Microsoft Certification Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 165 212
Rank change year-on-year +3 +47 -9
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 103 95 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.17% 1.53% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.68% 3.41% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 95 93 70
10th Percentile £27,600 £28,000 £25,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.94% -4.71%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,000 £52,813
90th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,625
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +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 2,796 2,790 3,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.79% 44.83% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 1,423 1,721
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £35,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Wiltshire +6 24 £50,000 -7.41% 4
Gloucestershire +9 22 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Bristol +1 19 £38,750 -22.50% 11
Somerset +3 14 £29,000 -17.14% 5
Dorset -23 12 £37,000 -17.78% 4
Devon 0 11 £37,500 - 1
Cornwall -15 1 - -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (23.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (18.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (8.74%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (8.74%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (26.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.25%) Azure
2 47 (45.63%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (11.65%) Power Platform
4 11 (10.68%) AWS
5 9 (8.74%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (8.74%) GCP
6 8 (7.77%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.83%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.85%) Nutanix
9 3 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.91%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.94%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.94%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.94%) Cohesity
10 2 (1.94%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.97%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (32.04%) Firewall
2 14 (13.59%) TCP/IP
3 13 (12.62%) LAN
3 13 (12.62%) VLAN
3 13 (12.62%) WAN
4 10 (9.71%) Network Security
4 10 (9.71%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (6.80%) Broadband
5 7 (6.80%) NAS
6 6 (5.83%) DHCP
6 6 (5.83%) DNS
6 6 (5.83%) SAN
7 4 (3.88%) VPN
7 4 (3.88%) WLAN
8 3 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.94%) FTP
9 2 (1.94%) Internet
9 2 (1.94%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.94%) VoIP
9 2 (1.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (11.65%) Power BI
3 7 (6.80%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (6.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.94%) JIRA
3 1 (0.97%) MSI
General
1 55 (53.40%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (6.80%) Finance
4 6 (5.83%) Law
4 6 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.88%) Banking
5 4 (3.88%) Retail
6 3 (2.91%) Legal
6 3 (2.91%) Military
7 2 (1.94%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.94%) Marketing
8 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (25.24%) Support Engineer
2 22 (21.36%) 2nd Line Support
3 20 (19.42%) IT Support
4 19 (18.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 19 (18.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 14 (13.59%) Consultant
6 11 (10.68%) IT Consultant
7 10 (9.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 10 (9.71%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) Desktop Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) Desktop Support
7 10 (9.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) Field Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) Field Support Engineer
7 10 (9.71%) Solutions Consultant
7 10 (9.71%) Technical Consultant
8 9 (8.74%) Analyst
8 9 (8.74%) DBA
8 9 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (8.74%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.91%) .NET
1 3 (2.91%) CSS
1 3 (2.91%) HTML
2 1 (0.97%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.97%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.97%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.97%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.97%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 1 (0.97%) React
2 1 (0.97%) Web Services
2 1 (0.97%) WinForms
2 1 (0.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Driving Licence
2 10 (9.71%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.85%) PKI
4 2 (1.94%) iPhone
4 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.94%) Replication
4 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.97%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (50.49%) Windows
2 26 (25.24%) Windows Server
3 17 (16.50%) Windows 10
4 12 (11.65%) Mac OS
4 12 (11.65%) VMS
5 7 (6.80%) Linux
5 7 (6.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.91%) Windows 8
9 2 (1.94%) Windows 2000
9 2 (1.94%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.94%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (48.54%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (38.83%) Customer Service
3 18 (17.48%) ITIL
4 14 (13.59%) Migration
5 13 (12.62%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (12.62%) Presales
6 12 (11.65%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.71%) Agile
7 10 (9.71%) Computer Science
7 10 (9.71%) ITSM
7 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
7 10 (9.71%) Technology Roadmap
8 9 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (8.74%) Mobile Device Management
8 9 (8.74%) Server Virtualisation
8 9 (8.74%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.74%) Service Management
9 7 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (6.80%) High Availability
9 7 (6.80%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.42%) SQL
2 9 (8.74%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.80%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.94%) C#
6 1 (0.97%) Python
6 1 (0.97%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (36.89%) Degree
2 27 (26.21%) MCSE
2 27 (26.21%) Security Cleared
3 26 (25.24%) SC Cleared
4 24 (23.30%) DBS Check
5 21 (20.39%) A+ Certification
6 19 (18.45%) MCP
7 18 (17.48%) MCITP
8 14 (13.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (12.62%) MCSA
10 11 (10.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (9.71%) CEH
11 10 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (6.80%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (4.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (3.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (1.94%) AWS Certification
15 2 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (1.94%) CISSP
15 2 (1.94%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) SLA
2 5 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.94%) QA
System Software
1 47 (45.63%) Active Directory
2 23 (22.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (21.36%) Hyper-V
4 12 (11.65%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (9.71%) XenDesktop
6 6 (5.83%) XenApp
7 5 (4.85%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.91%) Docker
9 2 (1.94%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.94%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (16.50%) SCCM
2 16 (15.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.91%) Terraform
3 3 (2.91%) WSUS
4 2 (1.94%) SCOM
4 2 (1.94%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (98.06%) Microsoft
2 36 (34.95%) VMware
3 15 (14.56%) Citrix
4 11 (10.68%) HP
5 9 (8.74%) Cisco
5 9 (8.74%) Dell
5 9 (8.74%) Google
5 9 (8.74%) Symantec
6 3 (2.91%) Oracle
6 3 (2.91%) Sophos
6 3 (2.91%) Veeam
7 2 (1.94%) Aruba
7 2 (1.94%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.94%) IBM
7 2 (1.94%) iManage
7 2 (1.94%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.97%) Meraki
8 1 (0.97%) Meru Networks
8 1 (0.97%) Xamarin