Microsoft Job Trends in Coventry

Microsoft
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Coventry 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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 12 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 27 21 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 10.19% 11.41% 19.05%
As % of the Vendors category 32.14% 41.18% 35.56%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 42
10th Percentile £33,400 £28,000 £37,588
25th Percentile £47,025 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £46,050
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +24.86% -11.50%
75th Percentile £61,700 £90,000 £56,750
90th Percentile £63,610 £94,000 £74,875
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,100
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.16% -0.84%

All Vendors
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 84 51 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 31.70% 27.72% 53.57%
Number of salaries quoted 32 35 119
10th Percentile £36,625 £36,200 £26,500
25th Percentile £43,294 £53,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £47,100
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +48.62% -8.63%
75th Percentile £63,488 £72,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £69,750 £89,000 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Coventry

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Microsoft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Coventry

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Coventry over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Coventry

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (44.44%) Azure
3 7 (25.93%) Smartsheet
4 5 (18.52%) Azure AI
4 5 (18.52%) Power Platform
5 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
7 2 (7.41%) AWS
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (7.41%) SaaS
7 2 (7.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) DHCP
1 4 (14.81%) DNS
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
1 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.41%) FTP
2 2 (7.41%) HTTP
2 2 (7.41%) LAN
2 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
2 2 (7.41%) SMTP
2 2 (7.41%) SNMP
2 2 (7.41%) SSH
2 2 (7.41%) SSL
2 2 (7.41%) Telnet
2 2 (7.41%) VLAN
2 2 (7.41%) WAN
2 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Power BI
1 5 (18.52%) Tableau
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
1 10 (37.04%) Junior
1 10 (37.04%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Data Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) ERP Manager
2 5 (18.52%) Junior Data Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Applications Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) IT Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.11%) IT Assistant
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) CMDB
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) ERP
1 7 (25.93%) Logistics
1 7 (25.93%) Project Delivery
2 5 (18.52%) AI
2 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.81%) Workload Management
4 3 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 3 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (11.11%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (7.41%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (7.41%) Change Control
5 2 (7.41%) Content Development
5 2 (7.41%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Azure Certification
2 5 (18.52%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (18.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) BitLocker
2 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) ForeScout
2 2 (7.41%) ConnectWise
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.41%) Sophos
2 2 (7.41%) VMware