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Microsoft is hiring: 1,389 open roles, 421 new this week

Ashney watches Microsoft's own careers board all day. Here is what is open right now: where, which teams, what the postings pay, what they ask for and which governments list Microsoft as a visa sponsor.

Updated 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC · tracked since August 2026
1,389open roles
421new in the last 7 days
14countries and regions
3countries list it as a visa sponsor

Does Microsoft sponsor visas?

Microsoft appears on the official sponsor lists of three countries. These are the governments' own records, checked against the legal entity that hires there.

CountryOfficial recordMicrosoft entityEvidenceTagged open roles
United StatesH-1B sponsorMicrosoft Corporation9,361 H-1B filings, last 4 quarters736
IrelandIrish permit employerMicrosoft Ireland Operations Limited69 employment permits, this year and last21
United KingdomLicensed sponsorMicrosoft LimitedOn the Home Office register34

What this does and doesn't mean. Being on a list shows Microsoft has sponsored work visas in that country. It doesn't promise a given role will, so ask the recruiter before you apply.

Hiring pace

Roles Microsoft opened each week since 14 September.

020040060080023714 Sept23021 Sept22928 Sept2045 Oct37712 Oct68819 Oct43126 Oct39this week
OpenedLighter bar: this week so far
Microsoft is opening more roles than it did in September (about 232 a week then, 431 last week). In the last 30 days: 1,745 opened. Ashney began recording when Microsoft's roles close on 30 October; closed roles show here from 28 January.

Where the open roles are

  • United States877
  • Other countries135
  • India104
  • Rest of Asia-Pacific67
  • Japan40
  • Canada33
  • Rest of Europe30
  • Australia28
  • United Kingdom25
  • Ireland23
  • South Korea12
  • Mexico10
  • + 3 more places, 5 roles

Which teams are hiring

Every open role, sorted into a job type by reading the whole posting, not just the title.

  • Software Engineering296
  • Solutions / Sales Engineering155
  • Sales149
  • Other roles107
  • Product Management79
  • Data & ML79
  • Security77
  • Hardware / Embedded75
  • IT & Infrastructure62
  • Operations54
  • Technical Program Management48
  • Customer Support38
  • + 15 more types, 170 roles

What the postings pay

Only what Microsoft's own postings state, in the currency most of them use.

$177,250

middle of the stated ranges (732 postings, per year)

$86,100–$277,200

the range most postings state (the lowest and highest 5% left out)

What Microsoft asks for, by team

The Ashney Intelligence Engine read 1,248 of Microsoft's 1,389 open postings and noted every skill they ask for. Shown: the technology each team's postings name most, by Ask Rate, the share of a team's postings that ask for it. Left out: each team's own core practices, everyday office and work-tracking tools, and soft skills. Only teams with 10 or more roles read.

399 of 1,248Microsoft roles ask for Python, across most of its teams. If you have it, lead with it.

Software Engineering

272 roles read
  • Python89%
  • C++88%
  • C#88%
  • Java83%
  • C81%
  • JavaScript79%

Solutions / Sales Engineering

155 roles read
  • Azure50%
  • Microsoft Copilot35%
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio23%
  • artificial intelligence23%
  • AWS21%
  • Azure AI Foundry17%

Sales

149 roles read
  • artificial intelligence24%
  • Azure23%
  • Microsoft Copilot17%
  • CRM5%
  • Microsoft Power Platform5%
  • agentic AI5%

Data & ML

77 roles read
  • machine learning62%
  • Python52%
  • large language models40%
  • C#22%
  • PyTorch19%
  • Apache Spark17%

Product Management

77 roles read
  • artificial intelligence27%
  • agentic AI22%
  • Microsoft Copilot12%
  • SQL10%
  • large language models10%
  • Azure9%

Security

76 roles read
  • Python32%
  • Azure28%
  • C18%
  • C#18%
  • C++18%
  • KQL14%

Hardware / Embedded

75 roles read
  • Python48%
  • C31%
  • PCIe24%
  • C++19%
  • SystemVerilog19%
  • Verilog17%

IT & Infrastructure

61 roles read
  • ASIC21%
  • Azure15%
  • Model Context Protocol13%
  • Python8%
  • C#7%
  • C++7%

Operations

54 roles read
  • artificial intelligence20%
  • Power BI11%
  • Microsoft Copilot9%
  • SAP6%
  • agentic AI6%
  • machine learning6%

Also 10+ roles read: Technical Program Management (48), Customer Support (38), Marketing (24), Engineering Management (23), Finance (22), Project Management (22), Engineering (other) (18) and People & HR (11).

Industries Microsoft's postings name: consulting (8%), manufacturing (3%), financial services (3%), retail (3%) and data centers (3%).

Certifications named: CompTIA Network+ (3%), CompTIA A+ (2%) and PMP (2%).

Source: Ashney Intelligence Engine, 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC.

Newest roles

The 12 newest roles on Microsoft's careers board.

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  • Skills 5/7Which of its skills your CV already shows
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Software Engineer 2 - CoreAI
Microsoft · Redmond, WA, US · posted 5 h ago
Keeps Azure Functions, the serverless platform behind Microsoft's Azure cloud, reliable at global scale by owning core platform components and their full service lifecycle.
gapAsks for C and AWS, which your CV doesn't show.
Skills (5/7)✓ Python · ✓ C++ · ✓ C# · ✓ Java · ✓ JavaScript · ✗ C · ✗ AWS
$102k–$202k0-2 yrsH-1B sponsor
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Questions people ask about Microsoft jobs

Answered from the data on this page.

How many jobs is Microsoft hiring for?

1,389 open roles as of 2 Nov 2026, 15:22 UTC. 421 were posted in the last 7 days.

Does Microsoft sponsor visas?

Microsoft is on the official sponsor records of the United States (9,361 H-1B filings, last 4 quarters), Ireland (69 employment permits, this year and last) and the United Kingdom. Being on a record shows Microsoft has sponsored work visas there; it doesn't promise a given role will.

Where is Microsoft hiring?

Mostly in the United States (877 roles), then other countries (135), India (104) and the rest of Asia-Pacific (67).

How much does Microsoft pay?

The 732 Microsoft postings that state pay mostly range from $86,100 to $277,200 a year, with the middle of the ranges at $177,250.

What skills does Microsoft look for?

Python above all: 399 of the 1,248 Microsoft postings the Ashney Intelligence Engine read ask for it. Software Engineering roles ask most for Python, C++ and C#; Solutions / Sales Engineering roles ask most for Azure, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

How Ashney knows

Ashney watches Microsoft's own careers board all day, the same way for 46,659+ companies, and records when each role appears and when it closes. Each posting is read in full to sort it into a job type and pull out what it states (pay, years, location). Sponsor records come from the governments' published lists: US Labor Department H-1B filings, the UK Home Office register, Ireland's employment permit statistics, Canada's LMIA list and the Dutch IND register. This page is rebuilt every 6 hours.

Ashney is not affiliated with Microsoft. Job data comes from Microsoft's public careers board; sponsor data from government records.