Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Certification
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 44 40
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 +31
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.23% 0.65% 1.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 2.52% 6.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - £36,850 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,500 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £34,250 £49,504 £58,750
90th Percentile - £52,956 £59,250
South West median annual salary £30,500 £54,660 £47,500
% change year-on-year -44.20% +15.07% +7.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 232 119 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 40.85% 25.70% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 56 52 79
10th Percentile £25,353 - £28,290
25th Percentile £26,500 - £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £10,258 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +253.38% -75.86% -5.75%
75th Percentile £60,000 £49,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £82,850 £59,526 £70,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Taunton -11 2 £33,500 -8.22%
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DKIM
1 5 (71.43%) DMARC
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Ticket Management
4 2 (28.57%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (28.57%) MCP
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft