Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 164 149
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +56
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 51 36 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.29% 0.74% 1.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 2.27% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 43 20 44
10th Percentile £27,600 £25,750 £24,550
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £38,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -17.39%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £65,400 £68,750 £61,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,683 1,586 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 42.64% 32.74% 39.72%
Number of salaries quoted 501 737 916
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,520 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £51,150 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +4.76% +0.96%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Buckinghamshire +12 21 £35,000 -7.89% 14
Berkshire -4 17 £50,000 +13.19% 25
Oxfordshire +29 13 £33,750 +22.73% 6
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (13.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Azure
2 16 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (23.53%) AWS
4 7 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (13.73%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (13.73%) GCP
5 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.84%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.92%) GitHub
7 2 (3.92%) SaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.96%) IaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.96%) PaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) DNS
2 10 (19.61%) DHCP
3 8 (15.69%) Firewall
4 7 (13.73%) VPN
5 4 (7.84%) VLAN
6 3 (5.88%) InfiniBand
6 3 (5.88%) LAN
6 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.88%) VoIP
6 3 (5.88%) WAN
7 2 (3.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.92%) Metabase
3 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.96%) Metadata
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) Git
General
1 37 (72.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Law
3 3 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (3.92%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (27.45%) Support Engineer
2 12 (23.53%) Analyst
2 12 (23.53%) Applications Support
2 12 (23.53%) Applications Support Analyst
2 12 (23.53%) Support Analyst
3 9 (17.65%) Senior
4 8 (15.69%) IT Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) IT Support
4 8 (15.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (9.80%) Senior Support Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior IT Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior IT Support
7 3 (5.88%) Storage Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Help Desk Support Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) .NET
2 2 (3.92%) CSS
2 2 (3.92%) HTML
3 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 5 (9.80%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 25 (49.02%) Windows
2 9 (17.65%) Linux
3 8 (15.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (11.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.88%) Android
5 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (62.75%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (31.37%) Customer Service
3 8 (15.69%) DevOps
4 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (11.76%) Migration
6 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
6 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (9.80%) Data Migration
6 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
7 4 (7.84%) Data Management
7 4 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (5.88%) Data Privacy
8 3 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.88%) Document Management
8 3 (5.88%) ITIL
8 3 (5.88%) Low Latency
8 3 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (5.88%) Project Planning
8 3 (5.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) Python
2 7 (13.73%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) C#
4 3 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (5.88%) Perl
4 3 (5.88%) X++
5 2 (3.92%) C++
5 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) Degree
2 13 (25.49%) MCP
2 13 (25.49%) MCSE
3 8 (15.69%) MCSA
4 6 (11.76%) A+ Certification
5 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.84%) Azure Certification
6 4 (7.84%) RHCE
7 3 (5.88%) DBS Check
7 3 (5.88%) LPIC
7 3 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (3.92%) Dell Certification
9 1 (1.96%) CCNP
9 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.96%) CISSP
9 1 (1.96%) MCITP
9 1 (1.96%) OCP
9 1 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) GDPR
1 2 (3.92%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.73%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.88%) GPFS
4 3 (5.88%) Lustre
4 3 (5.88%) NFS
5 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.88%) PaperCut
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (1.96%) SCCM
2 1 (1.96%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (90.20%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) VMware
3 3 (5.88%) Apple
3 3 (5.88%) Google
3 3 (5.88%) SonicWALL
4 2 (3.92%) Dell
4 2 (3.92%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco
5 1 (1.96%) Citrix
5 1 (1.96%) Commvault
5 1 (1.96%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.96%) Veeam