Microsoft Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Microsoft Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 160 199
Rank change year-on-year -15 +39 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 20 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.29% 0.058% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.068% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +42.86% -26.32%
75th Percentile £49,375 £55,000 £53,375
90th Percentile £53,750 - £59,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £46,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.34% +3.89% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 6,540 2,953 5,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 85.74% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 1,583 4,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £80,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Microsoft Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Microsoft Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Engineer in Yorkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. 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
West Yorkshire - 12 £50,000 - 3
South Yorkshire -29 8 £42,500 -15.00%
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 July 2026, Microsoft Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (45.00%) Windows
4 8 (40.00%) Analytics
4 8 (40.00%) SharePoint
5 7 (35.00%) Data Analytics
5 7 (35.00%) Entra ID
5 7 (35.00%) ITIL
5 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
5 7 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (30.00%) Identity Management
6 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (30.00%) Power Platform
6 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
7 5 (25.00%) Azure Certification
7 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity
7 5 (25.00%) CCNA
7 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (25.00%) Firewall
7 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (25.00%) Service Management
7 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (25.00%) Veeam

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.00%) Azure AI
5 1 (5.00%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
5 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) VLAN
3 2 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.00%) Semantic Layer
1 1 (5.00%) Spark SQL
1 1 (5.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Analytics
2 7 (35.00%) Data Analytics
2 7 (35.00%) ITIL
3 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (30.00%) Identity Management
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (25.00%) Service Management
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) AI
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (10.00%) ITSM
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 5 (25.00%) CCNA
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) Autotask
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) Progress Chef
3 1 (5.00%) Puppet
3 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Veeam
3 2 (10.00%) ConnectWise
3 2 (10.00%) Remedy
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Foundry
4 1 (5.00%) OpenAI
4 1 (5.00%) VMware