Microsoft Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 892 2,274 2,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.62% 19.13% 25.55%
As % of the Vendors category 38.33% 53.18% 57.41%
Number of salaries quoted 676 1,836 1,184
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,955 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,525 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,327 4,276 4,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.92% 35.98% 44.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 3,215 2,185
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 May 2025. 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 -9 572 £45,147 +0.33% 457
East Midlands -9 320 £38,500 +2.67% 263
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
1 104 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 88 (9.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.79%) IIS
4 11 (1.23%) CMS
5 9 (1.01%) Confluence
6 6 (0.67%) WordPress
7 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 206 (23.09%) Microsoft Office
2 109 (12.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.35%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.23%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.56%) Trello
8 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 30 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (1.35%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.78%) SAP ERP
5 7 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 3 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite
8 3 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 3 (0.34%) Magento
8 3 (0.34%) Shopify
9 2 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.11%) iTrent
10 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 393 (44.06%) Azure
2 322 (36.10%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (13.79%) Power Platform
4 72 (8.07%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
6 50 (5.61%) AWS
7 48 (5.38%) PowerApps
8 38 (4.26%) OneDrive
9 34 (3.81%) Power Automate
10 29 (3.25%) SaaS
11 28 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (3.03%) Google Workspace
13 26 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
14 25 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
15 23 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 21 (2.35%) IaaS
16 21 (2.35%) Serverless
17 15 (1.68%) Azure Functions
18 13 (1.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 108 (12.11%) Firewall
2 84 (9.42%) WAN
3 78 (8.74%) LAN
4 75 (8.41%) DHCP
5 65 (7.29%) DNS
6 59 (6.61%) VoIP
7 51 (5.72%) Network Security
8 49 (5.49%) TCP/IP
9 48 (5.38%) VPN
10 41 (4.60%) WLAN
11 35 (3.92%) Internet
11 35 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (3.59%) VLAN
13 22 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
14 18 (2.02%) SAN
15 16 (1.79%) BGP
16 15 (1.68%) OSPF
17 13 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
18 8 (0.90%) Wireless
19 7 (0.78%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (14.01%) SQL Server
2 65 (7.29%) Power BI
3 39 (4.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 35 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (2.47%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.90%) Data Hub
11 7 (0.78%) Metadata
12 6 (0.67%) Power Query
13 5 (0.56%) Metadata Repository
13 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.56%) Redis
13 5 (0.56%) Tableau
14 4 (0.45%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.45%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 31 (3.48%) JIRA
2 30 (3.36%) Visual Studio
3 15 (1.68%) Git
4 13 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.56%) Subversion
7 4 (0.45%) Postman
7 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.34%) TortoiseSVN
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) ERwin
10 1 (0.11%) GitLab
10 1 (0.11%) gulp
10 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.11%) Yeoman
General
1 349 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 116 (13.00%) Finance
3 106 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (8.63%) Retail
6 68 (7.62%) Law
7 64 (7.17%) Manufacturing
8 41 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (4.26%) Public Sector
10 34 (3.81%) Legal
11 30 (3.36%) Marketing
12 25 (2.80%) Automotive
13 21 (2.35%) Police
14 19 (2.13%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.12%) Games
15 10 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.90%) Advertising
16 8 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.78%) Electronics
18 6 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 186 (20.85%) IT Support
2 114 (12.78%) Analyst
3 88 (9.87%) Developer
4 85 (9.53%) Senior
5 78 (8.74%) Support Engineer
6 77 (8.63%) IT Engineer
7 57 (6.39%) 2nd Line Support
8 53 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 48 (5.38%) Support Specialist
10 47 (5.27%) Lead
11 42 (4.71%) IT Support Specialist
12 40 (4.48%) 1st Line Support
12 40 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
13 38 (4.26%) Support Analyst
14 37 (4.15%) Architect
15 26 (2.91%) Electrical Engineer
15 26 (2.91%) Safety Engineer
15 26 (2.91%) Test Engineer
16 25 (2.80%) Consultant
17 24 (2.69%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.06%) .NET
2 17 (1.91%) CSS
3 16 (1.79%) .NET Core
3 16 (1.79%) Web Services
4 14 (1.57%) RESTful
5 11 (1.23%) ASP.NET
5 11 (1.23%) HTML
5 11 (1.23%) JSON
6 10 (1.12%) React
6 10 (1.12%) REST
7 8 (0.90%) AngularJS
7 8 (0.90%) Entity Framework
7 8 (0.90%) WPF
8 7 (0.78%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.67%) ADO
9 6 (0.67%) OAuth
10 5 (0.56%) Django
10 5 (0.56%) EDI
10 5 (0.56%) jQuery
10 5 (0.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.74%) Driving Licence
2 41 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 36 (4.04%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.36%) CCTV
5 23 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.57%) Smartphone
7 13 (1.46%) Private Cloud
7 13 (1.46%) Social Media
8 12 (1.35%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.35%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.01%) Clustering
10 9 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.01%) EPoS
11 7 (0.78%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.67%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 353 (39.57%) Windows
2 137 (15.36%) Windows Server
3 92 (10.31%) Windows 10
4 67 (7.51%) Linux
5 28 (3.14%) Apple iOS
6 27 (3.03%) Mac OS
7 24 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 22 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (2.24%) Ubuntu
10 17 (1.91%) Android
11 16 (1.79%) Windows 7
12 14 (1.57%) Mac OS X
13 7 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.67%) CentOS
14 6 (0.67%) Windows Vista
15 5 (0.56%) Rocky
16 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (13.57%) Customer Service
3 113 (12.67%) ITIL
4 111 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
5 98 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
6 92 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 83 (9.30%) Agile
8 82 (9.19%) DevOps
9 81 (9.08%) Mentoring
10 79 (8.86%) Project Management
11 78 (8.74%) Analytics
12 65 (7.29%) Computer Science
13 62 (6.95%) CRM
13 62 (6.95%) Roadmaps
14 60 (6.73%) Asset Management
15 56 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 54 (6.05%) ERP
17 52 (5.83%) Migration
18 51 (5.72%) Service Delivery
19 49 (5.49%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 174 (19.51%) SQL
2 99 (11.10%) PowerShell
3 82 (9.19%) C#
4 58 (6.50%) Python
5 42 (4.71%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.36%) T-SQL
7 23 (2.58%) Java
8 15 (1.68%) Bash
8 15 (1.68%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (1.46%) R
11 11 (1.23%) C++
12 10 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.90%) X++
14 5 (0.56%) C
15 4 (0.45%) VB
16 3 (0.34%) Delphi
17 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.22%) XAML
18 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 190 (21.30%) Degree
2 87 (9.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (5.38%) MCSE
5 44 (4.93%) Cisco Certification
6 43 (4.82%) CCNA
7 41 (4.60%) MCP
8 31 (3.48%) Azure Certification
9 30 (3.36%) DBS Check
10 28 (3.14%) CCNP
11 27 (3.03%) A+ Certification
11 27 (3.03%) LPIC
12 26 (2.91%) Security Cleared
13 19 (2.13%) HND
14 18 (2.02%) HNC
15 17 (1.91%) SC Cleared
16 16 (1.79%) MCSA
17 15 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
18 14 (1.57%) AWS Certification
19 12 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.71%) SLA
2 30 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (3.14%) QA
4 22 (2.47%) GDPR
5 15 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.35%) COBIT
7 9 (1.01%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.90%) PMO
9 7 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.78%) NIST
10 4 (0.45%) NCSC
11 3 (0.34%) GRC
11 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.11%) JTAG
13 1 (0.11%) MISRA
System Software
1 266 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 27 (3.03%) Docker
5 12 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.12%) Firmware
7 9 (1.01%) BitLocker
8 8 (0.90%) vSphere
9 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.67%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.69%) SCCM
3 16 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.79%) Terraform
4 11 (1.23%) Ansible
5 9 (1.01%) Grafana
5 9 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
7 6 (0.67%) SCOM
8 5 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.34%) Autotask
10 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.34%) Puppet
10 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.22%) Nessus
11 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.22%) SCSM
11 2 (0.22%) WSUS
12 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 76 (8.52%) Cisco
2 72 (8.07%) VMware
3 45 (5.04%) Apple
4 35 (3.92%) Google
5 28 (3.14%) SAP
6 27 (3.03%) Dell
7 26 (2.91%) HP
8 25 (2.80%) Meraki
9 16 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
10 15 (1.68%) Fortinet
11 14 (1.57%) Oracle
12 13 (1.46%) Veeam
13 12 (1.35%) Sage
13 12 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 12 (1.35%) Sophos
14 11 (1.23%) Databricks
14 11 (1.23%) MobileIron
15 10 (1.12%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.90%) Citrix
16 8 (0.90%) Informatica