Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Certification
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 54 58
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 +37
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 4 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.32% 1.01% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 3.16% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £26,800 £32,500 £21,450
25th Percentile £27,250 - £22,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +66.67% -43.20%
75th Percentile £33,875 - £25,500
90th Percentile £36,350 - -
North West median annual salary £30,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -23.75% +3.90% -23.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 632 190 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 50.16% 31.93% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 90 91 69
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,063 £41,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year - +13.55% +4.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £75,000
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -3.67%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Macclesfield - 3 £30,000 - 4
Crewe - 1 £38,000 -
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Web Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Support
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) R
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow