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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 174 184
Rank change year-on-year +61 +10 +86
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 200 106 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.64% 1.32% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.61% 3.55% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 186 66 134
10th Percentile - £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -16.67% -2.70%
75th Percentile £40,750 £52,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,375 £62,125
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% -5.26% -1.04%

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 4,343 2,982 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 35.55% 37.12% 22.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 1,207 2,020
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,025 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.35% +1.00% -8.66%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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
Yorkshire +32 106 £30,500 -18.67% 33
North West +34 67 £30,500 -23.75% 38
North East +2 27 £30,500 -15.28% 10
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 11 (5.50%) WordPress
2 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.00%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 181 (90.50%) Azure
2 163 (81.50%) AWS
3 134 (67.00%) GitHub
4 32 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (12.00%) Serverless
6 11 (5.50%) Google Workspace
7 8 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.00%) Google Docs
8 6 (3.00%) Google Sheets
9 4 (2.00%) Intacct
9 4 (2.00%) SaaS
10 2 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 131 (65.50%) Internet
2 8 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.00%) Firewall
3 6 (3.00%) WAN
4 5 (2.50%) LAN
5 4 (2.00%) SAN
5 4 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.50%) VPN
7 2 (1.00%) DHCP
7 2 (1.00%) DNS
7 2 (1.00%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.00%) VLAN
8 1 (0.50%) Network Security
8 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.50%) SMTP
8 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 130 (65.00%) Git
2 6 (3.00%) JIRA
3 4 (2.00%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 130 (65.00%) Multimedia
2 52 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (3.50%) Manufacturing
4 5 (2.50%) Finance
4 5 (2.50%) Legal
5 3 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.50%) Law
6 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 130 (65.00%) Trainee
2 65 (32.50%) Developer
3 63 (31.50%) Software Developer
3 63 (31.50%) Trainee Developer
3 63 (31.50%) Trainee Software Developer
4 28 (14.00%) Architect
5 13 (6.50%) Applications Architect
5 13 (6.50%) IT Support
6 12 (6.00%) Administrator
7 11 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (5.50%) Software Architect
7 11 (5.50%) Trainee Administrator
7 11 (5.50%) Web Administrator
8 10 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (4.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 7 (3.50%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.00%) IT Engineer
11 6 (3.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 5 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (65.00%) CSS
1 130 (65.00%) HTML
2 1 (0.50%) REST
2 1 (0.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (3.50%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.00%) NHS
5 4 (2.00%) Replication
6 3 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) CMDB
8 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.50%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.50%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.50%) LIMS
8 1 (0.50%) SCADA
8 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.50%) Social Media
8 1 (0.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.00%) Windows
2 13 (6.50%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.00%) Android
5 3 (1.50%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.50%) Linux
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (73.00%) Mentoring
2 125 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 30 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 28 (14.00%) Application Security
5 28 (14.00%) Migration
5 28 (14.00%) TOGAF
6 24 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 24 (12.00%) Data Modelling
6 24 (12.00%) EAI
6 24 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 24 (12.00%) Microservices
7 20 (10.00%) ITIL
8 17 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (7.00%) Customer Service
10 12 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.50%) Web Development
12 8 (4.00%) Roadmaps
13 7 (3.50%) Collaborative Culture
13 7 (3.50%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 158 (79.00%) Python
2 154 (77.00%) JavaScript
3 67 (33.50%) R
4 24 (12.00%) C#
4 24 (12.00%) Java
4 24 (12.00%) TypeScript
5 11 (5.50%) SQL
6 7 (3.50%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.00%) Bicep
8 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (86.00%) Azure Certification
2 163 (81.50%) AWS Certification
3 135 (67.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 39 (19.50%) Degree
5 30 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (14.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 27 (13.50%) TOGAF Certification
8 11 (5.50%) A+ Certification
9 6 (3.00%) HNC
9 6 (3.00%) HND
9 6 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (3.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (2.00%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.00%) CCNA
11 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.00%) MCSA
11 2 (1.00%) MCSE
11 2 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.00%) SLA
4 1 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.50%) GxP
4 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.00%) Hyper-V
2 12 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.50%) Firmware
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.00%) SCCM
4 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 200 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.00%) VMware
3 11 (5.50%) Google
4 7 (3.50%) Citrix
5 5 (2.50%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (2.00%) Sage
6 4 (2.00%) Veeam
7 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.00%) Cisco
8 2 (1.00%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.50%) Apple
9 1 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.50%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.50%) Databricks
9 1 (0.50%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.50%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.50%) Meraki
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle