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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 133 154
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +14
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 26 53 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.46% 1.57% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 3.09% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 21 45 71
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £29,175
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +11.84% +22.58%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £60,500 £61,250
South East median annual salary £32,500 £42,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -23.53% +8.97% +6.85%

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 1,234 1,716 2,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.67% 50.97% 36.87%
Number of salaries quoted 690 441 1,554
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,341 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,967 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% -2.92% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% +0.29%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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
Oxfordshire -8 12 £32,500 +18.18% 3
Berkshire +1 8 £39,000 -22.00% 11
Buckinghamshire -15 6 £55,000 +22.22% 14
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 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (65.38%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (50.00%) Azure
3 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 4 (15.38%) AWS
4 4 (15.38%) Google Workspace
4 4 (15.38%) IaaS
5 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (7.69%) GitHub
5 2 (7.69%) PaaS
5 2 (7.69%) SaaS
6 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) DNS
2 8 (30.77%) Firewall
3 7 (26.92%) DHCP
4 5 (19.23%) VPN
5 3 (11.54%) LAN
5 3 (11.54%) SSL
5 3 (11.54%) VLAN
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
6 2 (7.69%) Internet
6 2 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 2 (7.69%) VoIP
6 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.69%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.85%) Automotive
3 1 (3.85%) Electronics
3 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.85%) Legal
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Analyst
1 10 (38.46%) IT Support
1 10 (38.46%) Support Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 8 (30.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) 2nd Line Support
2 8 (30.77%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) IT Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) IT Support Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior
4 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) IT Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) .NET
1 2 (7.69%) ASP.NET
1 2 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (7.69%) CSS
1 2 (7.69%) HTML
1 2 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 2 (7.69%) N-Tier
1 2 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.85%) Android
4 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (42.31%) Customer Service
3 10 (38.46%) Computer Science
4 7 (26.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) High Availability
7 3 (11.54%) ITIL
7 3 (11.54%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (11.54%) Observability
7 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 2 (7.69%) Agile
8 2 (7.69%) Migration
8 2 (7.69%) MVC
8 2 (7.69%) OO
8 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
8 2 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) C#
3 2 (7.69%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (57.69%) Degree
2 10 (38.46%) A+ Certification
3 7 (26.92%) MCSE
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Certification
5 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
5 3 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (7.69%) CCNA
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.69%) MCSA
6 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 2 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (3.85%) NCSC
4 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) VMware
3 5 (19.23%) Cisco
4 4 (15.38%) Google
4 4 (15.38%) SonicWALL
4 4 (15.38%) Veeam
5 2 (7.69%) Adobe
5 2 (7.69%) Apple
5 2 (7.69%) Citrix
5 2 (7.69%) Datto
5 2 (7.69%) Dell
5 2 (7.69%) Draytek
5 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 2 (7.69%) Juniper
5 2 (7.69%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto