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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 157 152
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 59 51 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.82% 1.29% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.44% 3.01% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 59 43 20
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,600 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,625 £32,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,400 £68,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%

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 1,328 1,692 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.52% 42.88% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 774 502 731
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,525 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,760 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.39% -13.16% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +41 39 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Oxfordshire -29 12 £32,500 -3.70% 6
Buckinghamshire -16 8 £67,500 +92.86% 8
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 29 (49.15%) SharePoint
2 26 (44.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (16.95%) Apache
3 10 (16.95%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (74.58%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (61.02%) Azure
3 30 (50.85%) Entra ID
4 11 (18.64%) Google Workspace
5 10 (16.95%) IaaS
6 4 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (6.78%) Power Automate
6 4 (6.78%) SaaS
7 1 (1.69%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.69%) PaaS
7 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (61.02%) DNS
2 32 (54.24%) Firewall
3 31 (52.54%) DHCP
4 19 (32.20%) VLAN
5 18 (30.51%) VPN
6 15 (25.42%) SSL
7 14 (23.73%) VoIP
8 13 (22.03%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (11.86%) TCP/IP
10 6 (10.17%) Wireless
11 4 (6.78%) LAN
11 4 (6.78%) WAN
12 2 (3.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 51 (86.44%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.42%) Retail
3 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 10 (16.95%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (49.15%) IT Support
2 15 (25.42%) IT Engineer
2 15 (25.42%) IT Support Engineer
2 15 (25.42%) Support Engineer
3 12 (20.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (20.34%) Senior
4 11 (18.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 11 (18.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (18.64%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) IT Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) IT Support Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) Senior IT Engineer
4 11 (18.64%) Senior IT Support
4 11 (18.64%) Senior Support Engineer
4 11 (18.64%) Support Analyst
5 10 (16.95%) NOC Manager
5 10 (16.95%) Operations Manager
6 7 (11.86%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.12%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 45 (76.27%) Windows
2 33 (55.93%) Windows Server
3 11 (18.64%) Mac OS
3 11 (18.64%) Windows 10
4 10 (16.95%) Linux
5 9 (15.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.69%) Android
7 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (57.63%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (50.85%) Customer Service
3 28 (47.46%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (35.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (33.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (33.90%) High Availability
6 16 (27.12%) Project Delivery
7 14 (23.73%) Migration
8 13 (22.03%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (20.34%) Computer Science
10 11 (18.64%) Data Privacy
10 11 (18.64%) Kalman Filter
10 11 (18.64%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (16.95%) Business Continuity
11 10 (16.95%) Systems Engineering
11 10 (16.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 9 (15.25%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (15.25%) ITIL
12 9 (15.25%) Performance Optimisation
12 9 (15.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.69%) Python
2 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (47.46%) Degree
2 15 (25.42%) Network+ Certification
3 14 (23.73%) A+ Certification
3 14 (23.73%) Azure Certification
4 11 (18.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (18.64%) DBS Check
5 10 (16.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (8.47%) CCNA
6 5 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared
6 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (42.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (20.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (6.78%) NCSC
4 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 31 (52.54%) Active Directory
2 23 (38.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (22.03%) Hyper-V
4 10 (16.95%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (8.47%) Squid
5 5 (8.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (59.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (18.64%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (8.47%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (38.98%) VMware
3 21 (35.59%) Veeam
4 14 (23.73%) Apple
5 11 (18.64%) Cisco
5 11 (18.64%) Datto
5 11 (18.64%) Google
5 11 (18.64%) SonicWALL
6 4 (6.78%) HubSpot
7 3 (5.08%) ConnectWise