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Skills and experience

Whatever the Microsoft Cloud role, use our guide to benchmark your salary or contact rate, or to uncover what you should be paying employees in your team.

Across the Microsoft Cloud range, what are the top products candidates have experience with?

Microsoft professionals tell us these are the product types they have experience with—if you want to stay competitive in the market, these are the skill sets you’ll most likely need.

Top 5 Microsoft Dynamics 365 products candidates have experience with

Dynamics 365 Finance (formerly Dynamics AX)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Sales (formerly Dynamics CRM)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Customer Service
0 %
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
0 %
Dynamics 365 Finance (formerly Dynamics AX)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Sales (formerly Dynamics CRM)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV)
0 %
Dynamics 365 Customer Service
0 %
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
0 %

Microsoft Power Platform products candidates have experience with

Power BI 87%
Power Apps 76%
Power Automate 71%
Power Virtual Agents 24%
Power Pages 23%

Top 5 Microsoft Azure product categories candidates have experience with

1 Databases 59%
2 DevOps 54%
3 Storage 49%
4 Compute 37%
5 Security 35%

Top 5 Microsoft 365 products candidates have experience with

1. Microsoft Outlook

94%
2. Microsoft Excel

94%
3. Microsoft Word

91%
4. Microsoft Teams

89%
5. Microsoft PowerPoint

88%

Top 5 Microsoft products candidates have experience with

1. SQL Server

74%
2. Visual Studio

63%
3. Windows Server

51%
4. .NET

43%
5. Microsoft Defender

26%

Expert Insight

Building skills for tomorrow

Microsoft MVP Stefano Demiliani shares his advice on the Microsoft skills that will be most sought-after, and how to develop them.

We’re in an era where demand for digital skills is growing, but unfortunately supply is lower than it needs to be and despite recent discussion in the IT sector, AI will not solve that problem.

Yes, it accelerates automation, boosts productivity, and eliminates human error. But today’s AI is also unpredictable. It needs training to be efficient, and that need is increasing demand for IT specialists, not reducing it. AI in business is not like ChatGPT; it has to work with business data and make decisions accordingly. This can’t be done with AI models alone—it needs people. The cloud is a fundamental building block in this change, and for that reason, experts on cloud technologies and AI will enjoy a great future.

The good news is that there are many ways to upskill in these technologies and break into the IT sector. Microsoft provides a lot of content about its own products and services in various formats including video, books, documentation, free training, and virtual events.

Focus on a topic that’s both in-demand and of interest to you: after all, passion is everything, so embrace something that you love. Here are my personal suggestions for improving your Microsoft skills:

Discover Stefano’s top tips to stay relevant on our blog

Is a degree necessary for a career with Microsoft Cloud?

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Is a degree necessary for a career with Microsoft Cloud?

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Want the highlights from this year's Careers and Hiring Guide at a glance? Our key findings report contains our top level insight and salary tables, so you can compare your own salary or benchmark your teams' across the Microsoft ecosystem.