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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 174 213
Rank change year-on-year -63 +39 -63
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 54 124 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.67% 1.25% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 5.20% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 37 109 68
10th Percentile £24,500 £28,500 £27,386
25th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -14.89% +25.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £68,750 £62,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 5,161 2,383 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 64.42% 24.11% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,592 1,629 909
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,680 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

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 16 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 16 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 +26 38 £57,500 +43.75% 21
Cheshire -20 9 £37,500 +6.55% 6
Lancashire -77 6 £25,000 -47.37% 10
Merseyside +27 1 £42,500 -30.89% 7
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 (20.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Sage 50
2 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (64.81%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (57.41%) Azure
3 8 (14.81%) OneDrive
4 7 (12.96%) GCP
5 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.85%) AWS
8 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.85%) IaaS
8 1 (1.85%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.85%) SaaS
8 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (31.48%) DNS
2 16 (29.63%) DHCP
3 10 (18.52%) WAN
4 9 (16.67%) LAN
5 8 (14.81%) Firewall
6 6 (11.11%) VSAN
7 5 (9.26%) NAS
7 5 (9.26%) SAN
7 5 (9.26%) VPN
8 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
8 4 (7.41%) Wireless
9 3 (5.56%) VoIP
9 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.85%) SNMP
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 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Finance
2 11 (20.37%) Law
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 6 (11.11%) Banking
5 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.56%) Automotive
8 2 (3.70%) Marketing
9 1 (1.85%) Publishing
9 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) IT Support
2 11 (20.37%) Senior
3 10 (18.52%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 8 (14.81%) Analyst
4 8 (14.81%) Azure Specialist
5 7 (12.96%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Cloud Specialist
5 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) IT Analyst
6 6 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) IT Technician
7 5 (9.26%) Senior IT Technician
7 5 (9.26%) Senior Technician
7 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.41%) Architect
8 4 (7.41%) Senior Technical Support
8 4 (7.41%) Technical Support
9 3 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (5.56%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) Middleware
2 2 (3.70%) SAML
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.85%) JSON
3 1 (1.85%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Cloud
3 6 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (7.41%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) PKI
5 1 (1.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (53.70%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 13 (24.07%) Windows Server
4 8 (14.81%) Linux
5 5 (9.26%) Mac OS X
6 4 (7.41%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.85%) Android
8 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (31.48%) ITIL
2 17 (31.48%) Mentoring
3 14 (25.93%) Coaching
3 14 (25.93%) Customer Service
4 12 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 10 (18.52%) Agile
6 8 (14.81%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (11.11%) Architectural Design
9 5 (9.26%) Defect Management
9 5 (9.26%) Fintech
9 5 (9.26%) IT Asset Management
9 5 (9.26%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (9.26%) Performance Optimisation
9 5 (9.26%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (9.26%) Service Design
9 5 (9.26%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) SQL
2 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) C#
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) VB
3 1 (1.85%) VBScript
3 1 (1.85%) X++
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Network+ Certification
2 10 (18.52%) Azure Certification
2 10 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (16.67%) Degree
4 7 (12.96%) MCSA
5 6 (11.11%) MCSE
6 5 (9.26%) ACSP
6 5 (9.26%) HP AIS
6 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
6 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) CCNA
7 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (5.56%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.85%) CEH
9 1 (1.85%) MCITP
9 1 (1.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (9.26%) SLA
4 1 (1.85%) NCSC
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.26%) VMware NSX
2 5 (9.26%) vSphere
3 4 (7.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.85%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.85%) DFS Replication
6 1 (1.85%) Docker
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.11%) SCCM
3 5 (9.26%) Progress Chef
3 5 (9.26%) Terraform
4 3 (5.56%) Autotask
5 2 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.22%) VMware
3 10 (18.52%) Cisco
4 7 (12.96%) Google
4 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow
5 5 (9.26%) Apple
5 5 (9.26%) HP
5 5 (9.26%) Oracle
5 5 (9.26%) Veeam
6 4 (7.41%) Adobe
6 4 (7.41%) iManage
6 4 (7.41%) Intapp
7 3 (5.56%) Acronis
7 3 (5.56%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.56%) Kaseya
7 3 (5.56%) Meraki
7 3 (5.56%) Sage
7 3 (5.56%) SonicWALL
7 3 (5.56%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.85%) Symantec