Microsoft 365 Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft 365 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft 365 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 37 39
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 633 433 476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.10% 7.13% 6.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 25.39% 19.11% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 556 366 385
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,438 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £39,695 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% -3.18% +2.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,440 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,375 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

Microsoft 365 is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,493 2,266 2,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.90% 37.31% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,129 1,507 2,026
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,118 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £82,970
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft 365 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
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 365 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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 +11 238 £38,000 -6.17% 34
Staffordshire -6 91 £35,000 - 30
Worcestershire -6 52 £35,000 -9.68% 11
Warwickshire +42 48 £37,000 -50.67% 23
Shropshire +7 26 £37,000 +42.31% 7
Coventry +19 22 £43,500 +16.00% 8
Solihull -9 20 £35,000 -8.50% 6
Walsall +11 9 £26,000 +15.56% 3
Halesowen - 8 £35,000 -
Wolverhampton +3 7 £21,500 -46.25% 4
Herefordshire +6 6 £27,500 -35.29% 3
Dudley +7 5 £40,000 +29.03% 3
West Bromwich - 5 £57,500 -
Tipton -1 4 £24,000 -26.15%
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 -
Wednesbury -2 2 £24,750 -14.66%
Sutton Coldfield -9 2 £24,000 -11.11%
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
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
1 165 (26.07%) SharePoint
2 127 (20.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (3.16%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.32%) IIS
5 2 (0.32%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 93 (14.69%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.11%) Trello
5 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.32%) InDesign
6 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 15 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.79%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.32%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 291 (45.97%) Azure
2 128 (20.22%) Entra ID
3 84 (13.27%) Power Platform
4 41 (6.48%) PowerApps
5 31 (4.90%) Power Automate
6 30 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (4.11%) OneDrive
8 22 (3.48%) AWS
9 19 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.42%) IaaS
12 9 (1.42%) PaaS
13 8 (1.26%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.11%) SaaS
15 6 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 4 (0.63%) GCP
16 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
17 2 (0.32%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 125 (19.75%) Firewall
2 81 (12.80%) DNS
3 71 (11.22%) DHCP
4 58 (9.16%) WAN
5 55 (8.69%) LAN
6 49 (7.74%) Wi-Fi
7 45 (7.11%) VPN
8 43 (6.79%) TCP/IP
9 29 (4.58%) Intranet
9 29 (4.58%) SAN
10 25 (3.95%) VLAN
11 18 (2.84%) Network Security
11 18 (2.84%) PBX
11 18 (2.84%) Wireless
12 12 (1.90%) SMTP
13 11 (1.74%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.74%) SNMP
14 10 (1.58%) VoIP
15 9 (1.42%) iSCSI
15 9 (1.42%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.21%) Power BI
2 42 (6.64%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.26%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.95%) Metadata
6 6 (0.95%) MySQL
6 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.53%) JIRA
2 6 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 212 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 79 (12.48%) Finance
3 65 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.11%) Law
5 43 (6.79%) Retail
6 36 (5.69%) Telecoms
7 35 (5.53%) Manufacturing
8 34 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.32%) Local Government
10 15 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.05%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.74%) Marketing
13 10 (1.58%) Legal
14 5 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (0.79%) Games
15 4 (0.63%) Automotive
15 4 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
15 4 (0.63%) Police
15 4 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 122 (19.27%) IT Support
2 104 (16.43%) Support Engineer
3 99 (15.64%) IT Engineer
4 86 (13.59%) Analyst
5 66 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 63 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 50 (7.90%) Senior
8 41 (6.48%) IT Manager
9 40 (6.32%) IT Technician
10 37 (5.85%) IT Analyst
11 36 (5.69%) Support Analyst
12 34 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
13 29 (4.58%) 3rd Line Support
14 28 (4.42%) Developer
15 27 (4.27%) 1st Line Support
16 24 (3.79%) IT Support Analyst
17 23 (3.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 22 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 21 (3.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
20 20 (3.16%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.21%) .NET
2 10 (1.58%) JSON
3 8 (1.26%) ARM Templates
3 8 (1.26%) SPFx
3 8 (1.26%) YAML
4 4 (0.63%) HTML
5 2 (0.32%) RESTful
6 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.16%) CSS
6 1 (0.16%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.37%) Data Centre
2 30 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.95%) Replication
4 24 (3.79%) Driving Licence
5 21 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.84%) CCTV
6 18 (2.84%) Private Cloud
7 16 (2.53%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.90%) Clustering
8 12 (1.90%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.58%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.26%) PKI
10 8 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (1.11%) EFT
11 7 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.11%) EPoS
12 6 (0.95%) FMCG
12 6 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.95%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 365 (57.66%) Windows
2 195 (30.81%) Windows Server
3 108 (17.06%) Windows 10
4 60 (9.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 36 (5.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (5.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.00%) Windows 7
8 17 (2.69%) Linux
9 14 (2.21%) Mac OS
10 12 (1.90%) Windows 8
11 8 (1.26%) Android
12 7 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.79%) Unix
14 4 (0.63%) VMS
14 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.32%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (18.80%) ITIL
3 106 (16.75%) Customer Service
4 89 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (9.16%) Project Delivery
7 53 (8.37%) Service Delivery
8 47 (7.42%) DevOps
8 47 (7.42%) Project Management
9 46 (7.27%) Agile
9 46 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (7.27%) Line Management
10 37 (5.85%) Service Management
11 35 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (5.06%) ERP
13 31 (4.90%) Change Management
13 31 (4.90%) Roadmaps
14 28 (4.42%) Presales
15 27 (4.27%) Root Cause Analysis
16 26 (4.11%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 76 (12.01%) SQL
2 64 (10.11%) PowerShell
3 11 (1.74%) Python
4 8 (1.26%) Bash
4 8 (1.26%) C#
5 6 (0.95%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.79%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.47%) PHP
8 2 (0.32%) Bicep
8 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.32%) VB
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (11.53%) Degree
2 70 (11.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (3.79%) MCSE
4 21 (3.32%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.00%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.69%) A+ Certification
7 17 (2.69%) CCNA
7 17 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (2.37%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.21%) MCP
10 11 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.79%) APMG
14 5 (0.79%) CCNP
14 5 (0.79%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.79%) PMP
15 4 (0.63%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 35 (5.53%) GDPR
3 29 (4.58%) SLA
4 11 (1.74%) PMO
5 8 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (1.26%) QA
6 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.95%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.63%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 312 (49.29%) Active Directory
2 119 (18.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (18.48%) Hyper-V
4 42 (6.64%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (3.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (2.37%) vSphere
7 12 (1.90%) Docker
8 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 10 (1.58%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.79%) NFS
11 4 (0.63%) pfSense
12 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.16%) Firmware
13 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.16%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.16%) XenApp
13 1 (0.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 95 (15.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (9.32%) SCCM
3 28 (4.42%) Terraform
4 13 (2.05%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.58%) Failover Clustering
6 9 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (1.42%) AirWatch
6 9 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.95%) SCOM
9 4 (0.63%) Autotask
9 4 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.16%) CASB
11 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 474 (74.88%) Microsoft
2 169 (26.70%) VMware
3 53 (8.37%) Veeam
4 51 (8.06%) Cisco
5 41 (6.48%) Citrix
6 38 (6.00%) Sophos
7 30 (4.74%) Dell
8 28 (4.42%) Apple
9 23 (3.63%) ServiceNow
10 21 (3.32%) HP
11 15 (2.37%) Adobe
12 14 (2.21%) Fortinet
12 14 (2.21%) Meraki
13 13 (2.05%) Sage
14 12 (1.90%) Salesforce
15 9 (1.42%) EqualLogic
15 9 (1.42%) WatchGuard
16 8 (1.26%) Aruba
16 8 (1.26%) Databricks
16 8 (1.26%) Datto