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 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 82 74 110
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 55 54 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.19% 2.44% 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.45% 6.71% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 47 5 15
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -42.62% +35.56%
75th Percentile £43,292 £37,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £53,951 £38,250 £91,250
England median annual salary £32,310 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.52% -2.11% -1.86%

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 651 805 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.87% 36.43% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 224 210 252
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,959
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,020 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +21 19 £32,500 -12.16% 4
Derbyshire -7 11 £30,000 +33.33% 4
Lincolnshire -10 9 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Nottinghamshire +17 8 £51,058 +45.88% 7
Leicestershire -19 7 £35,000 - 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 10 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (63.64%) Azure
2 28 (50.91%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (38.18%) AWS
4 14 (25.45%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (5.45%) GitHub
8 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.82%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.82%) Datadog
9 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.73%) Firewall
1 7 (12.73%) IP Telephony
2 6 (10.91%) VPN
3 3 (5.45%) DHCP
3 3 (5.45%) DNS
4 2 (3.64%) Internet
5 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Burp Suite
1 7 (12.73%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.64%) Git
3 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (76.36%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
3 7 (12.73%) Retail
4 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.82%) Finance
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.82%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 22 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 19 (34.55%) IT Support
3 16 (29.09%) IT Engineer
3 16 (29.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (16.36%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (12.73%) Security Specialist
5 7 (12.73%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 6 (10.91%) Support Technician
7 5 (9.09%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (9.09%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 5 (9.09%) Help Desk Technician
8 4 (7.27%) Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Applications Support
9 3 (5.45%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Technical Support
9 3 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) CSS
1 2 (3.64%) HTML
2 1 (1.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Driving Licence
2 7 (12.73%) CCTV
2 7 (12.73%) Insider Threat
2 7 (12.73%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.73%) Windows
2 10 (18.18%) Linux
3 7 (12.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.45%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.45%) Mac OS X
4 3 (5.45%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.82%) Android
6 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (29.09%) ITIL
4 14 (25.45%) Project Delivery
5 13 (23.64%) Mentoring
6 9 (16.36%) Change Control
6 9 (16.36%) Decision-Making
6 9 (16.36%) Server Management
7 8 (14.55%) Anomaly Detection
8 7 (12.73%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (12.73%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (12.73%) Information Security
8 7 (12.73%) ITSM
8 7 (12.73%) Offensive Security
8 7 (12.73%) Open Source
8 7 (12.73%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (12.73%) Red Team
8 7 (12.73%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (10.91%) Computer Science
9 6 (10.91%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.27%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) R
3 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) Bicep
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) MCP
2 27 (49.09%) MCSE
3 23 (41.82%) CCNA
3 23 (41.82%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (36.36%) Degree
5 19 (34.55%) MCSA
6 10 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 9 (16.36%) CCA
7 9 (16.36%) Citrix Certification
8 7 (12.73%) Azure Certification
8 7 (12.73%) CCNP
8 7 (12.73%) CEH
8 7 (12.73%) CISMP
8 7 (12.73%) CISSP
8 7 (12.73%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (12.73%) CREST Certified
8 7 (12.73%) GIAC
8 7 (12.73%) GPEN
8 7 (12.73%) OSCP
8 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) SLA
2 10 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (12.73%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (10.91%) GDPR
5 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.73%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (32.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.73%) Nmap
3 1 (1.82%) Grafana
3 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (85.45%) Microsoft
2 19 (34.55%) VMware
3 16 (29.09%) Cisco
4 10 (18.18%) Citrix
5 7 (12.73%) Draytek
5 7 (12.73%) Mitel
5 7 (12.73%) WatchGuard
6 5 (9.09%) Progress
7 1 (1.82%) Civica
7 1 (1.82%) Google
7 1 (1.82%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.82%) Northgate
7 1 (1.82%) Orchard