Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Certification
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 50 42
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +23
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 27 12 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 4.60% 2.24% 2.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.98% 10.34% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 12
10th Percentile - £34,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £36,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +10.77% -65.79%
75th Percentile £32,750 £53,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £61,000 £50,625
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £30,500 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.28% +10.77% -38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 169 116 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.79% 21.64% 24.40%
Number of salaries quoted 95 65 80
10th Percentile - £30,950 £29,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,350 £95,750 £80,114
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £40,000 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.20% +13.00% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 26 (96.30%) AWS
1 26 (96.30%) Azure
2 22 (81.48%) GitHub
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (81.48%) Internet
Development Applications
1 22 (81.48%) Git
General
1 22 (81.48%) Multimedia
2 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (81.48%) Trainee
2 13 (48.15%) Developer
2 13 (48.15%) Software Developer
2 13 (48.15%) Trainee Developer
2 13 (48.15%) Trainee Software Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Head of IT
3 4 (14.81%) Head of IT Security
3 4 (14.81%) Head of Security
4 3 (11.11%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (81.48%) CSS
1 22 (81.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
1 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (81.48%) Mentoring
3 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (14.81%) Application Security
4 4 (14.81%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.81%) High Availability
4 4 (14.81%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Observability
4 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.81%) Security Operations
4 4 (14.81%) Service Management
4 4 (14.81%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (14.81%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (14.81%) Threat Detection
4 4 (14.81%) Threat Management
4 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) JavaScript
1 22 (81.48%) Python
2 9 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (96.30%) AWS Certification
1 26 (96.30%) Azure Certification
2 22 (81.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (18.52%) Degree
4 4 (14.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (14.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft