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 with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 1,491 1,648 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.23% 26.02% 21.10%
As % of the Vendors category 54.30% 56.26% 49.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 836 1,102
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,906 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,200 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
West Midlands

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,746 2,929 3,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 37.26% 46.24% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,167 1,566 2,064
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,750 £28,321
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +8.60% -2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +3.77%

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

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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

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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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 14 May 2024. 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 0 514 £50,000 -9.09% 169
Staffordshire 0 201 £40,000 -11.11% 81
Warwickshire +9 188 £46,250 -11.90% 56
Worcestershire +1 115 £36,298 -9.26% 26
Coventry +1 63 £47,100 -5.80% 42
Solihull +3 59 £62,500 +38.89% 13
Shropshire +13 55 £42,000 -1.18% 26
Wolverhampton -4 34 £30,500 -39.00% 15
Dudley 0 16 £25,000 -58.33% 11
Herefordshire +7 15 £33,750 -13.08% 6
Tipton - 11 £25,000 - 1
Wednesbury 0 9 £30,000 -2.44% 1
Walsall -5 8 £26,000 +23.81% 8
Halesowen -6 6 £38,000 +13.43% 6
Stourbridge - 4 £55,000 - 3
Brierley Hill - 3 £32,500 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
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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
1 196 (13.15%) SharePoint
2 137 (9.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (3.29%) IIS
4 16 (1.07%) Confluence
5 14 (0.94%) Skype for Business
6 10 (0.67%) Apache
7 7 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.34%) WordPress
9 4 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.20%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.13%) Liferay
11 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 307 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
2 178 (11.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (3.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.47%) Trello
8 6 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.27%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.13%) InDesign
10 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.067%) Blender
11 1 (0.067%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 73 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.61%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.54%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.34%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Magento
5 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.067%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.067%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.067%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 565 (37.89%) Azure
2 468 (31.39%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (19.25%) Power Platform
4 169 (11.33%) Dynamics 365
5 109 (7.31%) Entra ID
6 96 (6.44%) PowerApps
7 89 (5.97%) AWS
8 81 (5.43%) Power Automate
9 64 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (2.41%) SaaS
11 35 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 27 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
13 26 (1.74%) Azure Stack
14 25 (1.68%) IaaS
14 25 (1.68%) PaaS
15 24 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.48%) OneDrive
17 15 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
18 13 (0.87%) Serverless
19 11 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 125 (8.38%) Firewall
2 115 (7.71%) WAN
3 106 (7.11%) DNS
4 93 (6.24%) DHCP
5 77 (5.16%) LAN
6 60 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
7 59 (3.96%) TCP/IP
8 46 (3.09%) SAN
9 41 (2.75%) VPN
10 32 (2.15%) Intranet
11 27 (1.81%) VLAN
11 27 (1.81%) Wireless
12 26 (1.74%) SD-WAN
13 23 (1.54%) Network Security
14 20 (1.34%) VoIP
15 16 (1.07%) Unified Communications
16 14 (0.94%) Skype
17 12 (0.80%) HTTP
17 12 (0.80%) Internet
17 12 (0.80%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 257 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 204 (13.68%) Power BI
3 62 (4.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 36 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 33 (2.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 31 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 18 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.07%) Metadata
11 16 (1.07%) Tableau
12 15 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.74%) MySQL
13 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.67%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.54%) Data Mining
15 8 (0.54%) Power Query
16 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 43 (2.88%) Git
2 34 (2.28%) JIRA
3 32 (2.15%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.47%) Postman
5 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 6 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.34%) Jasmine
6 5 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.34%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (0.34%) MSTest
6 5 (0.34%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.20%) GitLab
7 3 (0.20%) Moq
8 2 (0.13%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Bower
8 2 (0.13%) CANoe
8 2 (0.13%) gulp
9 1 (0.067%) Sourcetree
General
1 513 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 276 (18.51%) Finance
3 147 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.78%) Retail
5 103 (6.91%) Manufacturing
6 80 (5.37%) Law
7 78 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 75 (5.03%) Public Sector
9 60 (4.02%) Marketing
10 52 (3.49%) Legal
11 49 (3.29%) Local Government
12 47 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.88%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.27%) Police
16 18 (1.21%) Advertising
16 18 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (1.01%) Back Office
18 14 (0.94%) Automotive
18 14 (0.94%) Banking
Job Titles
1 234 (15.69%) Developer
2 217 (14.55%) Analyst
3 158 (10.60%) Senior
4 141 (9.46%) IT Support
5 103 (6.91%) Consultant
6 95 (6.37%) Support Engineer
7 90 (6.04%) Architect
8 85 (5.70%) IT Engineer
9 73 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 64 (4.29%) .NET Developer
11 57 (3.82%) Lead
12 55 (3.69%) IT Support Engineer
13 53 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (3.15%) Support Analyst
15 44 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
16 42 (2.82%) IT Technician
17 41 (2.75%) IT Manager
17 41 (2.75%) Senior Developer
18 38 (2.55%) Senior Architect
19 37 (2.48%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (11.80%) .NET
2 74 (4.96%) HTML
3 70 (4.69%) ASP.NET
4 60 (4.02%) .NET Core
5 55 (3.69%) AngularJS
6 52 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
7 50 (3.35%) Entity Framework
8 49 (3.29%) ASP.NET MVC
9 46 (3.09%) REST
10 44 (2.95%) CSS
11 38 (2.55%) .NET Framework
12 33 (2.21%) React
13 32 (2.15%) RESTful
14 28 (1.88%) Web Services
15 26 (1.74%) JSON
15 26 (1.74%) Vue
16 24 (1.61%) HTML5
17 21 (1.41%) Node.js
18 19 (1.27%) XML
19 17 (1.14%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.44%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (5.63%) Driving Licence
3 71 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 58 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.68%) Clustering
5 40 (2.68%) Public Cloud
6 26 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 25 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.61%) Low-Code
9 23 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.48%) Algorithms
11 19 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.27%) NHS
12 18 (1.21%) Cloud Native
12 18 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.21%) PKI
13 17 (1.14%) CCTV
13 17 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
13 17 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 424 (28.44%) Windows
2 192 (12.88%) Windows Server
3 109 (7.31%) Windows 10
4 59 (3.96%) Linux
5 44 (2.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 37 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 36 (2.41%) Windows 7
8 34 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 23 (1.54%) Android
10 18 (1.21%) Apple iOS
11 16 (1.07%) Mac OS
12 15 (1.01%) Unix
13 13 (0.87%) Windows 8
14 9 (0.60%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.47%) Solaris
15 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.40%) VMS
17 5 (0.34%) CentOS
17 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
2 231 (15.49%) Agile
3 207 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
3 207 (13.88%) Customer Service
4 204 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
5 155 (10.40%) DevOps
6 152 (10.19%) ITIL
7 129 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 115 (7.71%) CRM
9 112 (7.51%) ERP
10 103 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 102 (6.84%) Roadmaps
12 99 (6.64%) Project Management
13 90 (6.04%) Analytics
14 81 (5.43%) CI/CD
15 79 (5.30%) Artificial Intelligence
16 78 (5.23%) Service Delivery
16 78 (5.23%) Time Management
17 76 (5.10%) Decision-Making
17 76 (5.10%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 285 (19.11%) SQL
2 161 (10.80%) C#
3 116 (7.78%) JavaScript
4 78 (5.23%) PowerShell
5 61 (4.09%) T-SQL
6 50 (3.35%) Python
7 35 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.68%) VB
9 22 (1.48%) VB.NET
10 21 (1.41%) Java
11 20 (1.34%) Bash
12 13 (0.87%) Bicep
13 10 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.67%) R
14 9 (0.60%) C
15 8 (0.54%) ActionScript
15 8 (0.54%) ActionScript 2.0
15 8 (0.54%) C++
15 8 (0.54%) VB6
16 7 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 238 (15.96%) Degree
2 115 (7.71%) Security Cleared
3 91 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 60 (4.02%) SC Cleared
5 41 (2.75%) DBS Check
6 27 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (1.74%) A+ Certification
7 26 (1.74%) CCNA
8 23 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 22 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (1.41%) MCSE
11 20 (1.34%) CCNP
12 19 (1.27%) MCP
13 14 (0.94%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
14 12 (0.80%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (0.67%) HND
16 10 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (0.60%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 75 (5.03%) GDPR
3 40 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (2.55%) QA
4 38 (2.55%) SLA
5 36 (2.41%) ISO 9001
6 31 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 30 (2.01%) Data Quality
8 26 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 23 (1.54%) PMO
10 14 (0.94%) NIST
11 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.27%) GRC
13 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.13%) COSHH
14 2 (0.13%) IASME
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 308 (20.66%) Active Directory
2 114 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (6.30%) Hyper-V
4 28 (1.88%) Docker
5 21 (1.41%) VMware NSX
6 19 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.07%) vSphere
9 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.40%) pfSense
11 5 (0.34%) NFS
11 5 (0.34%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.13%) XenApp
14 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.067%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 81 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (3.15%) Terraform
3 40 (2.68%) SCCM
4 30 (2.01%) EnCase
5 25 (1.68%) Kubernetes
6 12 (0.80%) vCenter Server
7 11 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.67%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
11 6 (0.40%) SCOM
12 5 (0.34%) Ansible
12 5 (0.34%) Backup Exec
12 5 (0.34%) CASB
13 4 (0.27%) Autotask
13 4 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
15 2 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 176 (11.80%) VMware
2 71 (4.76%) Cisco
3 53 (3.55%) Apple
4 48 (3.22%) Dell
5 44 (2.95%) Veeam
6 42 (2.82%) Adobe
6 42 (2.82%) Databricks
6 42 (2.82%) Sophos
7 39 (2.62%) Citrix
8 35 (2.35%) HP
9 32 (2.15%) Oracle
10 25 (1.68%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 24 (1.61%) Sage
12 22 (1.48%) Meraki
13 18 (1.21%) CheckPoint
13 18 (1.21%) Google
13 18 (1.21%) SAP
14 17 (1.14%) Facebook
14 17 (1.14%) Fortinet