Microsoft Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 21 July 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
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 980 575 1,423
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 12.07% 16.98% 19.17%
As % of the Vendors category 53.49% 37.43% 56.07%
Number of salaries quoted 568 458 934
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,941 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,089 £73,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%

All Vendors
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,832 1,536 2,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.57% 45.36% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 952 1,781
10th Percentile £30,275 £28,822 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +7.84% -11.30%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 July 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 -3 348 £60,000 +25.00% 85
Staffordshire +8 149 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Herefordshire +3 81 £60,000 +50.00% 5
Wolverhampton +5 80 £39,250 -38.67% 9
Warwickshire 0 80 £40,000 +23.08% 27
Coventry +23 75 £57,500 +13.30% 12
Worcestershire -8 48 £38,000 +22.58% 19
Shropshire -5 25 £43,500 +42.62% 21
Dudley +2 22 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Willenhall +1 8 £32,250 -
Solihull -1 7 £30,173 -45.14% 6
Halesowen - 6 £47,500 -
Walsall -3 4 £44,000 +35.38% 4
Brierley Hill -3 2 £35,500 -56.97% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £42,500 - 1
Bilston - 2 £55,000 -
West Bromwich 0 1 £47,500 +82.69% 5
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England

Microsoft
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 67 (6.84%) SharePoint
2 41 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.33%) IIS
4 8 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 7 (0.71%) WordPress
6 6 (0.61%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.20%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) CMS
9 1 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 140 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 23 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.22%) Cloudability
3 5 (0.51%) Magento
3 5 (0.51%) Shopify
4 4 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.10%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.10%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 554 (56.53%) Azure
2 279 (28.47%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (19.29%) Power Platform
4 110 (11.22%) Entra ID
5 88 (8.98%) Azure AI
6 61 (6.22%) AWS
7 50 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
8 47 (4.80%) Power Automate
9 45 (4.59%) PowerApps
10 25 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.55%) Microsoft Purview
11 24 (2.45%) SaaS
12 22 (2.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 21 (2.14%) GCP
14 20 (2.04%) GitHub
15 16 (1.63%) OneDrive
16 11 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.02%) Google Ads
17 10 (1.02%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.00%) Firewall
2 47 (4.80%) DNS
2 47 (4.80%) VPN
3 37 (3.78%) DHCP
4 26 (2.65%) TCP/IP
5 25 (2.55%) WAN
6 23 (2.35%) LAN
7 17 (1.73%) Network Security
8 16 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (1.33%) Internet
10 10 (1.02%) Wireless
11 9 (0.92%) VLAN
12 7 (0.71%) VoIP
13 6 (0.61%) SAN
14 5 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
15 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
16 3 (0.31%) FTP
16 3 (0.31%) HTTP
16 3 (0.31%) SSL
16 3 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (14.59%) Power BI
2 80 (8.16%) Tableau
3 43 (4.39%) SQL Server
4 35 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 35 (3.57%) MongoDB
5 14 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.22%) Star Schema
7 10 (1.02%) GIS
8 9 (0.92%) Power Query
9 7 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.61%) MySQL
11 5 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.51%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.41%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.31%) Metadata
13 3 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.20%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
2 11 (1.12%) Git
3 8 (0.82%) JIRA
4 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.10%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.10%) Yeoman
General
1 516 (52.65%) Social Skills
2 94 (9.59%) Finance
3 60 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (5.92%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 52 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (4.69%) Retail
8 44 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (4.29%) Legal
10 28 (2.86%) Law
11 27 (2.76%) Marketing
12 20 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.33%) Advertising
15 12 (1.22%) Swedish Language
16 9 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.92%) Local Government
16 9 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.71%) Back Office
18 6 (0.61%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 260 (26.53%) Analyst
2 159 (16.22%) Junior
3 153 (15.61%) Junior Analyst
4 101 (10.31%) Developer
5 91 (9.29%) Data Analyst
6 79 (8.06%) IT Support
7 78 (7.96%) Junior Data Analyst
7 78 (7.96%) Security Analyst
8 76 (7.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 75 (7.65%) Ethical Hacker
9 75 (7.65%) Junior Security Analyst
10 65 (6.63%) Support Engineer
11 64 (6.53%) Senior
12 62 (6.33%) IT Engineer
13 45 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
14 42 (4.29%) Architect
14 42 (4.29%) IT Manager
15 40 (4.08%) Lead
16 33 (3.37%) .NET Developer
16 33 (3.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (7.65%) .NET
2 38 (3.88%) ASP.NET
3 37 (3.78%) ASP.NET Core
4 34 (3.47%) .NET Core
5 27 (2.76%) CSS
6 26 (2.65%) HTML
7 20 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
8 16 (1.63%) Blazor
8 16 (1.63%) Entity Framework
9 14 (1.43%) Node.js
9 14 (1.43%) REST
10 11 (1.12%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.12%) LINQ
10 11 (1.12%) React
10 11 (1.12%) RESTful
10 11 (1.12%) Vue
11 8 (0.82%) Matplotlib
11 8 (0.82%) NumPy
11 8 (0.82%) Pandas
11 8 (0.82%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.65%) Cyberattack
2 47 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.16%) Driving Licence
4 26 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.73%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.53%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.82%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.82%) Web Conferencing
14 7 (0.71%) IoT
15 6 (0.61%) CMDB
15 6 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
16 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 142 (14.49%) Windows
2 63 (6.43%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.76%) Windows 10
4 24 (2.45%) Linux
5 18 (1.84%) Android
6 13 (1.33%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.92%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (23.98%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (16.53%) AI
4 153 (15.61%) Business Intelligence
5 143 (14.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 133 (13.57%) Mentoring
7 104 (10.61%) ITIL
8 81 (8.27%) Agile
9 75 (7.65%) Ethical Hacking
10 70 (7.14%) Customer Service
11 64 (6.53%) CRM
11 64 (6.53%) Service Delivery
12 60 (6.12%) Analytics
13 57 (5.82%) ERP
14 55 (5.61%) DevOps
15 49 (5.00%) CI/CD
16 45 (4.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 37 (3.78%) ITSM
18 36 (3.67%) Business Continuity
18 36 (3.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 186 (18.98%) SQL
2 116 (11.84%) Python
3 62 (6.33%) C#
4 44 (4.49%) PowerShell
5 37 (3.78%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.12%) Bicep
9 8 (0.82%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.71%) PHP
11 6 (0.61%) Bash
12 4 (0.41%) R
12 4 (0.41%) VBA
13 3 (0.31%) Go
14 2 (0.20%) C++
15 1 (0.10%) Delphi
15 1 (0.10%) Java
15 1 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.10%) Pascal
15 1 (0.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 285 (29.08%) Azure Certification
2 76 (7.76%) CompTIA CySA+
2 76 (7.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 76 (7.76%) Degree
3 75 (7.65%) CEH
4 54 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 52 (5.31%) Security Cleared
6 47 (4.80%) SC Cleared
7 38 (3.88%) AWS Certification
8 37 (3.78%) Network+ Certification
9 32 (3.27%) CCNA
9 32 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.43%) A+ Certification
10 14 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 14 (1.43%) MCSE
11 12 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (1.02%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.51%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.88%) QA
2 31 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (2.35%) GDPR
5 22 (2.24%) SLA
6 15 (1.53%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.92%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.51%) NIST
10 3 (0.31%) GRC
10 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.20%) PMO
12 1 (0.10%) GMP
12 1 (0.10%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 133 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (3.98%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.12%) Docker
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) vSphere
7 3 (0.31%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.65%) Terraform
3 23 (2.35%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.51%) SCCM
6 2 (0.20%) Ansible
6 2 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.10%) Argo
7 1 (0.10%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 180 (18.37%) ForeScout
2 56 (5.71%) VMware
3 53 (5.41%) Cisco
4 43 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 26 (2.65%) Google
6 17 (1.73%) Adobe
6 17 (1.73%) SAP
7 16 (1.63%) Apple
8 15 (1.53%) Oracle
9 13 (1.33%) Facebook
10 11 (1.12%) Meraki
11 10 (1.02%) Databricks
12 9 (0.92%) Citrix
12 9 (0.92%) Sage
13 8 (0.82%) ConnectWise
13 8 (0.82%) HP
13 8 (0.82%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.61%) Dell
14 6 (0.61%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.61%) Veeam