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 1 December 2023 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
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,172 2,731 2,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.09% 24.33% 21.84%
As % of the Vendors category 49.87% 55.17% 49.47%
Number of salaries quoted 922 1,456 1,771
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,533 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +10.59% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 2,350 4,950 4,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 46.30% 44.10% 44.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,823 2,792 3,550
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £37,461 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,750 £61,105
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +2 824 £47,500 +1.06% 468
East Midlands -1 342 £50,000 +11.11% 239
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
1 101 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 62 (5.29%) MS Exchange
3 26 (2.22%) IIS
4 22 (1.88%) Confluence
5 7 (0.60%) CMS
6 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.26%) WordPress
8 2 (0.17%) Apache
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) MODX
8 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.17%) Site Server
8 2 (0.17%) TPMS
9 1 (0.085%) Drupal
9 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.085%) Kentico
9 1 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.085%) Umbraco
Applications
1 159 (13.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (12.54%) Microsoft Office
3 93 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.60%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.17%) CATIA
7 2 (0.17%) Simulink
7 2 (0.17%) Trello
8 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.085%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.085%) InDesign
8 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 62 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.68%) Shopify
4 5 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.43%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) SystmOne
5 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP MDM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.17%) Scribe Insight
6 1 (0.085%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.085%) Epicor Tropos
6 1 (0.085%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.085%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 641 (54.69%) Azure
2 336 (28.67%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (18.09%) Power Platform
4 139 (11.86%) Dynamics 365
5 135 (11.52%) AWS
6 109 (9.30%) Entra ID
7 92 (7.85%) Azure DevOps
8 71 (6.06%) Power Automate
9 67 (5.72%) SaaS
10 61 (5.20%) PowerApps
11 45 (3.84%) Serverless
12 41 (3.50%) GCP
12 41 (3.50%) PaaS
13 40 (3.41%) Azure Functions
14 38 (3.24%) IaaS
15 30 (2.56%) ChatGPT
15 30 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
16 25 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.88%) OneDrive
18 14 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 143 (12.20%) DNS
2 134 (11.43%) DHCP
3 131 (11.18%) WAN
4 125 (10.67%) Firewall
5 90 (7.68%) LAN
6 68 (5.80%) SAN
7 65 (5.55%) TCP/IP
8 54 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
9 46 (3.92%) Wireless
10 40 (3.41%) VPN
11 36 (3.07%) VLAN
12 30 (2.56%) HTTP
13 29 (2.47%) SMTP
13 29 (2.47%) SSL
14 27 (2.30%) FTP
14 27 (2.30%) SSH
15 26 (2.22%) Internet
15 26 (2.22%) SNMP
16 24 (2.05%) Network Security
16 24 (2.05%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (17.49%) SQL Server
2 127 (10.84%) Power BI
3 33 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 33 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 30 (2.56%) Tableau
5 25 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 12 (1.02%) Oracle Database
10 11 (0.94%) Delta Lake
11 10 (0.85%) Power Query
12 9 (0.77%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 8 (0.68%) MySQL
14 7 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.51%) Neo4j
15 6 (0.51%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 32 (2.73%) Git
2 28 (2.39%) Visual Studio
3 27 (2.30%) JIRA
4 13 (1.11%) Oracle APEX
5 8 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.51%) GitLab
7 5 (0.43%) Artifactory
7 5 (0.43%) Maven
7 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.085%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.085%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.085%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.085%) MSTest
9 1 (0.085%) NUnit
9 1 (0.085%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.085%) webpack
General
1 367 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 229 (19.54%) Finance
3 158 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (5.63%) Retail
5 65 (5.55%) Law
6 50 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (4.10%) Manufacturing
8 44 (3.75%) Public Sector
9 42 (3.58%) Legal
10 36 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.56%) Automotive
12 28 (2.39%) Marketing
13 23 (1.96%) Local Government
13 23 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.45%) Banking
15 12 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.77%) Back Office
18 8 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 175 (14.93%) Developer
2 140 (11.95%) Analyst
3 138 (11.77%) Senior
4 119 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 93 (7.94%) IT Engineer
6 85 (7.25%) Lead
7 71 (6.06%) Support Engineer
8 67 (5.72%) IT Support
9 63 (5.38%) Architect
10 57 (4.86%) Software Developer
11 54 (4.61%) Consultant
12 39 (3.33%) .NET Developer
13 38 (3.24%) Administrator
13 38 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
14 34 (2.90%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 34 (2.90%) Systems Engineer
15 33 (2.82%) C# Developer
16 32 (2.73%) Support Analyst
17 29 (2.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 27 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (13.74%) .NET
2 97 (8.28%) HTML
3 88 (7.51%) CSS
4 56 (4.78%) ASP.NET
5 54 (4.61%) .NET Framework
6 50 (4.27%) AngularJS
6 50 (4.27%) React
7 49 (4.18%) .NET Core
8 47 (4.01%) Node.js
9 45 (3.84%) HTML5
10 43 (3.67%) Entity Framework
11 36 (3.07%) jQuery
12 34 (2.90%) REST
12 34 (2.90%) XML
13 32 (2.73%) ASP.NET MVC
14 28 (2.39%) Express.js
14 28 (2.39%) Web Services
15 27 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
15 27 (2.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 17 (1.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 86 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
3 66 (5.63%) Data Centre
4 52 (4.44%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.24%) Clustering
6 31 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.30%) Taxonomies
8 24 (2.05%) EFT
8 24 (2.05%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.37%) Replication
11 13 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (1.11%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.02%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.02%) Private Cloud
13 11 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.94%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.85%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.77%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 337 (28.75%) Windows
2 201 (17.15%) Windows Server
3 57 (4.86%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 40 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (3.24%) Linux
7 35 (2.99%) Android
8 34 (2.90%) Apple iOS
9 27 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 26 (2.22%) Mac OS
11 17 (1.45%) Unix
12 14 (1.19%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.43%) CentOS
14 5 (0.43%) Windows 2000
14 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.34%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
2 206 (17.58%) Agile
3 164 (13.99%) DevOps
4 146 (12.46%) ITIL
5 131 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 118 (10.07%) Roadmaps
7 113 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
7 113 (9.64%) Customer Service
8 87 (7.42%) CRM
9 86 (7.34%) Project Delivery
10 84 (7.17%) Mentoring
10 84 (7.17%) Project Management
11 74 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 72 (6.14%) Analytics
13 65 (5.55%) Cybersecurity
13 65 (5.55%) Decision-Making
14 62 (5.29%) CI/CD
14 62 (5.29%) Migration
14 62 (5.29%) Time Management
15 60 (5.12%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 347 (29.61%) SQL
2 161 (13.74%) C#
3 137 (11.69%) PowerShell
4 129 (11.01%) JavaScript
5 82 (7.00%) T-SQL
6 76 (6.48%) Python
7 50 (4.27%) TypeScript
8 29 (2.47%) VB
9 28 (2.39%) PHP
10 25 (2.13%) Java
11 23 (1.96%) JSX
12 16 (1.37%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.60%) Go
14 7 (0.60%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.43%) Bash
16 4 (0.34%) C++
16 4 (0.34%) XAML
17 3 (0.26%) R
18 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 200 (17.06%) Degree
2 84 (7.17%) Security Cleared
3 81 (6.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 59 (5.03%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 28 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.30%) MCSE
8 25 (2.13%) CCNA
9 15 (1.28%) MCSA
10 14 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
11 13 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (1.11%) MCP
12 12 (1.02%) DBS Check
13 11 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.94%) CCNP
13 11 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
14 9 (0.77%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.75%) SLA
2 38 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (2.13%) ISO 9001
4 25 (2.13%) QA
5 20 (1.71%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 15 (1.28%) PMO
8 14 (1.19%) GDPR
9 12 (1.02%) NIST
10 7 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
11 6 (0.51%) COBIT
11 6 (0.51%) COSHH
11 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.43%) GxP
13 4 (0.34%) GAAP
14 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 288 (24.57%) Active Directory
2 118 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (6.91%) Hyper-V
4 38 (3.24%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (1.54%) Docker
6 15 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.19%) VMware NSX
7 14 (1.19%) vSphere
8 13 (1.11%) Firmware
9 11 (0.94%) XenApp
10 10 (0.85%) XenDesktop
11 9 (0.77%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.26%) NFS
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
16 2 (0.17%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.17%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 92 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (6.48%) SCCM
3 35 (2.99%) vCenter Server
4 20 (1.71%) Terraform
5 17 (1.45%) EnCase
6 14 (1.19%) Kubernetes
7 12 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (0.94%) WSUS
9 10 (0.85%) AirWatch
10 9 (0.77%) Nessus
11 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
12 6 (0.51%) SCOM
12 6 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.43%) EdgeSight
13 5 (0.43%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.34%) Ansible
15 3 (0.26%) Data Guard
15 3 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 199 (16.98%) VMware
2 74 (6.31%) Cisco
3 58 (4.95%) Citrix
4 53 (4.52%) HP
5 41 (3.50%) ServiceNow
6 39 (3.33%) Apple
7 38 (3.24%) Oracle
8 27 (2.30%) Meraki
9 24 (2.05%) Databricks
9 24 (2.05%) Globalscape
9 24 (2.05%) Google
9 24 (2.05%) Veeam
10 20 (1.71%) Aruba
11 19 (1.62%) Dell
12 17 (1.45%) CheckPoint
12 17 (1.45%) Remedy
13 16 (1.37%) Nimble Storage
14 14 (1.19%) SAP
14 14 (1.19%) SolarWinds
14 14 (1.19%) Zerto