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 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,499 1,643 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.07% 26.28% 20.97%
As % of the Vendors category 54.39% 56.71% 49.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,206 830 1,094
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,250 £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% -
75th Percentile £62,458 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,750
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 2,756 2,897 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.89% 46.34% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,164 1,549 2,056
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,750 £28,321
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £62,625 £64,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.77%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 0 522 £50,000 -9.09% 193
Staffordshire 0 204 £40,000 -11.11% 75
Warwickshire +9 187 £45,000 -14.29% 62
Worcestershire +2 116 £36,298 -8.97% 22
Coventry +1 63 £47,100 -3.88% 40
Solihull +3 57 £62,500 +38.89% 12
Shropshire +11 55 £42,000 -1.18% 26
Wolverhampton -4 34 £30,500 -39.00% 14
Dudley 0 16 £25,000 -58.33% 13
Herefordshire +5 15 £33,750 -13.08% 6
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 1
Wednesbury 0 9 £30,000 -7.69% 1
Walsall -4 8 £26,000 +23.81% 5
Halesowen -6 6 £38,000 +13.43% 8
Stourbridge - 4 £55,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 - 1
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England

Microsoft
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
1 195 (13.01%) SharePoint
2 137 (9.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 48 (3.20%) IIS
4 16 (1.07%) Confluence
5 15 (1.00%) Skype for Business
6 11 (0.73%) Apache
7 8 (0.53%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.33%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.33%) WordPress
9 4 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) 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%) Magnolia
Applications
1 309 (20.61%) Microsoft Office
2 179 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 53 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.47%) Trello
8 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) Blender
11 1 (0.067%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 73 (4.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.67%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Magento
5 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.13%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.067%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.067%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 569 (37.96%) Azure
2 470 (31.35%) Microsoft 365
3 289 (19.28%) Power Platform
4 170 (11.34%) Dynamics 365
5 111 (7.40%) Entra ID
6 97 (6.47%) PowerApps
7 89 (5.94%) AWS
8 82 (5.47%) Power Automate
9 66 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (2.40%) SaaS
11 35 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 26 (1.73%) Azure Stack
12 26 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (1.67%) IaaS
13 25 (1.67%) PaaS
14 24 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (1.47%) OneDrive
16 15 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 13 (0.87%) Serverless
18 11 (0.73%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 124 (8.27%) Firewall
2 113 (7.54%) WAN
3 107 (7.14%) DNS
4 95 (6.34%) DHCP
5 76 (5.07%) LAN
6 62 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
7 58 (3.87%) TCP/IP
8 46 (3.07%) SAN
9 41 (2.74%) VPN
10 32 (2.13%) Intranet
11 28 (1.87%) Wireless
12 27 (1.80%) SD-WAN
12 27 (1.80%) VLAN
13 23 (1.53%) Network Security
14 19 (1.27%) VoIP
15 16 (1.07%) Unified Communications
16 15 (1.00%) Skype
17 12 (0.80%) HTTP
17 12 (0.80%) Internet
17 12 (0.80%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 206 (13.74%) Power BI
3 62 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 35 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 34 (2.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 31 (2.07%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.20%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.07%) Metadata
11 16 (1.07%) Tableau
12 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.80%) MySQL
14 11 (0.73%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.67%) NoSQL
16 8 (0.53%) Data Mining
16 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 8 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 44 (2.94%) Git
2 35 (2.33%) JIRA
3 34 (2.27%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.47%) Postman
4 7 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.33%) Jasmine
6 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.33%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (0.33%) MSTest
6 5 (0.33%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.20%) GitLab
7 3 (0.20%) Moq
8 2 (0.13%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Bower
8 2 (0.13%) CANoe
8 2 (0.13%) gulp
9 1 (0.067%) CMake
General
1 514 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 284 (18.95%) Finance
3 149 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (8.01%) Retail
5 103 (6.87%) Manufacturing
6 79 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 79 (5.27%) Law
7 73 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 62 (4.14%) Marketing
9 56 (3.74%) Legal
10 51 (3.40%) Local Government
11 48 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.40%) Police
15 18 (1.20%) Advertising
15 18 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.00%) Back Office
16 15 (1.00%) Banking
17 14 (0.93%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 239 (15.94%) Developer
2 218 (14.54%) Analyst
3 160 (10.67%) Senior
4 141 (9.41%) IT Support
5 103 (6.87%) Consultant
6 93 (6.20%) Support Engineer
7 92 (6.14%) Architect
8 85 (5.67%) IT Engineer
9 74 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 65 (4.34%) .NET Developer
11 58 (3.87%) Lead
12 54 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
12 54 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
13 46 (3.07%) Support Analyst
14 45 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
15 42 (2.80%) IT Technician
15 42 (2.80%) Senior Developer
16 41 (2.74%) IT Manager
17 39 (2.60%) Senior Architect
18 38 (2.54%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (11.94%) .NET
2 75 (5.00%) HTML
3 70 (4.67%) ASP.NET
4 61 (4.07%) .NET Core
5 56 (3.74%) AngularJS
6 52 (3.47%) ASP.NET Web API
7 51 (3.40%) Entity Framework
8 49 (3.27%) ASP.NET MVC
9 45 (3.00%) REST
10 44 (2.94%) CSS
11 39 (2.60%) .NET Framework
12 33 (2.20%) React
13 32 (2.13%) RESTful
14 30 (2.00%) Web Services
15 27 (1.80%) JSON
16 26 (1.73%) Vue
17 24 (1.60%) HTML5
18 21 (1.40%) Node.js
19 20 (1.33%) XML
20 17 (1.13%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 97 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
2 80 (5.34%) Driving Licence
3 72 (4.80%) Data Centre
4 58 (3.87%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.74%) Public Cloud
6 38 (2.54%) Clustering
7 27 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.67%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (1.53%) Low-Code
10 22 (1.47%) Algorithms
11 19 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.27%) NHS
12 18 (1.20%) Cloud Native
12 18 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.20%) PKI
12 18 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.13%) CCTV
13 17 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 424 (28.29%) Windows
2 193 (12.88%) Windows Server
3 108 (7.20%) Windows 10
4 60 (4.00%) Linux
5 44 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 37 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 34 (2.27%) Windows 7
7 34 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (1.60%) Android
9 19 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.07%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.07%) Unix
11 13 (0.87%) Windows 8
12 9 (0.60%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.53%) Solaris
13 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (0.40%) VMS
15 5 (0.33%) CentOS
15 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (15.88%) Agile
3 210 (14.01%) Customer Service
4 209 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
5 202 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (10.47%) DevOps
7 154 (10.27%) ITIL
8 131 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.61%) CRM
10 112 (7.47%) ERP
11 105 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 103 (6.87%) Roadmaps
13 98 (6.54%) Project Management
14 91 (6.07%) Analytics
15 80 (5.34%) CI/CD
15 80 (5.34%) Time Management
16 79 (5.27%) Artificial Intelligence
17 78 (5.20%) Service Delivery
18 77 (5.14%) Decision-Making
19 76 (5.07%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 288 (19.21%) SQL
2 163 (10.87%) C#
3 116 (7.74%) JavaScript
4 79 (5.27%) PowerShell
5 61 (4.07%) T-SQL
6 50 (3.34%) Python
7 35 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.67%) VB
9 22 (1.47%) VB.NET
10 21 (1.40%) Java
11 20 (1.33%) Bash
12 13 (0.87%) Bicep
13 11 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.67%) R
15 9 (0.60%) C
15 9 (0.60%) C++
16 8 (0.53%) ActionScript
16 8 (0.53%) ActionScript 2.0
16 8 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 244 (16.28%) Degree
2 111 (7.40%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 60 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 42 (2.80%) DBS Check
6 29 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (1.87%) CCNA
8 26 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 24 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (1.53%) MCSE
11 22 (1.47%) CCNP
12 20 (1.33%) MCP
13 14 (0.93%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (0.80%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.67%) HND
16 10 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (0.60%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 75 (5.00%) GDPR
2 39 (2.60%) QA
3 36 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.40%) SLA
4 32 (2.13%) ISO 9001
5 30 (2.00%) Data Quality
6 28 (1.87%) Accessibility
7 27 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 22 (1.47%) PMO
9 14 (0.93%) NIST
10 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.27%) GRC
12 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.13%) COSHH
13 2 (0.13%) IASME
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.13%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 310 (20.68%) Active Directory
2 113 (7.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (6.27%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.87%) Docker
5 20 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (1.33%) VMware NSX
6 17 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (1.07%) vSphere
8 15 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.40%) pfSense
11 5 (0.33%) NFS
11 5 (0.33%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.13%) XenApp
14 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.067%) RACF
15 1 (0.067%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 81 (5.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (3.20%) Terraform
3 42 (2.80%) SCCM
4 26 (1.73%) EnCase
5 25 (1.67%) Kubernetes
6 12 (0.80%) vCenter Server
7 11 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (0.60%) AirWatch
8 9 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.53%) Stealthwatch
10 7 (0.47%) SCOM
11 5 (0.33%) Ansible
11 5 (0.33%) Backup Exec
11 5 (0.33%) CASB
12 4 (0.27%) Autotask
12 4 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 175 (11.67%) VMware
2 72 (4.80%) Cisco
3 53 (3.54%) Apple
4 46 (3.07%) Dell
5 44 (2.94%) Veeam
6 43 (2.87%) Adobe
7 42 (2.80%) Databricks
7 42 (2.80%) Sophos
8 39 (2.60%) Citrix
9 34 (2.27%) Oracle
10 32 (2.13%) HP
11 26 (1.73%) ServiceNow
12 25 (1.67%) Salesforce
13 24 (1.60%) Sage
14 23 (1.53%) Meraki
15 19 (1.27%) SAP
16 18 (1.20%) Google
17 17 (1.13%) CheckPoint
17 17 (1.13%) Facebook
17 17 (1.13%) Fortinet