Microsoft 365 Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft 365 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 13
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 +25
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 365 250 245 642
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.30% 7.31% 9.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.91% 22.44% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 190 185 573
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,750 £24,393
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,300 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,640 £65,100 £63,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -3.61%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

Microsoft 365 falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,522 1,092 2,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.31% 32.60% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 811 2,085
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £53,300 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Microsoft 365
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft 365 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Microsoft 365 job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft 365 in the West Midlands

Microsoft 365
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft 365 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Birmingham -23 88 £57,000 +14.00% 16
Staffordshire -19 42 £33,750 -20.59% 7
Worcestershire -18 27 £31,000 -11.43% 6
Warwickshire +5 26 £32,500 - 6
Shropshire -16 16 £57,500 +67.88% 9
Herefordshire -15 12 £57,500 +125.49% 2
Coventry -14 11 £39,500 -12.22% 2
Halesowen - 6 £32,500 -
Solihull +11 4 £52,500 +21.39%
West Bromwich - 4 £28,600 -
Willenhall - 3 £27,000 - 2
Walsall - 2 £45,000 - 1
Wolverhampton -23 1 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Kingswinford - 1 £30,500 -
Microsoft 365
England

Microsoft 365
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 79 (31.60%) SharePoint
2 47 (18.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.20%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.80%) Confluence
5 2 (0.80%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.60%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (6.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.20%) Shopify
3 2 (0.80%) Magento
4 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (48.40%) Azure
2 87 (34.80%) Entra ID
3 29 (11.60%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.80%) OneDrive
5 15 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (6.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 13 (5.20%) IaaS
6 13 (5.20%) PaaS
7 11 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.40%) Google Workspace
8 9 (3.60%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.20%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.80%) AWS
10 7 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (2.40%) SaaS
12 3 (1.20%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.80%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.20%) Firewall
2 33 (13.20%) VPN
3 30 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (11.60%) DNS
5 27 (10.80%) DHCP
6 25 (10.00%) LAN
6 25 (10.00%) WAN
7 8 (3.20%) Network Security
7 8 (3.20%) VoIP
8 6 (2.40%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (2.00%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.00%) Wireless
10 4 (1.60%) iSCSI
10 4 (1.60%) VLAN
11 3 (1.20%) MPLS
11 3 (1.20%) Skype
12 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.80%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.60%) Power BI
2 8 (3.20%) GIS
3 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.80%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) Selenium
General
1 90 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.20%) Finance
3 25 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 24 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.40%) Legal
6 18 (7.20%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.80%) Law
8 14 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.80%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.60%) Retail
11 4 (1.60%) Advertising
12 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.80%) Police
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Swedish Language
13 1 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 92 (36.80%) IT Support
2 65 (26.00%) IT Engineer
3 61 (24.40%) Support Engineer
4 56 (22.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (17.60%) Analyst
6 25 (10.00%) Support Analyst
7 24 (9.60%) Lead
8 23 (9.20%) Architect
9 21 (8.40%) IT Analyst
9 21 (8.40%) Senior
10 19 (7.60%) IT Support Analyst
11 16 (6.40%) Consultant
11 16 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support
13 14 (5.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 14 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (5.60%) IT Manager
14 13 (5.20%) 1st Line Support
15 11 (4.40%) Business Analyst
15 11 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.80%) .NET
1 2 (0.80%) CSS
1 2 (0.80%) HTML
1 2 (0.80%) Middleware
1 2 (0.80%) RESTful
2 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.40%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (0.40%) JSON
2 1 (0.40%) LDAP
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.40%) REST
2 1 (0.40%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.40%) Driving Licence
2 28 (11.20%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.60%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.80%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.00%) FMCG
7 7 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.20%) CMDB
10 3 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.80%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Licensing
11 2 (0.80%) Oracle Licensing
11 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 111 (44.40%) Windows
2 34 (13.60%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.80%) Apple iOS
5 8 (3.20%) Android
6 6 (2.40%) Linux
7 5 (2.00%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (44.80%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (29.20%) ITIL
3 36 (14.40%) Customer Service
4 34 (13.60%) CRM
5 29 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (9.60%) Roadmaps
7 23 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (9.20%) Service Delivery
8 21 (8.40%) Agile
9 20 (8.00%) Project Delivery
10 17 (6.80%) ERP
10 17 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (6.80%) Migration
10 17 (6.80%) TOGAF
11 16 (6.40%) API Management
11 16 (6.40%) Time Management
12 15 (6.00%) Information Security
13 14 (5.60%) AI
13 14 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.20%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.20%) SQL
3 5 (2.00%) Python
4 3 (1.20%) Java
5 2 (0.80%) Bicep
5 2 (0.80%) C#
5 2 (0.80%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) PHP
6 1 (0.40%) Scala
6 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.40%) VB
6 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (11.60%) SC Cleared
1 29 (11.60%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (8.80%) Degree
4 10 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 9 (3.60%) A+ Certification
6 8 (3.20%) CISSP
7 6 (2.40%) MCITP
8 5 (2.00%) CISM
8 5 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (2.00%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (8.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (8.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (4.40%) NIST
4 11 (4.40%) SLA
5 10 (4.00%) QA
6 7 (2.80%) GDPR
7 5 (2.00%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.00%) PMO
8 2 (0.80%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 108 (43.20%) Active Directory
2 23 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.80%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.60%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.20%) XenApp
6 2 (0.80%) vSphere
7 1 (0.40%) Firmware
7 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 53 (21.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.40%) Terraform
3 4 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) CASB
5 1 (0.40%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 220 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.20%) VMware
3 23 (9.20%) Cisco
4 17 (6.80%) HP
5 15 (6.00%) Meraki
6 11 (4.40%) Google
6 11 (4.40%) ServiceNow
7 9 (3.60%) Dell
8 7 (2.80%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.40%) Citrix
10 5 (2.00%) IBM
10 5 (2.00%) Juniper
11 4 (1.60%) Aruba
11 4 (1.60%) Kaseya
11 4 (1.60%) McAfee
11 4 (1.60%) Sophos
11 4 (1.60%) Veeam
12 3 (1.20%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.20%) Infor
12 3 (1.20%) SonicWALL