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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 165 170
Rank change year-on-year +28 +5 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 50 85 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.48% 1.26% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.85% 3.28% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 42 71 77
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,175 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £38,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +24.59% -23.75%
75th Percentile £54,375 £42,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,375 £61,250 £61,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £39,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.85% -9.74%

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 1,752 2,591 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 51.90% 38.49% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 437 1,569 1,008
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,240 £38,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £49,976
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.05% -2.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,500 £68,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £58,500 £52,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +1.96% -2.86%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 2025. 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 +20 20 £50,000 +58.73% 19
Buckinghamshire +21 16 £35,000 -10.26% 14
Oxfordshire +33 14 £27,500 -28.57% 9
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 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (8.00%) SAP Business One
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (46.00%) Azure
3 12 (24.00%) AWS
4 8 (16.00%) GCP
5 7 (14.00%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (8.00%) OneDrive
7 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
8 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (2.00%) GitHub
9 1 (2.00%) IaaS
9 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
9 1 (2.00%) PaaS
9 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) DNS
2 14 (28.00%) DHCP
3 10 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (14.00%) VPN
5 5 (10.00%) Firewall
6 4 (8.00%) Network Security
7 3 (6.00%) VLAN
7 3 (6.00%) VoIP
8 2 (4.00%) Wireless
9 1 (2.00%) InfiniBand
9 1 (2.00%) VSAN
9 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.00%) Metabase
3 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (72.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Law
3 3 (6.00%) Finance
3 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.00%) Banking
4 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
4 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Support Engineer
2 15 (30.00%) IT Engineer
2 15 (30.00%) IT Support
2 15 (30.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 9 (18.00%) Senior
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Support Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Applications Support
5 6 (12.00%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Support Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Technical Support
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Technical Support
7 4 (8.00%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.00%) JSON
2 1 (2.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.00%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (8.00%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 29 (58.00%) Windows
2 10 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 9 (18.00%) Linux
4 8 (16.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (10.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (6.00%) Android
6 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (66.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.00%) Customer Service
3 7 (14.00%) DevOps
4 6 (12.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 5 (10.00%) Project Management
6 4 (8.00%) Budgeting
6 4 (8.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 4 (8.00%) Data Development
6 4 (8.00%) Data Migration
6 4 (8.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (8.00%) ERP
6 4 (8.00%) Logistics
6 4 (8.00%) Migration
6 4 (8.00%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (6.00%) Community of Practice
7 3 (6.00%) Data Privacy
7 3 (6.00%) Issue Tracking
7 3 (6.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) Python
3 4 (8.00%) C#
3 4 (8.00%) C++
4 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (6.00%) X++
5 1 (2.00%) Bash
5 1 (2.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (38.00%) MCP
2 18 (36.00%) Degree
3 15 (30.00%) A+ Certification
4 13 (26.00%) MCSA
4 13 (26.00%) MCSE
5 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.00%) Dell Certification
7 3 (6.00%) DBS Check
8 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.00%) CCNA
9 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.00%) LPIC
9 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (2.00%) RHCE
9 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 23 (46.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (22.00%) Hyper-V
3 10 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) Docker
4 1 (2.00%) GPFS
4 1 (2.00%) Lustre
4 1 (2.00%) NFS
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) PaperCut
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.00%) PowerCLI
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) vRealize
3 1 (2.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.00%) Google
2 10 (20.00%) VMware
3 5 (10.00%) Dell
4 4 (8.00%) SAP
5 3 (6.00%) Apple
5 3 (6.00%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco
6 1 (2.00%) Citrix
6 1 (2.00%) Juniper
6 1 (2.00%) Meraki
6 1 (2.00%) NETGEAR
6 1 (2.00%) Snow
6 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.00%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (2.00%) Veeam