Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Certification
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 46 45 53
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 13 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 1.87% 2.19% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.39% 7.58% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 2
10th Percentile £25,250 £44,875 £33,425
25th Percentile £27,500 £46,938 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £50,000 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.50% +43.88% -8.55%
75th Percentile £35,000 £51,500 £35,563
90th Percentile £39,500 £52,000 £35,675
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £36,570
% change year-on-year -31.58% +29.89% -26.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 132 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 34.68% 28.95% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 73 30 77
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,875 £27,965
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +27.93% -19.46%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £83,000
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £53,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -11.79% -0.47% +6.50%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Essex

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Essex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Essex

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Essex 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
Chelmsford - 4 £25,000 - 1
Grays - 4 £35,000 -
Southend-on-Sea - 4 £30,750 - 4
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
1 2 (15.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
3 4 (30.77%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) DHCP
1 5 (38.46%) DNS
1 5 (38.46%) VPN
2 4 (30.77%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 1 (7.69%) LAN
5 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
5 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Multimedia
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Help Desk Technician
1 4 (30.77%) IT Technician
1 4 (30.77%) Trainee
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) 1st Line Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Software Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Web Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) CSS
1 4 (30.77%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Web Development
6 1 (7.69%) Data Management
6 1 (7.69%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.69%) Document Management
6 1 (7.69%) Practice Management
6 1 (7.69%) Scrum
6 1 (7.69%) Service Management
6 1 (7.69%) Software Engineering
6 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
6 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) R
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) A+ Certification
1 5 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 4 (30.77%) AWS Certification
2 4 (30.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
3 2 (15.38%) MCDST
3 2 (15.38%) MCP
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Meraki
2 2 (15.38%) Sophos
3 1 (7.69%) VMware