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 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 170 230
Rank change year-on-year -21 +60 -62
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 54 102 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.74% 1.20% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.19% 4.76% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 87 66
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,800 £24,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -3.74% +16.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £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 - - -5.26%

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 4,541 2,143 2,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 62.54% 25.15% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,459 1,426 1,024
10th Percentile £34,300 £26,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,451 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +8.91%
75th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +18 31 £55,000 +37.50% 20
Cheshire +30 11 £37,500 +56.25% 5
Lancashire -38 8 £25,000 -47.37% 15
Merseyside +33 4 £42,500 -26.09% 3
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 12 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.70%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 35 (64.81%) Azure
2 33 (61.11%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 6 (11.11%) GCP
5 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.41%) OneDrive
7 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (5.56%) IaaS
7 3 (5.56%) Mimecast
7 3 (5.56%) SaaS
8 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.85%) AWS
9 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (31.48%) DNS
2 16 (29.63%) DHCP
3 12 (22.22%) WAN
4 10 (18.52%) Firewall
5 9 (16.67%) LAN
6 8 (14.81%) VSAN
7 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 5 (9.26%) NAS
8 5 (9.26%) SAN
9 4 (7.41%) VPN
10 3 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (5.56%) SD-WAN
10 3 (5.56%) SNMP
11 2 (3.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) MongoDB
1 5 (9.26%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Legal
3 7 (12.96%) Law
4 6 (11.11%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 5 (9.26%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.70%) Automotive
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (22.22%) Analyst
1 12 (22.22%) Senior
2 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 8 (14.81%) Azure Specialist
4 7 (12.96%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Cloud Specialist
4 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) IT Support
5 6 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) IT Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) IT Technician
6 5 (9.26%) Senior IT Technician
6 5 (9.26%) Senior Technician
7 4 (7.41%) Architect
7 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Technical Support
7 4 (7.41%) Technical Support
8 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Middleware
2 3 (5.56%) SAML
3 1 (1.85%) JSON
3 1 (1.85%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Cloud
2 6 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.56%) Replication
4 2 (3.70%) Mainframe
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (50.00%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Server
3 8 (14.81%) Windows 10
4 7 (12.96%) Linux
5 5 (9.26%) Mac OS X
6 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.85%) Android
7 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 17 (31.48%) Customer Service
4 16 (29.63%) ITIL
5 13 (24.07%) Coaching
6 12 (22.22%) Roadmaps
7 11 (20.37%) Agile
7 11 (20.37%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (14.81%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (11.11%) Architectural Design
10 6 (11.11%) CRM
10 6 (11.11%) Service Delivery
11 5 (9.26%) Data Protection
11 5 (9.26%) Defect Management
11 5 (9.26%) Migration
11 5 (9.26%) Performance Optimisation
11 5 (9.26%) Proactive Maintenance
11 5 (9.26%) Project Management
11 5 (9.26%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.70%) C#
4 1 (1.85%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) VB
4 1 (1.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Azure Certification
2 10 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (12.96%) MCSA
5 6 (11.11%) MCSE
6 5 (9.26%) ACSP
6 5 (9.26%) HP AIS
7 4 (7.41%) CCNA
7 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.41%) Degree
7 4 (7.41%) MCP
8 3 (5.56%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.85%) MCITP
10 1 (1.85%) PMP
10 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (12.96%) SLA
3 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (5.56%) PMO
5 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (42.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.26%) VMware NSX
3 5 (9.26%) vSphere
4 4 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (5.56%) DFS Replication
5 3 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.85%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.85%) Docker
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.96%) SCCM
3 5 (9.26%) Progress Chef
3 5 (9.26%) Terraform
4 4 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (5.56%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (98.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) VMware
3 10 (18.52%) Cisco
4 6 (11.11%) Google
5 5 (9.26%) Apple
5 5 (9.26%) HP
5 5 (9.26%) Oracle
5 5 (9.26%) Veeam
6 3 (5.56%) Aderant
6 3 (5.56%) Meraki
6 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.70%) Acronis
7 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.70%) Kaseya
7 2 (3.70%) Sage
7 2 (3.70%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.70%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.85%) Facebook
8 1 (1.85%) McAfee
8 1 (1.85%) Symantec