Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 19 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 4.69% 0.67% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.68% 1.83% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 3
10th Percentile - - £48,700
25th Percentile £31,250 - £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -39.34% +35.56%
75th Percentile £36,563 - £63,500
90th Percentile £37,500 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year - -42.62% +35.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 164 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 19.01% 36.77% 19.58%
Number of salaries quoted 39 46 55
10th Percentile - £28,500 £34,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +7.14% +24.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,875 £67,750
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.04%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Northampton - 18 £32,500 - 4
Microsoft Certification
East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) DHCP
1 3 (15.79%) DNS
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 18 (94.74%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (26.32%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (26.32%) Help Desk Support Technician
2 5 (26.32%) Help Desk Technician
2 5 (26.32%) Support Technician
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Support
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Administrator
4 1 (5.26%) Professional Services Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Driving Licence
2 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
1 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Change Control
1 9 (47.37%) Mentoring
1 9 (47.37%) Project Delivery
1 9 (47.37%) Server Management
2 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) CRM
4 3 (15.79%) Incident Management
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) Service Management
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security
5 1 (5.26%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (5.26%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) MCP
2 9 (47.37%) CCA
2 9 (47.37%) CCNA
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (47.37%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (47.37%) MCSA
2 9 (47.37%) MCSE
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (73.68%) SLA
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 9 (47.37%) Citrix
2 9 (47.37%) VMware