Microsoft Certification Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 302 197
Rank change year-on-year +145 -105 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 269 145 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.56% 0.83% 1.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.93% 2.73% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 224 119 215
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,375 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +16.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £54,816
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,588
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year - -4.26% +4.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,884 5,313 5,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.52% 30.35% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,649 1,773 2,471
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,250 £64,106
90th Percentile £78,134 £83,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +42 120 £40,000 -13.98% 37
Yorkshire +125 88 £40,000 -5.88% 16
North East +57 61 £32,500 -68.29% 7
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 48 (17.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (9.29%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.49%) CMS
3 4 (1.49%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (12.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (60.59%) Azure
2 114 (42.38%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (16.36%) Power Platform
4 36 (13.38%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.18%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.83%) AWS
8 12 (4.46%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.60%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.60%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.23%) IaaS
11 5 (1.86%) Azure Stack
12 4 (1.49%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.49%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.49%) PaaS
13 3 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 38 (14.13%) Firewall
2 32 (11.90%) Broadband
3 27 (10.04%) SAN
4 25 (9.29%) TCP/IP
5 20 (7.43%) Internet
5 20 (7.43%) LAN
5 20 (7.43%) VPN
6 17 (6.32%) DHCP
6 17 (6.32%) DNS
7 16 (5.95%) VoIP
8 14 (5.20%) WAN
9 13 (4.83%) Network Security
9 13 (4.83%) VLAN
10 9 (3.35%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (2.60%) WLAN
12 4 (1.49%) NAS
12 4 (1.49%) Skype
12 4 (1.49%) SSL
13 3 (1.12%) IPv4
13 3 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (20.82%) SQL Server
2 39 (14.50%) Power BI
3 34 (12.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.72%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.86%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.86%) Redis
8 3 (1.12%) Big Data
8 3 (1.12%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.74%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (0.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) AdminStudio
2 1 (0.37%) GitLab
2 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.37%) MSI
General
1 124 (46.10%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.78%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (9.29%) Finance
4 15 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.58%) Telecoms
5 12 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.09%) Retail
7 9 (3.35%) Games
8 8 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.60%) Law
10 6 (2.23%) Marketing
11 5 (1.86%) Local Government
12 3 (1.12%) Banking
12 3 (1.12%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.12%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.74%) Billing
13 2 (0.74%) Legal
13 2 (0.74%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.37%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 49 (18.22%) Support Engineer
2 46 (17.10%) IT Support
3 34 (12.64%) 3rd Line Support
4 27 (10.04%) DBA
4 27 (10.04%) IT Engineer
4 27 (10.04%) SQL DBA
5 25 (9.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 25 (9.29%) IT Support Engineer
6 24 (8.92%) Analyst
6 24 (8.92%) Senior
7 23 (8.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 20 (7.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 20 (7.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 19 (7.06%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 17 (6.32%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 17 (6.32%) Lead
11 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 14 (5.20%) IT Manager
11 14 (5.20%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.23%) CSS
1 6 (2.23%) HTML
2 5 (1.86%) Middleware
3 4 (1.49%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.12%) PySpark
5 1 (0.37%) .NET
5 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.37%) React
5 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.37%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.50%) Driving Licence
2 22 (8.18%) Enterprise Storage
3 18 (6.69%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.58%) Private Cloud
5 13 (4.83%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.09%) Smartphone
7 10 (3.72%) Public Cloud
8 9 (3.35%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.86%) Replication
12 4 (1.49%) Cloud Native
13 3 (1.12%) Housing Association
13 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.12%) Mainframe
13 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
14 2 (0.74%) Fat Client
14 2 (0.74%) NHS
14 2 (0.74%) Thin Client
15 1 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 109 (40.52%) Windows
2 50 (18.59%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.64%) Windows 10
4 26 (9.67%) VMS
5 22 (8.18%) Linux
6 13 (4.83%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.60%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.60%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.49%) Android
8 4 (1.49%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.12%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.74%) Unix
10 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (30.48%) Customer Service
1 82 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (27.51%) ITIL
3 39 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
4 31 (11.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (11.15%) Collaborative Working
5 30 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (11.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (11.15%) High Availability
6 29 (10.78%) Computer Science
7 28 (10.41%) DevOps
8 27 (10.04%) Performance Tuning
8 27 (10.04%) Roadmaps
9 26 (9.67%) Incident Management
10 25 (9.29%) Migration
11 22 (8.18%) Time Management
12 21 (7.81%) Agile
12 21 (7.81%) Desktop Virtualisation
13 19 (7.06%) CI/CD
14 18 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (24.16%) SQL
2 23 (8.55%) T-SQL
3 22 (8.18%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.32%) C#
5 11 (4.09%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.86%) Python
7 4 (1.49%) Bicep
8 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.37%) Bash
9 1 (0.37%) Go
9 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (24.16%) Degree
2 51 (18.96%) Azure Certification
3 43 (15.99%) MCSE
4 37 (13.75%) MCP
5 34 (12.64%) A+ Certification
6 31 (11.52%) MCSA
7 29 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (10.04%) CCNA
9 22 (8.18%) DBS Check
10 18 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (4.83%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (2.97%) CISSP
12 8 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (2.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.60%) Security Cleared
14 6 (2.23%) SC Cleared
15 5 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (1.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.72%) SLA
2 8 (2.97%) GDPR
2 8 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.49%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.49%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.49%) QA
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 136 (50.56%) Active Directory
2 41 (15.24%) Hyper-V
3 30 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (7.81%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.97%) vSphere
6 5 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.74%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.37%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (10.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.69%) SCCM
3 13 (4.83%) SCOM
4 9 (3.35%) Terraform
5 7 (2.60%) Autotask
6 5 (1.86%) Grafana
6 5 (1.86%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.49%) WSUS
8 2 (0.74%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.37%) Ansible
9 1 (0.37%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 248 (92.19%) Microsoft
2 53 (19.70%) VMware
3 18 (6.69%) SolarWinds
4 13 (4.83%) Apple
5 12 (4.46%) Cisco
6 11 (4.09%) Virgin Media
7 10 (3.72%) Datto
8 9 (3.35%) Adobe
8 9 (3.35%) Sophos
9 8 (2.97%) Kaseya
10 6 (2.23%) Citrix
10 6 (2.23%) Databricks
10 6 (2.23%) LogicMonitor
10 6 (2.23%) Meraki
11 5 (1.86%) Google
11 5 (1.86%) Oracle
11 5 (1.86%) Veeam
12 4 (1.49%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.12%) ConnectWise
13 3 (1.12%) SonicWALL