Microsoft Jobs in Birmingham

Microsoft
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 221 544 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.33% 18.44% 28.31%
As % of the Vendors category 34.21% 47.76% 61.42%
Number of salaries quoted 162 427 388
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,759 £82,751
West Midlands median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% +11.11%

All Vendors
Birmingham

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 646 1,139 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 47.75% 38.61% 46.10%
Number of salaries quoted 419 909 652
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,750 £29,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £51,800 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.05% -5.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Birmingham

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Birmingham

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 11 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.81%) CMS
4 3 (1.36%) WordPress
5 2 (0.90%) IIS
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.45%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.45%) Confluence
6 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 50 (22.62%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.07%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (3.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (3.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (1.81%) Infor CloudSuite
4 4 (1.81%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.90%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (52.04%) Azure
2 74 (33.48%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (18.55%) Power Platform
4 36 (16.29%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (10.41%) AWS
6 18 (8.14%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (4.07%) Miro
7 9 (4.07%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.07%) SaaS
8 8 (3.62%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.17%) Serverless
10 6 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.81%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 44 (19.91%) WAN
2 40 (18.10%) LAN
3 30 (13.57%) VoIP
4 18 (8.14%) Firewall
5 16 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (6.33%) DNS
6 14 (6.33%) VPN
7 13 (5.88%) DHCP
8 7 (3.17%) Network Security
8 7 (3.17%) VLAN
9 5 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (2.26%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.81%) HTTPS
10 4 (1.81%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.45%) BGP
11 1 (0.45%) Internet
11 1 (0.45%) IPsec
11 1 (0.45%) Wireless
11 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.03%) Power BI
1 31 (14.03%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.62%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.26%) Power Query
5 5 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.81%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (1.81%) Data Hub
6 4 (1.81%) SQL CLR
7 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.36%) Tableau
8 2 (0.90%) Metadata
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.45%) Big Data
9 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.45%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 15 (6.79%) JIRA
2 4 (1.81%) Git
3 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.90%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 92 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.00%) Retail
3 31 (14.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (13.12%) Finance
6 15 (6.79%) Law
7 10 (4.52%) Marketing
8 5 (2.26%) Back Office
8 5 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.81%) Billing
9 4 (1.81%) Military
9 4 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.36%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) Games
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (15.84%) Developer
2 34 (15.38%) IT Support
3 32 (14.48%) Analyst
4 30 (13.57%) IT Support Specialist
4 30 (13.57%) Support Specialist
5 25 (11.31%) Senior
6 15 (6.79%) Lead
7 14 (6.33%) Support Analyst
7 14 (6.33%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.43%) Consultant
8 12 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.52%) Architect
10 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Developer
11 8 (3.62%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (3.62%) Agile Product Owner
11 8 (3.62%) Product Owner
11 8 (3.62%) Team Leader
12 7 (3.17%) 1st Line Support Analyst
12 7 (3.17%) IT Engineer
13 6 (2.71%) CRM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.22%) .NET
2 11 (4.98%) Web Services
3 8 (3.62%) CSS
3 8 (3.62%) HTML
3 8 (3.62%) REST
4 5 (2.26%) .NET Core
4 5 (2.26%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.81%) jQuery
5 4 (1.81%) JSON
5 4 (1.81%) Vue
6 3 (1.36%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.36%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.36%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.36%) EDI
6 3 (1.36%) RESTful
6 3 (1.36%) WCF
6 3 (1.36%) XML
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.57%) CCTV
2 8 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.26%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.81%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.81%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.36%) iPad
6 3 (1.36%) iPhone
6 3 (1.36%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) Social Media
7 2 (0.90%) FMCG
7 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 71 (32.13%) Windows
2 38 (17.19%) Windows 10
3 17 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 9 (4.07%) Linux
5 6 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) CentOS
7 1 (0.45%) Debian
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (20.36%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (18.10%) Agile
4 32 (14.48%) Customer Service
5 31 (14.03%) Analytics
5 31 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (10.86%) DevOps
8 22 (9.95%) CRM
9 20 (9.05%) Project Management
10 19 (8.60%) Mentoring
10 19 (8.60%) Roadmaps
11 17 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (7.69%) ERP
11 17 (7.69%) Incident Management
11 17 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 16 (7.24%) Asset Management
12 16 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (7.24%) Problem Management
13 15 (6.79%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.62%) SQL
2 23 (10.41%) C#
3 17 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 15 (6.79%) Python
5 12 (5.43%) Java
6 10 (4.52%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.71%) R
7 6 (2.71%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.26%) C++
9 3 (1.36%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.45%) Bash
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) PHP
11 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.45%) Scala
11 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (23.53%) Degree
2 19 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.17%) CISM
4 7 (3.17%) CISSP
4 7 (3.17%) MCP
4 7 (3.17%) MCSA
5 6 (2.71%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.71%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.26%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.26%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.26%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.26%) SANS
7 4 (1.81%) CCNA
7 4 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.81%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.36%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (2.71%) QA
2 5 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.26%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.81%) NIST
4 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.36%) NCSC
5 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 63 (28.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.52%) BitLocker
2 10 (4.52%) Firmware
3 8 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.36%) Docker
6 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.79%) SCCM
3 4 (1.81%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.36%) Terraform
5 2 (0.90%) Ansible
5 2 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (6.79%) HP
2 14 (6.33%) Apple
3 10 (4.52%) MobileIron
4 9 (4.07%) Salesforce
4 9 (4.07%) SAP
5 8 (3.62%) VMware
6 7 (3.17%) Cisco
6 7 (3.17%) McAfee
6 7 (3.17%) Remedy
7 4 (1.81%) Google
7 4 (1.81%) Infor
8 3 (1.36%) Facebook
8 3 (1.36%) Informatica
8 3 (1.36%) Instagram
8 3 (1.36%) Oracle
8 3 (1.36%) Twitter
8 3 (1.36%) YouTube
9 2 (0.90%) Databricks
9 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.90%) PeopleSoft