Microsoft
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-01, Skillenai has indexed 250 Microsoft job postings over the past 90 days (up 61% vs the prior 4 weeks). Microsoft appeared in 10,116 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-01
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Hiring at Microsoft
Weekly Microsoft job postings — last 90 days
Roles Microsoft is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 80 | 32.0% |
| Cloud Solution Architect | 18 | 7.2% |
| Program Manager | 9 | 3.6% |
| Solution Engineer | 9 | 3.6% |
| Data Scientist | 8 | 3.2% |
| Solution Sales Specialist | 7 | 2.8% |
| Product Manager | 6 | 2.4% |
| Technical Program Manager | 5 | 2.0% |
| Cloud & AI Solution Sales Specialist | 4 | 1.6% |
| Industrial Controls Systems Engineer | 4 | 1.6% |
Skills in Microsoft job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 84 | 33.6% |
| C# | 71 | 28.4% |
| C++ | 68 | 27.2% |
| Java | 68 | 27.2% |
| C | 61 | 24.4% |
| JavaScript | 53 | 21.2% |
| Azure | 31 | 12.4% |
| Distributed systems | 30 | 12.0% |
| automation | 27 | 10.8% |
| testing | 25 | 10.0% |
| security | 24 | 9.6% |
| account management | 21 | 8.4% |
| Rust | 19 | 7.6% |
| AI | 17 | 6.8% |
| Generative AI | 16 | 6.4% |
Where Microsoft is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 18 | 7.2% |
| London | 14 | 5.6% |
| Prague | 12 | 4.8% |
| Redmond | 9 | 3.6% |
| Cambridge | 5 | 2.0% |
| Mountain View | 5 | 2.0% |
| Bucharest | 4 | 1.6% |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 1.2% |
| Denmark | 3 | 1.2% |
Who works at Microsoft
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- C#8%
- Azure6%
- sql3%
- Power BI3%
- C++3%
- python3%
- Windows2%
- JavaScript2%
- SQL Server2%
- PowerShell2%
- React2%
- TypeScript2%
- Azure DevOps2%
- SharePoint1%
- automation1%
- security1%
Share of observed positions at Microsoft that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor680
- Master584
- PhD77
- Associate57
- Other Professional40
- High School24
Field of study
- Computer Science341
- Computer Engineering41
- Business24
- Electrical Engineering18
- Information Technology14
- Business Administration (MBA)12
- Computer Software Engineering12
- Data Science12
Schools
- University of Washington325
- Georgia Institute of Technology132
- Carnegie Mellon University74
- University of Southern California73
- Arizona State University63
- University of California, Berkeley59
- Northeastern University59
- University of Florida48
Microsoft in the news
10,116 news articles and 18,644 blog posts mentioned Microsoft in the last 90 days.
News
- Le marché PC porté par le renouvellement de Windows 11solutions-numeriques.com · September 30, 2026
- Huntress and ALSO partner to put managed security in reach of more European MSPsitsecurityguru.org · October 1, 2026
- Microsoft: AI is only as useful as the context it can reason over. With Fabric IQ now generally available in Copilot, you can ask questions of your enterprise data and get answers grounded in trusted business context, right where you work.theworldofai.org · September 30, 2026
- AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warnsbbc.co.uk · October 1, 2026
- AI Salary Premiums Rise as India’s Tech Industry Faces Entry-Level Hiring Pressure: Reportciol.com · September 29, 2026
- OpenAI Launches Dots, AI Agents That Work Across 4,000+ Apps on Their Ownciol.com · September 30, 2026
Blogs
- Microsoft frames its Ignite security week around AI agents with real accessmarketscale.com · October 1, 2026
- Can you turn a problem into a prototype? Plus, OpenAI’S “Dots,” “ChatGPT Space,” and moretherealrachelwells.substack.com · September 30, 2026
- Copilots All the Way Down: A Field Guide to Microsoft's AI Naming Chaos (and Where Claude Randomly Snuck In)shankuehn.io · September 16, 2026
- From Agents to Experts: Scaling AI with Enterprise Digital Expertspurplefabric.ai · September 9, 2026
- Mastering LLMs with Purple Fabric’s LLM Optimization Hubpurplefabric.ai · September 9, 2026
- Reimagining Enterprise AI strategy : The case for Full Stack Enterprise AI Platformspurplefabric.ai · September 9, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Microsoft over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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