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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 76 81
Rank change year-on-year +11 +5 +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.92% 0.76% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.88% 2.54% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 7
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,100 £33,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.11% -17.78%
75th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £46,000
90th Percentile - £43,250 £50,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -9.00% +3.09%

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 258 276 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 23.78% 29.90% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 96 136 178
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £32,620
25th Percentile £34,563 £44,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £45,035
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +22.13% -3.15%
75th Percentile £75,900 £66,469 £61,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,144 £74,946
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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
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 31 December 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
South Wales +7 9 £35,000 -12.50% 10
West Wales +5 1 £30,000 +3.45% 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (40.00%) GitHub
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) DHCP
1 5 (50.00%) DNS
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Trainee
3 2 (20.00%) Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) Trainee Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) Web Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Trainee Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) CSS
1 4 (40.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (10.00%) Application Security
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (40.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft