Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 50 48
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 +27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 22 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 3.48% 2.27% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.84% 5.66% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 3
10th Percentile - £25,925 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £42,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.24% +54.55% -52.17%
75th Percentile £32,750 £51,563 £35,875
90th Percentile - £75,000 £38,650
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
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 203 212 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.07% 40.08% 24.27%
Number of salaries quoted 81 72 59
10th Percentile - - £25,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £44,625
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -10.36% -10.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,250 £74,750
North West median annual salary £47,683 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% -4.66% -3.94%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool +5 21 £30,500 -28.24% 3
Birkenhead - 1 £30,000 - 1
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (4.55%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 21 (95.45%) AWS
1 21 (95.45%) Azure
1 21 (95.45%) GitHub
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (95.45%) Internet
Development Applications
1 21 (95.45%) Git
General
1 21 (95.45%) Multimedia
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) Trainee
2 11 (50.00%) Developer
2 11 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 11 (50.00%) Trainee Developer
2 11 (50.00%) Trainee Software Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) IT Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support
4 1 (4.55%) Trainee Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (95.45%) CSS
1 21 (95.45%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (90.91%) Mentoring
2 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
2 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.55%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) JavaScript
1 21 (95.45%) Python
2 10 (45.45%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) AWS Certification
1 21 (95.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 21 (95.45%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Freshdesk
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow