Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 109 122
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 +29
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 64 63 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.03% 2.10% 1.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.48% 4.42% 6.56%
Number of salaries quoted 51 55 96
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,625 £27,125
25th Percentile £29,303 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £56,875
90th Percentile £49,500 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £33,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.56% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,427 1,426 1,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 22.89% 47.49% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 579 573 1,109
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,200 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,375 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,754 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% -6.86%
75th Percentile £67,150 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.72%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Essex -14 19 £32,500 +8.33% 12
Cambridgeshire -25 14 £37,500 -21.05% 7
Hertfordshire -28 14 £46,500 +69.09% 10
Norfolk -17 7 £34,000 -22.29% 4
Bedfordshire +15 5 £40,000 -15.79% 4
Suffolk +5 5 £30,500 +16.19% 1
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 19 (29.69%) SharePoint
2 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (9.38%) WordPress
4 2 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (3.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (70.31%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (60.94%) Azure
3 33 (51.56%) Entra ID
4 9 (14.06%) AWS
4 9 (14.06%) GitHub
5 4 (6.25%) IaaS
5 4 (6.25%) PaaS
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (46.88%) Firewall
2 15 (23.44%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (21.88%) DNS
4 13 (20.31%) Internet
4 13 (20.31%) TCP/IP
4 13 (20.31%) VoIP
5 10 (15.63%) DHCP
6 9 (14.06%) VPN
7 6 (9.38%) WAN
8 4 (6.25%) VLAN
9 3 (4.69%) 4G
9 3 (4.69%) IMAP
9 3 (4.69%) LAN
9 3 (4.69%) POP3
9 3 (4.69%) SMTP
10 1 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.13%) Power BI
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Git
General
1 34 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Multimedia
3 8 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.56%) Finance
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (48.44%) IT Support
2 17 (26.56%) IT Engineer
3 16 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 16 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 9 (14.06%) Trainee
5 8 (12.50%) Administrator
6 7 (10.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (10.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) Consultant
6 7 (10.94%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 7 (10.94%) Support Technician
7 6 (9.38%) Trainee Administrator
7 6 (9.38%) Web Administrator
8 5 (7.81%) Lead
8 5 (7.81%) Senior
9 4 (6.25%) Analyst
9 4 (6.25%) IT Analyst
9 4 (6.25%) IT Technician
9 4 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) CSS
1 9 (14.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.81%) Driving Licence
2 8 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.25%) Social Network
4 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 36 (56.25%) Windows
2 18 (28.13%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (10.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (7.81%) Android
5 5 (7.81%) Apple iOS
6 4 (6.25%) VMS
7 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (51.56%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (34.38%) Customer Service
3 18 (28.13%) ITIL
4 17 (26.56%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (26.56%) Mentoring
5 15 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 8 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
7 6 (9.38%) Web Development
8 5 (7.81%) Mathematics
9 4 (6.25%) AI
9 4 (6.25%) Asset Management
9 4 (6.25%) Capacity Management
9 4 (6.25%) Change Management
9 4 (6.25%) IT Asset Management
9 4 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (6.25%) Server Building
9 4 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 11 (17.19%) Python
3 9 (14.06%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.38%) R
5 2 (3.13%) Scala
5 2 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (32.81%) Degree
2 15 (23.44%) Azure Certification
3 9 (14.06%) AWS Certification
3 9 (14.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 7 (10.94%) CCNA
4 7 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (9.38%) DBS Check
6 4 (6.25%) MCSE
6 4 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (4.69%) MCDST
7 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (3.13%) A+ Certification
8 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.56%) CCNP
9 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 34 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 9 (14.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (6.25%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (6.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) VMware
3 4 (6.25%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.69%) Meraki
4 3 (4.69%) Sophos
5 2 (3.13%) Apple
5 2 (3.13%) Citrix
5 2 (3.13%) Databricks
6 1 (1.56%) Draytek
6 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) SonicWALL