Microsoft Certification Jobs in England

Microsoft Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 252 333
Rank change year-on-year +41 +81 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,050 1,019 1,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.43% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.95% 4.29% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 781 695 1,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £61,588
90th Percentile £75,625 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
London +48 250 £60,000 -4.00% 34
Midlands +23 230 £40,000 -15.79% 23
North of England +26 224 £38,000 -15.56% 47
South East +3 176 £38,000 -14.92% 40
West Midlands +28 148 £39,000 -22.00% 18
North West -10 105 £40,000 -11.11% 13
South West +3 103 £42,500 - 29
East Midlands -1 82 £41,500 +2.47% 5
Yorkshire +45 78 £37,500 -23.08% 23
East of England -5 61 £42,500 -22.73% 16
North East +24 43 £32,500 - 14
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 169 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 144 (13.71%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.71%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (1.71%) SharePoint 2013
4 5 (0.48%) CMS
4 5 (0.48%) Confluence
5 4 (0.38%) IIS
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.095%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.095%) Moodle
7 1 (0.095%) SAS
7 1 (0.095%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.095%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 138 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.24%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 35 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.38%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.19%) Shopify
3 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.095%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.095%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.095%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 591 (56.29%) Azure
2 441 (42.00%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (18.29%) Power Platform
4 108 (10.29%) AWS
5 103 (9.81%) Dynamics 365
6 89 (8.48%) Entra ID
7 85 (8.10%) PowerApps
8 83 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
9 68 (6.48%) Power Automate
10 40 (3.81%) Azure AI
11 39 (3.71%) IBM Cloud
12 38 (3.62%) OneDrive
13 33 (3.14%) PaaS
14 31 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 30 (2.86%) GCP
16 26 (2.48%) IaaS
17 25 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 25 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
18 23 (2.19%) SaaS
19 21 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 162 (15.43%) Firewall
2 132 (12.57%) Network Security
3 106 (10.10%) Internet
4 86 (8.19%) DNS
5 84 (8.00%) WLAN
6 76 (7.24%) DHCP
6 76 (7.24%) TCP/IP
7 73 (6.95%) SAN
8 66 (6.29%) VPN
9 65 (6.19%) WAN
10 60 (5.71%) LAN
11 46 (4.38%) Broadband
12 42 (4.00%) VLAN
13 39 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (3.14%) Wireless
15 31 (2.95%) NAS
16 28 (2.67%) VoIP
17 18 (1.71%) Intranet
18 17 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
19 15 (1.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (14.19%) Power BI
2 113 (10.76%) SQL Server
3 72 (6.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 30 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 26 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.38%) Data Lake
7 22 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (1.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 18 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 8 (0.76%) MySQL
13 6 (0.57%) Big Data
13 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.48%) Metadata
14 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.48%) Redis
15 4 (0.38%) QlikView
15 4 (0.38%) ThoughtSpot
16 3 (0.29%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 17 (1.62%) JIRA
2 16 (1.52%) Axure RP
3 13 (1.24%) Balsamiq
4 10 (0.95%) Git
5 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.29%) GitLab
8 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.095%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.095%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.095%) Hudson
9 1 (0.095%) MSI
9 1 (0.095%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 444 (42.29%) Social Skills
2 135 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (10.95%) Finance
4 105 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (3.71%) Retail
7 36 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.33%) Marketing
9 32 (3.05%) Law
10 31 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.67%) Legal
13 16 (1.52%) Automotive
14 13 (1.24%) General Ledger
14 13 (1.24%) Local Government
15 11 (1.05%) Banking
16 10 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.95%) Police
Job Titles
1 209 (19.90%) Support Engineer
2 205 (19.52%) IT Support
3 162 (15.43%) IT Engineer
4 124 (11.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 109 (10.38%) Architect
6 84 (8.00%) Senior
7 72 (6.86%) Analyst
8 66 (6.29%) 2nd Line Support
9 65 (6.19%) Consultant
10 60 (5.71%) Lead
11 59 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 55 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 49 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 49 (4.67%) DBA
13 49 (4.67%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (4.48%) SQL DBA
15 45 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
16 44 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
17 41 (3.90%) IT Technician
18 40 (3.81%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.57%) HTML
2 26 (2.48%) .NET
3 25 (2.38%) CSS
4 10 (0.95%) ARM Templates
5 9 (0.86%) Middleware
6 7 (0.67%) Loki
7 6 (0.57%) YAML
8 5 (0.48%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.48%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.48%) HTML5 Canvas
8 5 (0.48%) MDX
8 5 (0.48%) React
8 5 (0.48%) Web Services
9 3 (0.29%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.29%) ADO
9 3 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (0.29%) PySpark
9 3 (0.29%) REST
9 3 (0.29%) XML
10 2 (0.19%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 130 (12.38%) Driving Licence
2 114 (10.86%) Onboarding
3 74 (7.05%) Data Centre
4 48 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 47 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (3.71%) Blockchain
8 34 (3.24%) Private Cloud
9 31 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (2.57%) Replication
11 20 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (1.90%) Enterprise Storage
12 17 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 17 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.62%) Smartphone
13 15 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.33%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.24%) PKI
15 13 (1.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 501 (47.71%) Windows
2 200 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 166 (15.81%) Linux
4 117 (11.14%) Windows 10
5 55 (5.24%) VMS
6 53 (5.05%) Mac OS
7 44 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 42 (4.00%) Debian
9 39 (3.71%) Alpine Linux
9 39 (3.71%) CentOS
10 35 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 24 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
12 21 (2.00%) Apple iOS
13 17 (1.62%) Android
14 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.57%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.48%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.38%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.38%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 302 (28.76%) ITIL
3 229 (21.81%) Computer Science
4 214 (20.38%) Customer Service
5 147 (14.00%) Business Intelligence
6 135 (12.86%) DevOps
7 127 (12.10%) Mentoring
8 125 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
9 105 (10.00%) Agile
10 95 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 91 (8.67%) Artificial Intelligence
12 88 (8.38%) CI/CD
13 84 (8.00%) Asset Management
13 84 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 84 (8.00%) Project Management
14 72 (6.86%) IT Asset Management
15 70 (6.67%) Network Management
16 68 (6.48%) Collaborative Working
17 66 (6.29%) Project Delivery
18 62 (5.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 189 (18.00%) SQL
2 84 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 76 (7.24%) C#
4 52 (4.95%) T-SQL
5 39 (3.71%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.10%) Python
7 12 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (1.05%) Java
9 10 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.95%) U-SQL
10 6 (0.57%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.48%) Bash
11 5 (0.48%) Bicep
11 5 (0.48%) C++
12 4 (0.38%) C
12 4 (0.38%) X++
13 2 (0.19%) Go
13 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.095%) Formula Language
14 1 (0.095%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 434 (41.33%) Degree
2 287 (27.33%) MCSE
3 210 (20.00%) MCP
4 194 (18.48%) Azure Certification
4 194 (18.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 175 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 160 (15.24%) MCSA
7 153 (14.57%) CCNA
8 127 (12.10%) A+ Certification
9 102 (9.71%) Security Cleared
10 94 (8.95%) CCNP
11 91 (8.67%) SC Cleared
12 68 (6.48%) LPIC
13 67 (6.38%) DBS Check
14 61 (5.81%) MCITP
15 41 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 31 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
17 24 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 22 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
19 21 (2.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (3.81%) SLA
3 33 (3.14%) GDPR
4 18 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.43%) QA
7 13 (1.24%) WCAG
8 12 (1.14%) ISO 9001
8 12 (1.14%) NIST
9 10 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.48%) NCSC
10 5 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.095%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.095%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.095%) PMO
System Software
1 396 (37.71%) Active Directory
2 158 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (12.00%) Hyper-V
4 52 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (4.57%) Docker
6 41 (3.90%) vSphere
7 23 (2.19%) XenDesktop
8 20 (1.90%) XenApp
9 18 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
10 15 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.76%) Firmware
12 6 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.38%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.095%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.095%) vCloud
16 1 (0.095%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 96 (9.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (7.90%) Terraform
3 80 (7.62%) Kubernetes
4 68 (6.48%) SCCM
5 14 (1.33%) SCOM
6 12 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.14%) WSUS
7 9 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Ansible
8 8 (0.76%) Autotask
9 7 (0.67%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.48%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.48%) Grafana
10 5 (0.48%) SmoothWall
11 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.38%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
13 1 (0.095%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.095%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 963 (91.71%) Microsoft
2 224 (21.33%) VMware
3 166 (15.81%) Cisco
4 57 (5.43%) HP
5 50 (4.76%) Apple
5 50 (4.76%) IBM
6 48 (4.57%) Citrix
6 48 (4.57%) Veeam
7 43 (4.10%) Adobe
7 43 (4.10%) Dell
8 42 (4.00%) Red Hat
9 38 (3.62%) Google
10 25 (2.38%) Databricks
11 23 (2.19%) Meraki
12 22 (2.10%) SolarWinds
13 20 (1.90%) ServiceNow
14 18 (1.71%) Symantec
15 17 (1.62%) Fortinet
15 17 (1.62%) McAfee
15 17 (1.62%) Sophos