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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 321 346
Rank change year-on-year +95 +25 -62
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,322 1,101 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.33% 1.09% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.81% 3.34% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 883 1,178
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,186 £46,283
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% -2.37% +2.85%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,350 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +3.66%

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 27,489 32,962 42,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,297 14,888 18,855
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,276 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.49% +2.55% +0.50%

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 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Top 18 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 May 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
England +110 1,211 £45,000 - 260
UK excluding London +54 966 £40,000 -3.61% 214
Work from Home +84 465 £50,000 - 118
London +118 307 £62,500 +13.64% 56
North of England +147 278 £40,000 -15.79% 60
South East +28 240 £39,000 +6.85% 37
Midlands +17 163 £38,000 -7.32% 35
North West +31 124 £40,000 -14.89% 39
East of England +28 106 £40,000 -5.88% 18
West Midlands +9 99 £38,000 -7.32% 21
South West -21 99 £40,000 -5.33% 43
Yorkshire +123 90 £40,000 -15.79% 14
East Midlands +9 64 £44,612 +10.15% 14
North East - 64 £32,500 - 8
Scotland -51 42 £57,500 +27.78% 17
Wales +14 25 £27,000 -40.66% 5
Northern Ireland +26 12 £45,000 -27.71% 5
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

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
1 210 (15.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (14.52%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.06%) IIS
3 14 (1.06%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (1.06%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.76%) CMS
6 9 (0.68%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.076%) Confluence
8 1 (0.076%) Drupal
8 1 (0.076%) SAS
8 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 164 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 38 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.076%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.076%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 832 (62.93%) Azure
2 534 (40.39%) Microsoft 365
3 297 (22.47%) Power Platform
4 149 (11.27%) AWS
5 121 (9.15%) Entra ID
6 101 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
8 87 (6.58%) PowerApps
9 79 (5.98%) Power Automate
10 46 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 42 (3.18%) IaaS
12 41 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 40 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
13 40 (3.03%) PaaS
14 38 (2.87%) Serverless
15 34 (2.57%) OneDrive
16 33 (2.50%) GCP
17 30 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
18 29 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
19 25 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 218 (16.49%) Firewall
2 137 (10.36%) DNS
3 130 (9.83%) DHCP
4 117 (8.85%) SAN
5 97 (7.34%) TCP/IP
6 90 (6.81%) Broadband
7 89 (6.73%) VPN
8 84 (6.35%) WAN
9 79 (5.98%) LAN
10 73 (5.52%) Network Security
11 68 (5.14%) VLAN
12 51 (3.86%) VoIP
13 48 (3.63%) Internet
14 42 (3.18%) Wireless
15 40 (3.03%) NAS
16 32 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
17 31 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
18 26 (1.97%) Intranet
19 20 (1.51%) SD-WAN
20 15 (1.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (17.93%) Power BI
2 220 (16.64%) SQL Server
3 119 (9.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 49 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (3.33%) Data Lake
7 40 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 32 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
9 29 (2.19%) Relational Database
10 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 16 (1.21%) Big Data
11 16 (1.21%) Metadata
12 9 (0.68%) MySQL
12 9 (0.68%) QlikView
12 9 (0.68%) Tableau
13 7 (0.53%) Oracle Database
14 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
15 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (1.44%) JIRA
2 17 (1.29%) Git
3 13 (0.98%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.98%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.68%) GitLab
5 8 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.15%) Hudson
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.076%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.076%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.076%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.076%) MSI
11 1 (0.076%) Vagrant
General
1 580 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 161 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (10.51%) Finance
4 124 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
8 56 (4.24%) Marketing
9 45 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 43 (3.25%) Legal
11 37 (2.80%) Retail
12 36 (2.72%) Telecoms
13 29 (2.19%) Law
14 18 (1.36%) Banking
15 14 (1.06%) Billing
16 13 (0.98%) Automotive
17 10 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.76%) Games
17 10 (0.76%) Local Government
18 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 184 (13.92%) Support Engineer
2 172 (13.01%) IT Support
3 133 (10.06%) Senior
4 126 (9.53%) Architect
5 115 (8.70%) IT Engineer
6 111 (8.40%) DBA
7 107 (8.09%) Analyst
8 102 (7.72%) SQL DBA
9 91 (6.88%) Consultant
10 84 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
11 81 (6.13%) Developer
12 79 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support
13 72 (5.45%) Lead
14 67 (5.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 67 (5.07%) 3rd Line Support
15 64 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (4.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 59 (4.46%) Administrator
18 50 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
19 47 (3.56%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.84%) HTML
2 60 (4.54%) CSS
3 54 (4.08%) .NET
4 30 (2.27%) ARM Templates
5 24 (1.82%) ASP.NET
6 23 (1.74%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
8 21 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (1.51%) .NET Core
10 18 (1.36%) Entity Framework
11 15 (1.13%) PySpark
12 11 (0.83%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.83%) Web Services
13 10 (0.76%) jQuery
14 8 (0.61%) ADO
14 8 (0.61%) Middleware
15 7 (0.53%) REST
15 7 (0.53%) XML
16 6 (0.45%) React
17 5 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 97 (7.34%) Data Centre
2 70 (5.30%) Driving Licence
3 64 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.63%) Replication
5 47 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 47 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (3.40%) Public Cloud
8 40 (3.03%) Blockchain
9 34 (2.57%) Private Cloud
10 33 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
11 31 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.27%) Security Posture
13 29 (2.19%) Cloud Native
13 29 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
15 19 (1.44%) Virtual Team
16 17 (1.29%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.29%) Product Ownership
17 16 (1.21%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 559 (42.28%) Windows
2 292 (22.09%) Windows Server
3 154 (11.65%) Linux
4 132 (9.98%) Windows 10
5 96 (7.26%) VMS
6 52 (3.93%) Mac OS
6 52 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (3.71%) Debian
8 47 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 46 (3.48%) CentOS
10 41 (3.10%) Apple iOS
11 40 (3.03%) Alpine Linux
12 35 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
13 21 (1.59%) Android
13 21 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
14 18 (1.36%) Windows 8
15 15 (1.13%) Ubuntu
16 13 (0.98%) Windows 7
17 12 (0.91%) SUSE
18 11 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (22.47%) ITIL
3 277 (20.95%) Customer Service
4 242 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
5 170 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
6 167 (12.63%) DevOps
7 146 (11.04%) Agile
8 145 (10.97%) Computer Science
9 142 (10.74%) Disaster Recovery
10 120 (9.08%) Project Management
11 118 (8.93%) Project Delivery
12 117 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 114 (8.62%) CI/CD
13 114 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
14 107 (8.09%) Artificial Intelligence
15 102 (7.72%) Migration
16 98 (7.41%) Performance Tuning
17 97 (7.34%) High Availability
18 86 (6.51%) Presales
19 83 (6.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 306 (23.15%) SQL
2 123 (9.30%) PowerShell
3 111 (8.40%) C#
4 97 (7.34%) T-SQL
5 70 (5.30%) JavaScript
6 44 (3.33%) Python
7 28 (2.12%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 18 (1.36%) Bash
10 12 (0.91%) Bicep
11 10 (0.76%) Java
11 10 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (0.76%) U-SQL
12 9 (0.68%) C
13 8 (0.61%) C++
14 7 (0.53%) R
15 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.30%) PHP
17 3 (0.23%) Go
17 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 399 (30.18%) Degree
2 313 (23.68%) MCSE
3 243 (18.38%) Azure Certification
4 204 (15.43%) MCSA
5 175 (13.24%) Cisco Certification
6 157 (11.88%) MCP
7 145 (10.97%) A+ Certification
8 143 (10.82%) CCNA
9 121 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 106 (8.02%) Security Cleared
11 89 (6.73%) SC Cleared
12 83 (6.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 76 (5.75%) DBS Check
14 50 (3.78%) Network+ Certification
15 45 (3.40%) MCITP
16 31 (2.34%) CCNP
17 29 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
18 27 (2.04%) CISSP
19 26 (1.97%) AWS Certification
20 24 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.28%) SLA
2 45 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.95%) GDPR
4 24 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (1.59%) QA
6 17 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 16 (1.21%) NIST
8 15 (1.13%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.98%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.98%) WCAG
10 9 (0.68%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.076%) PMO
13 1 (0.076%) SOC 2
System Software
1 496 (37.52%) Active Directory
2 214 (16.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (11.20%) Hyper-V
4 97 (7.34%) Virtual Machines
5 68 (5.14%) Docker
6 53 (4.01%) vSphere
7 31 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
8 25 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
9 22 (1.66%) XenDesktop
10 14 (1.06%) XenApp
11 12 (0.91%) vCloud
12 9 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.61%) Firmware
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) KVM
15 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.076%) LXC
17 1 (0.076%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 130 (9.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (7.03%) Kubernetes
3 85 (6.43%) Terraform
4 83 (6.28%) SCCM
5 24 (1.82%) SCOM
6 14 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 12 (0.91%) FortiGate
8 11 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.68%) WSUS
10 8 (0.61%) Autotask
11 7 (0.53%) Ansible
11 7 (0.53%) SmoothWall
12 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.38%) Grafana
12 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.30%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.23%) PowerCLI
14 3 (0.23%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,178 (89.11%) Microsoft
2 283 (21.41%) VMware
3 114 (8.62%) Cisco
4 78 (5.90%) HP
5 66 (4.99%) Veeam
6 65 (4.92%) Citrix
7 61 (4.61%) Apple
8 50 (3.78%) Adobe
9 49 (3.71%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.40%) IBM
11 37 (2.80%) Google
12 36 (2.72%) Databricks
13 32 (2.42%) Meraki
14 29 (2.19%) Dell
15 28 (2.12%) Nimble Storage
16 25 (1.89%) SolarWinds
17 18 (1.36%) Oracle
18 17 (1.29%) Commvault
19 15 (1.13%) Sophos
20 14 (1.06%) Bloomberg