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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,411 2,189 2,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.46% 25.59% 21.66%
As % of the Vendors category 54.06% 57.83% 49.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,837 1,155 1,633
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
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 4,460 3,785 4,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.14% 44.24% 43.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,227 2,146 3,094
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,657 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,361
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.85% +3.03%
75th Percentile £60,250 £63,750 £61,000
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% +4.55%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1,565 £45,000 -10.00% 445
East Midlands +1 838 £37,500 -16.67% 251
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 (11.20%) SharePoint
2 208 (8.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 76 (3.15%) IIS
4 23 (0.95%) Confluence
5 17 (0.71%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.54%) Apache
7 10 (0.41%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.33%) WordPress
9 5 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.21%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.17%) SAS
11 3 (0.12%) CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.083%) Liferay
12 2 (0.083%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 583 (24.18%) Microsoft Office
2 356 (14.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.87%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.41%) Trello
7 9 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.33%) InDesign
8 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.17%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.083%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.083%) Sketch
12 1 (0.041%) Blender
12 1 (0.041%) Revit
Business Applications
1 93 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.33%) Sage 200
5 6 (0.25%) ResourceLink
6 5 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.17%) Magento
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 4 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.083%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.083%) Primavera
9 2 (0.083%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.083%) Shopify
9 2 (0.083%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.041%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 877 (36.37%) Azure
2 742 (30.78%) Microsoft 365
3 358 (14.85%) Power Platform
4 211 (8.75%) Dynamics 365
5 183 (7.59%) Entra ID
6 149 (6.18%) AWS
7 113 (4.69%) PowerApps
8 89 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 86 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (2.16%) SaaS
11 41 (1.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 38 (1.58%) OneDrive
13 36 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (1.12%) Azure Stack
15 27 (1.12%) IaaS
16 26 (1.08%) PaaS
17 23 (0.95%) GCP
18 18 (0.75%) Mimecast
19 17 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 234 (9.71%) Firewall
2 205 (8.50%) DNS
3 171 (7.09%) DHCP
4 139 (5.77%) WAN
5 105 (4.36%) SAN
6 104 (4.31%) TCP/IP
7 101 (4.19%) LAN
8 91 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
9 87 (3.61%) VPN
10 67 (2.78%) VLAN
11 42 (1.74%) VoIP
12 40 (1.66%) Wireless
13 38 (1.58%) Network Security
14 36 (1.49%) Internet
15 34 (1.41%) Intranet
15 34 (1.41%) SD-WAN
16 20 (0.83%) Broadband
17 18 (0.75%) Unified Communications
18 17 (0.71%) Skype
19 14 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (16.26%) SQL Server
2 259 (10.74%) Power BI
3 79 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 59 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 44 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 44 (1.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 44 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 32 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 32 (1.33%) MongoDB
8 28 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 25 (1.04%) MySQL
10 23 (0.95%) Tableau
11 20 (0.83%) Oracle Database
12 19 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 18 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (0.75%) Metadata
14 17 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
15 15 (0.62%) Power Query
16 13 (0.54%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 54 (2.24%) JIRA
2 51 (2.12%) Git
3 46 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.46%) Jasmine
5 11 (0.46%) Karma Test Runner
6 7 (0.29%) Postman
6 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.25%) GitLab
7 6 (0.25%) Moq
8 5 (0.21%) MSTest
8 5 (0.21%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.17%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.17%) gulp
9 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.083%) CANoe
11 2 (0.083%) Yeoman
General
1 811 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 473 (19.62%) Finance
3 299 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 294 (12.19%) Retail
5 173 (7.18%) Marketing
6 158 (6.55%) Manufacturing
7 104 (4.31%) Legal
8 101 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 99 (4.11%) Law
10 92 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
11 87 (3.61%) Public Sector
12 54 (2.24%) Local Government
13 47 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 47 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 41 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (1.37%) Advertising
16 24 (1.00%) Banking
16 24 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (0.87%) Police
18 20 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 330 (13.69%) Developer
2 315 (13.07%) Analyst
3 230 (9.54%) Senior
4 227 (9.42%) IT Support
5 165 (6.84%) Support Engineer
6 136 (5.64%) Architect
7 135 (5.60%) IT Engineer
8 131 (5.43%) Consultant
9 123 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 111 (4.60%) .NET Developer
11 107 (4.44%) Lead
12 94 (3.90%) Development Manager
13 92 (3.82%) IT Technician
14 84 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
15 78 (3.24%) IT Support Engineer
16 76 (3.15%) Administrator
17 75 (3.11%) 1st Line Support
18 68 (2.82%) Support Analyst
19 67 (2.78%) Support Technician
20 66 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (10.91%) .NET
2 127 (5.27%) HTML
3 121 (5.02%) .NET Core
4 120 (4.98%) ASP.NET
5 97 (4.02%) AngularJS
6 92 (3.82%) ASP.NET MVC
7 83 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
8 70 (2.90%) CSS
9 69 (2.86%) Entity Framework
10 63 (2.61%) REST
11 56 (2.32%) RESTful
12 55 (2.28%) HTML5
13 51 (2.12%) .NET Framework
14 50 (2.07%) React
15 39 (1.62%) JSON
15 39 (1.62%) LINQ
15 39 (1.62%) Web Services
16 36 (1.49%) Node.js
17 34 (1.41%) Vue
18 32 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.14%) Driving Licence
2 142 (5.89%) Self-Motivation
3 106 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 84 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 58 (2.41%) Public Cloud
6 51 (2.12%) Clustering
7 36 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (1.45%) PKI
9 34 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 28 (1.16%) Cloud Native
11 27 (1.12%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 25 (1.04%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.00%) NHS
14 22 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
15 21 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
16 20 (0.83%) CCTV
16 20 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
17 19 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 721 (29.90%) Windows
2 354 (14.68%) Windows Server
3 147 (6.10%) Windows 10
4 101 (4.19%) Linux
5 78 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 57 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (1.99%) Android
8 47 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 37 (1.53%) Apple iOS
9 37 (1.53%) Windows 7
10 27 (1.12%) Mac OS
11 18 (0.75%) Unix
12 17 (0.71%) Windows 8
13 14 (0.58%) VMS
14 11 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 11 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.33%) Solaris
15 8 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 6 (0.25%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
2 438 (18.17%) Agile
3 366 (15.18%) Customer Service
4 273 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
5 251 (10.41%) Cybersecurity
6 236 (9.79%) ITIL
7 215 (8.92%) DevOps
8 174 (7.22%) Logistics
9 172 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 170 (7.05%) ERP
11 168 (6.97%) Project Management
12 163 (6.76%) Mentoring
13 161 (6.68%) CRM
14 157 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 154 (6.39%) Roadmaps
16 135 (5.60%) Business Development
16 135 (5.60%) Migration
17 127 (5.27%) Data Management
18 123 (5.10%) Decision-Making
19 114 (4.73%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 432 (17.92%) SQL
2 253 (10.49%) C#
3 181 (7.51%) JavaScript
4 123 (5.10%) PowerShell
5 77 (3.19%) T-SQL
6 67 (2.78%) Python
7 58 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 39 (1.62%) VB
8 39 (1.62%) VB.NET
9 33 (1.37%) Java
10 22 (0.91%) Bash
11 16 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 16 (0.66%) R
12 14 (0.58%) Bicep
12 14 (0.58%) C
12 14 (0.58%) VB6
13 13 (0.54%) C++
14 8 (0.33%) ActionScript
14 8 (0.33%) ActionScript 2.0
14 8 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 365 (15.14%) Degree
2 160 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 130 (5.39%) Security Cleared
4 77 (3.19%) DBS Check
5 67 (2.78%) SC Cleared
6 55 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 41 (1.70%) MCP
9 38 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (1.53%) CCNA
11 36 (1.49%) A+ Certification
12 33 (1.37%) MCSE
13 23 (0.95%) CCNP
14 21 (0.87%) PMI Certification
15 20 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (0.79%) Master's Degree
17 18 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
18 16 (0.66%) DV Cleared
19 15 (0.62%) MCSA
19 15 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.94%) GDPR
2 81 (3.36%) QA
3 76 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 60 (2.49%) SLA
5 47 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (1.62%) Accessibility
7 36 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 35 (1.45%) ISO 9001
9 24 (1.00%) PMO
10 23 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 15 (0.62%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.54%) NIST
13 8 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.21%) ISO 14001
14 5 (0.21%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.17%) GRC
16 3 (0.12%) JSP 440
17 2 (0.083%) NCSC
17 2 (0.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 2 (0.083%) SOX 404
System Software
1 530 (21.98%) Active Directory
2 185 (7.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 47 (1.95%) Docker
5 34 (1.41%) vSphere
6 28 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
9 19 (0.79%) VMware NSX
10 13 (0.54%) KVM
11 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (0.41%) RACF
12 9 (0.37%) Terminal Services
12 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
13 8 (0.33%) pfSense
14 5 (0.21%) NFS
15 4 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.17%) XenApp
15 4 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 152 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (2.45%) Terraform
3 56 (2.32%) SCCM
4 46 (1.91%) Kubernetes
5 22 (0.91%) EnCase
6 17 (0.71%) SCOM
7 13 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.50%) vCenter Server
9 11 (0.46%) SmoothWall
10 10 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
11 9 (0.37%) AirWatch
11 9 (0.37%) Stealthwatch
12 8 (0.33%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.33%) WSUS
13 7 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.25%) Backup Exec
15 5 (0.21%) Ansible
15 5 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 270 (11.20%) VMware
2 100 (4.15%) Cisco
3 90 (3.73%) Veeam
4 78 (3.24%) Dell
5 75 (3.11%) Apple
6 62 (2.57%) HP
7 55 (2.28%) Citrix
8 52 (2.16%) Adobe
9 51 (2.12%) Oracle
10 49 (2.03%) Sophos
11 44 (1.82%) Databricks
11 44 (1.82%) ServiceNow
12 43 (1.78%) Meraki
13 42 (1.74%) Google
14 38 (1.58%) Salesforce
15 32 (1.33%) SAP
16 28 (1.16%) Sage
17 25 (1.04%) Facebook
18 23 (0.95%) Aruba
19 22 (0.91%) Nimble Storage