Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft Certification
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.97% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 9.09% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £30,375 - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 67 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 21.69% 18.98% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36 35 51
10th Percentile £30,625 £42,580 £33,426
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,713 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,537 £60,500 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +5.60% +31.23%
75th Percentile £65,625 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 £81,340 £86,250
South Wales median annual salary £54,537 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.84% +15.79% +2.54%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
2 1 (14.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support
1 5 (71.43%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft