Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 62 49
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 +19
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 26 16 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 3.28% 2.35% 2.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.61% 10.60% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 12
10th Percentile - - £25,625
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £36,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +10.77% -38.10%
75th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £58,650 £50,625
North East median annual salary £30,500 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.28% +10.77% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 245 151 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 30.93% 22.14% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 139 79 100
10th Percentile - £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,000 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% +13.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £83,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £95,000 £77,500
North East median annual salary £40,000 £59,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% +18.86% +11.94%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +21 26 £30,500 -15.28% 5
Microsoft Certification
North East

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (96.15%) AWS
1 25 (96.15%) Azure
2 21 (80.77%) GitHub
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (80.77%) Internet
Development Applications
1 21 (80.77%) Git
General
1 21 (80.77%) Multimedia
2 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) Trainee
2 12 (46.15%) Developer
2 12 (46.15%) Software Developer
2 12 (46.15%) Trainee Developer
2 12 (46.15%) Trainee Software Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Head of IT
3 4 (15.38%) Head of IT Security
3 4 (15.38%) Head of Security
4 3 (11.54%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (80.77%) CSS
1 21 (80.77%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (80.77%) Mentoring
3 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (15.38%) Application Security
4 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 4 (15.38%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (15.38%) High Availability
4 4 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
4 4 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 4 (15.38%) Observability
4 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
4 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
4 4 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (15.38%) Threat Detection
4 4 (15.38%) Threat Management
4 4 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (80.77%) JavaScript
1 21 (80.77%) Python
2 9 (34.62%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) AWS Certification
1 25 (96.15%) Azure Certification
2 21 (80.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (19.23%) Degree
4 4 (15.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft