Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Northampton

Microsoft Certification
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northampton with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 20 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 7.69% - 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.30% - 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 3
10th Percentile - - £48,700
25th Percentile £31,250 - £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.56%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £63,500
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £32,500 £37,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -12.16% -39.34% +35.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 66 52 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 25.38% 21.05% 19.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32 33 36
10th Percentile - £28,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £62,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +12.61% +26.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,560 £83,750 £65,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £37,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -37.50% +4.35% +27.78%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Northampton

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) DHCP
1 5 (25.00%) DNS
1 5 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (5.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 19 (95.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
2 5 (25.00%) Help Desk Technician
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Support Technician
3 1 (5.00%) Trainee
3 1 (5.00%) Trainee Administrator
3 1 (5.00%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 5 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
1 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Change Control
1 9 (45.00%) Mentoring
1 9 (45.00%) Project Delivery
1 9 (45.00%) Server Management
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (25.00%) CRM
2 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 5 (25.00%) Scrum
2 5 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) MCP
2 9 (45.00%) CCA
2 9 (45.00%) CCNA
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (45.00%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (45.00%) MCSA
2 9 (45.00%) MCSE
3 5 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (70.00%) SLA
2 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 9 (45.00%) Citrix
2 9 (45.00%) VMware