Microsoft Certification Job Trends 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 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 196 184
Rank change year-on-year -42 -12 -34
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 123 100 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.52% 1.07% 1.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.76% 2.82% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 76 85 107
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.08% -13.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,688 £55,625 £50,000
90th Percentile £71,875 £66,250 £72,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -14.29%

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 3,275 3,545 3,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.90% 37.78% 23.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,810 1,053 1,386
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £36,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,011 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £79,800
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,180
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.10% -4.78%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Certification

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 16 September 2026.

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 16 September 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
North West +27 84 £47,500 +2.70% 39
Yorkshire -59 22 £42,500 +30.77% 55
North East -58 17 £32,000 +3.23% 8
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 36 (29.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (24.39%) SharePoint
3 10 (8.13%) IIS
4 6 (4.88%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (15.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (64.23%) Microsoft 365
2 63 (51.22%) Azure
3 39 (31.71%) Entra ID
4 29 (23.58%) Power Platform
5 18 (14.63%) AWS
5 18 (14.63%) OneDrive
6 16 (13.01%) Power Automate
6 16 (13.01%) PowerApps
7 15 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (8.94%) Copilot Studio
10 9 (7.32%) SaaS
11 6 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (1.63%) Azure AI
13 2 (1.63%) Azure AKS
13 2 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (1.63%) GitHub
13 2 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 32 (26.02%) DNS
2 31 (25.20%) DHCP
3 24 (19.51%) TCP/IP
3 24 (19.51%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (17.07%) VPN
5 18 (14.63%) VLAN
6 16 (13.01%) Firewall
7 10 (8.13%) VoIP
8 6 (4.88%) Network Security
8 6 (4.88%) Structured Cabling
8 6 (4.88%) Wireless
9 5 (4.07%) SAN
10 4 (3.25%) Internet
10 4 (3.25%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.63%) CTI
11 2 (1.63%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.63%) NX-OS
12 1 (0.81%) Intranet
12 1 (0.81%) LAN
12 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.88%) MySQL
3 5 (4.07%) Power BI
4 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.63%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.63%) Looker
5 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.81%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Git
1 3 (2.44%) JIRA
2 2 (1.63%) GitLab
General
1 70 (56.91%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (13.82%) Finance
4 12 (9.76%) Swedish Language
5 10 (8.13%) Legal
5 10 (8.13%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.50%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.07%) Retail
8 4 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Law
8 4 (3.25%) Marketing
9 3 (2.44%) French Language
10 2 (1.63%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.63%) Military
10 2 (1.63%) Police
10 2 (1.63%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.81%) Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (31.71%) IT Support
2 24 (19.51%) Analyst
3 20 (16.26%) Support Engineer
4 17 (13.82%) IT Engineer
4 17 (13.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) Consultant
5 15 (12.20%) IT Support Technician
5 15 (12.20%) IT Technician
5 15 (12.20%) Support Technician
6 14 (11.38%) Service Analyst
6 14 (11.38%) Service Desk Analyst
7 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Engineer
8 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (8.13%) Lead
9 9 (7.32%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (5.69%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 7 (5.69%) Senior
11 5 (4.07%) Problem Analyst
12 4 (3.25%) Administrator
13 3 (2.44%) Problem Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.88%) Terraform
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.44%) PySpark
3 2 (1.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.45%) Driving Licence
2 16 (13.01%) Onboarding
3 13 (10.57%) Management Information System
4 10 (8.13%) CMDB
5 9 (7.32%) Data Centre
5 9 (7.32%) Security Posture
6 8 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (4.88%) AI Agents
7 6 (4.88%) CCTV
7 6 (4.88%) Clustering
8 4 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.25%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (3.25%) Low-Code
9 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.63%) CSOC
10 2 (1.63%) Fat Client
10 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.63%) PKI
10 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 71 (57.72%) Windows
2 41 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 20 (16.26%) Windows 10
4 13 (10.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (9.76%) Linux
6 9 (7.32%) Mac OS
7 7 (5.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (5.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (4.07%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.44%) Android
10 2 (1.63%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.63%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (53.66%) ITIL
2 53 (43.09%) Customer Service
3 40 (32.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (30.89%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (28.46%) ITSM
6 19 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (12.20%) Service Management
8 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (11.38%) AI
9 14 (11.38%) Performance Metrics
9 14 (11.38%) Project Delivery
10 13 (10.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 13 (10.57%) Identity Management
11 12 (9.76%) Configuration Management
11 12 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (9.76%) RBAC
12 11 (8.94%) CRM
12 11 (8.94%) Customer Experience
12 11 (8.94%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.57%) Python
2 13 (10.57%) SQL
3 4 (3.25%) Bicep
4 2 (1.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 36 (29.27%) Degree
2 23 (18.70%) Security Cleared
3 21 (17.07%) SC Cleared
4 20 (16.26%) MCSE
5 16 (13.01%) Azure Certification
6 15 (12.20%) AWS Certification
7 9 (7.32%) CCNA
7 9 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (6.50%) DBS Check
8 8 (6.50%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (4.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (4.88%) MCSA
9 6 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (3.25%) A+ Certification
10 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) QA
2 15 (12.20%) SLA
3 6 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.07%) GDPR
4 5 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.44%) ISAE 3402
7 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 60 (48.78%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.63%) Docker
5 2 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.63%) UAG
5 2 (1.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.50%) FortiGate
2 8 (6.50%) WSUS
3 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (4.88%) SCCM
4 3 (2.44%) Ansible
5 2 (1.63%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.63%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.63%) Puppet
5 2 (1.63%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.81%) Argo
6 1 (0.81%) Grafana
6 1 (0.81%) Istio
6 1 (0.81%) linkerd
6 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 117 (95.12%) Microsoft
2 27 (21.95%) VMware
3 25 (20.33%) ServiceNow
4 13 (10.57%) Veeam
5 12 (9.76%) SonicWALL
6 9 (7.32%) Cisco
7 8 (6.50%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.88%) Aruba
8 6 (4.88%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.88%) Dell
8 6 (4.88%) Foundry
8 6 (4.88%) HP
8 6 (4.88%) NetApp
8 6 (4.88%) Sophos
9 4 (3.25%) Apple
9 4 (3.25%) Google
10 3 (2.44%) Meraki
10 3 (2.44%) SAP
10 3 (2.44%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.63%) F5