Microsoft Jobs 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 30 April 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 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 628 1,487 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 14.06% 20.54% 26.47%
As % of the Vendors category 41.53% 54.27% 57.93%
Number of salaries quoted 426 1,217 871
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

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 1,512 2,740 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.86% 37.85% 45.69%
Number of salaries quoted 921 2,175 1,598
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,470 £47,500 £50,024
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% -5.05% +5.31%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,463 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% +2.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
Birmingham -2 247 £48,000 -4.00% 117
Staffordshire -3 104 £38,754 -3.12% 111
Warwickshire -28 84 £32,500 -31.58% 54
Worcestershire 0 44 £35,000 -3.58% 22
Solihull -8 25 £55,000 -12.00% 15
Walsall +2 11 £32,500 +25.00% 4
Shropshire -5 11 £30,500 -26.51% 7
Dudley -3 10 £63,750 +155.00% 6
Herefordshire +3 8 £40,000 +23.08% 12
Wolverhampton -5 6 £61,250 +88.46% 8
Coventry -35 6 £55,000 +22.22% 21
West Bromwich - 4 £26,000 - 1
Willenhall - 3 - -
Brierley Hill +6 2 £82,500 +153.85%
Smethwick +2 2 - - 1
Tipton +2 2 - -
Wednesbury 0 2 £45,000 +50.00% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - - 2
Bilston - 2 - -
Kingswinford - 2 - - 1
Rowley Regis - 2 - -
Halesowen +6 1 - -
Stourbridge -1 1 - -
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 58 (9.24%) SharePoint
2 36 (5.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.59%) CMS
3 10 (1.59%) Confluence
4 5 (0.80%) WordPress
5 2 (0.32%) IIS
5 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 134 (21.34%) Microsoft Office
2 83 (13.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.11%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (4.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 12 (1.91%) NetSuite
4 8 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.96%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.64%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.64%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.32%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite
8 2 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.16%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 258 (41.08%) Azure
2 191 (30.41%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (16.40%) Power Platform
4 57 (9.08%) Dynamics 365
5 43 (6.85%) PowerApps
6 38 (6.05%) AWS
7 33 (5.25%) Power Automate
8 29 (4.62%) Entra ID
9 27 (4.30%) SaaS
10 24 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (3.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (3.82%) Google Workspace
11 16 (2.55%) OneDrive
12 12 (1.91%) IaaS
12 12 (1.91%) PaaS
13 11 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (1.59%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.59%) GitHub
14 10 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 88 (14.01%) WLAN
2 84 (13.38%) Network Security
3 77 (12.26%) Firewall
3 77 (12.26%) Internet
4 68 (10.83%) WAN
5 63 (10.03%) LAN
6 48 (7.64%) DHCP
7 40 (6.37%) TCP/IP
8 39 (6.21%) DNS
9 33 (5.25%) VLAN
10 32 (5.10%) VoIP
11 27 (4.30%) VPN
12 25 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (2.87%) BGP
14 17 (2.71%) OSPF
15 12 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.96%) SAN
17 4 (0.64%) HTTPS
17 4 (0.64%) Intranet
17 4 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 55 (8.76%) Power BI
3 27 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (4.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (3.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (2.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 13 (2.07%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (1.59%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.27%) Data Hub
11 7 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
11 7 (1.11%) Metadata
12 6 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.96%) Redis
13 5 (0.80%) Metadata Repository
13 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.80%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.80%) Power Query
13 5 (0.80%) Tableau
14 4 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 26 (4.14%) JIRA
2 17 (2.71%) Visual Studio
3 12 (1.91%) Git
3 12 (1.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.96%) SonarQube
4 6 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) ERwin
7 1 (0.16%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 211 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.85%) Finance
3 62 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.08%) Retail
5 53 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (5.25%) Police
7 32 (5.10%) Manufacturing
7 32 (5.10%) Public Sector
8 31 (4.94%) Legal
9 24 (3.82%) Automotive
9 24 (3.82%) Marketing
10 23 (3.66%) Law
11 13 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.27%) Advertising
12 8 (1.27%) Local Government
13 6 (0.96%) Billing
14 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (24.68%) IT Support
2 105 (16.72%) IT Engineer
3 92 (14.65%) Support Engineer
4 75 (11.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 67 (10.67%) Developer
6 62 (9.87%) Analyst
7 56 (8.92%) Senior
8 41 (6.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (5.89%) Support Specialist
10 35 (5.57%) Lead
11 34 (5.41%) Architect
12 31 (4.94%) IT Support Specialist
13 23 (3.66%) Consultant
14 22 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (3.50%) Support Analyst
15 17 (2.71%) Systems Engineer
16 16 (2.55%) Infrastructure Support
17 15 (2.39%) IT Analyst
17 15 (2.39%) Senior Architect
18 14 (2.23%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.21%) .NET
2 14 (2.23%) CSS
3 12 (1.91%) RESTful
3 12 (1.91%) Web Services
4 11 (1.75%) .NET Core
5 9 (1.43%) JSON
6 8 (1.27%) HTML
6 8 (1.27%) React
7 7 (1.11%) AngularJS
7 7 (1.11%) OAuth
7 7 (1.11%) REST
8 6 (0.96%) ADO
8 6 (0.96%) Django
8 6 (0.96%) Entity Framework
8 6 (0.96%) Flask
8 6 (0.96%) GraphQL
8 6 (0.96%) Keycloak
8 6 (0.96%) pytest
8 6 (0.96%) SQLAlchemy
8 6 (0.96%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.45%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.78%) CCTV
4 16 (2.55%) Smartphone
5 15 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.07%) Private Cloud
6 13 (2.07%) Social Media
7 12 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.75%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.59%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.96%) Distributed Architecture
10 6 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.96%) PKI
11 5 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.80%) FMCG
11 5 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.80%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 255 (40.61%) Windows
2 109 (17.36%) Linux
3 74 (11.78%) Windows 10
4 69 (10.99%) Windows Server
5 24 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.71%) Ubuntu
8 16 (2.55%) Mac OS X
9 15 (2.39%) Apple iOS
10 10 (1.59%) Windows Vista
11 8 (1.27%) Android
12 7 (1.11%) Mac OS
12 7 (1.11%) Windows 7
13 6 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.64%) Solaris
15 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.16%) Debian
16 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (33.44%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (20.70%) ITIL
3 109 (17.36%) Computer Science
4 106 (16.88%) Mentoring
5 97 (15.45%) Asset Management
6 80 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
8 76 (12.10%) Agile
9 74 (11.78%) Network Management
10 73 (11.62%) IT Asset Management
11 68 (10.83%) Analytics
12 65 (10.35%) DevOps
13 56 (8.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (8.92%) Roadmaps
14 51 (8.12%) Customer Service
15 50 (7.96%) Project Management
16 48 (7.64%) CRM
17 43 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 42 (6.69%) Project Delivery
19 41 (6.53%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 129 (20.54%) SQL
2 68 (10.83%) PowerShell
3 61 (9.71%) C#
4 44 (7.01%) Python
5 27 (4.30%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.34%) Java
7 13 (2.07%) Bash
7 13 (2.07%) T-SQL
8 12 (1.91%) R
9 11 (1.75%) C++
9 11 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.11%) X++
12 3 (0.48%) C
12 3 (0.48%) Delphi
13 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) Go
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
14 1 (0.16%) Scala
14 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 188 (29.94%) Degree
2 124 (19.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (15.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 93 (14.81%) MCSE
5 84 (13.38%) MCP
6 76 (12.10%) Cisco Certification
7 74 (11.78%) CCNA
8 73 (11.62%) CCNP
9 72 (11.46%) LPIC
10 27 (4.30%) DBS Check
11 25 (3.98%) Security Cleared
12 19 (3.03%) HND
13 17 (2.71%) Azure Certification
13 17 (2.71%) HNC
14 16 (2.55%) SC Cleared
15 14 (2.23%) A+ Certification
15 14 (2.23%) AWS Certification
16 12 (1.91%) MCSA
17 10 (1.59%) CISSP
18 9 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.71%) SLA
3 16 (2.55%) QA
4 12 (1.91%) COBIT
5 9 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.27%) PMO
7 7 (1.11%) NIST
8 6 (0.96%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.96%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.80%) GDPR
9 5 (0.80%) NCSC
10 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 149 (23.73%) Active Directory
2 39 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.18%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.91%) Docker
5 10 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.27%) Firmware
7 7 (1.11%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (2.55%) SCCM
3 15 (2.39%) Terraform
4 13 (2.07%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.96%) Grafana
5 6 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.64%) Ansible
7 3 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.48%) Nessus
7 3 (0.48%) SCOM
7 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.32%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.32%) SCSM
8 2 (0.32%) VxRail
8 2 (0.32%) WSUS
9 1 (0.16%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.16%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 99 (15.76%) Cisco
2 49 (7.80%) Apple
3 45 (7.17%) VMware
4 30 (4.78%) Google
5 23 (3.66%) Dell
6 20 (3.18%) Ubiquiti
7 18 (2.87%) SAP
8 17 (2.71%) Fortinet
9 16 (2.55%) HP
10 14 (2.23%) Oracle
11 12 (1.91%) Citrix
12 10 (1.59%) Databricks
12 10 (1.59%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.27%) Acronis
13 8 (1.27%) Adobe
13 8 (1.27%) Informatica
13 8 (1.27%) WatchGuard
14 7 (1.11%) Meraki
15 6 (0.96%) MobileIron
15 6 (0.96%) ServiceNow