Microsoft Job Trends 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 4 January 2026, 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 253 342 272
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 14.59% 18.50% 21.83%
As % of the Vendors category 43.25% 43.18% 47.97%
Number of salaries quoted 157 168 236
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £27,760
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,000 £85,750 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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 585 792 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.74% 42.83% 45.51%
Number of salaries quoted 384 377 485
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £29,400
25th Percentile £44,667 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,875 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Birmingham

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (11.46%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.77%) IIS
4 6 (2.37%) Apache
5 2 (0.79%) CMS
5 2 (0.79%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (7.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.40%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 132 (52.17%) Azure
2 65 (25.69%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (23.32%) Power Platform
4 39 (15.42%) AWS
5 26 (10.28%) GitHub
6 23 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (8.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (6.72%) Entra ID
9 13 (5.14%) PowerApps
9 13 (5.14%) SaaS
10 12 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (4.35%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.77%) Azure AI
12 7 (2.77%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.77%) IaaS
12 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (2.77%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.77%) PaaS
13 5 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.07%) Internet
2 9 (3.56%) Firewall
3 8 (3.16%) Unified Communications
4 7 (2.77%) WAN
5 6 (2.37%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.98%) Intranet
6 5 (1.98%) NAS
6 5 (1.98%) SAN
6 5 (1.98%) Wireless
7 4 (1.58%) WebEx
7 4 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.19%) DHCP
8 3 (1.19%) DNS
8 3 (1.19%) LAN
9 2 (0.79%) VLAN
9 2 (0.79%) VPN
9 2 (0.79%) WLAN
10 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.02%) Power BI
2 23 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 19 (7.51%) Tableau
5 13 (5.14%) Data Mining
6 8 (3.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.16%) Data Lake
6 8 (3.16%) Delta Lake
7 6 (2.37%) MySQL
7 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.19%) Parquet
11 2 (0.79%) Power Query
12 1 (0.40%) Big Data
12 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.40%) GIS
12 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 28 (11.07%) Git
2 6 (2.37%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) Moq
3 2 (0.79%) MSTest
3 2 (0.79%) NSubstitute
3 2 (0.79%) NUnit
4 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Maven
4 1 (0.40%) MLflow
4 1 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.02%) Finance
3 29 (11.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.88%) Multimedia
6 22 (8.70%) Law
7 17 (6.72%) Legal
8 13 (5.14%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.16%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.37%) Marketing
12 6 (2.37%) Retail
13 3 (1.19%) Automotive
13 3 (1.19%) Back Office
14 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (17.39%) Analyst
2 38 (15.02%) Trainee
3 33 (13.04%) Lead
4 30 (11.86%) Developer
5 27 (10.67%) Senior
6 25 (9.88%) Architect
7 21 (8.30%) Consultant
8 18 (7.11%) Data Engineer
9 17 (6.72%) Data Analyst
10 14 (5.53%) IT Support
11 13 (5.14%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.74%) IT Engineer
12 12 (4.74%) Support Engineer
12 12 (4.74%) Trainee Analyst
12 12 (4.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 12 (4.74%) Trainee Developer
12 12 (4.74%) Trainee Software Developer
13 10 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (3.95%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.67%) CSS
1 27 (10.67%) HTML
2 11 (4.35%) .NET
3 9 (3.56%) PySpark
4 6 (2.37%) LAMP
5 5 (1.98%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.19%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.19%) EDI
6 3 (1.19%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.79%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.79%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.79%) Razor View Engine
7 2 (0.79%) REST
7 2 (0.79%) TensorFlow
7 2 (0.79%) YAML
8 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.40%) Blazor
8 1 (0.40%) Playwright
8 1 (0.40%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.74%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.16%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Licensing
6 5 (1.98%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.79%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) BYOD
10 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.49%) Windows
2 9 (3.56%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.16%) Linux
4 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (22.53%) AI
3 55 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 49 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (16.21%) Business Intelligence
6 40 (15.81%) Agile
7 37 (14.62%) Analytics
8 29 (11.46%) CRM
9 23 (9.09%) Project Management
10 22 (8.70%) Software Licensing
11 20 (7.91%) Business Analysis
11 20 (7.91%) DevOps
12 19 (7.51%) Business Strategy
13 18 (7.11%) Coaching
14 17 (6.72%) Roadmaps
14 17 (6.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (6.72%) Time Management
15 16 (6.32%) Data Analytics
15 16 (6.32%) Data Engineering
15 16 (6.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 73 (28.85%) SQL
2 69 (27.27%) Python
3 39 (15.42%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.53%) R
5 12 (4.74%) C#
5 12 (4.74%) PowerShell
6 8 (3.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.37%) PHP
8 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.58%) Java
10 3 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.40%) Bash
11 1 (0.40%) Bicep
11 1 (0.40%) C++
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (16.60%) Azure Certification
2 34 (13.44%) AWS Certification
2 34 (13.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (11.86%) Degree
4 25 (9.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 9 (3.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (2.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.37%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.37%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.98%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (1.58%) CISSP
10 3 (1.19%) CEH
10 3 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.79%) CISM
11 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.40%) CBAP
12 1 (0.40%) CCNA
12 1 (0.40%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.56%) QA
2 7 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.58%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.19%) GDPR
4 3 (1.19%) PMO
4 3 (1.19%) SLA
5 2 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.79%) NIST
5 2 (0.79%) WCAG
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (7.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.19%) BitLocker
2 3 (1.19%) Firmware
2 3 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.19%) vSphere
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.58%) SCCM
4 3 (1.19%) Terraform
5 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.40%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 22 (8.70%) Databricks
2 21 (8.30%) Apple
3 17 (6.72%) Adobe
4 11 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.16%) Cisco
5 8 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.77%) Oracle
6 7 (2.77%) Remedy
7 5 (1.98%) Aruba
7 5 (1.98%) ForeScout
7 5 (1.98%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.98%) HP
8 4 (1.58%) Juniper
8 4 (1.58%) VMware
9 3 (1.19%) McAfee
9 3 (1.19%) MobileIron
9 3 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.19%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (0.79%) Veeam