Microsoft Certification Jobs 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 45 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 +37
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 16 11 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.16% 1.68% 1.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.27% 8.94% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 6
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,625 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £27,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,750 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -9.74% +9.22%
75th Percentile £35,938 £47,375 £45,938
90th Percentile £53,750 £59,500 £48,125
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -34.78% +35.29%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 220 123 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 29.65% 18.84% 44.02%
Number of salaries quoted 104 60 90
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,000 £29,642
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,813 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,584 £46,297 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -22.84% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £57,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,550 £76,250 £85,250
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £48,900 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.40% -11.09% +10.00%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification 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 20 August 2025.

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 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Grays - 5 £35,000 -
Chelmsford -1 4 £31,250 -17.76% 4
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (93.75%) Azure
2 13 (81.25%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (62.50%) Entra ID
4 5 (31.25%) OneDrive
5 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) VPN
2 9 (56.25%) Firewall
3 7 (43.75%) DHCP
3 7 (43.75%) DNS
3 7 (43.75%) WAN
4 5 (31.25%) LAN
4 5 (31.25%) VLAN
5 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (31.25%) Help Desk Technician
1 5 (31.25%) IT Technician
2 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Technical Support
2 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (37.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) ITIL
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (43.75%) Customer Service
4 6 (37.50%) ITSM
4 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 5 (31.25%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (31.25%) Proactive Maintenance
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (12.50%) Information Security
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) Logistics
6 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 1 (6.25%) Practice Management
7 1 (6.25%) Service Management
7 1 (6.25%) SOA
7 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) A+ Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
3 2 (12.50%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 2 (12.50%) MCDST
3 2 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Palo Alto
2 5 (31.25%) WatchGuard
3 2 (12.50%) Dell
3 2 (12.50%) Meraki
3 2 (12.50%) Sophos
4 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow