Microsoft Certification Jobs

Microsoft Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 224 318
Rank change year-on-year +11 +94 +27
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 748 1,327 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 1.35% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 4.85% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 515 1,115 914
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £25,325
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% -2.13%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,300 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,071
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.92% -1.01%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,484 27,371 34,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.86% 27.83% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 17,308 15,226
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,776
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England +5 701 £45,000 - 315
UK excluding London +14 512 £37,500 -6.25% 257
Work from Home -1 198 £50,000 - 189
London +17 195 £55,000 -12.00% 80
Midlands +52 164 £35,000 -7.89% 42
West Midlands +69 131 £35,000 -7.89% 20
South East -9 105 £42,500 +11.11% 75
North of England -57 98 £37,500 -6.25% 64
East of England +20 64 £30,000 -25.00% 24
South West +81 63 £32,500 -23.53% 33
North West -34 53 £37,500 -6.25% 35
Yorkshire +25 39 £28,750 -28.13% 27
East Midlands +20 33 £35,000 -20.86% 22
Scotland +94 9 £40,000 -30.43% 16
Wales +22 8 £38,094 +41.09% 5
North East -3 6 £37,500 +15.38% 3
Isle of Man +15 2 £34,500 -31.00% 1

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 91 (12.17%) SharePoint
2 75 (10.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.67%) IIS
4 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 69 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.67%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.53%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.53%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.40%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Eikon
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 386 (51.60%) Azure
2 308 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
3 131 (17.51%) Entra ID
4 112 (14.97%) Power Platform
5 99 (13.24%) AWS
6 95 (12.70%) Dynamics 365
7 68 (9.09%) PowerApps
8 54 (7.22%) Power Automate
9 44 (5.88%) SaaS
10 42 (5.61%) OneDrive
11 36 (4.81%) PaaS
12 35 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (4.01%) GCP
13 30 (4.01%) IaaS
14 18 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (2.41%) Google Workspace
15 17 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
17 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 132 (17.65%) DNS
2 119 (15.91%) Firewall
3 114 (15.24%) WLAN
4 110 (14.71%) Network Security
5 105 (14.04%) DHCP
6 96 (12.83%) Internet
7 75 (10.03%) WAN
8 69 (9.22%) LAN
9 68 (9.09%) TCP/IP
10 67 (8.96%) VLAN
11 58 (7.75%) VPN
12 27 (3.61%) SAN
12 27 (3.61%) Wireless
13 26 (3.48%) Cisco IOS
14 17 (2.27%) VoIP
15 16 (2.14%) BGP
15 16 (2.14%) IPv4
15 16 (2.14%) OSPF
15 16 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (2.01%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.48%) Power BI
3 15 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.67%) Metabase
8 5 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.40%) Big Data
9 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.40%) Power Query
10 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.27%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (2.94%) JIRA
2 15 (2.01%) Git
3 5 (0.67%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.67%) Balsamiq
3 5 (0.67%) Bitbucket
3 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.27%) GitLab
5 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.13%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.13%) ESLint
6 1 (0.13%) Gatling
6 1 (0.13%) JMeter
General
1 343 (45.86%) Social Skills
2 123 (16.44%) Finance
3 76 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.02%) Law
5 37 (4.95%) Retail
6 32 (4.28%) Marketing
7 25 (3.34%) Banking
8 23 (3.07%) Legal
9 22 (2.94%) Automotive
9 22 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 18 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.47%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.07%) Welsh Language
16 7 (0.94%) Humanities
17 4 (0.53%) Advertising
17 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 178 (23.80%) IT Support
2 173 (23.13%) Support Engineer
3 166 (22.19%) IT Engineer
4 131 (17.51%) IT Support Engineer
5 89 (11.90%) Analyst
6 87 (11.63%) Senior
7 56 (7.49%) Consultant
8 55 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (6.02%) Support Analyst
10 42 (5.61%) Developer
11 41 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support
12 37 (4.95%) Technical Support
13 33 (4.41%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (4.28%) Architect
15 29 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
15 29 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
16 22 (2.94%) Lead
17 21 (2.81%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 21 (2.81%) IT Analyst
18 19 (2.54%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.28%) .NET
2 21 (2.81%) ASP.NET
3 18 (2.41%) .NET Framework
4 15 (2.01%) CSS
4 15 (2.01%) HTML
5 11 (1.47%) Web Services
6 10 (1.34%) JSON
7 9 (1.20%) SAML
8 8 (1.07%) Entity Framework
9 7 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
9 7 (0.94%) Middleware
10 6 (0.80%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.80%) CSS3
10 6 (0.80%) HTML5
10 6 (0.80%) REST
11 5 (0.67%) LDAP
11 5 (0.67%) OAuth
11 5 (0.67%) OpenID
11 5 (0.67%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.67%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 116 (15.51%) Driving Licence
2 50 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.41%) Smartphone
7 17 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.87%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.60%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.47%) IoT
12 10 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
12 10 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.34%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.20%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.07%) Replication
15 7 (0.94%) PKI
15 7 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 411 (54.95%) Windows
2 180 (24.06%) Linux
3 170 (22.73%) Windows Server
4 85 (11.36%) Windows 10
5 50 (6.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 43 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 32 (4.28%) Mac OS
7 32 (4.28%) Mac OS X
8 24 (3.21%) Ubuntu
9 23 (3.07%) Android
10 18 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.34%) Apple iOS
11 10 (1.34%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.94%) CentOS
13 5 (0.67%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.40%) Unix
15 1 (0.13%) Solaris
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (49.20%) Problem-Solving
2 264 (35.29%) ITIL
3 161 (21.52%) Computer Science
3 161 (21.52%) Customer Service
4 150 (20.05%) Mentoring
5 112 (14.97%) Asset Management
6 100 (13.37%) IT Asset Management
7 99 (13.24%) Network Management
8 92 (12.30%) Agile
9 67 (8.96%) DevOps
10 62 (8.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 56 (7.49%) Disaster Recovery
11 56 (7.49%) Service Management
12 51 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
13 50 (6.68%) Project Management
14 46 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (6.15%) Incident Management
14 46 (6.15%) Migration
15 45 (6.02%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 143 (19.12%) PowerShell
2 107 (14.30%) SQL
3 55 (7.35%) C#
4 51 (6.82%) Python
5 43 (5.75%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.87%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.20%) C++
8 8 (1.07%) Java
9 7 (0.94%) Bash
10 6 (0.80%) X++
11 5 (0.67%) C
11 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.67%) Objective-C
11 5 (0.67%) PHP
11 5 (0.67%) VB
12 3 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.27%) Bicep
13 2 (0.27%) R
13 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 264 (35.29%) Degree
2 210 (28.07%) MCSE
3 177 (23.66%) Cisco Certification
4 171 (22.86%) MCP
5 162 (21.66%) CCNA
6 160 (21.39%) Azure Certification
7 157 (20.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 125 (16.71%) CCNP
9 108 (14.44%) MCSA
10 95 (12.70%) LPIC
11 73 (9.76%) A+ Certification
12 64 (8.56%) Network+ Certification
13 59 (7.89%) Security Cleared
14 43 (5.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 36 (4.81%) SC Cleared
16 28 (3.74%) MCITP
17 27 (3.61%) AWS Certification
18 17 (2.27%) HND
19 16 (2.14%) HNC
20 13 (1.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.22%) SLA
2 31 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (2.14%) GDPR
5 8 (1.07%) NCSC
5 8 (1.07%) QA
6 7 (0.94%) NIST
6 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.67%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.67%) PMO
8 5 (0.67%) WCAG
9 4 (0.53%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 294 (39.30%) Active Directory
2 91 (12.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (10.56%) Hyper-V
4 36 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 23 (3.07%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.41%) vSphere
8 9 (1.20%) VMware NSX
9 7 (0.94%) Docker
10 6 (0.80%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.40%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.40%) Firmware
12 2 (0.27%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.27%) XenApp
13 1 (0.13%) LXC
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.13%) Samba
13 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 87 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (7.75%) SCCM
3 32 (4.28%) Terraform
4 19 (2.54%) WSUS
5 16 (2.14%) Ansible
6 12 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.47%) SCOM
8 10 (1.34%) Kubernetes
9 9 (1.20%) NetBackup
10 8 (1.07%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.94%) PaperCut
12 6 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
12 6 (0.80%) QRadar
13 5 (0.67%) Autotask
13 5 (0.67%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.53%) Iperf
14 4 (0.53%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.53%) vRealize
14 4 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 687 (91.84%) Microsoft
2 191 (25.53%) Cisco
3 115 (15.37%) VMware
4 52 (6.95%) Google
5 36 (4.81%) Dell
5 36 (4.81%) Veeam
6 32 (4.28%) Citrix
7 31 (4.14%) Apple
8 30 (4.01%) Fortinet
9 24 (3.21%) SolarWinds
10 22 (2.94%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.27%) SAP
11 17 (2.27%) Ubiquiti
12 15 (2.01%) Palo Alto
13 10 (1.34%) HP
13 10 (1.34%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.34%) SonicWALL
13 10 (1.34%) Splunk
13 10 (1.34%) WatchGuard
14 9 (1.20%) Oracle