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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 275 227
Rank change year-on-year +60 -48 -3
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 969 754 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.22% 1.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% 3.33% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 799 626 781
10th Percentile £25,925 £24,175 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,875 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -0.59% +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 19,391 22,667 22,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.67% 36.53% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,323 10,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £64,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -

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 25 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 25 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 +125 269 £40,000 -15.79% 80
South East +30 255 £38,000 +4.11% 50
Midlands +33 160 £38,000 -9.52% 45
North West +41 120 £40,000 -14.89% 51
East of England +44 106 £40,000 -5.88% 35
West Midlands +22 98 £36,500 -13.10% 28
South West -22 97 £42,500 +0.85% 38
Yorkshire +117 88 £40,000 -15.79% 21
East Midlands +9 62 £44,225 +5.30% 17
North East +60 61 £32,500 -68.29% 9
Scotland -51 43 £57,500 +27.78% 23
Wales +10 26 £27,000 -44.33% 10
Northern Ireland +26 12 £45,000 -13.46% 9
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
1 159 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 132 (13.62%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.03%) CMS
4 8 (0.83%) IIS
5 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (0.72%) SharePoint 2013
6 4 (0.41%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 136 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.75%) 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 (2.58%) 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
1 595 (61.40%) Azure
2 423 (43.65%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (20.54%) Power Platform
4 99 (10.22%) Entra ID
5 78 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (7.74%) AWS
7 47 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (4.54%) PowerApps
9 41 (4.23%) Power Automate
10 40 (4.13%) IBM Cloud
11 30 (3.10%) OneDrive
12 20 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (1.75%) Serverless
14 15 (1.55%) WhatsApp
15 14 (1.44%) GCP
16 12 (1.24%) Azure Functions
16 12 (1.24%) SaaS
17 11 (1.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 167 (17.23%) Firewall
2 105 (10.84%) Broadband
3 100 (10.32%) DNS
4 94 (9.70%) DHCP
5 81 (8.36%) SAN
6 79 (8.15%) WAN
7 76 (7.84%) LAN
8 73 (7.53%) TCP/IP
8 73 (7.53%) VLAN
9 70 (7.22%) VPN
10 52 (5.37%) Network Security
11 49 (5.06%) VoIP
11 49 (5.06%) Wireless
12 43 (4.44%) Internet
13 39 (4.02%) NAS
14 31 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
16 22 (2.27%) Intranet
17 18 (1.86%) ADSL
18 14 (1.44%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (19.71%) SQL Server
2 170 (17.54%) Power BI
3 99 (10.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 39 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (3.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 29 (2.99%) 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 (1.75%) Git
2 10 (1.03%) 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
1 458 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 105 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (6.50%) Finance
3 63 (6.50%) Public Sector
4 56 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
5 50 (5.16%) Telecoms
6 32 (3.30%) Legal
7 30 (3.10%) Retail
8 25 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.86%) Law
11 14 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.34%) Marketing
13 10 (1.03%) Banking
13 10 (1.03%) Games
13 10 (1.03%) Local Government
14 9 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.72%) Police
16 6 (0.62%) Agriculture
17 5 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 183 (18.89%) Support Engineer
2 156 (16.10%) IT Support
3 114 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 108 (11.15%) DBA
5 100 (10.32%) SQL DBA
6 83 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
7 80 (8.26%) Analyst
8 74 (7.64%) 2nd Line Support
9 64 (6.60%) 3rd Line Support
10 62 (6.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 62 (6.40%) Developer
11 57 (5.88%) Senior
12 56 (5.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 52 (5.37%) Lead
14 50 (5.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 45 (4.64%) Administrator
15 45 (4.64%) IT Technician
16 44 (4.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 37 (3.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 36 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.64%) CSS
2 44 (4.54%) HTML
3 41 (4.23%) .NET
4 23 (2.37%) ASP.NET
5 21 (2.17%) .NET Framework
5 21 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
6 20 (2.06%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.06%) HTML5 Canvas
7 18 (1.86%) Entity Framework
8 10 (1.03%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.03%) 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%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.22%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 46 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
4 44 (4.54%) Onboarding
5 43 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 40 (4.13%) Blockchain
7 37 (3.82%) Management Information System
8 33 (3.41%) Private Cloud
9 30 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (2.58%) Public Cloud
10 25 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
12 17 (1.75%) Smartphone
13 16 (1.65%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.55%) NHS
14 15 (1.55%) Replication
15 14 (1.44%) Virtual Team
16 13 (1.34%) Cloud Native
16 13 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 448 (46.23%) Windows
2 225 (23.22%) Windows Server
3 131 (13.52%) Linux
4 125 (12.90%) Windows 10
5 90 (9.29%) VMS
6 49 (5.06%) Debian
7 47 (4.85%) Mac OS
8 45 (4.64%) CentOS
9 40 (4.13%) Alpine Linux
10 35 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 28 (2.89%) Apple iOS
13 23 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
14 19 (1.96%) Windows 8
15 14 (1.44%) Android
15 14 (1.44%) Windows 7
16 8 (0.83%) Unix
17 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
18 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.31%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 267 (27.55%) Customer Service
3 234 (24.15%) ITIL
4 167 (17.23%) Business Intelligence
5 116 (11.97%) DevOps
6 111 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
7 107 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (10.01%) Collaborative Working
9 96 (9.91%) High Availability
10 90 (9.29%) Performance Tuning
11 85 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 83 (8.57%) Migration
13 81 (8.36%) Agile
14 79 (8.15%) CI/CD
15 78 (8.05%) Computer Science
16 75 (7.74%) Project Management
17 60 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence
18 53 (5.47%) Mentoring
18 53 (5.47%) Software Engineering
19 51 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 227 (23.43%) SQL
2 88 (9.08%) T-SQL
3 64 (6.60%) C#
4 54 (5.57%) PowerShell
5 43 (4.44%) JavaScript
6 29 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.06%) Python
8 10 (1.03%) 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%) Scala
15 1 (0.10%) Swift
Qualifications
1 238 (24.56%) MCSE
2 231 (23.84%) Degree
3 171 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 157 (16.20%) Cisco Certification
5 141 (14.55%) CCNA
6 137 (14.14%) MCSA
7 136 (14.04%) MCP
8 128 (13.21%) A+ Certification
9 74 (7.64%) DBS Check
10 62 (6.40%) Network+ Certification
11 59 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 49 (5.06%) Security Cleared
13 46 (4.75%) MCITP
14 44 (4.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 42 (4.33%) SC Cleared
16 27 (2.79%) ITIL Certification
17 25 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 23 (2.37%) CCNP
19 17 (1.75%) AWS Certification
19 17 (1.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.43%) SLA
2 26 (2.68%) GDPR
3 17 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.65%) 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
1 403 (41.59%) Active Directory
2 138 (14.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 130 (13.42%) Hyper-V
4 86 (8.88%) Virtual Machines
5 54 (5.57%) Docker
6 32 (3.30%) vSphere
7 18 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (1.24%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.52%) Firmware
11 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 5 (0.52%) XenApp
12 3 (0.31%) KVM
13 2 (0.21%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (9.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (7.33%) Kubernetes
3 61 (6.30%) Terraform
4 58 (5.99%) SCCM
5 19 (1.96%) 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
1 853 (88.03%) Microsoft
2 200 (20.64%) VMware
3 85 (8.77%) Cisco
4 51 (5.26%) Apple
5 48 (4.95%) Red Hat
6 43 (4.44%) IBM
7 40 (4.13%) Citrix
8 36 (3.72%) Veeam
9 35 (3.61%) HP
10 34 (3.51%) Adobe
11 26 (2.68%) Meraki
12 20 (2.06%) SolarWinds
13 17 (1.75%) Dell
14 16 (1.65%) Google
15 14 (1.44%) Nimble Storage
15 14 (1.44%) Oracle
16 13 (1.34%) ConnectWise
16 13 (1.34%) Datto
16 13 (1.34%) Sophos
17 12 (1.24%) Draytek