
Microsoft
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-11-03, Skillenai has indexed 366 Microsoft job postings over the past 90 days (down 6% vs the prior 4 weeks). Microsoft appeared in 10,468 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-03
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Hiring at Microsoft
Weekly Microsoft job postings — last 90 days
Roles Microsoft is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 94 | 25.7% |
| Cloud Solution Architect | 28 | 7.7% |
| Solution Engineer | 18 | 4.9% |
| Program Manager | 17 | 4.6% |
| Technical Program Manager | 16 | 4.4% |
| Solution Sales Specialist | 12 | 3.3% |
| Product Manager | 11 | 3.0% |
| Cloud & AI Solution Sales Specialist | 6 | 1.6% |
| Data Scientist | 6 | 1.6% |
| Solution Architect | 6 | 1.6% |
Skills in Microsoft job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 121 | 33.1% |
| C++ | 96 | 26.2% |
| Java | 93 | 25.4% |
| C# | 92 | 25.1% |
| C | 87 | 23.8% |
| JavaScript | 74 | 20.2% |
| Azure | 56 | 15.3% |
| Distributed systems | 48 | 13.1% |
| automation | 41 | 11.2% |
| security | 31 | 8.5% |
| debugging | 29 | 7.9% |
| CI/CD | 27 | 7.4% |
| AI | 27 | 7.4% |
| testing | 25 | 6.8% |
| Generative AI | 25 | 6.8% |
Where Microsoft is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Redmond | 31 | 8.5% |
| Dublin | 20 | 5.5% |
| Prague | 9 | 2.5% |
| Cambridge | 6 | 1.6% |
| London | 6 | 1.6% |
| Mountain View | 5 | 1.4% |
| Bucharest | 4 | 1.1% |
| Shanghai | 4 | 1.1% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 0.8% |
Who works at Microsoft
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- C#8%
- Azure6%
- sql4%
- C++3%
- Power BI3%
- python3%
- SQL Server2%
- Windows2%
- JavaScript2%
- PowerShell2%
- React2%
- TypeScript2%
- Azure DevOps2%
- Visual Studio2%
- SharePoint2%
- security1%
Share of observed positions at Microsoft that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor720
- Master612
- PhD92
- Associate59
- Other Professional42
- High School24
- MD4
Field of study
- Computer Science365
- Computer Engineering43
- Business25
- Electrical Engineering19
- Information Technology16
- Computer Software Engineering14
- Data Science14
- Business Administration (MBA)12
Schools
- University of Washington350
- Georgia Institute of Technology136
- Carnegie Mellon University80
- University of Southern California79
- University of California, Berkeley66
- Arizona State University63
- Northeastern University61
- University of Florida55
Microsoft in the news
10,468 news articles and 19,840 blog posts mentioned Microsoft in the last 90 days.
News
- Investors close week with sharp reaction to Wall Street downgradesrcrtech.com · October 30, 2026
- Dayforce Brings HCM Data to Claude via MCP | ECI Researchefficientlyconnected.com · November 2, 2026
- IT Security News Roundup: 2026-11-02 Eveningitsecuritynews.info · November 2, 2026
- Black October: la ciberguerra se juega a velocidad de máquinatertulia14.substack.com · November 1, 2026
- Microsoft AI chief calls for development halt if AI consciousness emergesedtechinnovationhub.com · November 3, 2026
- Almost Timely News: 🗞️ What is Agentic AI? (2026-11-01)almosttimely.substack.com · November 1, 2026
Blogs
- Using JetBrains Air with Codex and Azure OpenAIvladiliescu.net · October 21, 2026
- Microsoft SOC Home Lab: Build Cybersecurity Experience in 2026it.simeononsecurity.com · September 11, 2026
- How to Build a BYOLLM Gateway for a Healthcare Companybitcot.com · October 29, 2026
- What Is an MCP Gateway, and Why Your Databases Need Onedatasparc.com · October 28, 2026
- IANS Integrates Practitioner-Validated Cybersecurity Intelligence into Microsoft Copilotitdigest.com · November 2, 2026
- Briskgrants.curriki.org · August 2, 2025
How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Microsoft over the 90 days ending 2026-11-03; 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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