Microsoft Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 276 223
Rank change year-on-year +67 -53 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 966 749 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.21% 1.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.99% 3.32% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 796 622 781
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,013 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,196 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% -0.71% +6.25%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £66,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,361 22,582 22,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.64% 36.54% 31.37%
Number of salaries quoted 12,186 8,272 10,253
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
North of England +145 269 £40,000 -13.98% 58
South East +41 251 £38,250 +4.79% 37
Midlands +31 161 £38,000 -9.52% 28
North West +42 120 £40,000 -13.98% 37
East of England +27 106 £40,000 -5.88% 21
West Midlands +32 99 £38,000 -8.43% 19
South West 0 98 £42,500 +0.59% 30
Yorkshire +125 88 £40,000 -5.88% 16
East Midlands +10 62 £44,225 +5.30% 9
North East +57 61 £32,500 -68.29% 6
Scotland -55 42 £57,500 +27.78% 21
Wales +19 26 £27,000 -42.25% 6
Northern Ireland +36 12 £45,000 -13.46% 6
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -
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
1 160 (16.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (13.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.04%) CMS
4 8 (0.83%) IIS
4 8 (0.83%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (0.83%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 135 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Trello
5 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Maximo
3 2 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.21%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 596 (61.70%) Azure
2 421 (43.58%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (20.60%) Power Platform
4 99 (10.25%) Entra ID
5 78 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
6 76 (7.87%) AWS
7 47 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (4.55%) PowerApps
9 41 (4.24%) Power Automate
10 40 (4.14%) IBM Cloud
11 30 (3.11%) OneDrive
12 20 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.76%) Serverless
14 15 (1.55%) GCP
14 15 (1.55%) WhatsApp
15 12 (1.24%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.24%) SaaS
16 11 (1.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 168 (17.39%) Firewall
2 103 (10.66%) Broadband
3 99 (10.25%) DNS
4 93 (9.63%) DHCP
5 80 (8.28%) SAN
5 80 (8.28%) WAN
6 78 (8.07%) LAN
7 73 (7.56%) TCP/IP
8 70 (7.25%) VLAN
8 70 (7.25%) VPN
9 52 (5.38%) Network Security
10 50 (5.18%) VoIP
11 48 (4.97%) Wireless
12 43 (4.45%) Internet
13 39 (4.04%) NAS
14 31 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
16 22 (2.28%) Intranet
17 16 (1.66%) ADSL
18 14 (1.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (19.77%) SQL Server
2 170 (17.60%) Power BI
3 99 (10.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (4.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 39 (4.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (3.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 29 (3.00%) Amazon RDS
8 18 (1.86%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.83%) MySQL
11 6 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.52%) Power Query
12 5 (0.52%) Redis
12 5 (0.52%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.41%) QlikView
14 3 (0.31%) GIS
14 3 (0.31%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 17 (1.76%) Git
2 10 (1.04%) JIRA
3 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.31%) GitLab
3 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.21%) Hudson
4 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.21%) MSBuild
4 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.10%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.10%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.10%) MSI
General
1 456 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 104 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (6.52%) Finance
4 62 (6.42%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (4.97%) Telecoms
7 31 (3.21%) Legal
8 30 (3.11%) Retail
9 26 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (1.86%) Law
12 14 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.35%) Marketing
14 10 (1.04%) Banking
14 10 (1.04%) Games
14 10 (1.04%) Local Government
15 9 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.72%) Police
17 6 (0.62%) Agriculture
18 5 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 180 (18.63%) Support Engineer
2 156 (16.15%) IT Support
3 114 (11.80%) IT Engineer
4 108 (11.18%) DBA
5 100 (10.35%) SQL DBA
6 83 (8.59%) IT Support Engineer
7 81 (8.39%) Analyst
8 75 (7.76%) 2nd Line Support
9 65 (6.73%) 3rd Line Support
10 63 (6.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 62 (6.42%) Developer
12 57 (5.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 57 (5.90%) Senior
13 52 (5.38%) Lead
14 50 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 45 (4.66%) Administrator
15 45 (4.66%) IT Technician
16 44 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 37 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 35 (3.62%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.66%) CSS
2 44 (4.55%) HTML
3 41 (4.24%) .NET
4 23 (2.38%) ASP.NET
5 21 (2.17%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (2.07%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.07%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (1.86%) Entity Framework
8 10 (1.04%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.04%) jQuery
9 8 (0.83%) ADO
10 7 (0.72%) PySpark
10 7 (0.72%) REST
11 6 (0.62%) Middleware
11 6 (0.62%) React
12 5 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.52%) Web Services
13 4 (0.41%) ARM Templates
13 4 (0.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 67 (6.94%) Driving Licence
3 46 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 43 (4.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 43 (4.45%) Onboarding
5 40 (4.14%) Blockchain
6 37 (3.83%) Management Information System
7 34 (3.52%) Private Cloud
8 29 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (2.59%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.28%) Enterprise Storage
11 16 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.66%) Smartphone
12 15 (1.55%) NHS
12 15 (1.55%) Replication
13 14 (1.45%) Virtual Team
14 13 (1.35%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 447 (46.27%) Windows
2 225 (23.29%) Windows Server
3 132 (13.66%) Linux
4 123 (12.73%) Windows 10
5 90 (9.32%) VMS
6 49 (5.07%) Debian
7 47 (4.87%) Mac OS
8 45 (4.66%) CentOS
9 40 (4.14%) Alpine Linux
10 35 (3.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 27 (2.80%) Apple iOS
13 23 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
14 18 (1.86%) Windows 8
15 15 (1.55%) Android
16 14 (1.45%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.83%) Unix
18 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
19 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
19 3 (0.31%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (31.47%) Problem-Solving
2 263 (27.23%) Customer Service
3 232 (24.02%) ITIL
4 167 (17.29%) Business Intelligence
5 116 (12.01%) DevOps
6 110 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
7 108 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (10.04%) Collaborative Working
9 96 (9.94%) High Availability
10 90 (9.32%) Performance Tuning
11 85 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 82 (8.49%) Migration
13 81 (8.39%) Agile
14 79 (8.18%) CI/CD
15 78 (8.07%) Computer Science
16 75 (7.76%) Project Management
17 60 (6.21%) Artificial Intelligence
18 53 (5.49%) Mentoring
18 53 (5.49%) Software Engineering
19 51 (5.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 227 (23.50%) SQL
2 88 (9.11%) T-SQL
3 64 (6.63%) C#
4 54 (5.59%) PowerShell
5 43 (4.45%) JavaScript
6 29 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.07%) Python
8 10 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (0.93%) Bash
10 8 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.52%) Java
11 5 (0.52%) PHP
12 4 (0.41%) Bicep
12 4 (0.41%) C
12 4 (0.41%) R
13 3 (0.31%) C++
13 3 (0.31%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.21%) Go
15 1 (0.10%) Swift
15 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 238 (24.64%) MCSE
2 230 (23.81%) Degree
3 170 (17.60%) Azure Certification
4 156 (16.15%) Cisco Certification
5 140 (14.49%) CCNA
6 138 (14.29%) MCSA
7 135 (13.98%) MCP
8 127 (13.15%) A+ Certification
9 74 (7.66%) DBS Check
10 59 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 59 (6.11%) Network+ Certification
11 50 (5.18%) Security Cleared
12 46 (4.76%) MCITP
13 45 (4.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 43 (4.45%) SC Cleared
15 27 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
16 24 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 23 (2.38%) CCNP
18 17 (1.76%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.35%) SLA
2 26 (2.69%) GDPR
3 17 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.24%) QA
6 5 (0.52%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 405 (41.93%) Active Directory
2 141 (14.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (13.66%) Hyper-V
4 86 (8.90%) Virtual Machines
5 54 (5.59%) Docker
6 32 (3.31%) vSphere
7 18 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (1.35%) XenDesktop
9 7 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.52%) Firmware
10 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.52%) XenApp
11 3 (0.31%) KVM
12 2 (0.21%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (9.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 61 (6.31%) Terraform
4 59 (6.11%) SCCM
5 19 (1.97%) SCOM
6 11 (1.14%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.93%) vCenter Server
8 8 (0.83%) Autotask
9 7 (0.72%) SmoothWall
9 7 (0.72%) WSUS
10 5 (0.52%) Grafana
10 5 (0.52%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.41%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.21%) Ansible
13 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 850 (87.99%) Microsoft
2 202 (20.91%) VMware
3 85 (8.80%) Cisco
4 51 (5.28%) Apple
5 48 (4.97%) Red Hat
6 43 (4.45%) IBM
7 41 (4.24%) Citrix
8 37 (3.83%) HP
9 36 (3.73%) Veeam
10 34 (3.52%) Adobe
11 26 (2.69%) Meraki
12 21 (2.17%) SolarWinds
13 17 (1.76%) Dell
13 17 (1.76%) Google
14 14 (1.45%) Nimble Storage
14 14 (1.45%) Oracle
15 13 (1.35%) ConnectWise
15 13 (1.35%) Datto
15 13 (1.35%) Sophos
16 12 (1.24%) Draytek