Microsoft's UK operation spans engineering, cloud, and enterprise sales roles based mainly around London.
Microsoft's presence in United Kingdom is concentrated around London, where competition for engineering and data talent from other large multinational employers keeps compensation elevated relative to the national median, with the sharpest premiums in hands-on engineering and data roles.
Estimated pay, not official data. Ranges below are modeled from PayMetric Labs' United Kingdom role benchmarks (using each role's real 25th-75th percentile spread), adjusted for big tech pay positioning (averaging +20% across the roles below, varying by role type). They are not sourced from, confirmed by, or endorsed by Microsoft. See our disclaimer for details on how estimates are built.
Estimated Microsoft pay range compared to the United Kingdom national median for the same role.
Software Engineer
United Kingdom median: £53K
£62K-£70K
+22% vs median
Entry-level estimate
£65K
Senior-level estimate
£102K
Senior Software Engineer
United Kingdom median: £66K
£81K-£85K
+23% vs median
Entry-level estimate
Not enough band data
Senior-level estimate
£81K
Data Engineer
United Kingdom median: £71K
£82K-£94K
+19% vs median
Entry-level estimate
£83K
Senior-level estimate
£95K
Data Analyst
United Kingdom median: £46K
£51K-£68K
+13% vs median
Entry-level estimate
Not enough band data
Senior-level estimate
£66K
Product Manager
United Kingdom median: £79K
£87K-£100K
+19% vs median
DevOps Engineer
United Kingdom median: £74K
£88K-£93K
+22% vs median
Entry-level estimate
£40K
Senior-level estimate
£94K
We don't have access to Microsoft's internal payroll data, so these are modeled estimates, not confirmed figures. They're calculated by applying a disclosed big tech pay-positioning factor to PayMetric Labs' independent United Kingdom role benchmarks, using the role's real 25th-75th percentile spread. For example, the estimated Software Engineer range at Microsoft is £62K-£70K, against a United Kingdom national median of £53K for that role.
No. This page is not sourced from, provided by, or endorsed by Microsoft. It's an independent estimate based on how big tech employers in United Kingdom typically position pay relative to the market median, split by role type. See our full disclaimer for how these estimates are built.
Microsoft is modeled in the "Big Tech" tier. Engineering and data roles carry a larger modeled premium than analyst or generalist roles within the same tier, which is why the estimated uplift varies by role in the table above rather than applying one flat percentage across the board.
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