Microsoft Certification Jobs

Microsoft Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 235 336 282
Rank change year-on-year +101 -54 -61
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 775 1,318 1,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.48% 1.08% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.54% 3.66% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 637 1,083 1,206
10th Percentile £25,650 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,067 35,981 31,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.65% 29.44% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10,705 16,977 17,903
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,670 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +94 701 £50,000 - 324
UK excluding London +47 484 £40,000 -11.11% 263
Work from Home +88 317 £47,500 -5.00% 141
London +178 246 £65,000 +23.81% 84
South East +68 166 £35,000 -22.22% 61
North of England +47 88 £37,500 -11.76% 74
Midlands +75 84 £45,000 -7.69% 46
South West +41 77 £46,750 +10.00% 34
West Midlands +99 68 £41,250 -17.50% 24
North West +72 46 £38,500 -23.00% 24
Yorkshire +32 38 £32,500 -18.75% 42
East of England +65 26 £52,500 +16.67% 22
Scotland +32 25 £49,995 +9.28% 20
East Midlands +19 16 £52,500 +16.67% 21
Wales +13 16 £37,000 -17.78% 6
North East +27 4 £32,500 +8.33% 10
Northern Ireland +34 2 £60,000 +31.87% 7

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 121 (15.61%) SharePoint
2 57 (7.35%) MS Exchange
3 25 (3.23%) IIS
4 19 (2.45%) Apache
5 10 (1.29%) WebSphere
6 8 (1.03%) SharePoint 2010
6 8 (1.03%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.26%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 81 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.29%) AutoCAD
2 10 (1.29%) PTC Creo
3 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.16%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Trello
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.77%) Maximo
3 5 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.26%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 463 (59.74%) Azure
2 376 (48.52%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (14.19%) Power Platform
4 100 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 97 (12.52%) AWS
6 62 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (6.71%) PaaS
8 45 (5.81%) IaaS
9 41 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
10 37 (4.77%) PowerApps
11 31 (4.00%) Power Automate
12 30 (3.87%) Serverless
13 29 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (3.35%) SaaS
15 25 (3.23%) GCP
16 24 (3.10%) WhatsApp
17 19 (2.45%) Nutanix
18 18 (2.32%) OneDrive
19 15 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 133 (17.16%) Firewall
2 120 (15.48%) DNS
3 112 (14.45%) DHCP
4 91 (11.74%) WAN
5 90 (11.61%) LAN
6 77 (9.94%) VLAN
7 69 (8.90%) VPN
8 68 (8.77%) SAN
9 61 (7.87%) Wireless
10 55 (7.10%) TCP/IP
11 44 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (5.16%) Remote Desktop
13 27 (3.48%) Network Security
14 26 (3.35%) Broadband
15 25 (3.23%) ADSL
16 17 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (2.19%) NAS
17 15 (1.94%) SD-WAN
18 14 (1.81%) WLAN
19 13 (1.68%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (18.97%) SQL Server
2 72 (9.29%) Power BI
3 35 (4.52%) Data Lake
4 29 (3.74%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 24 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (2.45%) MySQL
8 19 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 16 (2.06%) Metadata
10 15 (1.94%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.29%) SAP HANA
14 7 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.90%) Metadata Repository
14 7 (0.90%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.90%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 27 (3.48%) Git
2 18 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.55%) GitLab
4 10 (1.29%) Chocolatey
5 8 (1.03%) JIRA
6 7 (0.90%) Artifactory
6 7 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.77%) git-flow
7 6 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
8 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.26%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.13%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.13%) MSI
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 312 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 96 (12.39%) Finance
3 71 (9.16%) Public Sector
4 69 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 42 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 36 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.65%) Legal
8 35 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (4.26%) Marketing
10 31 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (2.45%) Retail
12 18 (2.32%) Law
13 16 (2.06%) Billing
14 13 (1.68%) Banking
15 6 (0.77%) Back Office
15 6 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.77%) Local Government
16 5 (0.65%) Advertising
16 5 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (15.23%) Support Engineer
2 105 (13.55%) Analyst
2 105 (13.55%) Senior
3 103 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 70 (9.03%) IT Support
5 69 (8.90%) Architect
6 65 (8.39%) IT Engineer
7 56 (7.23%) Developer
8 50 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
9 42 (5.42%) Support Analyst
10 41 (5.29%) Consultant
11 35 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 35 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
12 34 (4.39%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 34 (4.39%) Network Support
13 33 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
14 32 (4.13%) Lead
15 31 (4.00%) 1st Line Engineer
15 31 (4.00%) Network Engineer
16 26 (3.35%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (10.58%) .NET
2 37 (4.77%) CSS
2 37 (4.77%) HTML
3 35 (4.52%) .NET Framework
4 33 (4.26%) ASP.NET
5 21 (2.71%) .NET Core
6 20 (2.58%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (2.45%) AngularJS
7 19 (2.45%) ARM Templates
8 17 (2.19%) React
8 17 (2.19%) YAML
9 15 (1.94%) Elastic Stack
9 15 (1.94%) Entity Framework
10 10 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (1.29%) Kafka
10 10 (1.29%) XML
11 9 (1.16%) Blazor
12 8 (1.03%) MDX
12 8 (1.03%) REST
13 7 (0.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.81%) Data Centre
2 42 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (5.16%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.65%) Driving Licence
5 35 (4.52%) Public Cloud
6 31 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (3.61%) Replication
8 27 (3.48%) Onboarding
9 22 (2.84%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.94%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.81%) Cloud Native
12 13 (1.68%) Client/Server
13 12 (1.55%) Private Cloud
14 11 (1.42%) Low-Code
15 10 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
15 10 (1.29%) IoT
15 10 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
16 9 (1.16%) Clustering
16 9 (1.16%) Operational Technology
17 8 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 389 (50.19%) Windows
2 187 (24.13%) Windows Server
3 117 (15.10%) Windows 10
4 93 (12.00%) Linux
5 55 (7.10%) Android
6 53 (6.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (5.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 38 (4.90%) Windows 8
9 31 (4.00%) Windows 7
9 31 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (2.32%) Apple iOS
11 16 (2.06%) Ubuntu
11 16 (2.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (1.94%) SUSE
13 12 (1.55%) Mac OS
14 8 (1.03%) Unix
15 6 (0.77%) VMS
15 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.65%) Debian
17 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (24.39%) ITIL
2 153 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
3 138 (17.81%) Customer Service
4 116 (14.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 109 (14.06%) DevOps
6 98 (12.65%) Agile
7 90 (11.61%) Project Delivery
8 68 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
9 65 (8.39%) Mentoring
10 60 (7.74%) Migration
11 58 (7.48%) CI/CD
11 58 (7.48%) Computer Science
11 58 (7.48%) Scrum
12 54 (6.97%) Service Delivery
13 51 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
14 50 (6.45%) Analytics
15 49 (6.32%) Service Management
16 48 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
17 46 (5.94%) Mathematics
18 42 (5.42%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 146 (18.84%) SQL
2 132 (17.03%) PowerShell
3 75 (9.68%) C#
4 54 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.77%) Python
6 32 (4.13%) Bash
7 30 (3.87%) Bicep
8 19 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 15 (1.94%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.42%) R
11 10 (1.29%) Java
12 9 (1.16%) MATLAB
13 7 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.52%) U-SQL
15 3 (0.39%) VBScript
15 3 (0.39%) X++
16 2 (0.26%) PHP
17 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 233 (30.06%) MCSE
2 215 (27.74%) Degree
3 174 (22.45%) Azure Certification
4 147 (18.97%) MCSA
5 123 (15.87%) Cisco Certification
6 107 (13.81%) CCNA
7 88 (11.35%) MCP
8 84 (10.84%) Security Cleared
9 64 (8.26%) SC Cleared
10 51 (6.58%) MCITP
11 48 (6.19%) A+ Certification
12 44 (5.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 43 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 43 (5.55%) Network+ Certification
14 38 (4.90%) CCNP
15 35 (4.52%) AWS Certification
16 34 (4.39%) Linux+ Certification
17 23 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 21 (2.71%) Master's Degree
19 18 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (9.81%) SLA
2 26 (3.35%) QA
3 25 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.68%) GDPR
7 11 (1.42%) NIST
8 8 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.77%) IASME
10 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 315 (40.65%) Active Directory
2 154 (19.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (8.13%) Hyper-V
4 44 (5.68%) vSphere
5 34 (4.39%) Docker
6 17 (2.19%) Firmware
6 17 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
8 15 (1.94%) vCloud
9 14 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (1.16%) Terminal Server
10 9 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
10 9 (1.16%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.52%) XenApp
11 4 (0.52%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.26%) pfSense
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 100 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (10.19%) SCCM
3 63 (8.13%) Terraform
4 38 (4.90%) Ansible
5 35 (4.52%) Kubernetes
6 31 (4.00%) SCOM
7 21 (2.71%) FortiGate
8 16 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.29%) WSUS
10 9 (1.16%) Backup Exec
10 9 (1.16%) Packer
11 7 (0.90%) Argo
12 6 (0.77%) Consul
13 5 (0.65%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
14 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.39%) Grafana
15 3 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 698 (90.06%) Microsoft
2 194 (25.03%) VMware
3 120 (15.48%) Cisco
4 57 (7.35%) Apple
5 52 (6.71%) HP
6 43 (5.55%) Citrix
7 40 (5.16%) Veeam
8 34 (4.39%) SolarWinds
9 32 (4.13%) Meraki
10 29 (3.74%) Dell
11 26 (3.35%) Google
12 25 (3.23%) Databricks
13 24 (3.10%) Oracle
14 18 (2.32%) Aruba
15 15 (1.94%) Fujitsu
16 14 (1.81%) Red Hat
17 13 (1.68%) CheckPoint
17 13 (1.68%) ConnectWise
17 13 (1.68%) TOWER Software
18 12 (1.55%) IBM