Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Certification
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 60 69
Rank change year-on-year -72 +9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 8 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.26% 0.97% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.60% 4.23% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile £34,300 - -
25th Percentile £46,000 £37,170 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,094 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.38% -4.77% +19.40%
75th Percentile £57,500 £39,018 £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £39,047 £45,000
% change year-on-year +21.65% -13.23% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 500 189 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.96% 22.83% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 277 107 134
10th Percentile £32,257 £30,433 £35,331
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,745 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,395 £58,500 £54,272
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +7.79% +20.60%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,891
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -4.31%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Wales

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Wales over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Wales

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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
South Wales -36 8 £55,000 +44.38% 14
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Copilot Studio
3 3 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (37.50%) Power Automate
3 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (37.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Backup Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Backup Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Storage Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Storage and Backup Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Fat Client
1 1 (12.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Insight
2 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Data Security
2 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) IT Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Debt
2 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Foundry
3 1 (12.50%) NetApp
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