Microsoft Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 315 344
Rank change year-on-year +88 +29 -101
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 472 413 690
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.39% 0.97% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 3.84% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 400 361 506
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,313 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,251 £67,188
90th Percentile £67,625 £72,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,143 £46,500
% change year-on-year -0.32% -2.92% +3.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,494 10,762 15,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.39% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 6,582 8,639
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

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 6 May 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 59 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (7.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.75%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.42%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.21%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 330 (69.92%) Azure
2 174 (36.86%) Power Platform
3 162 (34.32%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (15.47%) AWS
5 40 (8.47%) Entra ID
6 31 (6.57%) PowerApps
7 27 (5.72%) Power Automate
8 24 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 23 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (2.33%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.12%) OneDrive
13 10 (2.12%) Serverless
14 9 (1.91%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
15 8 (1.69%) IaaS
15 8 (1.69%) WhatsApp
16 7 (1.48%) GCP
17 6 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (18.22%) Broadband
2 50 (10.59%) SAN
3 46 (9.75%) Firewall
4 39 (8.26%) DNS
5 37 (7.84%) VLAN
6 36 (7.63%) DHCP
7 31 (6.57%) TCP/IP
8 28 (5.93%) WAN
9 26 (5.51%) Wireless
10 23 (4.87%) LAN
11 20 (4.24%) VPN
12 19 (4.03%) Network Security
13 15 (3.18%) NAS
14 14 (2.97%) VoIP
15 12 (2.54%) ADSL
16 8 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
18 6 (1.27%) SD-WAN
18 6 (1.27%) VSAN
19 5 (1.06%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (34.32%) Power BI
2 139 (29.45%) SQL Server
3 91 (19.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 35 (7.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 30 (6.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 30 (6.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (5.30%) Data Lake
7 23 (4.87%) Relational Database
8 19 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (2.12%) Metadata
10 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (1.27%) Big Data
11 6 (1.27%) MySQL
11 6 (1.27%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.27%) Tableau
12 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.06%) QlikView
12 5 (1.06%) Redis
13 3 (0.64%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Axure RP
1 13 (2.75%) Balsamiq
2 9 (1.91%) JIRA
3 7 (1.48%) Git
4 2 (0.42%) GitLab
4 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.42%) MSBuild
General
1 209 (44.28%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 48 (10.17%) Public Sector
4 39 (8.26%) Finance
5 37 (7.84%) Marketing
6 34 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.39%) Law
9 15 (3.18%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.75%) Legal
11 9 (1.91%) Banking
12 5 (1.06%) Retail
13 4 (0.85%) Police
14 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.64%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.42%) Billing
15 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 1 (0.21%) Front Office
16 1 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (21.19%) DBA
1 100 (21.19%) SQL DBA
2 64 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 55 (11.65%) Architect
4 53 (11.23%) IT Support
5 48 (10.17%) Analyst
6 43 (9.11%) IT Engineer
7 41 (8.69%) Senior
8 37 (7.84%) IT Support Engineer
9 35 (7.42%) Administrator
9 35 (7.42%) Consultant
10 32 (6.78%) 3rd Line Support
11 30 (6.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 29 (6.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 20 (4.24%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 20 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (4.03%) Developer
15 18 (3.81%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
15 18 (3.81%) Platform Architect
15 18 (3.81%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.87%) CSS
1 23 (4.87%) HTML
2 14 (2.97%) .NET
3 9 (1.91%) .NET Core
4 8 (1.69%) Middleware
5 7 (1.48%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.27%) jQuery
7 5 (1.06%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.85%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.85%) React
9 2 (0.42%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.42%) Entity Framework
9 2 (0.42%) PySpark
10 1 (0.21%) MDX
10 1 (0.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.90%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.20%) Driving Licence
3 27 (5.72%) Private Cloud
4 23 (4.87%) Enterprise Storage
4 23 (4.87%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.03%) Public Cloud
6 15 (3.18%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.06%) PKI
9 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) iPhone
11 3 (0.64%) Clustering
11 3 (0.64%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.64%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.64%) Replication
11 3 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 157 (33.26%) Windows
2 74 (15.68%) VMS
3 62 (13.14%) Windows 10
4 61 (12.92%) Windows Server
5 28 (5.93%) Linux
6 10 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 10 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.48%) Unix
8 6 (1.27%) Android
8 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.85%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.42%) Debian
10 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (35.38%) Business Intelligence
2 102 (21.61%) ITIL
3 98 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (19.49%) Disaster Recovery
5 86 (18.22%) Collaborative Working
6 84 (17.80%) Customer Service
7 80 (16.95%) High Availability
8 75 (15.89%) Performance Tuning
9 58 (12.29%) Migration
10 57 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (11.65%) Agile
12 52 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 42 (8.90%) Presales
15 41 (8.69%) Computer Science
16 38 (8.05%) Project Delivery
17 37 (7.84%) DevOps
18 35 (7.42%) Data Modelling
18 35 (7.42%) Roadmaps
19 32 (6.78%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 164 (34.75%) SQL
2 85 (18.01%) T-SQL
3 41 (8.69%) C#
4 26 (5.51%) JavaScript
5 23 (4.87%) PowerShell
6 22 (4.66%) Python
7 19 (4.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (1.91%) U-SQL
9 7 (1.48%) Bicep
9 7 (1.48%) R
10 4 (0.85%) Bash
10 4 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.64%) Go
11 3 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.42%) Java
12 2 (0.42%) PHP
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 123 (26.06%) Degree
2 78 (16.53%) Azure Certification
3 66 (13.98%) MCSE
4 54 (11.44%) CCNA
4 54 (11.44%) Cisco Certification
5 46 (9.75%) MCP
5 46 (9.75%) SC Cleared
5 46 (9.75%) Security Cleared
6 38 (8.05%) DBS Check
7 30 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (5.08%) MCITP
9 21 (4.45%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (3.60%) MCSA
11 16 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (3.18%) A+ Certification
13 10 (2.12%) CISSP
14 9 (1.91%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 6 (1.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.60%) Accessibility
1 17 (3.60%) GDPR
2 13 (2.75%) SLA
2 13 (2.75%) WCAG
3 10 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.27%) QA
6 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.64%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (28.18%) Active Directory
2 77 (16.31%) Virtual Machines
3 53 (11.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 48 (10.17%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.69%) vSphere
6 7 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.06%) Docker
7 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.06%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.42%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.42%) XenApp
10 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 38 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (6.57%) SCCM
3 19 (4.03%) Terraform
4 11 (2.33%) SCOM
5 10 (2.12%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.06%) Grafana
6 5 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.85%) Autotask
8 3 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.64%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.64%) WSUS
9 2 (0.42%) Ansible
9 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.21%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.21%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.21%) OfficeScan
10 1 (0.21%) SCDPM
10 1 (0.21%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 442 (93.64%) Microsoft
2 71 (15.04%) VMware
3 46 (9.75%) Adobe
4 38 (8.05%) Apple
5 27 (5.72%) Cisco
6 18 (3.81%) Citrix
7 16 (3.39%) Databricks
8 13 (2.75%) HP
9 11 (2.33%) Meraki
10 10 (2.12%) Veeam
11 9 (1.91%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.27%) Datto
12 6 (1.27%) Dell
12 6 (1.27%) Oracle
12 6 (1.27%) Sophos
13 5 (1.06%) Google
14 4 (0.85%) IBM
14 4 (0.85%) iManage
15 3 (0.64%) ConnectWise
15 3 (0.64%) Draytek