Microsoft Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,567 1,474 1,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.51% 25.29% 20.75%
As % of the Vendors category 54.85% 55.83% 49.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 827 1,098
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +1.69%
75th Percentile £62,200 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,857 2,640 3,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 35.57% 45.29% 42.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,191 1,560 2,050
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,750 £27,975
25th Percentile £31,375 £37,250 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.82% -0.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.25%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +1 546 £50,000 -9.09% 166
Staffordshire 0 221 £40,000 -11.11% 71
Warwickshire +9 214 £45,000 -14.29% 77
Worcestershire 0 119 £35,000 -12.23% 27
Coventry +2 58 £53,250 +10.82% 43
Solihull +5 55 £62,500 +42.86% 26
Shropshire +14 54 £41,500 +0.61% 20
Wolverhampton -3 34 £26,500 -47.00% 9
Dudley 0 16 £25,000 -58.33% 8
Herefordshire +4 13 £35,000 -9.86% 8
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 3
Wednesbury -1 9 £30,000 -14.29% 2
Walsall -5 9 £26,000 +23.81% 8
Halesowen - 7 £38,000 - 3
Stourbridge - 3 £55,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 - 2
West Bromwich -2 1 - - 6
Sutton Coldfield -12 1 - - 1
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 - 4
Microsoft
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 190 (12.13%) SharePoint
2 138 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.00%) IIS
4 17 (1.08%) Skype for Business
5 16 (1.02%) Confluence
6 11 (0.70%) Apache
7 8 (0.51%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.32%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.32%) WordPress
9 4 (0.26%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.19%) CMS
10 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.19%) nginx
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.13%) Liferay
11 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 348 (22.21%) Microsoft Office
2 207 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.02%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.45%) Trello
8 6 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.26%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.13%) InDesign
10 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.064%) Blender
11 1 (0.064%) Revit
11 1 (0.064%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 74 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.70%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.26%) Magento
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 4 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.13%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.13%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.064%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 572 (36.50%) Azure
2 474 (30.25%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (18.38%) Power Platform
4 176 (11.23%) Dynamics 365
5 115 (7.34%) Entra ID
6 97 (6.19%) PowerApps
7 89 (5.68%) AWS
8 85 (5.42%) Power Automate
9 70 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 34 (2.17%) SaaS
12 26 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (1.66%) Azure Stack
12 26 (1.66%) IaaS
13 25 (1.60%) PaaS
14 24 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (1.40%) OneDrive
16 14 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.83%) Serverless
18 10 (0.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 123 (7.85%) Firewall
2 113 (7.21%) WAN
3 108 (6.89%) DNS
4 98 (6.25%) DHCP
5 75 (4.79%) LAN
6 61 (3.89%) TCP/IP
6 61 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (3.00%) SAN
8 44 (2.81%) VPN
9 32 (2.04%) Intranet
10 29 (1.85%) SD-WAN
11 28 (1.79%) VLAN
12 27 (1.72%) Network Security
12 27 (1.72%) Wireless
13 19 (1.21%) VoIP
14 17 (1.08%) Skype
15 16 (1.02%) Unified Communications
16 13 (0.83%) Internet
17 12 (0.77%) MPLS
18 11 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (16.53%) SQL Server
2 209 (13.34%) Power BI
3 65 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 37 (2.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 37 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (1.91%) Data Lake
8 18 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (1.15%) MongoDB
9 17 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.08%) Metadata
10 15 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (0.83%) MySQL
12 12 (0.77%) Tableau
13 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.57%) Power Query
15 8 (0.51%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 44 (2.81%) Git
2 35 (2.23%) Visual Studio
3 34 (2.17%) JIRA
4 7 (0.45%) Postman
4 7 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.32%) Jasmine
6 5 (0.32%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (0.32%) MSTest
6 5 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.19%) GitLab
8 3 (0.19%) Moq
9 2 (0.13%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.13%) Bower
9 2 (0.13%) CANoe
9 2 (0.13%) gulp
10 1 (0.064%) CMake
General
1 524 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 328 (20.93%) Finance
3 182 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.76%) Retail
5 103 (6.57%) Manufacturing
6 89 (5.68%) Marketing
7 83 (5.30%) Law
8 82 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 70 (4.47%) Public Sector
10 67 (4.28%) Legal
11 49 (3.13%) Local Government
11 49 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.34%) Police
15 19 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.15%) Advertising
16 18 (1.15%) Banking
17 16 (1.02%) Back Office
18 14 (0.89%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 246 (15.70%) Developer
2 224 (14.29%) Analyst
3 171 (10.91%) Senior
4 147 (9.38%) IT Support
5 107 (6.83%) Consultant
6 103 (6.57%) Architect
7 98 (6.25%) Support Engineer
8 86 (5.49%) IT Engineer
9 74 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 67 (4.28%) .NET Developer
11 64 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
12 58 (3.70%) Lead
13 55 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
14 47 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
14 47 (3.00%) Support Analyst
15 43 (2.74%) IT Technician
15 43 (2.74%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.68%) Development Manager
16 42 (2.68%) IT Manager
17 41 (2.62%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (11.55%) .NET
2 77 (4.91%) HTML
3 71 (4.53%) ASP.NET
4 61 (3.89%) .NET Core
5 56 (3.57%) AngularJS
6 53 (3.38%) ASP.NET Web API
6 53 (3.38%) Entity Framework
7 50 (3.19%) ASP.NET MVC
8 46 (2.94%) CSS
9 45 (2.87%) REST
10 42 (2.68%) .NET Framework
11 33 (2.11%) React
12 31 (1.98%) RESTful
12 31 (1.98%) Web Services
13 27 (1.72%) JSON
14 26 (1.66%) Vue
15 24 (1.53%) HTML5
16 21 (1.34%) Node.js
16 21 (1.34%) XML
17 17 (1.08%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (4.85%) Driving Licence
3 73 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 57 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.68%) Public Cloud
6 35 (2.23%) Clustering
7 27 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.53%) Algorithms
10 23 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 21 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 20 (1.28%) NHS
13 20 (1.28%) Onboarding
13 20 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
14 19 (1.21%) Cloud Native
14 19 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (1.15%) PKI
16 17 (1.08%) CCTV
17 16 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 435 (27.76%) Windows
2 196 (12.51%) Windows Server
3 112 (7.15%) Windows 10
4 63 (4.02%) Linux
5 43 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 39 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 38 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (2.17%) Windows 7
9 26 (1.66%) Android
10 21 (1.34%) Apple iOS
11 15 (0.96%) Mac OS
12 14 (0.89%) Unix
13 13 (0.83%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
15 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.51%) Solaris
16 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.38%) VMS
18 5 (0.32%) CentOS
18 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
2 269 (17.17%) Agile
3 222 (14.17%) Customer Service
4 215 (13.72%) Business Intelligence
5 204 (13.02%) Cybersecurity
6 163 (10.40%) DevOps
7 160 (10.21%) ITIL
8 136 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 117 (7.47%) ERP
10 113 (7.21%) CRM
11 111 (7.08%) Roadmaps
12 104 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 99 (6.32%) Analytics
13 99 (6.32%) Project Management
14 91 (5.81%) Logistics
15 89 (5.68%) Decision-Making
16 81 (5.17%) Time Management
17 80 (5.11%) CI/CD
18 79 (5.04%) Mentoring
19 78 (4.98%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 295 (18.83%) SQL
2 169 (10.78%) C#
3 119 (7.59%) JavaScript
4 84 (5.36%) PowerShell
5 62 (3.96%) T-SQL
6 48 (3.06%) Python
7 35 (2.23%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.53%) VB
8 24 (1.53%) VB.NET
9 22 (1.40%) Java
10 20 (1.28%) Bash
11 14 (0.89%) Bicep
12 12 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.70%) C++
14 10 (0.64%) R
15 9 (0.57%) C
16 8 (0.51%) ActionScript
16 8 (0.51%) ActionScript 2.0
16 8 (0.51%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.51%) VB6
Qualifications
1 249 (15.89%) Degree
2 108 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 59 (3.77%) SC Cleared
5 47 (3.00%) DBS Check
6 31 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (1.91%) CCNA
8 26 (1.66%) A+ Certification
9 24 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 24 (1.53%) CCNP
9 24 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.47%) MCSE
11 20 (1.28%) MCP
12 14 (0.89%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.89%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (0.64%) HND
14 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (4.91%) GDPR
2 70 (4.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (2.74%) QA
4 37 (2.36%) SLA
5 32 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 29 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 28 (1.79%) ISO 9001
8 23 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 22 (1.40%) PMO
10 13 (0.83%) NIST
11 7 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.26%) GRC
13 3 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.13%) COSHH
14 2 (0.13%) IASME
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 319 (20.36%) Active Directory
2 116 (7.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 95 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.79%) Docker
5 20 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (1.21%) VMware NSX
7 18 (1.15%) vSphere
8 17 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.38%) pfSense
12 5 (0.32%) NFS
12 5 (0.32%) RACF
12 5 (0.32%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.26%) XenApp
13 4 (0.26%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.19%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 84 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (3.51%) Terraform
3 41 (2.62%) SCCM
4 25 (1.60%) Kubernetes
5 22 (1.40%) EnCase
6 12 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 11 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.64%) Stealthwatch
9 9 (0.57%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.38%) SCOM
11 5 (0.32%) Ansible
11 5 (0.32%) Backup Exec
11 5 (0.32%) CASB
12 4 (0.26%) Autotask
12 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 180 (11.49%) VMware
2 75 (4.79%) Cisco
3 52 (3.32%) Apple
4 46 (2.94%) Dell
5 45 (2.87%) Veeam
6 42 (2.68%) Adobe
6 42 (2.68%) Citrix
6 42 (2.68%) Sophos
7 40 (2.55%) Databricks
8 37 (2.36%) Oracle
9 33 (2.11%) HP
10 27 (1.72%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.66%) Meraki
12 25 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 24 (1.53%) Sage
14 19 (1.21%) SAP
15 18 (1.15%) Google
16 17 (1.08%) Facebook
16 17 (1.08%) Fortinet
17 16 (1.02%) CheckPoint