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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 128 157
Rank change year-on-year -22 +29 +11
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 28 47 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.67% 1.40% 1.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 3.09% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 23 29 52
10th Percentile - - £28,000
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £29,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -28.57% -25.96%
75th Percentile £42,750 £47,088 £56,525
90th Percentile £61,750 £63,000 £64,625
South East median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year -30.00% +24.14% -3.97%

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 1,151 1,523 2,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.39% 45.34% 41.35%
Number of salaries quoted 460 479 1,356
10th Percentile £28,429 £32,336 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £60,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +9.56% +9.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,199 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.32% +12.76% +0.96%

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 January 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 January 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
Buckinghamshire +4 10 £35,000 -30.00% 12
Berkshire -2 9 £33,500 -24.17% 12
Oxfordshire -4 9 £28,500 +3.64% 5
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 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) IIS
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (60.71%) Azure
2 12 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (35.71%) AWS
4 8 (28.57%) GCP
5 2 (7.14%) GitHub
5 2 (7.14%) Google Workspace
6 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) DNS
2 12 (42.86%) DHCP
3 9 (32.14%) TCP/IP
4 5 (17.86%) Firewall
5 4 (14.29%) VPN
6 2 (7.14%) Internet
6 2 (7.14%) VLAN
6 2 (7.14%) WAN
6 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.57%) LAN
7 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (3.57%) S/MIME
7 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (7.14%) Metadata
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Database
2 2 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.14%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.57%) Automotive
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) IT Support
2 10 (35.71%) IT Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Support Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) IT Support Technician
4 5 (17.86%) IT Technician
4 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Support Technician
5 3 (10.71%) Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior IT Support
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Software Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) .NET
1 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET
1 3 (10.71%) React
2 2 (7.14%) CSS
2 2 (7.14%) HTML
3 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (10.71%) N-Tier
3 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.57%) CMDB
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (3.57%) Android
4 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.71%) Agile
4 3 (10.71%) Concurrent Programming
4 3 (10.71%) DevOps
4 3 (10.71%) Microservices
4 3 (10.71%) MVC
4 3 (10.71%) OO
4 3 (10.71%) Scrum
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.71%) TDD
5 2 (7.14%) Data Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (7.14%) Data Strategy
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 3 (10.71%) C#
3 2 (7.14%) C
3 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 10 (35.71%) MCP
3 9 (32.14%) A+ Certification
4 7 (25.00%) MCSE
5 4 (14.29%) MCSA
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
6 3 (10.71%) CISSP
6 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
6 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
7 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
7 2 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (7.14%) CCNA
7 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (7.14%) OCP
7 2 (7.14%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.57%) CEH
8 1 (3.57%) CISM
8 1 (3.57%) HND
8 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) GDPR
2 2 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.57%) NIST
3 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (35.71%) VMware
3 9 (32.14%) Google
4 2 (7.14%) Oracle
5 1 (3.57%) Adobe
5 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) Citrix
5 1 (3.57%) Dell
5 1 (3.57%) Draytek
5 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.57%) Juniper
5 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.57%) SonicWALL
5 1 (3.57%) Thales
5 1 (3.57%) Veeam
5 1 (3.57%) WatchGuard