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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 198 171
Rank change year-on-year +90 -27 +27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 70 99 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.96% 1.07% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.76% 3.00% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 60 99 95
10th Percentile £29,475 £26,700 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,250 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -5.33% -0.59%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,875 £54,375
90th Percentile £55,482 £61,250 £58,422
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 1,861 3,300 2,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.06% 35.54% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 2,149 1,282
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,759 £37,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,250 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 13 May 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 13 May 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
Devon +50 50 £31,500 -21.25% 10
Somerset -8 6 £46,250 +59.48% 2
Bristol +53 4 £61,750 +23.50% 21
Gloucestershire +46 4 £55,000 +29.41% 15
Wiltshire +35 3 £47,500 +1.60% 5
Cornwall - 2 £50,000 - 3
Dorset +35 1 £52,500 +41.89% 3
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 22 (31.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.43%) IIS
3 1 (1.43%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 38 (54.29%) Azure
2 36 (51.43%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (37.14%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.86%) AWS
5 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.86%) SaaS
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.43%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.43%) GitHub
6 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (32.86%) Firewall
2 19 (27.14%) DNS
3 11 (15.71%) Remote Desktop
3 11 (15.71%) WAN
4 8 (11.43%) LAN
5 7 (10.00%) SD-WAN
6 5 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (5.71%) DHCP
7 4 (5.71%) VLAN
8 3 (4.29%) DMZ
8 3 (4.29%) VoIP
8 3 (4.29%) Wireshark
9 2 (2.86%) SAN
9 2 (2.86%) SSL
10 1 (1.43%) IPsec
10 1 (1.43%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Git
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
1 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.86%) Retail
3 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.71%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Automotive
5 3 (4.29%) Electronics
5 3 (4.29%) Local Government
6 2 (2.86%) Finance
6 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.43%) Legal
7 1 (1.43%) Police
7 1 (1.43%) Publishing
7 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 16 (22.86%) IT Support
3 13 (18.57%) Support Technician
3 13 (18.57%) Technical Support
4 7 (10.00%) Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Software Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Software Support Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (7.14%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Senior
8 3 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
8 3 (4.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.29%) Support Specialist
8 3 (4.29%) Technical Specialist
8 3 (4.29%) Technical Support Specialist
9 2 (2.86%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.43%) .NET
2 7 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (8.57%) WPF
4 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.43%) CSS
4 1 (1.43%) CSS3
4 1 (1.43%) HTML
4 1 (1.43%) HTML5
4 1 (1.43%) jQuery
4 1 (1.43%) Middleware
4 1 (1.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.29%) FMCG
3 3 (4.29%) IoT
3 3 (4.29%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.86%) Podcast
4 2 (2.86%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.29%) Windows
2 10 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.71%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.29%) Windows 7
4 3 (4.29%) Windows 8
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.86%) Linux
5 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.43%) Android
6 1 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.43%) Solaris
6 1 (1.43%) Unix
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.14%) Customer Service
1 33 (47.14%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (32.86%) ITIL
3 12 (17.14%) Service Management
4 10 (14.29%) ITSM
5 9 (12.86%) Case Management
5 9 (12.86%) Change Management
6 8 (11.43%) Migration
7 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.14%) Agile
9 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (5.71%) Server Management
10 3 (4.29%) Analytics
10 3 (4.29%) CI/CD
10 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Management
10 3 (4.29%) Project Delivery
10 3 (4.29%) Software Deployment
10 3 (4.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) C#
1 8 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.71%) VB
3 1 (1.43%) Bash
3 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.43%) SQL
3 1 (1.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (37.14%) MCITP
1 26 (37.14%) Network+ Certification
2 14 (20.00%) MCP
3 13 (18.57%) A+ Certification
4 12 (17.14%) Azure Certification
5 11 (15.71%) MCSE
6 6 (8.57%) MCSA
6 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
7 5 (7.14%) CCNA
7 5 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.29%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.29%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.86%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.43%) Degree
10 1 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) SLA
2 1 (1.43%) GDPR
2 1 (1.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (55.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.43%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.43%) Docker
5 1 (1.43%) LXC
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.43%) Samba
Systems Management
1 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.00%) SCCM
3 3 (4.29%) Iperf
3 3 (4.29%) WMI
4 2 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.86%) SmoothWall
5 1 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 42 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.00%) Cisco
3 10 (14.29%) VMware
4 8 (11.43%) Fortinet
5 5 (7.14%) Aruba
5 5 (7.14%) Okta
6 3 (4.29%) Remedy
6 3 (4.29%) Ruckus Wireless
6 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.29%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.86%) Citrix
7 2 (2.86%) EMC
7 2 (2.86%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.43%) McAfee
8 1 (1.43%) Oracle
8 1 (1.43%) Symantec