Microsoft Certification Jobs in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 82 151 188
Rank change year-on-year +69 +37 -32
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 131 99 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.93% 1.37% 1.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.19% 5.21% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 51 75 70
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -8.43% -2.35%
75th Percentile £49,000 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,525 1,901 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 56.55% 26.26% 41.19%
Number of salaries quoted 572 1,277 969
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,475 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the West Midlands region 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
Staffordshire +31 35 £35,000 -30.00% 8
Warwickshire +5 27 £50,000 - 3
Birmingham +24 21 £41,778 -3.35% 8
Worcestershire +23 9 - - 1
Herefordshire +8 4 £40,000 +45.45%
Coventry - 3 £47,500 - 1
Wolverhampton +12 2 - -
Kingswinford - 2 - -
Rowley Regis - 2 - -
Smethwick - 2 - -
Bilston - 2 - -
Willenhall - 2 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - -
Tipton - 2 - -
Walsall - 2 - -
Shropshire +19 1 £55,000 +292.86%
Solihull +8 1 - - 1
Wednesbury +5 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.74%) Azure
2 16 (12.21%) Google Workspace
2 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.87%) AWS
3 9 (6.87%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (3.05%) Route 53
6 3 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.53%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.53%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.76%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 88 (67.18%) WLAN
2 73 (55.73%) Network Security
3 72 (54.96%) Internet
4 28 (21.37%) Firewall
5 22 (16.79%) DHCP
5 22 (16.79%) DNS
6 20 (15.27%) VLAN
7 16 (12.21%) BGP
7 16 (12.21%) OSPF
7 16 (12.21%) TCP/IP
8 15 (11.45%) WAN
9 11 (8.40%) LAN
10 10 (7.63%) VPN
11 4 (3.05%) HTTPS
11 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) GitLab
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.21%) Automotive
2 16 (12.21%) Retail
3 8 (6.11%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.53%) Finance
5 2 (1.53%) Marketing
6 1 (0.76%) Advertising
6 1 (0.76%) Law
6 1 (0.76%) Legal
6 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (68.70%) IT Engineer
2 85 (64.89%) Support Engineer
3 73 (55.73%) IT Support
3 73 (55.73%) IT Support Engineer
4 24 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (12.21%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (3.82%) Technical Support
7 5 (3.82%) Technical Support Analyst
8 4 (3.05%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Developer
9 3 (2.29%) Consultant
9 3 (2.29%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.29%) .NET
1 3 (2.29%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.76%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 72 (54.96%) Driving Licence
2 22 (16.79%) Management Information System
3 16 (12.21%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.76%) Clustering
6 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 118 (90.08%) Windows
2 89 (67.94%) Linux
3 33 (25.19%) Windows Server
4 23 (17.56%) Windows 10
5 22 (16.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (12.21%) Mac OS X
6 16 (12.21%) Ubuntu
6 16 (12.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (68.70%) Computer Science
2 83 (63.36%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (62.60%) ITIL
4 77 (58.78%) Asset Management
5 73 (55.73%) Mentoring
6 72 (54.96%) IT Asset Management
6 72 (54.96%) Network Management
7 24 (18.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (12.21%) Business Case
8 16 (12.21%) Performance Tuning
8 16 (12.21%) Systems Engineering
9 11 (8.40%) Roadmaps
10 8 (6.11%) Customer Service
11 7 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.34%) Cost Management
11 7 (5.34%) Infrastructure Management
11 7 (5.34%) Server Management
12 6 (4.58%) Incident Management
12 6 (4.58%) Logistics
12 6 (4.58%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.90%) PowerShell
2 21 (16.03%) SQL
3 4 (3.05%) Python
4 3 (2.29%) C#
4 3 (2.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 99 (75.57%) MCSE
2 96 (73.28%) Degree
3 89 (67.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 84 (64.12%) MCP
5 74 (56.49%) CCNA
5 74 (56.49%) Cisco Certification
6 72 (54.96%) CCNP
6 72 (54.96%) LPIC
7 18 (13.74%) MCSA
8 17 (12.98%) HND
9 16 (12.21%) HNC
10 11 (8.40%) A+ Certification
11 9 (6.87%) AWS Certification
11 9 (6.87%) Azure Certification
12 4 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (2.29%) SC Cleared
13 3 (2.29%) Security Cleared
14 1 (0.76%) CISSP
14 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (0.76%) GRC
1 1 (0.76%) QA
1 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (29.01%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.76%) Nessus
3 1 (0.76%) SCCM
3 1 (0.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 124 (94.66%) Microsoft
2 89 (67.94%) Cisco
3 19 (14.50%) Dell
4 17 (12.98%) Google
5 16 (12.21%) Apple
5 16 (12.21%) Fortinet
5 16 (12.21%) Ubiquiti
6 6 (4.58%) VMware
7 3 (2.29%) Citrix
7 3 (2.29%) Isilon
8 1 (0.76%) Meraki
8 1 (0.76%) Netskope
8 1 (0.76%) SAP