Microsoft Certification Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 167 155
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +32
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 106 170 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.53% 1.32% 1.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 5.48% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 68 130 108
10th Percentile £32,125 £24,675 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,875 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,922 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,875 £61,750 £62,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 4,006 3,104 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 57.96% 24.13% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 825 1,887 1,242
10th Percentile £27,238 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £32,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.94% +9.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

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 31 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
West Midlands +38 82 £35,000 -7.89% 26
East Midlands +2 24 £35,000 -22.22% 27
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (22.64%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.94%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (36.79%) Azure
2 34 (32.08%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (16.04%) AWS
4 12 (11.32%) Entra ID
5 11 (10.38%) Google Workspace
6 8 (7.55%) PaaS
6 8 (7.55%) SaaS
7 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.77%) Route 53
10 2 (1.89%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.89%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.89%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 38 (35.85%) WLAN
2 28 (26.42%) Network Security
3 27 (25.47%) Firewall
3 27 (25.47%) Internet
4 22 (20.75%) DHCP
4 22 (20.75%) DNS
5 19 (17.92%) WAN
6 15 (14.15%) LAN
6 15 (14.15%) VLAN
7 14 (13.21%) TCP/IP
7 14 (13.21%) VPN
8 11 (10.38%) BGP
8 11 (10.38%) OSPF
9 4 (3.77%) HTTPS
9 4 (3.77%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (1.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.38%) Automotive
3 11 (10.38%) Retail
4 9 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.89%) Finance
6 2 (1.89%) Legal
6 2 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (0.94%) Advertising
7 1 (0.94%) Law
7 1 (0.94%) Local Government
7 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (43.40%) Support Engineer
2 41 (38.68%) IT Engineer
3 37 (34.91%) IT Support
4 29 (27.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (27.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Support
5 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 11 (10.38%) Analyst
6 11 (10.38%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (8.49%) Lead
8 8 (7.55%) Senior
9 7 (6.60%) Support Team Leader
9 7 (6.60%) Team Leader
10 6 (5.66%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) Service Analyst
10 6 (5.66%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Support Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Technical Analyst
11 5 (4.72%) Technical Support
11 5 (4.72%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.89%) .NET
2 2 (1.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (33.96%) Driving Licence
2 19 (17.92%) Management Information System
3 11 (10.38%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.83%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.94%) Clustering
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.94%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 90 (84.91%) Windows
2 47 (44.34%) Linux
3 46 (43.40%) Windows Server
4 19 (17.92%) Windows 10
5 17 (16.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (12.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (10.38%) Mac OS X
7 11 (10.38%) Ubuntu
8 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (2.83%) Android
9 3 (2.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (47.17%) ITIL
2 47 (44.34%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (37.74%) Computer Science
4 36 (33.96%) Mentoring
5 32 (30.19%) Asset Management
6 29 (27.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (25.47%) IT Asset Management
7 27 (25.47%) Network Management
8 11 (10.38%) Business Case
8 11 (10.38%) ITSM
8 11 (10.38%) Performance Tuning
8 11 (10.38%) Systems Engineering
9 9 (8.49%) Coaching
9 9 (8.49%) Customer Service
9 9 (8.49%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.60%) Cost Management
10 7 (6.60%) Infrastructure Management
10 7 (6.60%) Server Management
11 6 (5.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (5.66%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.53%) PowerShell
2 23 (21.70%) SQL
3 4 (3.77%) Python
4 2 (1.89%) C#
4 2 (1.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (60.38%) MCSE
2 56 (52.83%) Degree
3 53 (50.00%) MCP
4 39 (36.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (34.91%) CCNA
5 37 (34.91%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (33.96%) MCSA
7 35 (33.02%) CCNP
8 27 (25.47%) LPIC
9 23 (21.70%) A+ Certification
10 12 (11.32%) HND
11 11 (10.38%) HNC
12 10 (9.43%) Azure Certification
13 9 (8.49%) AWS Certification
14 7 (6.60%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (5.66%) SC Cleared
15 6 (5.66%) Security Cleared
16 3 (2.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (2.83%) MCDST
17 2 (1.89%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (0.94%) GRC
1 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 46 (43.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.77%) Terraform
3 3 (2.83%) SCCM
4 2 (1.89%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.94%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.94%) Nessus
5 1 (0.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 88 (83.02%) Microsoft
2 39 (36.79%) Cisco
3 14 (13.21%) Dell
4 12 (11.32%) Google
5 11 (10.38%) Apple
5 11 (10.38%) Fortinet
5 11 (10.38%) Ubiquiti
5 11 (10.38%) VMware
6 3 (2.83%) Citrix
6 3 (2.83%) HP
6 3 (2.83%) Isilon
6 3 (2.83%) Sophos
7 2 (1.89%) arcserve
8 1 (0.94%) Meraki
8 1 (0.94%) Netskope
8 1 (0.94%) SAP