Microsoft Certification Jobs 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 157 180
Rank change year-on-year +30 +23 -71
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 36 68 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.58% 1.31% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.41% 5.77% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 22 63 37
10th Percentile £23,325 £30,000 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% -20.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £73,886 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,014 £91,250 £66,000
North West median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -14.89% +25.33%

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 817 1,178 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 35.96% 22.68% 33.16%
Number of salaries quoted 444 795 528
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,169 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.72% +12.97%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £73,600
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.00%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 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 11 May 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
Stockport +7 1 £72,500 +31.82% 1
Salford - 1 £57,500 - 1
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (63.89%) Azure
3 6 (16.67%) GCP
4 5 (13.89%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) DHCP
1 8 (22.22%) DNS
2 5 (13.89%) NAS
2 5 (13.89%) SAN
2 5 (13.89%) VSAN
3 3 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) MongoDB
1 5 (13.89%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Law
3 10 (27.78%) Finance
4 7 (19.44%) Legal
5 5 (13.89%) Banking
5 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
6 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Azure Specialist
2 7 (19.44%) Cloud Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Cloud Specialist
2 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (19.44%) Senior
3 6 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) IT Support
4 5 (13.89%) IT Technician
4 5 (13.89%) Senior IT Technician
4 5 (13.89%) Senior Technician
5 3 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
6 2 (5.56%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Developer
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Middleware
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.78%) JSON
2 1 (2.78%) Kafka
2 1 (2.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (13.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.33%) Blackberry
3 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (47.22%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 8 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (13.89%) Linux
4 5 (13.89%) Mac OS X
5 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 14 (38.89%) Customer Service
3 14 (38.89%) ITIL
4 11 (30.56%) Coaching
5 10 (27.78%) Roadmaps
6 8 (22.22%) Agile
6 8 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (19.44%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (13.89%) Architectural Design
8 5 (13.89%) Defect Management
8 5 (13.89%) Fintech
8 5 (13.89%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (13.89%) Proactive Maintenance
8 5 (13.89%) Service Design
8 5 (13.89%) Software Distribution
9 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (8.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) SQL
2 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 8 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (19.44%) Degree
4 6 (16.67%) MCSA
5 5 (13.89%) ACSP
5 5 (13.89%) HP AIS
6 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 3 (8.33%) A+ Certification
7 3 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (5.56%) MCSE
9 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.78%) CCNA
9 1 (2.78%) CEH
9 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (13.89%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.89%) VMware NSX
2 5 (13.89%) vSphere
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (13.89%) Progress Chef
1 5 (13.89%) SCCM
1 5 (13.89%) Terraform
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (8.33%) Autotask
4 1 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) VMware
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco
4 6 (16.67%) Google
4 6 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 5 (13.89%) Apple
5 5 (13.89%) HP
5 5 (13.89%) Oracle
5 5 (13.89%) Veeam
6 3 (8.33%) Adobe
6 3 (8.33%) iManage
6 3 (8.33%) Intapp
7 1 (2.78%) Facebook