Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 134 174
Rank change year-on-year -10 +40 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 53 46 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.85% 1.45% 1.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.90% 3.30% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 45 33 84
10th Percentile £26,525 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.79% - +15.85%
75th Percentile £34,250 £55,257 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,250 £73,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -3.23% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,826 1,394 2,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.45% 43.92% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 934 685 1,815
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,350 £29,440
25th Percentile £39,281 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,600 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% +3.14% +2.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Bristol +26 21 £30,500 -59.87% 15
Wiltshire +1 12 £40,750 -14.21% 5
Devon -15 7 £26,150 -16.98% 9
Somerset -16 7 £32,500 -23.53% 6
Gloucestershire -1 4 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Dorset -15 2 £34,500 -33.65% 3
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (16.98%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (66.04%) Azure
2 19 (35.85%) AWS
2 19 (35.85%) GitHub
3 17 (32.08%) Entra ID
4 16 (30.19%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (7.55%) Google Workspace
5 4 (7.55%) Power Automate
5 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.55%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.66%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.77%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.77%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.85%) Internet
2 9 (16.98%) DNS
2 9 (16.98%) Firewall
3 5 (9.43%) DKIM
3 5 (9.43%) DMARC
3 5 (9.43%) SAN
3 5 (9.43%) VPN
4 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.66%) DHCP
5 3 (5.66%) LTE
6 2 (3.77%) LAN
6 2 (3.77%) WAN
6 2 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.89%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.89%) VLAN
7 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (35.85%) Git
General
1 19 (35.85%) Multimedia
2 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Finance
4 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Legal
6 4 (7.55%) Dutch Language
6 4 (7.55%) French Language
6 4 (7.55%) Spanish Language
7 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (35.85%) Trainee
2 15 (28.30%) IT Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) Support Engineer
4 8 (15.09%) Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) IT Support
4 8 (15.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Software Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Support Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Technical Support
5 7 (13.21%) Technical Support Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Trainee Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Trainee Software Developer
6 5 (9.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (9.43%) Field Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Field Service Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (35.85%) CSS
1 19 (35.85%) HTML
2 4 (7.55%) OAuth
2 4 (7.55%) OAuth2
2 4 (7.55%) OpenID
2 4 (7.55%) SAML
3 1 (1.89%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
1 5 (9.43%) Smartphone
2 4 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.08%) Windows
2 12 (22.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.55%) Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.89%) VMS
4 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (43.40%) Mentoring
2 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (28.30%) ITIL
4 12 (22.64%) Customer Service
5 10 (18.87%) Service Delivery
6 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.09%) RBAC
7 7 (13.21%) Project Delivery
8 6 (11.32%) Cloud Security
9 5 (9.43%) Coaching
9 5 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (9.43%) Migration
10 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
10 4 (7.55%) Decision-Making
11 3 (5.66%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (5.66%) Mobile Device Management
12 2 (3.77%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
1 19 (35.85%) Python
2 12 (22.64%) PowerShell
2 12 (22.64%) R
3 2 (3.77%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) Azure Certification
2 19 (35.85%) AWS Certification
2 19 (35.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 9 (16.98%) A+ Certification
4 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
5 7 (13.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (13.21%) Degree
6 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 6 (11.32%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (9.43%) CCNA
7 5 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (9.43%) MCSE
8 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
10 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (1.89%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.77%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (39.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (7.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.77%) SCCM
5 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (88.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Dell
3 2 (3.77%) Cisco
3 2 (3.77%) Meraki
3 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.89%) Red Hat