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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 127 193
Rank change year-on-year +28 +66 -13
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 148 101 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.12% 1.99% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.46% 4.96% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 66 67 111
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £31,921
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £53,563 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,066 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%

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 1,984 2,035 2,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 28.36% 40.09% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 956 990 1,587
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £29,256
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -3.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Birmingham -1 38 £43,227 -30.84% 8
Staffordshire -10 32 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Warwickshire +19 18 - - 3
Worcestershire - 17 £35,000 -
Solihull +8 5 £62,500 +123.21% 1
Herefordshire -4 4 £27,500 -45.00%
Wolverhampton -3 3 £25,500 -63.04%
Walsall - 2 - -
Coventry +20 1 - -
Shropshire -4 1 £14,000 -46.67% 1
Dudley - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Stourbridge - 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Wednesbury - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Bilston - 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 24 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (12.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (20.95%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.03%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 69 (46.62%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (29.73%) Azure
3 20 (13.51%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.78%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.05%) Google Workspace
6 6 (4.05%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.03%) AWS
7 3 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.03%) GCP
7 3 (2.03%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.35%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.35%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 57 (38.51%) Network Security
2 56 (37.84%) WLAN
3 54 (36.49%) Internet
4 15 (10.14%) Firewall
4 15 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (7.43%) DNS
5 11 (7.43%) VPN
6 9 (6.08%) DHCP
7 7 (4.73%) LAN
7 7 (4.73%) TCP/IP
7 7 (4.73%) WAN
8 6 (4.05%) BGP
8 6 (4.05%) OSPF
8 6 (4.05%) VLAN
9 5 (3.38%) Wireless
10 4 (2.70%) Intranet
10 4 (2.70%) VSAN
11 3 (2.03%) SAN
12 2 (1.35%) FTP
12 2 (1.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.11%) Power BI
2 11 (7.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.03%) Metadata
4 3 (2.03%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.35%) Big Data
5 2 (1.35%) MySQL
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 50 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.46%) Retail
4 8 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (5.41%) Police
5 7 (4.73%) Finance
5 7 (4.73%) Local Government
6 6 (4.05%) Automotive
7 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.35%) Law
10 2 (1.35%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 75 (50.68%) IT Support
2 72 (48.65%) IT Engineer
3 64 (43.24%) Support Engineer
4 61 (41.22%) IT Support Engineer
5 11 (7.43%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (6.76%) Support Technician
7 9 (6.08%) Architect
7 9 (6.08%) IT Support Technician
7 9 (6.08%) IT Technician
8 8 (5.41%) Consultant
9 7 (4.73%) Analyst
10 6 (4.05%) Functional Consultant
10 6 (4.05%) Senior
11 5 (3.38%) Support Analyst
11 5 (3.38%) Technical Support
12 4 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (2.70%) IT Manager
12 4 (2.70%) Lead
12 4 (2.70%) Network Engineer
12 4 (2.70%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 50 (33.78%) Driving Licence
1 50 (33.78%) Onboarding
2 15 (10.14%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.43%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.76%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.05%) Smartphone
6 6 (4.05%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.70%) EPoS
8 4 (2.70%) PKI
9 2 (1.35%) CCTV
9 2 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.35%) iPad
9 2 (1.35%) Media Streaming
9 2 (1.35%) PMI
9 2 (1.35%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) IoT
10 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 114 (77.03%) Windows
2 61 (41.22%) Linux
3 31 (20.95%) Windows Server
4 22 (14.86%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.05%) Mac OS X
6 6 (4.05%) Ubuntu
6 6 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.70%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.03%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.35%) Android
9 2 (1.35%) VMS
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (53.38%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (43.92%) ITIL
3 64 (43.24%) Computer Science
4 52 (35.14%) Mentoring
5 51 (34.46%) Asset Management
5 51 (34.46%) IT Asset Management
6 50 (33.78%) Network Management
7 19 (12.84%) Customer Service
8 17 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (10.81%) Agile
10 15 (10.14%) Presales
11 14 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (7.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 10 (6.76%) Change Management
14 8 (5.41%) Migration
14 8 (5.41%) Performance Tuning
14 8 (5.41%) Software Licensing
15 7 (4.73%) Customer Requirements
15 7 (4.73%) Line Management
15 7 (4.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.22%) SQL
2 9 (6.08%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.05%) C#
4 5 (3.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (57.43%) Degree
2 82 (55.41%) MCSE
3 64 (43.24%) CCNA
3 64 (43.24%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (43.24%) MCP
4 57 (38.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (35.81%) CCNP
6 50 (33.78%) LPIC
7 13 (8.78%) A+ Certification
7 13 (8.78%) Azure Certification
8 10 (6.76%) MCSA
9 9 (6.08%) Security Cleared
10 8 (5.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (4.73%) MCITP
12 6 (4.05%) DBS Check
12 6 (4.05%) HNC
12 6 (4.05%) HND
12 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
13 5 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) SLA
2 5 (3.38%) GDPR
3 3 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 62 (41.89%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.78%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.08%) vSphere
5 2 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (1.35%) XenApp
5 2 (1.35%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.68%) Firmware
6 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (7.43%) SCCM
2 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.70%) AirWatch
3 4 (2.70%) Terraform
4 2 (1.35%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 139 (93.92%) Microsoft
2 62 (41.89%) Cisco
3 30 (20.27%) VMware
4 17 (11.49%) Apple
5 12 (8.11%) Dell
6 10 (6.76%) HP
7 8 (5.41%) Adobe
7 8 (5.41%) Google
8 6 (4.05%) Citrix
8 6 (4.05%) Fortinet
8 6 (4.05%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.05%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (3.38%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (2.03%) Databricks
10 3 (2.03%) NEC
10 3 (2.03%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.35%) EMC
11 2 (1.35%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.35%) Meraki
11 2 (1.35%) Sage