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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 128 149
Rank change year-on-year -13 +21 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 31 59 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 1.69% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% 3.61% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 29 50 72
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £28,343
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +7.14% +24.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £62,750 £61,250
South East median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +15.38% -2.50%

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 1,253 1,636 2,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.81% 46.88% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 719 473 1,454
10th Percentile £33,330 £28,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -2.49%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend 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 29 June 2026.

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 29 June 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
Berkshire +4 16 £47,500 -5.00% 8
Oxfordshire -17 10 £32,500 +18.18% 3
Buckinghamshire -23 5 £55,000 +57.14% 7
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (25.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (70.97%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (58.06%) Azure
3 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
4 5 (16.13%) SaaS
5 4 (12.90%) AWS
5 4 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (12.90%) Google Workspace
5 4 (12.90%) IaaS
6 2 (6.45%) GCP
6 2 (6.45%) GitHub
6 2 (6.45%) PaaS
7 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (35.48%) DNS
2 10 (32.26%) Firewall
3 8 (25.81%) DHCP
3 8 (25.81%) VPN
4 6 (19.35%) VLAN
5 5 (16.13%) SSL
6 4 (12.90%) VoIP
6 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (9.68%) LAN
7 3 (9.68%) WAN
8 2 (6.45%) Internet
8 2 (6.45%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Git
General
1 21 (67.74%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IT Support
2 8 (25.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 8 (25.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (25.81%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) IT Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) IT Support Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Senior
2 8 (25.81%) Support Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) IT Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Account Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Support Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) CSS
1 2 (6.45%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (61.29%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.90%) Mac OS
3 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (41.94%) Customer Service
3 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
3 9 (29.03%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (16.13%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.90%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (12.90%) CRM
6 4 (12.90%) Customer Retention
6 4 (12.90%) Data Privacy
6 4 (12.90%) ERP
6 4 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (12.90%) Revenue Management
7 3 (9.68%) Business Continuity
7 3 (9.68%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (9.68%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.45%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) R
3 2 (6.45%) SQL
4 1 (3.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Degree
2 8 (25.81%) A+ Certification
3 6 (19.35%) Azure Certification
4 5 (16.13%) MCSE
4 5 (16.13%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (12.90%) DBS Check
6 3 (9.68%) CCNA
6 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
7 2 (6.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (6.45%) MCSA
7 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
4 1 (3.23%) NCSC
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (19.35%) Hyper-V
3 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.90%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) VMware
3 7 (22.58%) Cisco
4 6 (19.35%) SonicWALL
4 6 (19.35%) Veeam
5 4 (12.90%) Apple
5 4 (12.90%) Datto
5 4 (12.90%) Google
5 4 (12.90%) HubSpot
6 2 (6.45%) Adobe
6 2 (6.45%) Citrix
6 2 (6.45%) Dell
6 2 (6.45%) Draytek
6 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
6 2 (6.45%) Juniper
6 2 (6.45%) WatchGuard