Microsoft Certification Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 255 158 222
Rank change year-on-year -97 +64 -54
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 95 277 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.81% 1.50% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 7.01% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 70 228 105
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,525 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -17.53% +27.63%
75th Percentile £59,688 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,886 £65,375 £67,070
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,636 3,951 5,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 56.40% 21.39% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,975 2,699 1,716
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -12.54% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £79,000 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North of England.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the North of England 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
North West -68 54 £37,500 -6.25% 48
Yorkshire +8 38 £35,000 -17.65% 21
North East -10 3 £37,500 +15.38% 5
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 26 (27.37%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.16%) IIS
4 1 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.05%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Sage 50
2 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (58.95%) Azure
2 46 (48.42%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (16.84%) Entra ID
4 15 (15.79%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (15.79%) Power Platform
5 11 (11.58%) OneDrive
6 10 (10.53%) Power Automate
6 10 (10.53%) PowerApps
7 7 (7.37%) GCP
8 5 (5.26%) AWS
9 4 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (4.21%) PaaS
10 3 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (3.16%) IaaS
10 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (3.16%) SaaS
11 2 (2.11%) Azure API Management
12 1 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 20 (21.05%) DNS
2 17 (17.89%) DHCP
3 15 (15.79%) Wireless
4 12 (12.63%) Firewall
5 10 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (10.53%) LAN
5 10 (10.53%) WAN
6 9 (9.47%) TCP/IP
7 8 (8.42%) VPN
8 6 (6.32%) NAS
8 6 (6.32%) SAN
9 5 (5.26%) VSAN
10 4 (4.21%) VoIP
11 3 (3.16%) VLAN
11 3 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (1.05%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.42%) Power BI
3 5 (5.26%) MongoDB
3 5 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.05%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.11%) JIRA
3 1 (1.05%) Git
3 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.11%) Law
3 16 (16.84%) Finance
4 7 (7.37%) Banking
4 7 (7.37%) Legal
5 6 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Automotive
7 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.11%) Marketing
8 2 (2.11%) Retail
9 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (24.21%) IT Support
2 20 (21.05%) Analyst
3 16 (16.84%) IT Analyst
4 14 (14.74%) Senior
5 13 (13.68%) Support Analyst
6 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (12.63%) IT Support Analyst
7 11 (11.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 8 (8.42%) Azure Specialist
10 7 (7.37%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 7 (7.37%) Cloud Specialist
10 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (7.37%) Technical Support
11 6 (6.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (6.32%) Support Specialist
12 5 (5.26%) Applications Support
12 5 (5.26%) Architect
12 5 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (5.26%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.32%) Middleware
2 4 (4.21%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.11%) .NET
4 1 (1.05%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.05%) ADO
4 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.05%) Blazor
4 1 (1.05%) JSON
4 1 (1.05%) Kafka
4 1 (1.05%) REST
4 1 (1.05%) SAML
4 1 (1.05%) Web Services
4 1 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Enterprise Cloud
2 9 (9.47%) Onboarding
3 7 (7.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.26%) Blackberry
5 5 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.05%) PKI
7 1 (1.05%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (52.63%) Windows
2 27 (28.42%) Windows 10
2 27 (28.42%) Windows Server
3 25 (26.32%) Linux
4 13 (13.68%) Mac OS X
5 8 (8.42%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.16%) Unix
7 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.05%) Android
8 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (27.37%) ITIL
3 24 (25.26%) Customer Service
4 18 (18.95%) Mentoring
5 16 (16.84%) Agile
6 15 (15.79%) Coaching
7 12 (12.63%) Roadmaps
8 11 (11.58%) Service Delivery
9 10 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (8.42%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (6.32%) Architectural Design
12 6 (6.32%) Cloud Security
12 6 (6.32%) Computer Science
12 6 (6.32%) CRM
12 6 (6.32%) DevOps
12 6 (6.32%) Proactive Monitoring
13 5 (5.26%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 32 (33.68%) SQL
2 14 (14.74%) Python
3 12 (12.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.16%) Bash
4 3 (3.16%) Bicep
4 3 (3.16%) C#
4 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.05%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.05%) VB
5 1 (1.05%) VBScript
5 1 (1.05%) X++
Qualifications
1 26 (27.37%) Degree
2 21 (22.11%) MCSA
3 16 (16.84%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (15.79%) Azure Certification
4 15 (15.79%) MCSE
5 11 (11.58%) CCNP
6 10 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 9 (9.47%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (6.32%) CCNA
8 6 (6.32%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
8 6 (6.32%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.26%) MCP
10 4 (4.21%) A+ Certification
10 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.16%) ACSP
11 3 (3.16%) HP AIS
11 3 (3.16%) MCITP
12 2 (2.11%) CEH
12 2 (2.11%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.21%) SLA
4 2 (2.11%) GDPR
4 2 (2.11%) NCSC
5 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.05%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.05%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (43.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.47%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.26%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (4.21%) vSphere
5 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.05%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.05%) Docker
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (12.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.58%) Terraform
3 7 (7.37%) SCCM
4 5 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 4 (4.21%) PaperCut
6 3 (3.16%) Ansible
6 3 (3.16%) Autotask
7 2 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.05%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (88.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (23.16%) Cisco
3 14 (14.74%) VMware
4 8 (8.42%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.37%) Google
6 5 (5.26%) Adobe
6 5 (5.26%) iManage
6 5 (5.26%) Intapp
6 5 (5.26%) Oracle
7 4 (4.21%) Veeam
8 3 (3.16%) Acronis
8 3 (3.16%) Apple
8 3 (3.16%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.16%) HP
8 3 (3.16%) Kaseya
8 3 (3.16%) Meraki
8 3 (3.16%) Sage
8 3 (3.16%) SonicWALL
8 3 (3.16%) WatchGuard
9 2 (2.11%) SAP