Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 137 115
Rank change year-on-year +37 -22 +77
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 31 23 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.13% 0.84% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.43% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 28
10th Percentile - £35,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £37,721 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,658 - £69,600
North West median annual salary £30,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -23.75% +3.90% -23.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 991 945 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 36.05% 34.31% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 331 396 383
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,625 £82,500
North West median annual salary £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -3.67%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 3 £31,500 - 2
Oldham - 1 £35,442 - 1
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 3
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (93.55%) Azure
2 25 (80.65%) GitHub
3 22 (70.97%) AWS
4 7 (22.58%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
6 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Stack
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.23%) Mimecast
7 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (74.19%) Internet
2 3 (9.68%) SAN
3 2 (6.45%) DHCP
3 2 (6.45%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) Firewall
3 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.45%) VLAN
3 2 (6.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.23%) LAN
4 1 (3.23%) Network Security
4 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.23%) VoIP
4 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (70.97%) Git
2 3 (9.68%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 22 (70.97%) Multimedia
2 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Trainee
2 10 (32.26%) Developer
2 10 (32.26%) Software Developer
2 10 (32.26%) Trainee Developer
2 10 (32.26%) Trainee Software Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.45%) Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Trainee Administrator
4 2 (6.45%) Web Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (70.97%) CSS
1 22 (70.97%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.23%) Fat Client
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Social Media
2 1 (3.23%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (70.97%) Mentoring
2 5 (16.13%) DevOps
2 5 (16.13%) ITIL
2 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.68%) Architecture Roadmap
3 3 (9.68%) IT Strategy
3 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
3 3 (9.68%) TOGAF
4 2 (6.45%) Change Management
4 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (6.45%) ITSM
4 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.45%) Service Management
4 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.45%) Web Development
5 1 (3.23%) Project Management
5 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (77.42%) Python
2 22 (70.97%) JavaScript
3 12 (38.71%) R
4 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
5 3 (9.68%) Bicep
6 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (87.10%) Azure Certification
2 22 (70.97%) AWS Certification
2 22 (70.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (9.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CCA
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.23%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.23%) MCSA
5 1 (3.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) Firmware
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.23%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Citrix
3 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.23%) Ivanti
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) Ubiquiti