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 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 1.57% - 2.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.90% - 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £37,375
25th Percentile £29,000 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.71%
75th Percentile £33,000 - £50,438
90th Percentile - - £52,050
Northern Ireland median annual salary £31,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -27.71%

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 145 45 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 22.83% 25.71% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 33 9 69
10th Percentile £29,400 £51,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £67,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £82,801 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% +84.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £93,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,500 £103,000 £69,250
Northern Ireland median annual salary £53,500 £45,111 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.60% +0.25% +5.88%

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
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. 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
Belfast - 7 £31,000 - 2
Microsoft Certification
Northern Ireland

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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
General
1 9 (90.00%) French Language
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Analyst
1 9 (90.00%) Service Analyst
1 9 (90.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Trainee
2 1 (10.00%) Trainee Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Trainee Web Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) Tailwind CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Customer Service
1 9 (90.00%) ITIL
1 9 (90.00%) ITSM
1 9 (90.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 9 (90.00%) MCSE
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) ServiceNow