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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 318 349
Rank change year-on-year +95 +31 -71
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,325 1,128 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 1.08% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.86% 3.29% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 918 1,208
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,400 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,196 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.20% -0.71% +6.25%

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 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 27 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
England +108 1,214 £45,000 - 251
UK excluding London +67 966 £40,000 -5.20% 202
Work from Home +105 475 £50,000 - 104
London +122 311 £62,500 +13.64% 60
North of England +145 269 £40,000 -13.98% 58
South East +41 251 £38,250 +4.79% 37
Midlands +31 161 £38,000 -9.52% 28
North West +42 120 £40,000 -13.98% 37
East of England +27 106 £40,000 -5.88% 21
West Midlands +32 99 £38,000 -8.43% 19
South West 0 98 £42,500 +0.59% 30
Yorkshire +125 88 £40,000 -5.88% 16
East Midlands +10 62 £44,225 +5.30% 9
North East +57 61 £32,500 -68.29% 6
Scotland -55 42 £57,500 +27.78% 21
Wales +19 26 £27,000 -42.25% 6
Northern Ireland +36 12 £45,000 -13.46% 6
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
1 210 (15.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (14.57%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) IIS
4 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.75%) CMS
5 10 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
5 10 (0.75%) SharePoint 2013
6 9 (0.68%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.075%) Confluence
8 1 (0.075%) Drupal
8 1 (0.075%) SAS
8 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 176 (13.28%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.075%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.075%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.075%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 823 (62.11%) Azure
2 539 (40.68%) Microsoft 365
3 296 (22.34%) Power Platform
4 150 (11.32%) AWS
5 121 (9.13%) Entra ID
6 97 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (6.94%) Dynamics 365
8 84 (6.34%) PowerApps
9 77 (5.81%) Power Automate
10 44 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (3.09%) IaaS
12 40 (3.02%) IBM Cloud
13 39 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 39 (2.94%) PaaS
14 38 (2.87%) Serverless
15 32 (2.42%) OneDrive
16 30 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
18 27 (2.04%) GCP
18 27 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 219 (16.53%) Firewall
2 145 (10.94%) DNS
3 139 (10.49%) DHCP
4 120 (9.06%) SAN
5 103 (7.77%) Broadband
6 101 (7.62%) TCP/IP
7 95 (7.17%) WAN
8 94 (7.09%) VPN
9 91 (6.87%) LAN
10 86 (6.49%) VLAN
11 73 (5.51%) Network Security
12 59 (4.45%) Wireless
13 51 (3.85%) VoIP
14 50 (3.77%) Internet
15 40 (3.02%) NAS
16 32 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
17 31 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
18 26 (1.96%) Intranet
19 20 (1.51%) SD-WAN
20 16 (1.21%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (17.89%) Power BI
2 221 (16.68%) SQL Server
3 117 (8.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 49 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 43 (3.25%) Data Lake
7 40 (3.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 32 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
9 31 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
10 26 (1.96%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 16 (1.21%) Big Data
12 16 (1.21%) Metadata
13 10 (0.75%) MySQL
13 10 (0.75%) Tableau
14 9 (0.68%) QlikView
15 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (1.43%) JIRA
2 17 (1.28%) Git
3 13 (0.98%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.98%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.68%) GitLab
5 8 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.15%) Hudson
10 2 (0.15%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.075%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.075%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.075%) MSI
11 1 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 591 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 150 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (10.04%) Finance
4 123 (9.28%) Public Sector
5 73 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 62 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
7 58 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
8 57 (4.30%) Marketing
9 51 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 44 (3.32%) Manufacturing
11 42 (3.17%) Legal
12 37 (2.79%) Retail
13 21 (1.58%) Law
14 18 (1.36%) Banking
15 16 (1.21%) Billing
16 13 (0.98%) Automotive
17 10 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.75%) Games
17 10 (0.75%) Local Government
18 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 190 (14.34%) Support Engineer
2 178 (13.43%) IT Support
3 130 (9.81%) Senior
4 118 (8.91%) Architect
4 118 (8.91%) IT Engineer
5 114 (8.60%) Analyst
6 111 (8.38%) DBA
7 102 (7.70%) SQL DBA
8 95 (7.17%) Consultant
9 86 (6.49%) IT Support Engineer
10 82 (6.19%) Developer
11 80 (6.04%) 2nd Line Support
12 71 (5.36%) Lead
13 66 (4.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 65 (4.91%) 3rd Line Support
15 64 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (4.53%) Administrator
17 59 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 47 (3.55%) IT Technician
19 44 (3.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.91%) HTML
2 61 (4.60%) CSS
3 54 (4.08%) .NET
4 29 (2.19%) ARM Templates
5 25 (1.89%) ASP.NET
6 24 (1.81%) .NET Framework
7 23 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
8 22 (1.66%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (1.51%) .NET Core
10 19 (1.43%) Entity Framework
11 15 (1.13%) PySpark
12 11 (0.83%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.75%) jQuery
13 10 (0.75%) Web Services
14 8 (0.60%) ADO
14 8 (0.60%) Middleware
15 7 (0.53%) REST
15 7 (0.53%) XML
16 6 (0.45%) React
17 5 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.17%) Data Centre
2 69 (5.21%) Driving Licence
3 62 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 51 (3.85%) Replication
5 47 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 46 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.47%) Public Cloud
7 40 (3.02%) Blockchain
8 36 (2.72%) Private Cloud
9 34 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (2.26%) Security Posture
12 28 (2.11%) Cloud Native
13 22 (1.66%) Enterprise Storage
14 20 (1.51%) Virtual Team
15 18 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 18 (1.36%) Product Ownership
16 16 (1.21%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 563 (42.49%) Windows
2 289 (21.81%) Windows Server
3 159 (12.00%) Linux
4 148 (11.17%) Windows 10
5 95 (7.17%) VMS
6 55 (4.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 53 (4.00%) Mac OS
8 49 (3.70%) Debian
9 46 (3.47%) CentOS
10 45 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 42 (3.17%) Apple iOS
12 40 (3.02%) Alpine Linux
13 34 (2.57%) Windows Server 2019
14 23 (1.74%) Android
14 23 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
15 19 (1.43%) Windows 8
16 17 (1.28%) Ubuntu
17 14 (1.06%) SUSE
17 14 (1.06%) Windows 7
18 10 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (22.42%) ITIL
3 293 (22.11%) Customer Service
4 240 (18.11%) Business Intelligence
5 169 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
6 163 (12.30%) DevOps
7 146 (11.02%) Agile
8 142 (10.72%) Computer Science
9 138 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 122 (9.21%) Project Delivery
11 115 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 114 (8.60%) Collaborative Working
12 114 (8.60%) Project Management
13 112 (8.45%) CI/CD
14 105 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
15 102 (7.70%) Migration
16 99 (7.47%) High Availability
16 99 (7.47%) Performance Tuning
17 88 (6.64%) Presales
18 82 (6.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 303 (22.87%) SQL
2 129 (9.74%) PowerShell
3 109 (8.23%) C#
4 96 (7.25%) T-SQL
5 70 (5.28%) JavaScript
6 44 (3.32%) Python
7 29 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (1.28%) Bash
10 12 (0.91%) Bicep
11 10 (0.75%) Java
11 10 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.68%) C
12 9 (0.68%) U-SQL
13 8 (0.60%) C++
13 8 (0.60%) R
14 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.38%) PHP
16 3 (0.23%) Go
16 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 391 (29.51%) Degree
2 309 (23.32%) MCSE
3 235 (17.74%) Azure Certification
4 205 (15.47%) MCSA
5 186 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
6 154 (11.62%) CCNA
6 154 (11.62%) MCP
7 147 (11.09%) A+ Certification
8 119 (8.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 100 (7.55%) Security Cleared
10 84 (6.34%) SC Cleared
11 81 (6.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 76 (5.74%) DBS Check
13 65 (4.91%) Network+ Certification
14 53 (4.00%) MCITP
15 30 (2.26%) CCNP
16 27 (2.04%) CISSP
16 27 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
17 26 (1.96%) AWS Certification
18 24 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.34%) SLA
2 43 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.64%) GDPR
4 22 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.51%) QA
6 17 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.21%) NIST
7 16 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.98%) Data Quality
8 13 (0.98%) WCAG
9 9 (0.68%) NCSC
10 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.075%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.075%) PMO
System Software
1 493 (37.21%) Active Directory
2 212 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (10.79%) Hyper-V
4 96 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
5 68 (5.13%) Docker
6 52 (3.92%) vSphere
7 31 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
8 23 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.13%) XenDesktop
10 14 (1.06%) vCloud
11 9 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
12 8 (0.60%) XenApp
13 7 (0.53%) Firmware
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) KVM
15 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.075%) LXC
17 1 (0.075%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 127 (9.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (6.94%) Kubernetes
3 83 (6.26%) Terraform
4 77 (5.81%) SCCM
5 23 (1.74%) SCOM
6 13 (0.98%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.91%) vCenter Server
8 10 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.68%) WSUS
10 8 (0.60%) Autotask
11 7 (0.53%) Ansible
11 7 (0.53%) SmoothWall
12 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.38%) Grafana
12 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.30%) AirWatch
14 3 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.23%) PowerCLI
14 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,173 (88.53%) Microsoft
2 282 (21.28%) VMware
3 127 (9.58%) Cisco
4 76 (5.74%) HP
5 70 (5.28%) Veeam
6 62 (4.68%) Apple
7 57 (4.30%) Citrix
8 50 (3.77%) Adobe
9 49 (3.70%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.40%) IBM
11 35 (2.64%) Databricks
12 32 (2.42%) Meraki
13 31 (2.34%) Google
14 29 (2.19%) Nimble Storage
15 26 (1.96%) SolarWinds
16 22 (1.66%) Dell
17 18 (1.36%) Oracle
18 17 (1.28%) Commvault
19 16 (1.21%) Bloomberg
19 16 (1.21%) MobileIron