Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 156 77
Rank change year-on-year -27 -79 +32
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 97 82 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.62% 1.48% 3.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.69% 4.04% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 76 75
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,125 £32,050
25th Percentile £33,063 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -17.65% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,266 £53,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,500 £73,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £36,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +36.99% -18.89% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,069 2,030 2,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.16% 36.72% 29.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 761 831
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
West Midlands -28 56 £52,500 +40.00% 21
East Midlands -30 41 £35,000 - 8
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 28 (28.87%) SharePoint
2 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.19%) Chatbot
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (16.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (61.86%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (55.67%) Azure
3 33 (34.02%) Power Platform
4 31 (31.96%) Entra ID
5 30 (30.93%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (23.71%) AWS
6 23 (23.71%) Power Automate
7 18 (18.56%) PowerApps
8 8 (8.25%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (8.25%) Azure Functions
8 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (8.25%) SaaS
8 8 (8.25%) Serverless
9 6 (6.19%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (4.12%) OneDrive
11 2 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.03%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (1.03%) Azure Stack
12 1 (1.03%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.77%) Firewall
2 12 (12.37%) IP Telephony
3 10 (10.31%) DHCP
3 10 (10.31%) DNS
4 8 (8.25%) Wireless
5 7 (7.22%) TCP/IP
5 7 (7.22%) VLAN
6 5 (5.15%) LAN
6 5 (5.15%) WAN
7 4 (4.12%) VPN
8 3 (3.09%) Broadband
8 3 (3.09%) Network Security
8 3 (3.09%) NX-OS
8 3 (3.09%) Unified Communications
8 3 (3.09%) VoIP
9 2 (2.06%) Internet
10 1 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (1.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.43%) Power BI
2 10 (10.31%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.03%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (9.28%) JIRA
2 8 (8.25%) Git
3 3 (3.09%) GitLab
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 40 (41.24%) Social Skills
2 35 (36.08%) Finance
3 20 (20.62%) Public Sector
4 12 (12.37%) Manufacturing
4 12 (12.37%) Telecoms
5 11 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (10.31%) Swedish Language
7 9 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (9.28%) Law
7 9 (9.28%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (5.15%) Retail
9 4 (4.12%) Legal
10 1 (1.03%) Automotive
10 1 (1.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 26 (26.80%) IT Support
2 17 (17.53%) Analyst
3 13 (13.40%) IT Engineer
3 13 (13.40%) Lead
3 13 (13.40%) Support Engineer
4 11 (11.34%) IT Support Technician
4 11 (11.34%) IT Technician
4 11 (11.34%) Support Technician
5 10 (10.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (10.31%) Senior
5 10 (10.31%) Service Analyst
5 10 (10.31%) Service Desk Analyst
6 8 (8.25%) Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Developer
6 8 (8.25%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 8 (8.25%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Platform Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Power Platform Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) .NET
1 8 (8.25%) JSON
1 8 (8.25%) XML
1 8 (8.25%) XSLT
2 3 (3.09%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 29 (29.90%) Driving Licence
2 14 (14.43%) Management Information System
3 12 (12.37%) CCTV
4 10 (10.31%) Onboarding
5 8 (8.25%) Taxonomies
6 6 (6.19%) Data Centre
7 5 (5.15%) Security Posture
8 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.12%) Virtual Team
9 3 (3.09%) PKI
10 2 (2.06%) AI Agents
10 2 (2.06%) BYOD
10 2 (2.06%) CMDB
10 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (2.06%) Operational Technology
11 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.03%) Blog
11 1 (1.03%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 34 (35.05%) Windows
2 22 (22.68%) Windows Server
3 12 (12.37%) Linux
4 5 (5.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.12%) Android
6 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (51.55%) ITIL
2 37 (38.14%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (31.96%) ITSM
4 28 (28.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (23.71%) Customer Service
5 23 (23.71%) Service Management
6 22 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (20.62%) AI
7 20 (20.62%) CRM
7 20 (20.62%) DevOps
8 18 (18.56%) Agile
8 18 (18.56%) Roadmaps
9 16 (16.49%) CI/CD
10 15 (15.46%) Incident Management
10 15 (15.46%) Service Delivery
10 15 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (14.43%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (13.40%) ERP
12 13 (13.40%) Project Delivery
13 12 (12.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.49%) C#
2 11 (11.34%) PowerShell
3 8 (8.25%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.09%) Python
4 3 (3.09%) SQL
5 2 (2.06%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (29.90%) Degree
2 28 (28.87%) MCSE
3 22 (22.68%) CCNA
3 22 (22.68%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (15.46%) Azure Certification
5 12 (12.37%) CCNP
5 12 (12.37%) MCSA
5 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 10 (10.31%) AWS Certification
7 6 (6.19%) PMI Certification
7 6 (6.19%) PMP
8 5 (5.15%) Security Cleared
9 4 (4.12%) A+ Certification
9 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared
10 3 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (1.03%) GCED
12 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (10.31%) QA
3 8 (8.25%) Accessibility
3 8 (8.25%) GDPR
3 8 (8.25%) SLA
3 8 (8.25%) WCAG
4 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.09%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.06%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 18 (18.56%) Hyper-V
3 13 (13.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.15%) vSphere
5 3 (3.09%) Firmware
5 3 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (23.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.12%) SCCM
3 3 (3.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 84 (86.60%) Microsoft
2 25 (25.77%) VMware
3 15 (15.46%) ServiceNow
3 15 (15.46%) WatchGuard
4 12 (12.37%) Draytek
4 12 (12.37%) Mitel
5 8 (8.25%) Cisco
6 6 (6.19%) SonicWALL
7 5 (5.15%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (4.12%) HubSpot
9 3 (3.09%) Dell
9 3 (3.09%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.09%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.09%) Sophos
10 2 (2.06%) Apple
10 2 (2.06%) Citrix
10 2 (2.06%) FIS
10 2 (2.06%) Isilon
10 2 (2.06%) Samsung
10 2 (2.06%) Veeam