Microsoft Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 213 246
Rank change year-on-year -38 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 455 972 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 1.30% 1.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.13% 4.90% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 342 790 578
10th Percentile £26,025 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £57,931
90th Percentile £63,625 £61,250 £67,070
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Midlands +10 106 £35,000 -10.26% 53
South East -22 106 £42,500 +8.97% 74
North of England -97 95 £37,500 -6.25% 74
West Midlands +38 82 £35,000 -7.89% 26
South West +73 70 £31,500 -25.88% 35
East of England +9 56 £30,000 -25.00% 33
North West -68 54 £37,500 -6.25% 48
Yorkshire +8 38 £35,000 -17.65% 21
East Midlands +2 24 £35,000 -22.22% 27
Scotland +93 14 £40,000 -30.43% 31
Wales +24 8 £38,094 +41.09% 6
North East -10 3 £37,500 +15.38% 5
Isle of Man +14 2 £34,500 -31.00%
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 61 (13.41%) SharePoint
2 60 (13.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.88%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 54 (11.87%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.88%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.66%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.44%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 231 (50.77%) Azure
2 223 (49.01%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (19.78%) Entra ID
4 49 (10.77%) AWS
5 41 (9.01%) Power Platform
6 39 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (7.91%) OneDrive
8 23 (5.05%) SaaS
9 21 (4.62%) PaaS
9 21 (4.62%) Power Automate
10 19 (4.18%) GCP
10 19 (4.18%) PowerApps
11 18 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.64%) IaaS
13 11 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.42%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 94 (20.66%) Firewall
2 93 (20.44%) DNS
3 66 (14.51%) DHCP
4 46 (10.11%) WAN
5 43 (9.45%) VPN
6 41 (9.01%) VLAN
6 41 (9.01%) WLAN
7 40 (8.79%) LAN
8 39 (8.57%) TCP/IP
9 33 (7.25%) Network Security
10 29 (6.37%) Internet
11 25 (5.49%) Wireless
12 16 (3.52%) SAN
13 13 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (2.86%) VoIP
14 12 (2.64%) NAS
15 11 (2.42%) BGP
15 11 (2.42%) OSPF
15 11 (2.42%) Wireshark
16 10 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 21 (4.62%) Power BI
3 7 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.88%) Metabase
7 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.22%) Big Data
9 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.22%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.22%) Power Query
9 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (2.86%) JIRA
2 5 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.66%) Git
4 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 226 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 45 (9.89%) Finance
3 38 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.03%) Law
5 26 (5.71%) Retail
6 19 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.74%) Automotive
8 15 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.08%) Legal
10 13 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.98%) Banking
11 9 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.76%) Welsh Language
13 6 (1.32%) Marketing
13 6 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.88%) Local Government
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
15 3 (0.66%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 124 (27.25%) IT Support
2 91 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 78 (17.14%) Analyst
4 75 (16.48%) IT Engineer
5 58 (12.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 54 (11.87%) Support Analyst
7 50 (10.99%) Senior
8 49 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 48 (10.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 39 (8.57%) Technical Support
11 27 (5.93%) 1st Line Support
11 27 (5.93%) IT Analyst
12 23 (5.05%) Infrastructure Support
13 20 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (4.40%) Developer
13 20 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 19 (4.18%) IT Support Analyst
14 19 (4.18%) Support Technician
15 18 (3.96%) Lead
16 17 (3.74%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.52%) .NET
2 7 (1.54%) ARM Templates
2 7 (1.54%) ASP.NET
3 6 (1.32%) Middleware
3 6 (1.32%) WPF
4 4 (0.88%) Web Services
4 4 (0.88%) XML
5 3 (0.66%) CSS
5 3 (0.66%) HTML
5 3 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.66%) REST
6 2 (0.44%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.44%) EDI
6 2 (0.44%) JSON
7 1 (0.22%) ADO
7 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.22%) WSH
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.53%) Driving Licence
2 33 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.86%) Smartphone
5 12 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.42%) IoT
6 11 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.20%) Blackberry
7 10 (2.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.54%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.10%) Replication
11 5 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.88%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 268 (58.90%) Windows
2 126 (27.69%) Windows Server
3 105 (23.08%) Linux
4 66 (14.51%) Windows 10
5 33 (7.25%) Mac OS
5 33 (7.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (7.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (5.27%) Mac OS X
8 18 (3.96%) Ubuntu
9 15 (3.30%) Apple iOS
10 13 (2.86%) Android
11 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.32%) CentOS
13 4 (0.88%) Unix
13 4 (0.88%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.44%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (44.40%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (32.75%) ITIL
3 117 (25.71%) Customer Service
4 83 (18.24%) Mentoring
5 68 (14.95%) Computer Science
6 55 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 52 (11.43%) Service Management
8 41 (9.01%) ITSM
9 38 (8.35%) Asset Management
10 37 (8.13%) Coaching
11 36 (7.91%) Agile
12 33 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (7.25%) IT Asset Management
13 30 (6.59%) Migration
14 28 (6.15%) Network Management
14 28 (6.15%) Roadmaps
15 27 (5.93%) DevOps
15 27 (5.93%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (5.93%) Proactive Monitoring
15 27 (5.93%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.26%) PowerShell
1 74 (16.26%) SQL
2 34 (7.47%) Python
3 17 (3.74%) C#
4 8 (1.76%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.76%) X++
5 7 (1.54%) Bash
6 5 (1.10%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.88%) C++
8 3 (0.66%) Bicep
9 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.44%) Perl
9 2 (0.44%) VB
9 2 (0.44%) VBScript
10 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 126 (27.69%) MCSE
2 125 (27.47%) Degree
3 94 (20.66%) MCP
4 93 (20.44%) MCSA
5 80 (17.58%) A+ Certification
6 76 (16.70%) Cisco Certification
7 75 (16.48%) Azure Certification
8 65 (14.29%) CCNA
9 64 (14.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 56 (12.31%) CCNP
11 52 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
12 35 (7.69%) MCITP
13 30 (6.59%) LPIC
14 28 (6.15%) Security Cleared
15 26 (5.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (4.84%) SC Cleared
17 17 (3.74%) HND
18 15 (3.30%) AWS Certification
18 15 (3.30%) DBS Check
19 11 (2.42%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.81%) SLA
2 18 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (3.30%) GDPR
4 5 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.66%) NCSC
5 3 (0.66%) NIST
5 3 (0.66%) QA
6 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 207 (45.49%) Active Directory
2 44 (9.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (8.35%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (1.98%) vSphere
7 6 (1.32%) Docker
7 6 (1.32%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.44%) GPFS
9 2 (0.44%) Lustre
9 2 (0.44%) NFS
10 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) LXC
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 55 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.18%) Terraform
3 16 (3.52%) SCCM
4 7 (1.54%) PaperCut
5 5 (1.10%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.10%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.88%) Ansible
6 4 (0.88%) Autotask
6 4 (0.88%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.66%) Iperf
7 3 (0.66%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.44%) Nessus
8 2 (0.44%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.22%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.22%) QRadar
9 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) vRealize
9 1 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 384 (84.40%) Microsoft
2 88 (19.34%) Cisco
3 64 (14.07%) VMware
4 32 (7.03%) Google
5 27 (5.93%) Apple
6 22 (4.84%) Fortinet
7 21 (4.62%) Dell
8 14 (3.08%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.64%) Citrix
9 12 (2.64%) Ubiquiti
10 11 (2.42%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.42%) Veeam
11 9 (1.98%) Oracle
11 9 (1.98%) SonicWALL
11 9 (1.98%) WatchGuard
12 7 (1.54%) SAP
13 6 (1.32%) Aruba
13 6 (1.32%) HP
13 6 (1.32%) McAfee
13 6 (1.32%) Red Hat