Microsoft Certification Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 206 197
Rank change year-on-year +31 -9 -31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 251 233 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.51% 1.55% 1.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.38% 3.92% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 193 199 224
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £36,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -14.12% +19.72%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £66,100 £66,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,733 5,943 6,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.50% 39.64% 32.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,650 2,633 3,149
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Hampshire +19 86 £39,500 +34.35% 10
Thames Valley +9 83 £38,000 +22.58% 19
Berkshire +17 38 £31,500 +12.50% 4
Kent +19 36 £33,000 -20.48% 3
Surrey +2 26 £53,250 +40.13% 2
Buckinghamshire -26 26 £39,000 -13.33% 8
Oxfordshire +27 19 £38,500 -35.83% 7
West Sussex +20 14 £34,000 -40.87% 2
East Sussex +16 5 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 28 (11.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (10.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (11.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 159 (63.35%) Azure
2 95 (37.85%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (17.53%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (15.94%) IBM Cloud
5 38 (15.14%) Power Platform
6 23 (9.16%) AWS
7 9 (3.59%) PowerApps
8 8 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.19%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.39%) Twilio
10 5 (1.99%) SaaS
11 4 (1.59%) IaaS
11 4 (1.59%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.59%) PaaS
12 3 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (1.20%) GitHub
12 3 (1.20%) Serverless
13 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 45 (17.93%) Firewall
2 34 (13.55%) VLAN
3 33 (13.15%) Broadband
4 32 (12.75%) DNS
5 31 (12.35%) Wireless
6 30 (11.95%) LAN
7 29 (11.55%) DHCP
7 29 (11.55%) WAN
8 24 (9.56%) VPN
9 21 (8.37%) TCP/IP
10 17 (6.77%) SAN
11 16 (6.37%) ADSL
12 15 (5.98%) Network Security
12 15 (5.98%) VoIP
13 12 (4.78%) NAS
14 8 (3.19%) Intranet
15 7 (2.79%) Wireshark
16 5 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (1.20%) Unified Communications
18 1 (0.40%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.15%) SQL Server
2 31 (12.35%) Power BI
3 18 (7.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.59%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (1.59%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.80%) Hudson
4 1 (0.40%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.40%) Git
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 97 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (17.53%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.76%) Telecoms
5 15 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.98%) Finance
6 10 (3.98%) Legal
6 10 (3.98%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.99%) Retail
10 3 (1.20%) Banking
10 3 (1.20%) Marketing
11 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.80%) Law
12 1 (0.40%) Automotive
12 1 (0.40%) Electronics
12 1 (0.40%) Games
12 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (14.74%) Support Engineer
2 34 (13.55%) IT Engineer
3 31 (12.35%) IT Support
4 23 (9.16%) 3rd Line Support
5 22 (8.76%) Lead
6 20 (7.97%) DBA
7 19 (7.57%) Network Support
8 18 (7.17%) SQL DBA
9 17 (6.77%) Analyst
9 17 (6.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (6.37%) Network Engineer
10 16 (6.37%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (5.58%) Network Support Engineer
12 13 (5.18%) Hardware Engineer
13 12 (4.78%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.78%) Systems Engineer
14 11 (4.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (4.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (4.38%) IT Analyst
14 11 (4.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.99%) .NET
1 5 (1.99%) CSS
1 5 (1.99%) HTML
2 3 (1.20%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.20%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (1.20%) CSS3
2 3 (1.20%) D3.js
2 3 (1.20%) Entity Framework
2 3 (1.20%) Highcharts JS
2 3 (1.20%) HTML5
2 3 (1.20%) jQuery
2 3 (1.20%) LESS
2 3 (1.20%) REST
2 3 (1.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 3 (1.20%) WCF
2 3 (1.20%) Web Services
3 2 (0.80%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.80%) PySpark
3 2 (0.80%) React
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.73%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (15.94%) Blockchain
2 40 (15.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (9.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (8.37%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.78%) Onboarding
6 11 (4.38%) NHS
7 9 (3.59%) Driving Licence
7 9 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.59%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.79%) Biopharmaceutical
8 7 (2.79%) Replication
9 6 (2.39%) Clustering
10 4 (1.59%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.20%) Robotics
12 2 (0.80%) CCTV
12 2 (0.80%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 122 (48.61%) Windows
2 59 (23.51%) Linux
3 52 (20.72%) Windows Server
4 40 (15.94%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (15.94%) CentOS
4 40 (15.94%) Debian
5 33 (13.15%) Windows 10
6 16 (6.37%) VMS
7 12 (4.78%) Apple iOS
8 9 (3.59%) Windows 8
9 7 (2.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.39%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.40%) Android
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (33.47%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (25.50%) Customer Service
3 52 (20.72%) Artificial Intelligence
4 46 (18.33%) DevOps
5 44 (17.53%) CI/CD
6 41 (16.33%) Task Automation
7 40 (15.94%) Co-Creation
7 40 (15.94%) Data Science
7 40 (15.94%) Functional Testing
7 40 (15.94%) ITIL
7 40 (15.94%) Separation of Concerns
7 40 (15.94%) Technology Transformation
8 39 (15.54%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (11.95%) Project Management
10 25 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (9.96%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (8.76%) High Availability
12 21 (8.37%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (7.57%) Mentoring
14 18 (7.17%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.55%) SQL
2 18 (7.17%) T-SQL
3 10 (3.98%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.59%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.79%) Python
6 5 (1.99%) Bash
6 5 (1.99%) C#
7 4 (1.59%) C
7 4 (1.59%) Java
8 3 (1.20%) C++
8 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.20%) Objective-C
8 3 (1.20%) PHP
9 2 (0.80%) R
9 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.40%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 87 (34.66%) MCSE
2 72 (28.69%) Azure Certification
3 63 (25.10%) Cisco Certification
3 63 (25.10%) MCSA
4 51 (20.32%) CCNA
5 38 (15.14%) MCP
6 34 (13.55%) Degree
7 28 (11.16%) Network+ Certification
8 27 (10.76%) A+ Certification
9 20 (7.97%) MCITP
10 18 (7.17%) Security Cleared
11 17 (6.77%) SC Cleared
12 15 (5.98%) CCNP
13 13 (5.18%) DV Cleared
14 9 (3.59%) DBS Check
14 9 (3.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.99%) AWS Certification
17 4 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 3 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.57%) SLA
2 8 (3.19%) GDPR
3 5 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.59%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 93 (37.05%) Active Directory
2 43 (17.13%) Docker
3 32 (12.75%) Hyper-V
3 32 (12.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (7.57%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.99%) Firmware
5 5 (1.99%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.99%) vSphere
6 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 43 (17.13%) Kubernetes
2 42 (16.73%) Terraform
3 24 (9.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (5.98%) SCCM
5 4 (1.59%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.20%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.40%) Ansible
7 1 (0.40%) SCOM
Vendors
1 185 (73.71%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.33%) Cisco
3 45 (17.93%) Red Hat
4 41 (16.33%) IBM
5 40 (15.94%) VMware
6 16 (6.37%) Apple
7 12 (4.78%) Adobe
8 11 (4.38%) Veeam
9 6 (2.39%) McAfee
9 6 (2.39%) Rapid7
9 6 (2.39%) Splunk
10 5 (1.99%) Dell
11 4 (1.59%) Draytek
11 4 (1.59%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.59%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.20%) Acronis
12 3 (1.20%) NETGEAR
12 3 (1.20%) SonicWALL
12 3 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.20%) WatchGuard