.40%) Active Directory
2 44 (13.71%) Hyper-V
3 28 (8.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.74%) Docker
5 7 (2.18%) KVM
6 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.62%) Firmware
7 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.62%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.18%) Progress Chef
3 6 (1.87%) Terraform
4 5 (1.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (1.25%) SCCM
6 3 (0.93%) Ansible
6 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.93%) Puppet
7 2 (0.62%) WSUS
8 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.31%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 39 (12.15%) VMware
2 26 (8.10%) Google
3 19 (5.92%) Citrix
4 18 (5.61%) SAP
5 15 (4.67%) Apple
6 12 (3.74%) Facebook
7 11 (3.43%) Virgin Media
8 10 (3.12%) Veeam
9 8 (2.49%) Cisco
10 7 (2.18%) Dell
11 6 (1.87%) HP
12 5 (1.56%) Rapid7
13 4 (1.25%) Datto
13 4 (1.25%) Epicor
13 4 (1.25%) NETGEAR
13 4 (1.25%) Oracle
13 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.25%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.25%) Ubiquiti
14 3 (0.93%) Sony