Microsoft Jobs in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,281 2,353 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.89% 25.94% 21.74%
As % of the Vendors category 53.29% 57.57% 49.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,823 1,167 1,626
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -

All Vendors
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,280 4,087 4,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.45% 45.06% 44.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 2,157 3,103
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,751 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

Microsoft
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Midlands +1 1,499 £45,000 -10.00% 502
East Midlands +1 773 £37,500 -11.76% 289
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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
1 270 (11.84%) SharePoint
2 205 (8.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 74 (3.24%) IIS
4 23 (1.01%) Confluence
5 15 (0.66%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.57%) Apache
7 10 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.35%) WordPress
9 5 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.22%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.18%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.18%) SAS
11 3 (0.13%) CMS
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.088%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.088%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.088%) Liferay
12 2 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 505 (22.14%) Microsoft Office
2 289 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 88 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.75%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.44%) Trello
7 9 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.35%) InDesign
8 8 (0.35%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.18%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.088%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.088%) Sketch
12 1 (0.044%) Blender
12 1 (0.044%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 92 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 6 (0.26%) ResourceLink
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.18%) Magento
7 4 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.088%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.088%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.088%) Primavera
9 2 (0.088%) Shopify
9 2 (0.088%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.044%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.044%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.044%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 862 (37.79%) Azure
2 730 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 358 (15.69%) Power Platform
4 201 (8.81%) Dynamics 365
5 174 (7.63%) Entra ID
6 146 (6.40%) AWS
7 111 (4.87%) PowerApps
8 86 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 82 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (2.32%) SaaS
11 41 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 38 (1.67%) OneDrive
13 34 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 33 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (1.18%) Azure Stack
16 26 (1.14%) IaaS
16 26 (1.14%) PaaS
17 25 (1.10%) GCP
18 18 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
19 16 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 232 (10.17%) Firewall
2 200 (8.77%) DNS
3 166 (7.28%) DHCP
4 137 (6.01%) WAN
5 101 (4.43%) SAN
6 100 (4.38%) LAN
6 100 (4.38%) TCP/IP
7 91 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
8 80 (3.51%) VPN
9 66 (2.89%) VLAN
10 40 (1.75%) VoIP
11 39 (1.71%) Wireless
12 35 (1.53%) Internet
13 34 (1.49%) Intranet
13 34 (1.49%) Network Security
14 32 (1.40%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.88%) Broadband
16 18 (0.79%) Unified Communications
17 15 (0.66%) Skype
18 14 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 385 (16.88%) SQL Server
2 254 (11.14%) Power BI
3 77 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 58 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
5 49 (2.15%) Relational Database
6 45 (1.97%) Data Lake
7 43 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 42 (1.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 32 (1.40%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
11 28 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (1.18%) Tableau
13 24 (1.05%) MySQL
14 22 (0.96%) Oracle Database
15 18 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
15 18 (0.79%) NoSQL
16 17 (0.75%) Metadata
17 16 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
18 14 (0.61%) Power Query
19 13 (0.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 55 (2.41%) JIRA
2 51 (2.24%) Git
3 44 (1.93%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.48%) Jasmine
5 11 (0.48%) Karma Test Runner
6 7 (0.31%) Postman
6 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.26%) GitLab
7 6 (0.26%) Moq
8 5 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.22%) MSTest
8 5 (0.22%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.18%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.18%) gulp
9 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.088%) Bower
10 2 (0.088%) Yeoman
General
1 799 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 369 (16.18%) Finance
3 221 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (9.25%) Retail
5 158 (6.93%) Manufacturing
6 104 (4.56%) Marketing
7 96 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 95 (4.16%) Law
9 91 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
10 90 (3.95%) Public Sector
11 80 (3.51%) Legal
12 56 (2.46%) Local Government
13 47 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
14 44 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 38 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.45%) Advertising
17 24 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
18 21 (0.92%) Police
19 20 (0.88%) Automotive
20 18 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 321 (14.07%) Developer
2 303 (13.28%) Analyst
3 221 (9.69%) IT Support
4 213 (9.34%) Senior
5 162 (7.10%) Support Engineer
6 133 (5.83%) IT Engineer
7 121 (5.30%) Consultant
7 121 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 117 (5.13%) Architect
9 107 (4.69%) .NET Developer
10 106 (4.65%) Lead
11 90 (3.95%) IT Technician
12 79 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
13 78 (3.42%) Administrator
14 74 (3.24%) 1st Line Support
15 66 (2.89%) Support Analyst
16 65 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
16 65 (2.85%) Support Technician
17 64 (2.81%) 2nd Line Support
18 55 (2.41%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (11.31%) .NET
2 124 (5.44%) HTML
3 118 (5.17%) ASP.NET
4 117 (5.13%) .NET Core
5 97 (4.25%) AngularJS
6 89 (3.90%) ASP.NET MVC
7 82 (3.59%) ASP.NET Web API
8 67 (2.94%) CSS
8 67 (2.94%) Entity Framework
9 64 (2.81%) REST
10 57 (2.50%) RESTful
11 55 (2.41%) HTML5
12 51 (2.24%) React
13 48 (2.10%) .NET Framework
14 39 (1.71%) JSON
14 39 (1.71%) LINQ
15 38 (1.67%) Web Services
16 36 (1.58%) Node.js
17 34 (1.49%) Vue
18 31 (1.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
2 152 (6.66%) Driving Licence
3 106 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 97 (4.25%) Management Information System
5 56 (2.46%) Public Cloud
6 52 (2.28%) Clustering
7 36 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.49%) PKI
9 31 (1.36%) Onboarding
10 27 (1.18%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.18%) Virtual Team
11 26 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 26 (1.14%) Low-Code
12 23 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 22 (0.96%) NHS
13 22 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.79%) CCTV
16 18 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 700 (30.69%) Windows
2 346 (15.17%) Windows Server
3 140 (6.14%) Windows 10
4 99 (4.34%) Linux
5 74 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 50 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (2.02%) Android
9 36 (1.58%) Windows 7
10 35 (1.53%) Apple iOS
11 27 (1.18%) Mac OS
12 20 (0.88%) Unix
13 17 (0.75%) Windows 8
14 12 (0.53%) VMS
15 11 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.44%) Ubuntu
17 8 (0.35%) Solaris
17 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
18 7 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 6 (0.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (20.91%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (15.74%) Agile
3 346 (15.17%) Customer Service
4 266 (11.66%) Business Intelligence
5 246 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
6 228 (10.00%) ITIL
7 208 (9.12%) DevOps
8 166 (7.28%) Project Management
9 165 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 161 (7.06%) CRM
11 160 (7.01%) ERP
12 156 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 151 (6.62%) Mentoring
14 141 (6.18%) Roadmaps
15 136 (5.96%) Migration
16 123 (5.39%) Time Management
17 116 (5.09%) Decision-Making
18 110 (4.82%) MVC
19 106 (4.65%) Analytics
20 100 (4.38%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 413 (18.11%) SQL
2 243 (10.65%) C#
3 177 (7.76%) JavaScript
4 114 (5.00%) PowerShell
5 75 (3.29%) T-SQL
6 70 (3.07%) Python
7 59 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 39 (1.71%) VB
9 37 (1.62%) VB.NET
10 32 (1.40%) Java
11 22 (0.96%) Bash
12 17 (0.75%) R
13 15 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 14 (0.61%) C
14 14 (0.61%) VB6
15 13 (0.57%) Bicep
16 10 (0.44%) C++
17 8 (0.35%) ActionScript
17 8 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
17 8 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 351 (15.39%) Degree
2 155 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
3 132 (5.79%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.16%) DBS Check
5 68 (2.98%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 41 (1.80%) MCP
9 37 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.58%) CCNA
11 34 (1.49%) A+ Certification
12 33 (1.45%) MCSE
13 22 (0.96%) CCNP
14 20 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 19 (0.83%) PMI Certification
16 16 (0.70%) DV Cleared
16 16 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
16 16 (0.70%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.70%) MCSA
17 14 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.03%) GDPR
2 81 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 77 (3.38%) QA
4 57 (2.50%) SLA
5 50 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (1.71%) ISO 9001
7 38 (1.67%) Accessibility
8 36 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 24 (1.05%) PMO
11 15 (0.66%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.61%) NIST
13 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.22%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.18%) GRC
16 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.13%) JSP 440
17 2 (0.088%) ISO 22301
17 2 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 510 (22.36%) Active Directory
2 173 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (6.36%) Hyper-V
4 47 (2.06%) Docker
5 30 (1.32%) vSphere
6 28 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (0.88%) VMware NSX
8 19 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
9 18 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (0.57%) KVM
11 10 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 8 (0.35%) pfSense
12 8 (0.35%) Terminal Services
12 8 (0.35%) VMware Server
13 5 (0.22%) NFS
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.13%) Firmware
16 2 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 149 (6.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (2.41%) SCCM
3 52 (2.28%) Terraform
4 44 (1.93%) Kubernetes
5 26 (1.14%) EnCase
6 17 (0.75%) SCOM
7 12 (0.53%) vCenter Server
8 11 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 11 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.48%) SmoothWall
9 9 (0.39%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.35%) Stealthwatch
11 7 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.26%) Backup Exec
12 6 (0.26%) WSUS
13 5 (0.22%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 256 (11.22%) VMware
2 96 (4.21%) Cisco
3 89 (3.90%) Veeam
4 78 (3.42%) Dell
5 75 (3.29%) Apple
6 61 (2.67%) HP
7 54 (2.37%) Adobe
8 52 (2.28%) Citrix
9 50 (2.19%) Oracle
10 49 (2.15%) Sophos
11 46 (2.02%) Databricks
12 42 (1.84%) Google
12 42 (1.84%) ServiceNow
13 40 (1.75%) Meraki
14 38 (1.67%) Salesforce
15 31 (1.36%) SAP
16 28 (1.23%) Sage
17 25 (1.10%) Facebook
18 23 (1.01%) Aruba
19 22 (0.96%) Nimble Storage