Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Belfast

Microsoft Certification
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 33 41
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +43
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 1.38% 0.53% 2.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.79% 1.59% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £33,875
25th Percentile £29,000 £55,000 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £60,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -48.33% +26.98% +45.38%
75th Percentile £33,000 £65,000 £52,000
90th Percentile - - £52,450
County Antrim median annual salary £31,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -48.33% +33.33% +38.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 121 63 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 23.87% 33.51% 25.28%
Number of salaries quoted 44 17 50
10th Percentile £31,300 £41,750 £29,994
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £32,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% +4.35% +35.29%
75th Percentile £64,063 £74,144 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £93,500 £79,600
County Antrim median annual salary £48,500 £59,430 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.39% +25.12% +11.76%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Belfast

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
General
1 6 (85.71%) French Language
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Service Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee Web Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) Tailwind CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) ITSM
1 6 (85.71%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) ServiceNow