Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Certification
Lancashire > Preston

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.23% - 3.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.53% - 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £27,575 - -
25th Percentile £27,688 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +93.88%
75th Percentile £32,688 - £61,250
90th Percentile £32,725 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £30,000 £25,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -47.37% +66.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 79 78 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 48.77% 75.73% 40.12%
Number of salaries quoted 33 42 66
10th Percentile £29,400 £39,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,683 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £54,793 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +12.40% +21.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,120 £67,140 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +11.23% +11.80%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Preston

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Trainee
2 1 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Trainee Administrator
2 1 (50.00%) Trainee Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Trainee Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft