Microsoft Certification Job Trends in County Antrim

Microsoft Certification
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 48 46
Rank change year-on-year +27 -2 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 13 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 5.16% 0.25% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.06% 0.88% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £60,500
25th Percentile - £55,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +75.44%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £62,500 £56,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +75.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 72 113 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 28.57% 27.70% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 34 43 71
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,750 £29,994
25th Percentile £41,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -8.53% +37.50%
75th Percentile £69,688 £69,900 £69,838
90th Percentile £78,646 £85,845 £82,500
Northern Ireland median annual salary £52,500 £50,154 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.68% -8.81% +29.41%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) AWS
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 13 (100.00%) French Language
1 13 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 13 (100.00%) Swedish Language
2 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) Service Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 3 (23.08%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) ITSM
2 10 (76.92%) ITIL
3 7 (53.85%) Customer Service
3 7 (53.85%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
4 3 (23.08%) Coaching
4 3 (23.08%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) MCSE
2 10 (76.92%) AWS Certification
2 10 (76.92%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (76.92%) ServiceNow
3 3 (23.08%) VMware