Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Certification Job Trends

Microsoft Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 243 226
Rank change year-on-year +53 -17 +82
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 243 202 461
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 1.36% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.72% 4.26% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 145 165 388
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.48% +1.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £34,003 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% - -0.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,249 4,746 8,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.83% 32.04% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,873 2,411 5,891
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.91% -5.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,048
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.76% -9.20%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Microsoft Certification salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 57 (23.46%) SharePoint
2 34 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) Drupal
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 68 (27.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 154 (63.37%) Microsoft 365
2 145 (59.67%) Azure
3 91 (37.45%) AWS
4 56 (23.05%) Entra ID
5 33 (13.58%) Power Platform
6 25 (10.29%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (8.64%) Serverless
8 20 (8.23%) Power Automate
9 16 (6.58%) PowerApps
10 12 (4.94%) SaaS
11 11 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (3.29%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.88%) GCP
14 5 (2.06%) Azure AI
14 5 (2.06%) Intacct
15 4 (1.65%) Azure API Management
15 4 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.40%) Firewall
2 23 (9.47%) DNS
3 22 (9.05%) VPN
4 21 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (6.58%) WAN
6 15 (6.17%) DHCP
7 13 (5.35%) LAN
8 9 (3.70%) VoIP
9 5 (2.06%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.06%) VLAN
10 3 (1.23%) Intranet
10 3 (1.23%) SMTP
10 3 (1.23%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.82%) Network Security
11 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.41%) DKIM
12 1 (0.41%) DMARC
12 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.41%) Internet
12 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.41%) Power BI
2 9 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.82%) Tableau
5 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.41%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.41%) Power Query
5 1 (0.41%) Redis
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Burp Suite
1 4 (1.65%) JIRA
1 4 (1.65%) Metasploit
1 4 (1.65%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.82%) Git
2 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Gatling
3 1 (0.41%) JMeter
3 1 (0.41%) Vagrant
General
1 145 (59.67%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.16%) French Language
3 33 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (12.35%) Finance
5 25 (10.29%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.94%) Law
7 11 (4.53%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.29%) Retail
8 8 (3.29%) Swedish Language
9 7 (2.88%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.47%) Legal
10 6 (2.47%) Marketing
11 3 (1.23%) Aviation
11 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.23%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.82%) Advertising
12 2 (0.82%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 76 (31.28%) Analyst
2 62 (25.51%) Service Analyst
2 62 (25.51%) Service Desk Analyst
3 40 (16.46%) Senior
4 37 (15.23%) IT Engineer
5 31 (12.76%) IT Support
6 29 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (9.88%) Consultant
8 21 (8.64%) Architect
9 19 (7.82%) IT Support Engineer
9 19 (7.82%) Support Engineer
10 18 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (7.00%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (6.17%) Developer
13 10 (4.12%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.12%) IT Analyst
13 10 (4.12%) Lead
13 10 (4.12%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.70%) Power Platform Developer
14 9 (3.70%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.94%) .NET
2 11 (4.53%) HTML5 Canvas
3 5 (2.06%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.82%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (0.82%) React
6 2 (0.82%) REST
6 2 (0.82%) SAML
7 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.41%) JSON
7 1 (0.41%) Memcached
7 1 (0.41%) PySpark
7 1 (0.41%) RESTful
7 1 (0.41%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.70%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.35%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.94%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (4.12%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.65%) IoT
9 3 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.23%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.23%) Social Media
10 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.82%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 63 (25.93%) Windows
2 24 (9.88%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.76%) Linux
4 9 (3.70%) Android
4 9 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.47%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.41%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (44.86%) ITIL
2 94 (38.68%) Customer Service
3 63 (25.93%) ITSM
4 62 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (23.46%) Performance Metrics
6 40 (16.46%) Mentoring
7 35 (14.40%) Migration
8 34 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (11.52%) Computer Science
11 27 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (9.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (8.23%) Service Delivery
15 19 (7.82%) Cloud Security
16 18 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
16 18 (7.41%) Roadmaps
17 17 (7.00%) AI
18 16 (6.58%) DevOps
18 16 (6.58%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.76%) PowerShell
2 30 (12.35%) C#
3 22 (9.05%) JavaScript
4 19 (7.82%) Python
5 16 (6.58%) SQL
6 10 (4.12%) Java
6 10 (4.12%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.47%) Bicep
8 3 (1.23%) Bash
9 2 (0.82%) R
10 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.41%) PHP
10 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (48.56%) Degree
2 77 (31.69%) MCSE
3 73 (30.04%) AWS Certification
4 66 (27.16%) Azure Certification
5 42 (17.28%) Security Cleared
6 38 (15.64%) SC Cleared
7 28 (11.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (8.64%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (8.23%) CCNA
10 14 (5.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 13 (5.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (3.70%) DBS Check
14 8 (3.29%) MCSA
15 7 (2.88%) CISSP
15 7 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (2.06%) DV Cleared
17 4 (1.65%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (23.87%) QA
2 18 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.47%) GDPR
4 6 (2.47%) NIST
5 4 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.65%) SLA
6 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (23.05%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.82%) Hyper-V
3 18 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.47%) Docker
5 5 (2.06%) vSphere
6 4 (1.65%) Firmware
7 3 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.53%) Terraform
3 10 (4.12%) SCCM
4 6 (2.47%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.65%) Nmap
6 3 (1.23%) Ansible
6 3 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.23%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.82%) Nessus
7 2 (0.82%) WSUS
8 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.41%) Consul
8 1 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.41%) Grafana
8 1 (0.41%) Packer
8 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.41%) Puppet
8 1 (0.41%) QRadar
8 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 237 (97.53%) Microsoft
2 66 (27.16%) ServiceNow
3 23 (9.47%) Cisco
3 23 (9.47%) VMware
4 10 (4.12%) Citrix
4 10 (4.12%) Draytek
4 10 (4.12%) Fortinet
5 9 (3.70%) Apple
5 9 (3.70%) Meraki
6 6 (2.47%) Google
6 6 (2.47%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.47%) SonicWALL
7 5 (2.06%) Foundry
7 5 (2.06%) Sage
7 5 (2.06%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (2.06%) Veeam
8 4 (1.65%) ConnectWise
8 4 (1.65%) Datto
8 4 (1.65%) Oracle
9 3 (1.23%) Dell