Microsoft Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

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 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 216 275 347
Rank change year-on-year +59 +72 -41
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 410 374 791
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.47% 1.14% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.32% 4.19% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 319 332 602
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%

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 7,707 8,918 18,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.59% 27.17% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 5,570 9,177
10th Percentile £33,755 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,999 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,454
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Certification.

Microsoft Certification salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Microsoft Certification salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 54 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (10.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.98%) Confluence
4 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Moodle
4 1 (0.24%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.17%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.49%) Trello
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (5.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.98%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 299 (72.93%) Azure
2 193 (47.07%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (34.15%) Power Platform
4 52 (12.68%) PowerApps
5 44 (10.73%) Entra ID
6 42 (10.24%) AWS
7 40 (9.76%) Power Automate
8 37 (9.02%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (4.39%) OneDrive
12 17 (4.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (2.68%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
13 11 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (2.44%) PaaS
15 9 (2.20%) Azure AKS
15 9 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (1.95%) Serverless
17 7 (1.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (11.22%) Firewall
2 44 (10.73%) Broadband
3 30 (7.32%) SAN
4 27 (6.59%) DNS
4 27 (6.59%) TCP/IP
5 25 (6.10%) VPN
6 23 (5.61%) VLAN
7 20 (4.88%) DHCP
8 18 (4.39%) Network Security
9 15 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.17%) WAN
11 10 (2.44%) LAN
11 10 (2.44%) Wireless
12 9 (2.20%) VoIP
13 6 (1.46%) Internet
13 6 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (1.46%) VSAN
14 4 (0.98%) NetScaler
14 4 (0.98%) NGFW
14 4 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (28.54%) Power BI
2 76 (18.54%) SQL Server
3 59 (14.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 27 (6.59%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (4.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 17 (4.15%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (2.93%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.46%) MySQL
12 5 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.22%) Redis
13 3 (0.73%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.73%) Metadata
14 2 (0.49%) Big Data
15 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
15 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (3.90%) Axure RP
2 13 (3.17%) Balsamiq
3 10 (2.44%) Git
4 8 (1.95%) JIRA
5 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.49%) GitLab
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 176 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 50 (12.20%) Finance
2 50 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 47 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.34%) Marketing
6 20 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.93%) Retail
8 9 (2.20%) Law
9 8 (1.95%) Banking
9 8 (1.95%) Legal
9 8 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.95%) Police
10 6 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.22%) Local Government
11 5 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.73%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 59 (14.39%) Architect
2 57 (13.90%) DBA
2 57 (13.90%) SQL DBA
3 45 (10.98%) Consultant
4 41 (10.00%) IT Support
4 41 (10.00%) Senior
5 36 (8.78%) Support Engineer
6 30 (7.32%) IT Engineer
7 27 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (6.59%) Platform Architect
7 27 (6.59%) Power Platform Architect
8 26 (6.34%) Analyst
9 24 (5.85%) 3rd Line Support
10 22 (5.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 22 (5.37%) Technical Architect
11 21 (5.12%) IT Support Engineer
12 20 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 20 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (4.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
14 18 (4.39%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.10%) CSS
1 25 (6.10%) HTML
2 19 (4.63%) .NET
3 9 (2.20%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.95%) Middleware
5 6 (1.46%) .NET Core
5 6 (1.46%) jQuery
6 4 (0.98%) React
7 3 (0.73%) ADO
7 3 (0.73%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.49%) RESTful
9 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.24%) JSON
9 1 (0.24%) MDX
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.24%) REST
9 1 (0.24%) XML
9 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 29 (7.07%) Driving Licence
3 28 (6.83%) Private Cloud
4 21 (5.12%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.15%) Enterprise Storage
6 14 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.93%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.71%) Blackberry
9 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.46%) PKI
11 5 (1.22%) NHS
11 5 (1.22%) Replication
12 4 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.98%) CMDB
12 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.73%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 147 (35.85%) Windows
2 65 (15.85%) Windows Server
3 53 (12.93%) Windows 10
4 43 (10.49%) VMS
5 15 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (3.17%) Linux
7 9 (2.20%) Android
8 8 (1.95%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.73%) Unix
13 2 (0.49%) Debian
13 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.24%) AIX
14 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.54%) Business Intelligence
2 101 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (18.05%) ITIL
4 73 (17.80%) Customer Service
5 65 (15.85%) Computer Science
6 59 (14.39%) Agile
7 57 (13.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 52 (12.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 51 (12.44%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (11.95%) Collaborative Working
10 49 (11.95%) Presales
11 47 (11.46%) Migration
12 45 (10.98%) High Availability
12 45 (10.98%) Performance Tuning
13 44 (10.73%) DevOps
14 43 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (8.78%) Performance Optimisation
16 35 (8.54%) Roadmaps
16 35 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
17 33 (8.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 118 (28.78%) SQL
2 50 (12.20%) T-SQL
3 48 (11.71%) C#
4 30 (7.32%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.85%) PowerShell
6 19 (4.63%) Python
7 11 (2.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (2.68%) U-SQL
8 8 (1.95%) Bicep
9 4 (0.98%) Bash
9 4 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.98%) X++
10 3 (0.73%) Go
11 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.24%) C
12 1 (0.24%) Java
12 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 152 (37.07%) Degree
2 78 (19.02%) Azure Certification
3 65 (15.85%) Security Cleared
4 60 (14.63%) SC Cleared
5 50 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (11.22%) MCP
7 45 (10.98%) MCSE
8 37 (9.02%) DBS Check
9 25 (6.10%) A+ Certification
10 24 (5.85%) MCITP
11 22 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (5.12%) CCNA
13 15 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 13 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (3.17%) MCSA
15 11 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (2.44%) CEH
16 10 (2.44%) DV Cleared
17 9 (2.20%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.63%) GDPR
2 17 (4.15%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.17%) WCAG
4 10 (2.44%) QA
5 9 (2.20%) SLA
6 6 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.98%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.73%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 130 (31.71%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (12.44%) Hyper-V
4 49 (11.95%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.66%) vSphere
6 7 (1.71%) Docker
6 7 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (1.71%) XenDesktop
7 6 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.98%) XenApp
9 3 (0.73%) Firmware
9 3 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.49%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.49%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 37 (9.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (6.10%) Terraform
3 19 (4.63%) SCCM
4 13 (3.17%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.71%) SCOM
6 5 (1.22%) Ansible
6 5 (1.22%) Grafana
6 5 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.22%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.98%) Autotask
8 3 (0.73%) WSUS
9 1 (0.24%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.24%) Nagios
9 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.24%) OfficeScan
9 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.24%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 1 (0.24%) yum
Vendors
1 398 (97.07%) Microsoft
2 81 (19.76%) VMware
3 40 (9.76%) Adobe
4 29 (7.07%) Apple
5 20 (4.88%) Cisco
6 18 (4.39%) Databricks
6 18 (4.39%) Veeam
7 17 (4.15%) Citrix
8 13 (3.17%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.20%) Meraki
9 9 (2.20%) Oracle
10 8 (1.95%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.95%) HP
10 8 (1.95%) Mitel
10 8 (1.95%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.71%) Dell
11 7 (1.71%) IBM
11 7 (1.71%) McAfee
12 6 (1.46%) Sophos
13 5 (1.22%) Commvault