Microsoft Certification Jobs 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 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 159 197
Rank change year-on-year -1 +38 -62
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 46 35 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.06% 0.95% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.19% 2.06% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 34 79
10th Percentile - - £24,700
25th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £43,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -16.67% +31.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,525 £66,875
90th Percentile £68,375 £68,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +12.50%

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 1,441 1,703 2,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.14% 46.01% 39.88%
Number of salaries quoted 570 966 1,121
10th Percentile £36,200 £31,250 £30,265
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,085 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,760 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% +5.41% +2.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% +1.94% +3.00%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

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 November 2024.

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 November 2024. 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 +7 26 £27,500 +1.85% 4
Berkshire +3 11 £44,175 +57.77% 3
Buckinghamshire -12 9 £55,000 -4.35% 12
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 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.87%) Confluence
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (65.22%) Azure
2 28 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (32.61%) Power Platform
4 11 (23.91%) AWS
4 11 (23.91%) GCP
5 10 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (17.39%) PowerApps
7 6 (13.04%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (13.04%) PaaS
8 5 (10.87%) Azure AKS
8 5 (10.87%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
8 5 (10.87%) Power Automate
8 5 (10.87%) SaaS
9 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
11 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (2.17%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (2.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (36.96%) DHCP
1 17 (36.96%) DNS
2 11 (23.91%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.52%) Internet
3 3 (6.52%) Intranet
3 3 (6.52%) Network Security
3 3 (6.52%) WLAN
4 2 (4.35%) Firewall
5 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Power BI
2 6 (13.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) Git
General
1 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Legal
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.17%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.17%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) IT Engineer
1 15 (32.61%) IT Support
1 15 (32.61%) IT Support Engineer
1 15 (32.61%) Support Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) Architect
3 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 5 (10.87%) Azure Architect
3 5 (10.87%) DevOps Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Platform Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Power Platform Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (10.87%) Support Technician
4 4 (8.70%) Developer
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Engineer
4 4 (8.70%) Product Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) ADO
2 3 (6.52%) REST
2 3 (6.52%) SOAP
3 1 (2.17%) .NET
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.52%) Low-Code
3 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (41.30%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Windows 10
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (8.70%) Linux
3 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (73.91%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (21.74%) DevOps
3 8 (17.39%) System Testing
4 7 (15.22%) Agile
4 7 (15.22%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (15.22%) Computer Science
5 6 (13.04%) Customer Service
5 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
5 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Automation
6 5 (10.87%) API Management
6 5 (10.87%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.87%) ITIL
6 5 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (8.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.70%) Product Management
7 4 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 9 (19.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (2.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) MCP
2 18 (39.13%) Degree
3 12 (26.09%) A+ Certification
4 11 (23.91%) MCSE
5 8 (17.39%) Azure Certification
5 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.04%) Master's Degree
7 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
8 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (8.70%) MCITP
8 4 (8.70%) MCSA
8 4 (8.70%) MCTS
9 3 (6.52%) CCNA
9 3 (6.52%) CCNP
9 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (6.52%) LPIC
10 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (10.87%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Terraform
2 5 (10.87%) SCCM
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) Google
3 6 (13.04%) Cisco
3 6 (13.04%) Databricks
4 5 (10.87%) arcserve
4 5 (10.87%) Sophos
5 3 (6.52%) Aruba
5 3 (6.52%) HP
5 3 (6.52%) Sage
6 1 (2.17%) Veeam