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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 129 139
Rank change year-on-year -45 +10 +69
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 83 250 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.20% 1.87% 2.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.49% 7.42% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 73 137 105
10th Percentile - £24,750 £27,400
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,688 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,147 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.33% -10.00% +7.53%

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 3,339 3,371 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 48.27% 25.25% 39.46%
Number of salaries quoted 879 1,767 1,301
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,099 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -9.79% +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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -16 60 £40,000 +5.26% 85
East Midlands -24 23 £35,000 -17.65% 45
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 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (21.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 48 (57.83%) Azure
2 34 (40.96%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (27.71%) AWS
4 10 (12.05%) Entra ID
5 8 (9.64%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (9.64%) PaaS
5 8 (9.64%) SaaS
6 6 (7.23%) Power Platform
7 5 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (6.02%) Google Workspace
8 4 (4.82%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.82%) Route 53
9 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.61%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (2.41%) GCP
10 2 (2.41%) GitHub
10 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.41%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 24 (28.92%) WAN
2 20 (24.10%) LAN
3 18 (21.69%) DHCP
3 18 (21.69%) DNS
3 18 (21.69%) Firewall
3 18 (21.69%) VPN
4 9 (10.84%) VLAN
5 8 (9.64%) TCP/IP
6 5 (6.02%) BGP
6 5 (6.02%) OSPF
6 5 (6.02%) WLAN
7 4 (4.82%) HTTPS
7 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.20%) Network Security
8 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
3 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Moq
2 1 (1.20%) MSTest
2 1 (1.20%) NSubstitute
2 1 (1.20%) NUnit
General
1 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.10%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.64%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Automotive
5 5 (6.02%) Retail
6 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Finance
7 2 (2.41%) Legal
7 2 (2.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Advertising
8 1 (1.20%) Law
8 1 (1.20%) Local Government
8 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (43.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (30.12%) Support Engineer
3 22 (26.51%) Infrastructure Support
3 22 (26.51%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 13 (15.66%) Analyst
5 9 (10.84%) IT Support
5 9 (10.84%) Lead
5 9 (10.84%) Senior
6 7 (8.43%) IT Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Support Analyst
6 7 (8.43%) Support Team Leader
6 7 (8.43%) Team Leader
6 7 (8.43%) Technical Support
7 6 (7.23%) Service Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Technical Support Analyst
9 4 (4.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) ARM Templates
2 3 (3.61%) .NET
2 3 (3.61%) EDI
3 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.20%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.05%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.02%) Smartphone
4 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.20%) Clustering
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 63 (75.90%) Windows
2 45 (54.22%) Windows Server
3 15 (18.07%) Linux
3 15 (18.07%) Windows 10
4 11 (13.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (8.43%) Mac OS X
5 7 (8.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.02%) Ubuntu
7 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.61%) Android
8 3 (3.61%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (31.33%) ITIL
3 24 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.46%) Mentoring
5 11 (13.25%) Computer Science
5 11 (13.25%) ITSM
6 9 (10.84%) Coaching
6 9 (10.84%) Customer Service
6 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
7 8 (9.64%) CRM
8 7 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.43%) Cost Management
8 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (8.43%) DevOps
8 7 (8.43%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure Management
8 7 (8.43%) Server Management
9 6 (7.23%) Agile
9 6 (7.23%) Identity Management
9 6 (7.23%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.71%) SQL
2 22 (26.51%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.43%) Python
4 3 (3.61%) Bash
4 3 (3.61%) C#
4 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.41%) Bicep
6 1 (1.20%) Java
6 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (50.60%) MCSA
2 38 (45.78%) MCSE
3 35 (42.17%) MCP
4 28 (33.73%) A+ Certification
4 28 (33.73%) Degree
5 12 (14.46%) Azure Certification
6 10 (12.05%) AWS Certification
7 9 (10.84%) CCNA
7 9 (10.84%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (9.64%) CCNP
9 7 (8.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (8.43%) Security Cleared
10 6 (7.23%) HND
11 5 (6.02%) HNC
11 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
12 4 (4.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (3.61%) MCDST
14 2 (2.41%) CITP
14 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.20%) GRC
2 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 44 (53.01%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (7.23%) Terraform
2 2 (2.41%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.20%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.20%) Grafana
3 1 (1.20%) Nessus
3 1 (1.20%) SCCM
3 1 (1.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (79.52%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.66%) VMware
3 8 (9.64%) Dell
4 7 (8.43%) Google
5 6 (7.23%) Cisco
6 5 (6.02%) Apple
6 5 (6.02%) Fortinet
6 5 (6.02%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (3.61%) Citrix
7 3 (3.61%) HP
7 3 (3.61%) Isilon
7 3 (3.61%) Sophos
8 2 (2.41%) arcserve
8 2 (2.41%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (1.20%) Meraki
9 1 (1.20%) Netskope
9 1 (1.20%) SAP
9 1 (1.20%) SolarWinds