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 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft 2,312 2,330 2,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.53% 25.96% 21.65%
As % of the Vendors category 53.53% 57.66% 49.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,836 1,166 1,620
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,555 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +5.68% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,541 £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 4,319 4,041 4,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.62% 45.02% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,215 2,165 3,093
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
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 £60,304
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,937 £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 25 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 25 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 1,520 £45,000 -10.00% 476
East Midlands 0 783 £37,500 -12.30% 281
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
1 268 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 204 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 77 (3.33%) IIS
4 23 (0.99%) Confluence
5 16 (0.69%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.56%) Apache
7 10 (0.43%) 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 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.17%) SAS
11 3 (0.13%) CMS
11 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.13%) nginx
12 2 (0.087%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.087%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.087%) Liferay
12 2 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 512 (22.15%) Microsoft Office
2 290 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 70 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.82%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.43%) Trello
7 9 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 8 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.35%) InDesign
8 8 (0.35%) 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 (0.13%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.087%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.087%) Sketch
12 1 (0.043%) Blender
12 1 (0.043%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 93 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 8 (0.35%) Sage 200
5 6 (0.26%) ResourceLink
6 5 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.17%) Magento
7 4 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 3 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.087%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.087%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 2 (0.087%) Primavera
9 2 (0.087%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.087%) Shopify
9 2 (0.087%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.043%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 866 (37.46%) Azure
2 730 (31.57%) Microsoft 365
3 358 (15.48%) Power Platform
4 208 (9.00%) Dynamics 365
5 178 (7.70%) Entra ID
6 151 (6.53%) AWS
7 113 (4.89%) PowerApps
8 89 (3.85%) Power Automate
9 84 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
10 51 (2.21%) SaaS
11 41 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 37 (1.60%) OneDrive
13 35 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
14 33 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (1.17%) Azure Stack
16 26 (1.12%) IaaS
16 26 (1.12%) PaaS
17 25 (1.08%) GCP
18 17 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 234 (10.12%) Firewall
2 201 (8.69%) DNS
3 166 (7.18%) DHCP
4 139 (6.01%) WAN
5 102 (4.41%) SAN
6 101 (4.37%) TCP/IP
7 100 (4.33%) LAN
8 91 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
9 82 (3.55%) VPN
10 66 (2.85%) VLAN
11 40 (1.73%) VoIP
12 39 (1.69%) Wireless
13 36 (1.56%) Network Security
14 35 (1.51%) Internet
15 34 (1.47%) Intranet
15 34 (1.47%) SD-WAN
16 20 (0.87%) Broadband
17 18 (0.78%) Unified Communications
18 16 (0.69%) Skype
19 14 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 389 (16.83%) SQL Server
2 255 (11.03%) Power BI
3 77 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 58 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
5 51 (2.21%) Relational Database
6 46 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 43 (1.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 43 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 32 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
8 32 (1.38%) MongoDB
9 28 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (1.08%) MySQL
10 25 (1.08%) Tableau
11 22 (0.95%) Oracle Database
12 20 (0.87%) NoSQL
13 18 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (0.78%) Metadata
14 17 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.61%) Power Query
16 13 (0.56%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 54 (2.34%) JIRA
2 51 (2.21%) Git
3 45 (1.95%) Visual Studio
4 14 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 11 (0.48%) Jasmine
5 11 (0.48%) Karma Test Runner
6 7 (0.30%) Postman
6 7 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.26%) GitLab
7 6 (0.26%) Moq
8 5 (0.22%) MSTest
8 5 (0.22%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.22%) 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 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.087%) Bower
11 2 (0.087%) Yeoman
General
1 785 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 407 (17.60%) Finance
3 241 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 231 (9.99%) Retail
5 156 (6.75%) Manufacturing
6 122 (5.28%) Marketing
7 98 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 96 (4.15%) Law
9 91 (3.94%) Legal
10 90 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
11 88 (3.81%) Public Sector
12 57 (2.47%) Local Government
13 47 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
14 45 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 40 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.43%) Advertising
17 24 (1.04%) Banking
17 24 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
18 21 (0.91%) Police
19 20 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 325 (14.06%) Developer
2 312 (13.49%) Analyst
3 228 (9.86%) Senior
4 223 (9.65%) IT Support
5 163 (7.05%) Support Engineer
6 135 (5.84%) IT Engineer
7 127 (5.49%) Consultant
8 125 (5.41%) Architect
9 121 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 110 (4.76%) .NET Developer
11 106 (4.58%) Lead
12 90 (3.89%) IT Technician
13 79 (3.42%) IT Support Engineer
14 77 (3.33%) Administrator
15 74 (3.20%) 1st Line Support
16 72 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
17 68 (2.94%) Support Analyst
18 65 (2.81%) 2nd Line Support
18 65 (2.81%) Support Technician
19 56 (2.42%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (11.33%) .NET
2 125 (5.41%) HTML
3 120 (5.19%) .NET Core
4 119 (5.15%) ASP.NET
5 97 (4.20%) AngularJS
6 92 (3.98%) ASP.NET MVC
7 83 (3.59%) ASP.NET Web API
8 68 (2.94%) CSS
8 68 (2.94%) Entity Framework
9 64 (2.77%) REST
10 56 (2.42%) RESTful
11 55 (2.38%) HTML5
12 50 (2.16%) React
13 49 (2.12%) .NET Framework
14 39 (1.69%) JSON
14 39 (1.69%) LINQ
14 39 (1.69%) Web Services
15 36 (1.56%) Node.js
16 34 (1.47%) Vue
17 32 (1.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.44%) Driving Licence
2 141 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
3 106 (4.58%) Data Centre
4 86 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 58 (2.51%) Public Cloud
6 53 (2.29%) Clustering
7 37 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (1.51%) PKI
9 31 (1.34%) Onboarding
10 27 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 27 (1.17%) Low-Code
10 27 (1.17%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.17%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 23 (0.99%) NHS
13 21 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (0.82%) CCTV
15 19 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 704 (30.45%) Windows
2 349 (15.10%) Windows Server
3 143 (6.19%) Windows 10
4 101 (4.37%) Linux
5 75 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 56 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 46 (1.99%) Android
9 36 (1.56%) Apple iOS
9 36 (1.56%) Windows 7
10 27 (1.17%) Mac OS
11 19 (0.82%) Unix
12 17 (0.74%) Windows 8
13 13 (0.56%) VMS
14 11 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (0.43%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.35%) Solaris
16 8 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 6 (0.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
2 387 (16.74%) Agile
3 348 (15.05%) Customer Service
4 269 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
5 249 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
6 230 (9.95%) ITIL
7 215 (9.30%) DevOps
8 168 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 167 (7.22%) Project Management
10 166 (7.18%) ERP
11 161 (6.96%) CRM
12 156 (6.75%) Mentoring
13 155 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 152 (6.57%) Roadmaps
15 135 (5.84%) Migration
16 112 (4.84%) MVC
17 110 (4.76%) Logistics
18 107 (4.63%) Analytics
18 107 (4.63%) Decision-Making
19 106 (4.58%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 424 (18.34%) SQL
2 247 (10.68%) C#
3 179 (7.74%) JavaScript
4 122 (5.28%) PowerShell
5 76 (3.29%) T-SQL
6 69 (2.98%) Python
7 58 (2.51%) TypeScript
8 38 (1.64%) VB
8 38 (1.64%) VB.NET
9 32 (1.38%) Java
10 22 (0.95%) Bash
11 17 (0.74%) R
12 15 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.61%) C
13 14 (0.61%) VB6
14 13 (0.56%) Bicep
15 11 (0.48%) C++
16 8 (0.35%) ActionScript
16 8 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
16 8 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 353 (15.27%) Degree
2 156 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 129 (5.58%) Security Cleared
4 75 (3.24%) DBS Check
5 67 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 52 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 42 (1.82%) MCP
9 38 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (1.60%) CCNA
11 35 (1.51%) A+ Certification
12 32 (1.38%) MCSE
13 23 (0.99%) CCNP
14 20 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.87%) PMI Certification
15 17 (0.74%) Master's Degree
16 16 (0.69%) DV Cleared
16 16 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
17 14 (0.61%) MCSA
17 14 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (4.02%) GDPR
2 79 (3.42%) QA
3 78 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 56 (2.42%) SLA
5 47 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 39 (1.69%) Accessibility
7 36 (1.56%) ISO 9001
8 35 (1.51%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 24 (1.04%) PMO
10 15 (0.65%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.61%) NIST
12 8 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.22%) ISO 14001
13 5 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.17%) GRC
15 3 (0.13%) JSP 440
16 2 (0.087%) AUTOSAR
16 2 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 2 (0.087%) SOX 404
System Software
1 518 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 174 (7.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (6.31%) Hyper-V
4 46 (1.99%) Docker
5 32 (1.38%) vSphere
6 28 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 19 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.56%) KVM
10 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.43%) RACF
11 9 (0.39%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.39%) VMware Server
12 8 (0.35%) pfSense
13 5 (0.22%) NFS
13 5 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
14 4 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 3 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 148 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (2.38%) SCCM
2 55 (2.38%) Terraform
3 45 (1.95%) Kubernetes
4 23 (0.99%) EnCase
5 17 (0.74%) SCOM
6 12 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.52%) vCenter Server
7 11 (0.48%) SmoothWall
8 10 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (0.39%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.39%) Stealthwatch
10 8 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.30%) 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
1 258 (11.16%) VMware
2 98 (4.24%) Cisco
3 89 (3.85%) Veeam
4 78 (3.37%) Dell
5 74 (3.20%) Apple
6 61 (2.64%) HP
7 53 (2.29%) Adobe
7 53 (2.29%) Citrix
8 51 (2.21%) Oracle
9 49 (2.12%) Sophos
10 46 (1.99%) Databricks
11 43 (1.86%) ServiceNow
12 42 (1.82%) Meraki
13 41 (1.77%) Google
14 38 (1.64%) Salesforce
15 31 (1.34%) SAP
16 28 (1.21%) Sage
17 25 (1.08%) Facebook
18 23 (0.99%) Aruba
19 22 (0.95%) Fortinet