Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 72 115
Rank change year-on-year -19 +43 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 51 55 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.79% 2.75% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.34% 7.48% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42 5 24
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -39.13% +9.52%
75th Percentile £52,109 £37,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £53,951 £38,250 £91,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% -5.26% -1.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 695 735 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 24.38% 36.71% 21.50%
Number of salaries quoted 228 205 442
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.74% -1.58%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,250 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Northamptonshire +16 16 £32,500 -12.16% 6
Lincolnshire -13 11 £37,500 - 3
Derbyshire -15 10 £30,000 +33.33% 4
Nottinghamshire +7 8 £51,058 +45.88% 6
Leicestershire -24 4 £32,500 - 6
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 12 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 35 (68.63%) Azure
2 27 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (39.22%) AWS
4 15 (29.41%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.84%) GitHub
6 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.88%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.92%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.92%) Datadog
7 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.96%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) Firewall
1 7 (13.73%) IP Telephony
2 5 (9.80%) VoIP
3 4 (7.84%) DHCP
3 4 (7.84%) DNS
3 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.84%) VLAN
3 4 (7.84%) VPN
4 2 (3.92%) Internet
5 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (3.92%) Data Mining
2 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Burp Suite
1 7 (13.73%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.92%) Git
2 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (74.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
3 7 (13.73%) Retail
4 5 (9.80%) Legal
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.92%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) IT Support
2 14 (27.45%) IT Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) IT Support Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) Support Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (13.73%) Security Specialist
4 7 (13.73%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 6 (11.76%) Support Technician
6 5 (9.80%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (9.80%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 5 (9.80%) Help Desk Technician
7 4 (7.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 4 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (3.92%) Administrator
8 2 (3.92%) AWS DevOps
8 2 (3.92%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) CSS
1 2 (3.92%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 7 (13.73%) CCTV
2 7 (13.73%) Insider Threat
2 7 (13.73%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Linux
2 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.84%) Mac OS
3 4 (7.84%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.96%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 11 (21.57%) ITSM
3 11 (21.57%) Mentoring
4 10 (19.61%) Decision-Making
5 9 (17.65%) Anomaly Detection
5 9 (17.65%) Change Control
5 9 (17.65%) ITIL
5 9 (17.65%) Server Management
6 7 (13.73%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (13.73%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (13.73%) Information Security
6 7 (13.73%) Offensive Security
6 7 (13.73%) Open Source
6 7 (13.73%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (13.73%) Red Team
6 7 (13.73%) Service Delivery
6 7 (13.73%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (9.80%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 6 (11.76%) Python
2 4 (7.84%) R
3 2 (3.92%) Bash
3 2 (3.92%) Bicep
3 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) MCSE
2 23 (45.10%) CCNA
2 23 (45.10%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (45.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 16 (31.37%) Degree
3 16 (31.37%) MCSA
4 9 (17.65%) CCA
4 9 (17.65%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (15.69%) Azure Certification
6 7 (13.73%) CCNP
6 7 (13.73%) CEH
6 7 (13.73%) CISMP
6 7 (13.73%) CISSP
6 7 (13.73%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (13.73%) CREST Certified
6 7 (13.73%) GIAC
6 7 (13.73%) GPEN
6 7 (13.73%) OSCP
6 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
6 7 (13.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (27.45%) SLA
2 11 (21.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (17.65%) GDPR
4 7 (13.73%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.73%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (37.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (13.73%) Nmap
3 4 (7.84%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.92%) Grafana
4 2 (3.92%) Terraform
5 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (84.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (31.37%) Cisco
2 16 (31.37%) VMware
3 9 (17.65%) Citrix
4 7 (13.73%) Draytek
4 7 (13.73%) Mitel
4 7 (13.73%) WatchGuard
5 4 (7.84%) Apple
5 4 (7.84%) Logitech
5 4 (7.84%) Yealink
6 3 (5.88%) Progress
7 2 (3.92%) Civica
7 2 (3.92%) Google
7 2 (3.92%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (3.92%) Northgate
7 2 (3.92%) Orchard
8 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds