Microsoft Certification Jobs

Microsoft Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 283 356
Rank change year-on-year +53 +73 -69
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,321 1,218 1,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.28% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.73% 3.80% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 856 1,195
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +71 1,211 £45,000 -5.26% 319
UK excluding London +18 974 £40,000 -5.88% 264
Work from Home +66 471 £50,250 -4.29% 107
London +87 299 £60,000 +9.09% 67
North of England +65 277 £40,000 -16.23% 74
South East +13 235 £39,000 +6.85% 43
Midlands -8 171 £40,000 -4.76% 70
North West -15 126 £40,000 -11.11% 41
South West -15 109 £42,500 +0.59% 32
West Midlands -7 105 £38,000 -15.08% 54
East of England +7 102 £40,000 -5.88% 21
Yorkshire +56 87 £42,500 -22.56% 25
East Midlands -13 66 £45,000 +7.14% 16
North East +44 64 £32,500 - 8
Scotland -63 43 £57,500 +27.78% 19
Wales +5 25 £27,000 -29.87% 4
Northern Ireland +22 11 £45,000 -37.93% 5
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 207 (15.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (14.38%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 17 (1.29%) SharePoint 2013
4 12 (0.91%) IIS
5 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.76%) CMS
7 8 (0.61%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.30%) Confluence
10 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.076%) Drupal
10 1 (0.076%) Moodle
10 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 163 (12.34%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.23%) Maximo
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.076%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.076%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.076%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 838 (63.44%) Azure
2 539 (40.80%) Microsoft 365
3 298 (22.56%) Power Platform
4 139 (10.52%) AWS
5 115 (8.71%) Entra ID
6 113 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
7 98 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
8 90 (6.81%) PowerApps
9 86 (6.51%) Power Automate
10 47 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (3.10%) PaaS
12 40 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
13 39 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 38 (2.88%) Serverless
15 37 (2.80%) IaaS
16 34 (2.57%) GCP
16 34 (2.57%) OneDrive
17 32 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
18 29 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
19 27 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 223 (16.88%) Firewall
2 133 (10.07%) DNS
3 124 (9.39%) DHCP
4 112 (8.48%) SAN
5 98 (7.42%) TCP/IP
6 87 (6.59%) Broadband
7 85 (6.43%) VPN
8 83 (6.28%) WAN
9 77 (5.83%) LAN
10 76 (5.75%) Network Security
11 63 (4.77%) VLAN
12 51 (3.86%) Internet
13 49 (3.71%) VoIP
14 40 (3.03%) NAS
14 40 (3.03%) Wireless
15 39 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
16 28 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
17 26 (1.97%) Intranet
18 19 (1.44%) SD-WAN
19 15 (1.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (17.94%) Power BI
2 210 (15.90%) SQL Server
3 119 (9.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 51 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (3.10%) Data Lake
7 36 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 31 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 27 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.21%) Big Data
11 16 (1.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 10 (0.76%) Metadata
13 9 (0.68%) QlikView
14 8 (0.61%) MySQL
15 7 (0.53%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.53%) Tableau
16 6 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
17 5 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (1.67%) JIRA
2 18 (1.36%) Git
3 13 (0.98%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.98%) Balsamiq
4 8 (0.61%) GitLab
5 6 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.30%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.15%) Hudson
9 1 (0.076%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.076%) MSI
9 1 (0.076%) Vagrant
General
1 580 (43.91%) Social Skills
2 173 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (11.51%) Finance
4 116 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 66 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
7 48 (3.63%) Marketing
8 46 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 46 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.88%) Legal
10 35 (2.65%) Retail
11 34 (2.57%) Law
12 32 (2.42%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.29%) Banking
14 16 (1.21%) General Ledger
15 14 (1.06%) Automotive
16 13 (0.98%) Billing
16 13 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.76%) Games
17 10 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 186 (14.08%) Support Engineer
2 176 (13.32%) IT Support
3 131 (9.92%) Senior
4 127 (9.61%) Architect
5 115 (8.71%) IT Engineer
6 111 (8.40%) DBA
7 103 (7.80%) Analyst
8 102 (7.72%) SQL DBA
9 90 (6.81%) Consultant
10 85 (6.43%) IT Support Engineer
11 81 (6.13%) Developer
12 79 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support
13 77 (5.83%) Lead
14 69 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support
15 65 (4.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 63 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 61 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
18 59 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 59 (4.47%) Administrator
19 51 (3.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.62%) HTML
2 57 (4.31%) CSS
3 52 (3.94%) .NET
4 26 (1.97%) ARM Templates
5 21 (1.59%) .NET Core
6 20 (1.51%) ASP.NET
7 19 (1.44%) .NET Framework
7 19 (1.44%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
9 15 (1.14%) Entity Framework
9 15 (1.14%) PySpark
10 11 (0.83%) Web Services
11 10 (0.76%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.76%) jQuery
12 9 (0.68%) ADO
12 9 (0.68%) Middleware
13 8 (0.61%) REST
14 7 (0.53%) XML
15 6 (0.45%) React
16 5 (0.38%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.27%) Data Centre
2 72 (5.45%) Driving Licence
3 64 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
4 47 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 46 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 44 (3.33%) Replication
7 43 (3.26%) Public Cloud
8 40 (3.03%) Blockchain
9 34 (2.57%) Private Cloud
10 32 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (2.20%) Cloud Native
12 27 (2.04%) Security Posture
13 26 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
15 19 (1.44%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.29%) NHS
17 16 (1.21%) Smartphone
18 15 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 554 (41.94%) Windows
2 284 (21.50%) Windows Server
3 151 (11.43%) Linux
4 123 (9.31%) Windows 10
5 95 (7.19%) VMS
6 55 (4.16%) Mac OS
7 53 (4.01%) Windows Server 2012
8 50 (3.79%) Debian
9 49 (3.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 47 (3.56%) CentOS
11 40 (3.03%) Alpine Linux
12 38 (2.88%) Apple iOS
13 37 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
14 21 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 20 (1.51%) Android
16 12 (0.91%) Ubuntu
17 11 (0.83%) Windows 8
18 10 (0.76%) Windows 7
19 9 (0.68%) SUSE
19 9 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (30.20%) Problem-Solving
2 303 (22.94%) ITIL
3 278 (21.04%) Customer Service
4 243 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
5 167 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
5 167 (12.64%) DevOps
6 157 (11.88%) Computer Science
7 140 (10.60%) Agile
7 140 (10.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 122 (9.24%) Project Management
9 114 (8.63%) Collaborative Working
10 113 (8.55%) CI/CD
10 113 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 108 (8.18%) Artificial Intelligence
12 103 (7.80%) Migration
13 98 (7.42%) Performance Tuning
13 98 (7.42%) Project Delivery
14 96 (7.27%) High Availability
15 87 (6.59%) Presales
16 82 (6.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 309 (23.39%) SQL
2 114 (8.63%) C#
3 113 (8.55%) PowerShell
4 100 (7.57%) T-SQL
5 68 (5.15%) JavaScript
6 44 (3.33%) Python
7 25 (1.89%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.21%) Bash
10 11 (0.83%) Bicep
10 11 (0.83%) Java
10 11 (0.83%) U-SQL
11 10 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.68%) C
12 9 (0.68%) C++
13 7 (0.53%) R
14 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.23%) Go
15 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 414 (31.34%) Degree
2 306 (23.16%) MCSE
3 244 (18.47%) Azure Certification
4 194 (14.69%) MCSA
5 166 (12.57%) Cisco Certification
6 162 (12.26%) MCP
7 148 (11.20%) A+ Certification
8 136 (10.30%) CCNA
9 128 (9.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 102 (7.72%) Security Cleared
11 86 (6.51%) SC Cleared
12 78 (5.90%) DBS Check
13 76 (5.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 51 (3.86%) MCITP
15 44 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
16 33 (2.50%) CCNP
17 28 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
18 26 (1.97%) CISSP
19 24 (1.82%) AWS Certification
20 21 (1.59%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.75%) SLA
2 44 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.03%) GDPR
4 23 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (1.59%) QA
6 17 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.06%) NIST
8 13 (0.98%) WCAG
9 12 (0.91%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.68%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.68%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.076%) PMO
System Software
1 495 (37.47%) Active Directory
2 211 (15.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 155 (11.73%) Hyper-V
4 96 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
5 68 (5.15%) Docker
6 51 (3.86%) vSphere
7 30 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
8 27 (2.04%) XenDesktop
9 26 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
10 18 (1.36%) XenApp
11 10 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.68%) Firmware
12 9 (0.68%) vCloud
13 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.30%) KVM
14 4 (0.30%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
17 1 (0.076%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.076%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 132 (9.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 95 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 87 (6.59%) Terraform
4 79 (5.98%) SCCM
5 16 (1.21%) SCOM
6 14 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 10 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.76%) WSUS
8 8 (0.61%) Autotask
9 7 (0.53%) SmoothWall
10 6 (0.45%) Ansible
11 5 (0.38%) Grafana
11 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.30%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.23%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.15%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,181 (89.40%) Microsoft
2 281 (21.27%) VMware
3 110 (8.33%) Cisco
4 76 (5.75%) HP
5 70 (5.30%) Citrix
6 63 (4.77%) Veeam
7 61 (4.62%) Apple
8 50 (3.79%) Adobe
9 49 (3.71%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.41%) IBM
11 41 (3.10%) Google
12 34 (2.57%) Databricks
13 32 (2.42%) Dell
13 32 (2.42%) Meraki
14 25 (1.89%) Nimble Storage
15 22 (1.67%) SolarWinds
16 16 (1.21%) Oracle
17 15 (1.14%) Commvault
17 15 (1.14%) Symantec
18 13 (0.98%) Bloomberg