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 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 175 163
Rank change year-on-year +5 -12 +27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 52 76 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 1.27% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.03% 3.17% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 33 71 90
10th Percentile £30,900 £27,338 £26,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £33,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £42,321
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +12.24% -5.95%
75th Percentile £65,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £74,125
England median annual salary £45,304 £47,500 £48,402
% change year-on-year -4.62% -1.86% +1.90%

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 2,565 2,400 2,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.57% 40.14% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,490 1,255
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £51,847
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -3.56% +3.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +1.55%

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 23 January 2025.

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 23 January 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
Gloucestershire +28 18 £55,000 +37.50% 1
Wiltshire +10 14 £62,500 +22.55% 2
Bristol +11 7 £63,500 +33.68% 3
Devon -13 5 £28,243 -24.69% 3
Dorset -8 4 £44,000 -2.22% 1
Somerset -20 3 £42,500 -15.00% 2
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 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) IIS
3 1 (1.92%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.92%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 35 (67.31%) Azure
2 30 (57.69%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (19.23%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.69%) IaaS
6 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.77%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.77%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.77%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.85%) AWS
7 2 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.92%) Cohesity
8 1 (1.92%) GCP
8 1 (1.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (36.54%) Firewall
2 11 (21.15%) VLAN
3 9 (17.31%) TCP/IP
4 7 (13.46%) WAN
5 6 (11.54%) DNS
5 6 (11.54%) LAN
6 4 (7.69%) Network Security
7 3 (5.77%) VPN
7 3 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.85%) DHCP
8 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.85%) Wireless
8 2 (3.85%) WLAN
9 1 (1.92%) DMZ
9 1 (1.92%) FTP
9 1 (1.92%) IPsec
9 1 (1.92%) SSH
9 1 (1.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle Database
General
1 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.77%) Finance
4 2 (3.85%) Aviation
4 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.85%) Retail
5 1 (1.92%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.92%) Local Government
5 1 (1.92%) Police
5 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Consultant
1 12 (23.08%) Technical Consultant
2 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) IT Consultant
3 6 (11.54%) ITSM Consultant
3 6 (11.54%) Senior
3 6 (11.54%) Solutions Consultant
4 4 (7.69%) Developer
4 4 (7.69%) Lead
4 4 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Analyst
5 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 3 (5.77%) Technical Leader
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) IT Assistant
6 2 (3.85%) IT Technician
6 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 2 (3.85%) Senior IT Technician
6 2 (3.85%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) .NET
2 2 (3.85%) ARM Templates
2 2 (3.85%) CSS
2 2 (3.85%) HTML
3 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.92%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.92%) CSS3
3 1 (1.92%) HTML5
3 1 (1.92%) jQuery
3 1 (1.92%) Middleware
3 1 (1.92%) React
3 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (3.85%) Podcast
1 2 (3.85%) Public Cloud
1 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 24 (46.15%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.62%) Windows 7
4 5 (9.62%) Windows 8
5 3 (5.77%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.85%) Linux
7 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.92%) Solaris
7 1 (1.92%) Unix
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (51.92%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (30.77%) Presales
3 12 (23.08%) Migration
4 10 (19.23%) ITSM
5 9 (17.31%) Project Delivery
5 9 (17.31%) Roadmaps
5 9 (17.31%) Technology Roadmap
6 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (13.46%) DevOps
8 6 (11.54%) ITIL
8 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
9 5 (9.62%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.62%) Data Protection
9 5 (9.62%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (9.62%) Server Management
9 5 (9.62%) Software Deployment
9 5 (9.62%) User Experience
10 4 (7.69%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.69%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.69%) Hardware Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) PowerShell
2 8 (15.38%) SQL
3 5 (9.62%) C#
3 5 (9.62%) VB
4 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.92%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) Degree
3 13 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 11 (21.15%) MCP
6 10 (19.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (17.31%) CEH
7 9 (17.31%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (17.31%) DBS Check
8 8 (15.38%) MCSE
9 5 (9.62%) DV Cleared
9 5 (9.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (5.77%) CCNA
10 3 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certified Master
10 3 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (3.85%) A+ Certification
11 2 (3.85%) MCITP
11 2 (3.85%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.92%) GDPR
1 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 18 (34.62%) Hyper-V
3 13 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.92%) Docker
5 1 (1.92%) LXC
5 1 (1.92%) Samba
5 1 (1.92%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.92%) XenApp
5 1 (1.92%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) SCCM
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.62%) WMI
4 4 (7.69%) Ansible
5 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.85%) Terraform
6 1 (1.92%) Iperf
6 1 (1.92%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 21 (40.38%) VMware
3 9 (17.31%) Fortinet
4 5 (9.62%) Remedy
4 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.77%) Cisco
5 3 (5.77%) Citrix
6 2 (3.85%) Autodesk
6 2 (3.85%) Google
6 2 (3.85%) SAP
7 1 (1.92%) Apple
7 1 (1.92%) Dell
7 1 (1.92%) HP
7 1 (1.92%) IBM
7 1 (1.92%) NetApp
7 1 (1.92%) Oracle
7 1 (1.92%) Symantec
7 1 (1.92%) Veeam
7 1 (1.92%) Xamarin