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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 56 153
Rank change year-on-year -54 +97 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 114 272 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.47% 4.27% 1.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.20% 11.32% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 102 56 69
10th Percentile - - £25,252
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,572
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.84% -24.86%
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,313 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £68,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.11% -2.11% -1.86%

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 2,712 2,403 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.85% 37.74% 25.70%
Number of salaries quoted 735 716 1,139
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £34,542
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 13 January 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 13 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
West Midlands -66 56 £30,500 -12.86% 21
East Midlands -9 55 £35,000 - 26
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 17 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 12 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 83 (72.81%) Azure
2 50 (43.86%) AWS
3 43 (37.72%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (28.07%) GitHub
5 24 (21.05%) Entra ID
6 14 (12.28%) Power Platform
7 9 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (7.89%) OneDrive
8 7 (6.14%) Power Automate
9 6 (5.26%) PowerApps
10 4 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (3.51%) Azure AKS
10 4 (3.51%) Datadog
10 4 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.56%) Internet
2 12 (10.53%) Firewall
3 10 (8.77%) DHCP
3 10 (8.77%) DNS
3 10 (8.77%) VPN
4 8 (7.02%) LAN
4 8 (7.02%) WAN
5 7 (6.14%) IP Telephony
6 4 (3.51%) MPLS
6 4 (3.51%) RFID
6 4 (3.51%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) Power BI
2 7 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.75%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.75%) Power Query
5 2 (1.75%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.88%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (26.32%) Git
2 7 (6.14%) Burp Suite
2 7 (6.14%) Metasploit
3 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.51%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.88%) Moq
4 1 (0.88%) MSTest
4 1 (0.88%) NSubstitute
4 1 (0.88%) NUnit
General
1 57 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.56%) Multimedia
3 10 (8.77%) Finance
4 8 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Retail
6 5 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 28 (24.56%) Trainee
2 23 (20.18%) Support Engineer
3 20 (17.54%) IT Engineer
3 20 (17.54%) IT Support
4 17 (14.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (13.16%) Developer
6 13 (11.40%) Software Developer
6 13 (11.40%) Trainee Developer
6 13 (11.40%) Trainee Software Developer
7 11 (9.65%) Senior
8 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (7.89%) Help Desk Support
10 8 (7.02%) Analyst
11 7 (6.14%) Security Specialist
11 7 (6.14%) Support Analyst
11 7 (6.14%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (5.26%) Consultant
12 6 (5.26%) Support Technician
13 5 (4.39%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (24.56%) CSS
1 28 (24.56%) HTML
2 5 (4.39%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.75%) REST
4 1 (0.88%) .NET
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.88%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.91%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.14%) CCTV
2 7 (6.14%) Insider Threat
2 7 (6.14%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.39%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.88%) IoT
7 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.93%) Windows
2 12 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.77%) Linux
4 4 (3.51%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.63%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.88%) Android
7 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (35.96%) Mentoring
3 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (26.32%) ITIL
5 17 (14.91%) Project Delivery
6 14 (12.28%) Decision-Making
7 12 (10.53%) Agile
7 12 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 12 (10.53%) DevOps
7 12 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (8.77%) Data Protection
9 10 (8.77%) Migration
10 9 (7.89%) Change Control
10 9 (7.89%) Server Management
11 8 (7.02%) Actionable Insight
11 8 (7.02%) Anomaly Detection
11 8 (7.02%) CRM
11 8 (7.02%) Customer Service
11 8 (7.02%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.95%) Python
2 31 (27.19%) JavaScript
3 16 (14.04%) R
4 11 (9.65%) PowerShell
5 9 (7.89%) SQL
6 4 (3.51%) Bash
6 4 (3.51%) Bicep
7 2 (1.75%) C#
7 2 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 33 (28.95%) MCP
3 28 (24.56%) AWS Certification
3 28 (24.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 27 (23.68%) MCSE
5 24 (21.05%) Degree
5 24 (21.05%) MCSA
6 23 (20.18%) CCNA
6 23 (20.18%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (11.40%) Security Cleared
8 10 (8.77%) SC Cleared
9 9 (7.89%) CCA
9 9 (7.89%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (6.14%) CCNP
10 7 (6.14%) CEH
10 7 (6.14%) CISMP
10 7 (6.14%) CISSP
10 7 (6.14%) GIAC
10 7 (6.14%) GPEN
10 7 (6.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.16%) SLA
2 13 (11.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (6.14%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (6.14%) GDPR
4 6 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.14%) Hyper-V
2 7 (6.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.51%) XenApp
4 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.14%) Nmap
3 5 (4.39%) Terraform
4 1 (0.88%) Grafana
4 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.88%) SCCM
4 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (92.11%) Microsoft
2 27 (23.68%) VMware
3 23 (20.18%) Cisco
4 14 (12.28%) Citrix
5 8 (7.02%) Veeam
6 7 (6.14%) Draytek
6 7 (6.14%) Meraki
6 7 (6.14%) Mitel
6 7 (6.14%) WatchGuard
7 5 (4.39%) Progress
8 4 (3.51%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.51%) IBM
8 4 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (3.51%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.88%) Civica
10 1 (0.88%) Google
10 1 (0.88%) Infor
10 1 (0.88%) Northgate
10 1 (0.88%) Orchard