Microsoft Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,264 2,502 2,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.44% 25.99% 21.73%
As % of the Vendors category 53.01% 57.97% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,824 1,231 1,640
10th Percentile £24,425 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,271 4,316 4,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.67% 44.84% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,210 2,244 3,141
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £60,188 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% +2.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands +1 1,484 £45,000 -10.00% 410
East Midlands 0 771 £37,500 -14.77% 248
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 273 (12.06%) SharePoint
2 215 (9.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 74 (3.27%) IIS
4 21 (0.93%) Confluence
5 12 (0.53%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.40%) Apache
7 8 (0.35%) WordPress
8 6 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.18%) CMS
10 4 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.18%) SAS
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.13%) nginx
11 3 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.088%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.088%) Liferay
12 2 (0.088%) Magnolia
Applications
1 480 (21.20%) Microsoft Office
2 269 (11.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 86 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.75%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.44%) Trello
7 9 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.35%) InDesign
8 8 (0.35%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.31%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.18%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.088%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.088%) Sketch
13 1 (0.044%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.044%) Blender
Business Applications
1 90 (3.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.35%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.18%) Magento
5 4 (0.18%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.13%) Shopify
7 2 (0.088%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.088%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.088%) Primavera
7 2 (0.088%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.044%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.044%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 854 (37.72%) Azure
2 735 (32.46%) Microsoft 365
3 341 (15.06%) Power Platform
4 195 (8.61%) Dynamics 365
5 176 (7.77%) Entra ID
6 149 (6.58%) AWS
7 102 (4.51%) PowerApps
8 76 (3.36%) Power Automate
9 73 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
10 54 (2.39%) SaaS
11 36 (1.59%) OneDrive
12 35 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 34 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
14 30 (1.33%) PaaS
15 28 (1.24%) IaaS
16 27 (1.19%) GCP
17 26 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
18 25 (1.10%) Azure Stack
19 21 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
20 16 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 243 (10.73%) Firewall
2 203 (8.97%) DNS
3 170 (7.51%) DHCP
4 168 (7.42%) WAN
5 127 (5.61%) LAN
6 108 (4.77%) SAN
7 102 (4.51%) TCP/IP
8 89 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
9 80 (3.53%) VPN
10 67 (2.96%) VLAN
11 45 (1.99%) VoIP
12 39 (1.72%) Wireless
13 37 (1.63%) Internet
13 37 (1.63%) Network Security
14 34 (1.50%) Intranet
15 29 (1.28%) SD-WAN
16 20 (0.88%) Broadband
17 18 (0.80%) Unified Communications
18 15 (0.66%) WLAN
19 14 (0.62%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (17.62%) SQL Server
2 238 (10.51%) Power BI
3 74 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 47 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 44 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 39 (1.72%) Data Lake
8 38 (1.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 32 (1.41%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 26 (1.15%) Tableau
12 21 (0.93%) NoSQL
13 20 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (0.80%) Oracle Database
15 16 (0.71%) MySQL
15 16 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
16 13 (0.57%) Data Mining
16 13 (0.57%) Power Query
17 12 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 52 (2.30%) JIRA
2 48 (2.12%) Git
3 38 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.49%) Jasmine
5 11 (0.49%) Karma Test Runner
6 7 (0.31%) Postman
6 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.27%) GitLab
7 6 (0.27%) Moq
8 5 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.22%) MSTest
8 5 (0.22%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.18%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.18%) gulp
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.088%) Bower
10 2 (0.088%) Yeoman
General
1 784 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 334 (14.75%) Finance
3 205 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (8.17%) Retail
5 151 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 99 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 95 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 92 (4.06%) Marketing
9 91 (4.02%) Law
10 89 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
11 61 (2.69%) Legal
12 51 (2.25%) Local Government
13 50 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
14 47 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 37 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.46%) Advertising
17 24 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.84%) Automotive
19 18 (0.80%) Back Office
20 15 (0.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 329 (14.53%) Developer
2 299 (13.21%) Analyst
3 219 (9.67%) IT Support
4 209 (9.23%) Senior
5 160 (7.07%) Support Engineer
6 137 (6.05%) IT Engineer
7 132 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 116 (5.12%) Consultant
9 109 (4.81%) Architect
10 107 (4.73%) .NET Developer
11 106 (4.68%) Lead
12 92 (4.06%) IT Technician
13 79 (3.49%) Administrator
14 78 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
15 75 (3.31%) 1st Line Support
16 67 (2.96%) Support Analyst
17 65 (2.87%) 2nd Line Support
18 64 (2.83%) Support Technician
19 61 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
20 58 (2.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (11.13%) .NET
2 146 (6.45%) HTML
3 121 (5.34%) ASP.NET
4 120 (5.30%) .NET Core
4 120 (5.30%) AngularJS
5 91 (4.02%) ASP.NET MVC
5 91 (4.02%) CSS
6 82 (3.62%) ASP.NET Web API
7 77 (3.40%) HTML5
8 76 (3.36%) React
9 69 (3.05%) REST
10 61 (2.69%) Entity Framework
11 60 (2.65%) Node.js
12 57 (2.52%) RESTful
13 47 (2.08%) XML
14 44 (1.94%) .NET Framework
15 40 (1.77%) LINQ
16 38 (1.68%) JSON
17 34 (1.50%) Vue
18 31 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 158 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 156 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
3 105 (4.64%) Data Centre
4 98 (4.33%) Management Information System
5 58 (2.56%) Clustering
6 53 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 36 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.50%) PKI
9 32 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 29 (1.28%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 26 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
14 21 (0.93%) NHS
15 19 (0.84%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.80%) CCTV
16 18 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 708 (31.27%) Windows
2 356 (15.72%) Windows Server
3 142 (6.27%) Windows 10
4 94 (4.15%) Linux
5 72 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 53 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 53 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (1.94%) Android
7 44 (1.94%) Windows 7
8 37 (1.63%) Apple iOS
9 30 (1.33%) Mac OS
10 19 (0.84%) Windows 8
11 17 (0.75%) Unix
12 13 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 12 (0.53%) VMS
14 11 (0.49%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 6 (0.27%) Mac OS X
18 5 (0.22%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
2 344 (15.19%) Customer Service
3 331 (14.62%) Agile
4 249 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
5 244 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
6 230 (10.16%) ITIL
7 195 (8.61%) DevOps
8 165 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 165 (7.29%) Project Management
9 161 (7.11%) CRM
10 158 (6.98%) ERP
11 153 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 144 (6.36%) Mentoring
13 139 (6.14%) Migration
14 132 (5.83%) Roadmaps
15 120 (5.30%) Full Stack Development
16 117 (5.17%) Time Management
17 113 (4.99%) MVC
18 106 (4.68%) Decision-Making
19 97 (4.28%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 429 (18.95%) SQL
2 236 (10.42%) C#
3 200 (8.83%) JavaScript
4 115 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 91 (4.02%) Python
6 73 (3.22%) T-SQL
7 61 (2.69%) TypeScript
8 58 (2.56%) VB
9 36 (1.59%) VB.NET
10 32 (1.41%) Java
11 25 (1.10%) PHP
12 23 (1.02%) JSX
13 22 (0.97%) Bash
14 15 (0.66%) R
15 14 (0.62%) C
15 14 (0.62%) VB6
16 13 (0.57%) Bicep
16 13 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 8 (0.35%) ActionScript
17 8 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 351 (15.50%) Degree
2 152 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 145 (6.40%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.27%) SC Cleared
5 69 (3.05%) DBS Check
6 42 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 41 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (1.77%) MCP
9 37 (1.63%) A+ Certification
10 33 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 32 (1.41%) CCNA
11 32 (1.41%) MCSE
12 20 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (0.84%) MCSA
14 18 (0.80%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.75%) CCNP
16 15 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
16 15 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 14 (0.62%) DV Cleared
18 13 (0.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 90 (3.98%) GDPR
3 78 (3.45%) QA
4 63 (2.78%) SLA
5 60 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 50 (2.21%) ISO 9001
7 38 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 31 (1.37%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.24%) Data Quality
10 25 (1.10%) PMO
11 15 (0.66%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.57%) NIST
13 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.22%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.18%) GRC
16 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
17 2 (0.088%) IASME
17 2 (0.088%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.088%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 520 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 183 (8.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (6.45%) Hyper-V
4 47 (2.08%) Docker
5 30 (1.33%) vSphere
6 28 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 20 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
9 19 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.57%) KVM
11 11 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 8 (0.35%) pfSense
12 8 (0.35%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 5 (0.22%) NFS
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.18%) Firmware
15 2 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (2.56%) SCCM
3 45 (1.99%) Terraform
4 44 (1.94%) Kubernetes
5 37 (1.63%) EnCase
6 17 (0.75%) SCOM
7 14 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.57%) AirWatch
8 13 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
8 13 (0.57%) vCenter Server
9 12 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.49%) SmoothWall
11 9 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.35%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.35%) WSUS
13 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.22%) Ansible
14 5 (0.22%) Autotask
14 5 (0.22%) CASB
14 5 (0.22%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 268 (11.84%) VMware
2 96 (4.24%) Cisco
3 90 (3.98%) Veeam
4 82 (3.62%) Dell
5 81 (3.58%) Apple
6 68 (3.00%) HP
7 54 (2.39%) Citrix
8 50 (2.21%) Adobe
9 49 (2.16%) Sophos
10 44 (1.94%) ServiceNow
11 43 (1.90%) Google
12 40 (1.77%) Meraki
13 37 (1.63%) Databricks
13 37 (1.63%) Salesforce
14 35 (1.55%) Oracle
15 28 (1.24%) Sage
16 25 (1.10%) Facebook
17 24 (1.06%) Nimble Storage
18 23 (1.02%) Aruba
18 23 (1.02%) SAP