Microsoft Certification Jobs in the North West

Microsoft Certification
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 170 210
Rank change year-on-year -34 +40 -57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 53 121 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.70% 1.24% 1.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 5.09% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 37 107 71
10th Percentile £24,500 £28,500 £27,766
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,196 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -13.98% +24.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £68,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,066 2,376 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 66.89% 24.45% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 1,611 927
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,399 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +41 35 £57,500 +43.75% 26
Cheshire +17 9 £37,500 +6.55% 4
Lancashire -52 6 £25,000 -47.37% 11
Merseyside +34 3 £42,500 -26.09% 2
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 11 (20.75%) SharePoint
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Sage 50
2 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (66.04%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (60.38%) Azure
3 8 (15.09%) Entra ID
3 8 (15.09%) OneDrive
4 7 (13.21%) GCP
5 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.66%) IaaS
6 3 (5.66%) Mimecast
6 3 (5.66%) SaaS
7 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.89%) AWS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.85%) DNS
2 18 (33.96%) DHCP
3 12 (22.64%) WAN
4 10 (18.87%) Firewall
5 9 (16.98%) LAN
6 8 (15.09%) VSAN
7 5 (9.43%) NAS
7 5 (9.43%) SAN
7 5 (9.43%) VPN
8 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
9 3 (5.66%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (5.66%) SD-WAN
9 3 (5.66%) SNMP
9 3 (5.66%) VoIP
9 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (3.77%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) MongoDB
1 5 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 24 (45.28%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Law
3 10 (18.87%) Legal
4 9 (16.98%) Finance
5 5 (9.43%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Automotive
8 1 (1.89%) Marketing
8 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) IT Support
2 11 (20.75%) Senior
3 10 (18.87%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 9 (16.98%) Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Azure Specialist
6 7 (13.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Cloud Specialist
6 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) IT Analyst
8 5 (9.43%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (9.43%) IT Technician
8 5 (9.43%) Senior IT Technician
8 5 (9.43%) Senior Technician
8 5 (9.43%) Support Analyst
9 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Technical Support
9 4 (7.55%) Technical Support
10 3 (5.66%) IT Support Specialist
10 3 (5.66%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) Middleware
2 4 (7.55%) SAML
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.89%) JSON
3 1 (1.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Onboarding
2 7 (13.21%) Enterprise Cloud
3 6 (11.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.66%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.66%) Replication
5 2 (3.77%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (56.60%) Windows
2 13 (24.53%) Windows Server
3 12 (22.64%) Windows 10
4 8 (15.09%) Linux
5 5 (9.43%) Mac OS X
6 4 (7.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (7.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (7.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.89%) Android
7 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.08%) ITIL
2 17 (32.08%) Mentoring
3 14 (26.42%) Coaching
4 13 (24.53%) Customer Service
5 12 (22.64%) Roadmaps
6 10 (18.87%) Agile
6 10 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (15.09%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (13.21%) Migration
9 6 (11.32%) Architectural Design
9 6 (11.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 5 (9.43%) Defect Management
10 5 (9.43%) Fintech
10 5 (9.43%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (9.43%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (9.43%) Proactive Maintenance
10 5 (9.43%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.32%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) C#
3 1 (1.89%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) VB
3 1 (1.89%) VBScript
3 1 (1.89%) X++
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Network+ Certification
2 10 (18.87%) Azure Certification
2 10 (18.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 7 (13.21%) Degree
3 7 (13.21%) MCSA
4 6 (11.32%) MCSE
5 5 (9.43%) ACSP
5 5 (9.43%) HP AIS
6 4 (7.55%) CCNA
6 4 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.66%) A+ Certification
8 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.89%) CEH
9 1 (1.89%) MCITP
9 1 (1.89%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (11.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.43%) SLA
4 3 (5.66%) PMO
5 1 (1.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (39.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) VMware NSX
2 5 (9.43%) vSphere
3 4 (7.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.66%) DFS Replication
4 3 (5.66%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.89%) Docker
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (13.21%) SCCM
3 5 (9.43%) Progress Chef
3 5 (9.43%) Terraform
4 4 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (5.66%) Autotask
5 3 (5.66%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (26.42%) VMware
3 10 (18.87%) Cisco
4 7 (13.21%) Google
5 5 (9.43%) Apple
5 5 (9.43%) HP
5 5 (9.43%) Oracle
5 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
5 5 (9.43%) Veeam
6 3 (5.66%) Acronis
6 3 (5.66%) Aderant
6 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
6 3 (5.66%) Kaseya
6 3 (5.66%) Meraki
6 3 (5.66%) Sage
6 3 (5.66%) SolarWinds
6 3 (5.66%) SonicWALL
6 3 (5.66%) WatchGuard
7 2 (3.77%) iManage
7 2 (3.77%) Intapp