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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 195 168
Rank change year-on-year +26 -27 +63
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 224 210 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.37% 1.62% 2.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.53% 5.08% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 182 93 232
10th Percentile £27,075 £23,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,070 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%

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 3,432 4,132 5,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.05% 31.83% 26.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,984 1,573 2,491
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -10 105 £40,000 -11.11% 13
Yorkshire +45 78 £37,500 -23.08% 23
North East +24 43 £32,500 - 14
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 34 (15.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) Moodle
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (61.16%) Azure
2 97 (43.30%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (16.07%) Entra ID
4 28 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 24 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (5.80%) AWS
7 12 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.91%) Power Automate
9 9 (4.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.02%) PowerApps
10 8 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (3.57%) IaaS
10 8 (3.57%) PaaS
11 7 (3.13%) Azure AKS
12 6 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.23%) OneDrive
13 5 (2.23%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.79%) Azure Stack
14 4 (1.79%) Google Workspace
15 3 (1.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.84%) Firewall
2 24 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 22 (9.82%) SAN
4 21 (9.38%) Broadband
5 18 (8.04%) Internet
6 17 (7.59%) DHCP
6 17 (7.59%) DNS
6 17 (7.59%) VPN
7 13 (5.80%) Network Security
8 12 (5.36%) VoIP
9 10 (4.46%) LAN
9 10 (4.46%) VLAN
10 8 (3.57%) WAN
11 7 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.23%) WLAN
13 4 (1.79%) NAS
13 4 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.79%) SSL
14 3 (1.34%) IPv4
15 2 (0.89%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 26 (11.61%) Power BI
3 25 (11.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.23%) Data Lake
6 5 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.23%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.23%) Redis
7 4 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.34%) Big Data
8 3 (1.34%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.45%) MySQL
9 1 (0.45%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) AdminStudio
2 1 (0.45%) Git
2 1 (0.45%) GitLab
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 96 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.16%) Finance
3 19 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (4.46%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.02%) Retail
6 8 (3.57%) Law
6 8 (3.57%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.68%) General Ledger
9 5 (2.23%) Games
10 4 (1.79%) Local Government
10 4 (1.79%) Marketing
11 3 (1.34%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.34%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.89%) Billing
12 2 (0.89%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (16.52%) Support Engineer
2 34 (15.18%) IT Support
3 29 (12.95%) 3rd Line Support
4 23 (10.27%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 23 (10.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 22 (9.82%) Analyst
5 22 (9.82%) IT Engineer
5 22 (9.82%) Senior
6 19 (8.48%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (7.59%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 17 (7.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (6.70%) Architect
9 14 (6.25%) DBA
9 14 (6.25%) SQL DBA
10 13 (5.80%) Desktop Engineer
10 13 (5.80%) Service Analyst
11 12 (5.36%) Service Desk Analyst
11 12 (5.36%) Technical Engineer
12 11 (4.91%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 11 (4.91%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.23%) ARM Templates
1 5 (2.23%) Middleware
2 3 (1.34%) .NET
2 3 (1.34%) CSS
2 3 (1.34%) HTML
2 3 (1.34%) PySpark
3 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.45%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.45%) REST
3 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.45%) SAML
3 1 (0.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.63%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.59%) Enterprise Storage
3 16 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 15 (6.70%) Private Cloud
5 14 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.91%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.02%) Smartphone
8 8 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.68%) Replication
11 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
11 5 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.79%) Fat Client
12 4 (1.79%) Thin Client
13 3 (1.34%) Housing Association
13 3 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.34%) Mainframe
14 2 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 92 (41.07%) Windows
2 37 (16.52%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.71%) Windows 10
4 16 (7.14%) VMS
5 15 (6.70%) Linux
6 11 (4.91%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.79%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.89%) Unix
8 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.45%) Android
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.36%) ITIL
2 66 (29.46%) Customer Service
3 58 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (13.39%) Computer Science
4 30 (13.39%) DevOps
5 26 (11.61%) Business Intelligence
5 26 (11.61%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (9.82%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (9.38%) Incident Management
7 21 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (8.48%) Agile
8 19 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (7.59%) Roadmaps
10 16 (7.14%) CI/CD
10 16 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
11 15 (6.70%) Mentoring
11 15 (6.70%) Migration
11 15 (6.70%) Service Management
11 15 (6.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (22.77%) SQL
2 17 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 15 (6.70%) C#
4 11 (4.91%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.23%) Bicep
5 5 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.23%) Python
6 2 (0.89%) Bash
6 2 (0.89%) C++
6 2 (0.89%) Java
6 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.45%) Go
7 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 72 (32.14%) Degree
2 44 (19.64%) Azure Certification
2 44 (19.64%) MCP
3 35 (15.63%) A+ Certification
4 28 (12.50%) MCSE
5 23 (10.27%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (9.82%) CCNA
7 20 (8.93%) MCSA
8 18 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (7.14%) DBS Check
10 11 (4.91%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (3.57%) CISSP
11 8 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (3.57%) MCITP
11 8 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (2.68%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.68%) Security Cleared
13 5 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.89%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.57%) GDPR
2 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.23%) SLA
4 4 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.79%) QA
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 112 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 44 (19.64%) Hyper-V
3 32 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (4.46%) vSphere
6 3 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.89%) Docker
7 2 (0.89%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.45%) XenApp
8 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (11.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.25%) Terraform
4 11 (4.91%) SCCM
5 7 (3.13%) Autotask
6 5 (2.23%) Grafana
6 5 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.23%) SCOM
7 4 (1.79%) WSUS
8 3 (1.34%) Ansible
9 2 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.45%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.45%) yum
Vendors
1 215 (95.98%) Microsoft
2 53 (23.66%) VMware
3 12 (5.36%) SolarWinds
4 10 (4.46%) Datto
5 9 (4.02%) Adobe
5 9 (4.02%) Apple
5 9 (4.02%) Sophos
5 9 (4.02%) Virgin Media
6 8 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (3.57%) Citrix
7 5 (2.23%) Databricks
7 5 (2.23%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (2.23%) Oracle
7 5 (2.23%) Veeam
8 4 (1.79%) Draytek
8 4 (1.79%) Google
8 4 (1.79%) Meraki
8 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.34%) ConnectWise
9 3 (1.34%) SonicWALL