Microsoft Certification Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 55 55
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +42
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 28 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 4.56% 0.68% 2.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.28% 2.55% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28 2 2
10th Percentile - £35,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% +23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £32,750 £44,375 £38,750
90th Percentile - £46,250 £41,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -18.67% +1.35% -8.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 162 157 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 26.38% 26.88% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 89 56 93
10th Percentile £26,500 £36,875 £26,300
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,750 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £70,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +64.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £36,000 £81,250 £53,759
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% -7.41% +2.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Sheffield +28 25 £30,500 -23.75% 7
Doncaster -8 3 £30,000 - 3
Microsoft Certification
Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (7.14%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 28 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (96.43%) AWS
2 27 (96.43%) GitHub
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (96.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (96.43%) Git
General
1 27 (96.43%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 27 (96.43%) Trainee
2 13 (46.43%) Developer
2 13 (46.43%) Software Developer
2 13 (46.43%) Trainee Developer
2 13 (46.43%) Trainee Software Developer
3 2 (7.14%) Administrator
3 2 (7.14%) Trainee Administrator
3 2 (7.14%) Web Administrator
4 1 (3.57%) Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (96.43%) CSS
1 27 (96.43%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (89.29%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (89.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (7.14%) Web Development
3 1 (3.57%) Agile
3 1 (3.57%) AI
3 1 (3.57%) Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.57%) Data Engineering
3 1 (3.57%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (3.57%) Data Management
3 1 (3.57%) Decision-Making
3 1 (3.57%) ETL
3 1 (3.57%) ETL Development
3 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.57%) Visualisation
3 1 (3.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) Python
2 27 (96.43%) JavaScript
3 14 (50.00%) R
4 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (96.43%) AWS Certification
1 27 (96.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 27 (96.43%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Databricks