Microsoft Jobs in Staffordshire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 90 219 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 14.52% 19.95% 25.98%
As % of the Vendors category 28.39% 53.03% 57.20%
Number of salaries quoted 76 181 106
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,688 £58,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £60,500
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +11.11%

All Vendors
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 317 413 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 51.13% 37.61% 45.42%
Number of salaries quoted 140 313 200
10th Percentile £27,975 £25,822 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,822 £28,119 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -13.33% +10.43%
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £61,375 £61,000 £58,875
West Midlands median annual salary £51,650 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.74% -5.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Staffordshire

Microsoft
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in Staffordshire

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in Staffordshire

Microsoft
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Stoke-on-Trent -1 29 £35,000 +1.45% 214
Stafford +6 22 £53,688 +34.22% 10
Tamworth -2 12 £37,500 -9.09% 7
Cannock -10 2 - - 6
Lichfield -9 1 £55,000 +37.50% 1
Leek -10 1 £51,447 -8.54%
Burton-upon-Trent -14 1 £80,000 +28.00% 2
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 13 (14.44%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.56%) Chatbot
4 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (31.11%) Azure
3 17 (18.89%) Power Platform
4 11 (12.22%) Google Workspace
4 11 (12.22%) Power Automate
5 10 (11.11%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.44%) AWS
7 4 (4.44%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.33%) Azure Functions
8 3 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (3.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (3.33%) Serverless
9 2 (2.22%) IaaS
9 2 (2.22%) PaaS
9 2 (2.22%) SaaS
10 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (21.11%) Firewall
2 12 (13.33%) DHCP
2 12 (13.33%) DNS
2 12 (13.33%) WLAN
3 11 (12.22%) BGP
3 11 (12.22%) OSPF
3 11 (12.22%) TCP/IP
3 11 (12.22%) VLAN
4 10 (11.11%) LAN
4 10 (11.11%) WAN
5 3 (3.33%) Internet
5 3 (3.33%) SAN
5 3 (3.33%) VPN
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.11%) Network Security
6 1 (1.11%) PBX
6 1 (1.11%) PuTTY
6 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.56%) Power BI
3 4 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.33%) Data Lake
4 3 (3.33%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.22%) Big Data
6 1 (1.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 4 (4.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.67%) Police
3 14 (15.56%) Retail
4 13 (14.44%) Public Sector
5 11 (12.22%) Automotive
6 9 (10.00%) Finance
7 5 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.44%) Law
9 3 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.22%) Military
10 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.11%) Advertising
11 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 15 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 13 (14.44%) Infrastructure Support
4 12 (13.33%) Developer
4 12 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (11.11%) IT Support
6 9 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 8 (8.89%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 5 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (5.56%) IT Technician
8 5 (5.56%) Support Technician
8 5 (5.56%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Technical Support
8 5 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (4.44%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (4.44%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.44%) Architect
9 4 (4.44%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.22%) .NET
2 3 (3.33%) PySpark
3 2 (2.22%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.11%) WinForms
4 1 (1.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.22%) Smartphone
3 8 (8.89%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.56%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (3.33%) PKI
5 3 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.22%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.22%) SCADA
7 1 (1.11%) Clustering
7 1 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (44.44%) Windows
2 29 (32.22%) Windows Server
3 18 (20.00%) Linux
4 17 (18.89%) Windows 10
5 12 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (12.22%) Mac OS X
6 11 (12.22%) Ubuntu
7 5 (5.56%) Windows 7
7 5 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 13 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
4 12 (13.33%) Release Management
5 11 (12.22%) Business Case
5 11 (12.22%) Performance Tuning
5 11 (12.22%) Systems Engineering
6 10 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (10.00%) ITIL
7 9 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 9 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (10.00%) User Experience
8 8 (8.89%) Data Transformation
8 8 (8.89%) DevOps
9 7 (7.78%) Project Delivery
9 7 (7.78%) Project Management
9 7 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (31.11%) SQL
2 18 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 14 (15.56%) C#
4 8 (8.89%) Java
5 4 (4.44%) C
5 4 (4.44%) Python
5 4 (4.44%) X++
6 3 (3.33%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (23.33%) Degree
3 20 (22.22%) MCSE
4 15 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (13.33%) A+ Certification
6 11 (12.22%) HNC
6 11 (12.22%) HND
7 10 (11.11%) MCP
8 9 (10.00%) MCSA
9 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
10 2 (2.22%) APMG
10 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (2.22%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (2.22%) GIAC
10 2 (2.22%) ISACA
10 2 (2.22%) SANS
10 2 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (1.11%) CCNA
11 1 (1.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.89%) QA
2 4 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.22%) NIST
4 1 (1.11%) COBIT
4 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.11%) GDPR
4 1 (1.11%) NCSC
4 1 (1.11%) PMO
4 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (37.78%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.22%) Nessus
3 1 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (20.00%) Dell
2 14 (15.56%) Apple
2 14 (15.56%) VMware
3 12 (13.33%) Cisco
3 12 (13.33%) Ubiquiti
4 11 (12.22%) Fortinet
4 11 (12.22%) Google
5 3 (3.33%) Citrix
5 3 (3.33%) Databricks
5 3 (3.33%) HP
5 3 (3.33%) Isilon
5 3 (3.33%) Sophos
5 3 (3.33%) Veeam
6 2 (2.22%) Okta
7 1 (1.11%) EMC
7 1 (1.11%) NetApp
7 1 (1.11%) Netskope
7 1 (1.11%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.11%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.11%) Remedy