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 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 256 224 281
Rank change year-on-year -32 +57 +70
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 685 1,324 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 1.28% 1.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.52% 4.75% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 505 1,096 861
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -

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 27,184 27,860 32,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.68% 26.87% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,043 17,264 14,482
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,364 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 31 May 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 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
England -40 629 £45,000 - 438
UK excluding London -38 455 £35,000 -12.50% 322
Work from Home -42 211 £50,000 -1.96% 219
London +16 184 £57,500 -6.12% 169
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
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
1 100 (14.60%) SharePoint
2 83 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.88%) IIS
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 67 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.73%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 36 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.58%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.44%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.44%) Sage 50
6 2 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 391 (57.08%) Azure
2 297 (43.36%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (17.81%) Entra ID
4 114 (16.64%) Power Platform
5 95 (13.87%) Dynamics 365
6 89 (12.99%) AWS
7 61 (8.91%) PowerApps
8 49 (7.15%) OneDrive
9 48 (7.01%) Power Automate
10 40 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (5.55%) SaaS
12 35 (5.11%) PaaS
13 29 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (3.50%) IaaS
15 23 (3.36%) GCP
16 21 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
18 15 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
19 14 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 121 (17.66%) DNS
2 111 (16.20%) Firewall
3 92 (13.43%) DHCP
4 75 (10.95%) WAN
5 70 (10.22%) LAN
6 68 (9.93%) TCP/IP
7 62 (9.05%) VPN
8 54 (7.88%) VLAN
9 41 (5.99%) WLAN
10 39 (5.69%) Network Security
11 35 (5.11%) Wireless
12 29 (4.23%) Internet
13 27 (3.94%) SAN
14 19 (2.77%) Cisco IOS
15 16 (2.34%) NAS
15 16 (2.34%) VoIP
16 13 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
17 12 (1.75%) IPsec
18 11 (1.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (9.64%) SQL Server
2 43 (6.28%) Power BI
3 17 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.73%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.58%) Metabase
8 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.58%) Power Query
9 3 (0.44%) Big Data
9 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.44%) Tableau
10 2 (0.29%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.29%) MySQL
10 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (2.34%) JIRA
2 6 (0.88%) Git
3 5 (0.73%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.73%) Balsamiq
3 5 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.15%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.15%) ESLint
6 1 (0.15%) Gatling
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
General
1 342 (49.93%) Social Skills
2 133 (19.42%) Finance
3 75 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.01%) Law
5 33 (4.82%) Banking
5 33 (4.82%) Marketing
6 31 (4.53%) Retail
7 29 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.77%) Automotive
9 19 (2.77%) Legal
10 13 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.17%) Welsh Language
15 7 (1.02%) Humanities
16 6 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 130 (18.98%) IT Support
2 108 (15.77%) Support Engineer
3 100 (14.60%) Analyst
4 86 (12.55%) IT Engineer
5 78 (11.39%) Senior
6 64 (9.34%) IT Support Engineer
7 63 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 54 (7.88%) Support Analyst
9 51 (7.45%) 2nd Line Support
10 47 (6.86%) Consultant
11 42 (6.13%) Developer
12 39 (5.69%) Technical Support
13 34 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
14 33 (4.82%) Lead
15 30 (4.38%) 1st Line Support
15 30 (4.38%) Architect
16 27 (3.94%) IT Analyst
17 25 (3.65%) Infrastructure Support
18 22 (3.21%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
18 22 (3.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.13%) .NET
2 13 (1.90%) ASP.NET
3 11 (1.61%) .NET Framework
4 9 (1.31%) Web Services
5 8 (1.17%) CSS
5 8 (1.17%) HTML
5 8 (1.17%) JSON
6 7 (1.02%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.02%) REST
7 6 (0.88%) Middleware
7 6 (0.88%) SAML
7 6 (0.88%) WPF
8 5 (0.73%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
8 5 (0.73%) LDAP
8 5 (0.73%) OAuth
8 5 (0.73%) OpenID
8 5 (0.73%) SailPoint
8 5 (0.73%) XML
9 4 (0.58%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 62 (9.05%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.28%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 24 (3.50%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.90%) Smartphone
9 11 (1.61%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 11 (1.61%) IoT
9 11 (1.61%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.46%) Blackberry
10 10 (1.46%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.02%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.88%) PKI
12 6 (0.88%) Replication
13 5 (0.73%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 337 (49.20%) Windows
2 171 (24.96%) Windows Server
3 116 (16.93%) Linux
4 79 (11.53%) Windows 10
5 45 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 34 (4.96%) Mac OS
7 25 (3.65%) Mac OS X
8 21 (3.07%) Android
9 18 (2.63%) Ubuntu
10 17 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (2.19%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.88%) CentOS
12 6 (0.88%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.58%) Unix
14 2 (0.29%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.15%) Solaris
15 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (42.77%) Problem-Solving
2 202 (29.49%) ITIL
3 151 (22.04%) Customer Service
4 96 (14.01%) Mentoring
5 92 (13.43%) Computer Science
6 86 (12.55%) Agile
7 70 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 67 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (9.78%) DevOps
9 60 (8.76%) Service Management
10 54 (7.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 51 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
12 49 (7.15%) ITSM
12 49 (7.15%) Migration
13 48 (7.01%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (6.72%) CRM
15 45 (6.57%) Analytics
15 45 (6.57%) Asset Management
16 44 (6.42%) Incident Management
17 41 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 131 (19.12%) PowerShell
2 114 (16.64%) SQL
3 52 (7.59%) Python
4 49 (7.15%) C#
5 34 (4.96%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.61%) Bash
7 10 (1.46%) X++
8 9 (1.31%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.58%) Bicep
11 4 (0.58%) C++
12 3 (0.44%) Java
13 2 (0.29%) Perl
13 2 (0.29%) R
13 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.29%) VB
13 2 (0.29%) VBScript
14 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 198 (28.91%) Degree
2 148 (21.61%) Azure Certification
3 146 (21.31%) MCSE
4 112 (16.35%) MCSA
5 104 (15.18%) Cisco Certification
5 104 (15.18%) MCP
6 91 (13.28%) CCNA
7 89 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 83 (12.12%) A+ Certification
9 61 (8.91%) Network+ Certification
10 59 (8.61%) CCNP
11 53 (7.74%) Security Cleared
12 38 (5.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 36 (5.26%) MCITP
14 31 (4.53%) SC Cleared
15 30 (4.38%) LPIC
16 26 (3.80%) AWS Certification
17 17 (2.48%) HND
18 16 (2.34%) DBS Check
19 13 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.61%) SLA
2 30 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (2.92%) GDPR
5 8 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.17%) NCSC
5 8 (1.17%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.17%) QA
6 7 (1.02%) NIST
7 6 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.73%) WCAG
9 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.44%) PMO
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 276 (40.29%) Active Directory
2 74 (10.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (9.34%) Hyper-V
4 34 (4.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.48%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (2.48%) vSphere
6 6 (0.88%) Docker
6 6 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.29%) GPFS
7 2 (0.29%) Lustre
7 2 (0.29%) NFS
8 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.15%) Firmware
8 1 (0.15%) LXC
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.15%) Samba
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 82 (11.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (5.55%) SCCM
3 34 (4.96%) Terraform
4 12 (1.75%) Ansible
5 11 (1.61%) SCOM
6 10 (1.46%) Kubernetes
6 10 (1.46%) WSUS
7 9 (1.31%) NetBackup
8 7 (1.02%) PaperCut
8 7 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.88%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.88%) QRadar
10 5 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.73%) Autotask
11 4 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.44%) Iperf
12 3 (0.44%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.29%) SmoothWall
13 2 (0.29%) vRealize
Vendors
1 609 (88.91%) Microsoft
2 108 (15.77%) Cisco
3 100 (14.60%) VMware
4 38 (5.55%) Google
5 31 (4.53%) Veeam
6 28 (4.09%) Apple
6 28 (4.09%) Dell
7 25 (3.65%) Fortinet
8 23 (3.36%) Citrix
9 22 (3.21%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.77%) SolarWinds
11 15 (2.19%) Palo Alto
11 15 (2.19%) SAP
12 12 (1.75%) Ubiquiti
13 11 (1.61%) Oracle
13 11 (1.61%) Splunk
14 10 (1.46%) Adobe
14 10 (1.46%) SonicWALL
14 10 (1.46%) WatchGuard
15 9 (1.31%) Okta