Microsoft Certification Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 235 315
Rank change year-on-year -45 +80 +30
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 205 461 403
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.10% 1.36% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.94% 4.83% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 168 388 345
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,688 £38,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,875 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 6,969 9,550 10,344
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.43% 28.21% 25.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,133 5,898 6,296
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

Microsoft Certification
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Certification trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

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 33 (16.10%) SharePoint
2 19 (9.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.95%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) Apache
4 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.44%) Adobe XD
5 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.49%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (6.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Elite 3E
2 3 (1.46%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 131 (63.90%) Azure
2 90 (43.90%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (20.98%) AWS
3 43 (20.98%) Power Platform
4 35 (17.07%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (15.61%) SaaS
6 27 (13.17%) Entra ID
7 25 (12.20%) PowerApps
8 24 (11.71%) PaaS
9 23 (11.22%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (9.27%) Power Automate
11 17 (8.29%) IaaS
12 13 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (5.85%) OneDrive
14 10 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (4.39%) GCP
16 8 (3.90%) Azure Logic Apps
17 7 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Purview
18 6 (2.93%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (13.66%) DNS
2 25 (12.20%) Firewall
3 20 (9.76%) DHCP
4 17 (8.29%) WAN
5 15 (7.32%) LAN
6 14 (6.83%) VPN
7 11 (5.37%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (4.39%) VLAN
9 8 (3.90%) SAN
9 8 (3.90%) VoIP
9 8 (3.90%) Wireless
10 7 (3.41%) SD-WAN
11 6 (2.93%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.93%) VSAN
12 5 (2.44%) NAS
13 4 (1.95%) HTTPS
14 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
15 2 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
15 2 (0.98%) Network Security
15 2 (0.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.12%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.78%) Power BI
3 5 (2.44%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.98%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.49%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.49%) MySQL
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.49%) Power Query
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Git
1 7 (3.41%) JIRA
2 5 (2.44%) Axure RP
2 5 (2.44%) Balsamiq
2 5 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 103 (50.24%) Social Skills
2 41 (20.00%) Finance
3 17 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.29%) Marketing
4 14 (6.83%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.90%) Welsh Language
6 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.93%) Law
8 5 (2.44%) Banking
8 5 (2.44%) Legal
8 5 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.44%) Retail
9 4 (1.95%) Humanities
9 4 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Advertising
10 3 (1.46%) Automotive
10 3 (1.46%) Local Government
11 2 (0.98%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Billing
12 1 (0.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 29 (14.15%) IT Support
1 29 (14.15%) Senior
2 27 (13.17%) Developer
3 18 (8.78%) Cloud Engineer
3 18 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (8.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 17 (8.29%) Support Engineer
5 16 (7.80%) Consultant
6 15 (7.32%) Analyst
7 13 (6.34%) Server Engineer
8 12 (5.85%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (5.85%) IT Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Lead
9 10 (4.88%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (4.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.90%) Architect
12 7 (3.41%) Support Team Leader
12 7 (3.41%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.76%) .NET
2 12 (5.85%) .NET Framework
3 7 (3.41%) CSS
3 7 (3.41%) HTML
4 6 (2.93%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.44%) JSON
5 5 (2.44%) Middleware
6 4 (1.95%) ML.NET
7 3 (1.46%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.46%) CSS3
7 3 (1.46%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.46%) HTML5
7 3 (1.46%) LESS
7 3 (1.46%) REST
7 3 (1.46%) RESTful
7 3 (1.46%) Sass
7 3 (1.46%) SPFx
7 3 (1.46%) Web Services
8 2 (0.98%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.80%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.90%) IoT
6 7 (3.41%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.41%) Data Structures
6 7 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.95%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.95%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.46%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.98%) PKI
9 2 (0.98%) Social Media
9 2 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (41.46%) Windows
2 40 (19.51%) Windows Server
3 35 (17.07%) Linux
4 13 (6.34%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.85%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.44%) Windows 7
6 5 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.95%) Unix
8 3 (1.46%) Android
8 3 (1.46%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.49%) Solaris
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.95%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (29.76%) ITIL
3 40 (19.51%) Agile
4 39 (19.02%) Mentoring
5 37 (18.05%) Customer Service
6 34 (16.59%) DevOps
7 28 (13.66%) Service Management
8 24 (11.71%) CI/CD
9 22 (10.73%) ITSM
10 21 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 17 (8.29%) CRM
13 17 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (7.80%) Project Delivery
14 16 (7.80%) User Experience
15 15 (7.32%) Change Management
15 15 (7.32%) Coaching
15 15 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
16 14 (6.83%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.17%) SQL
3 26 (12.68%) C#
4 20 (9.76%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.39%) Bash
5 9 (4.39%) Python
6 6 (2.93%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.44%) Java
8 4 (1.95%) Bicep
8 4 (1.95%) X++
9 3 (1.46%) C
9 3 (1.46%) C++
9 3 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.46%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.46%) PHP
9 3 (1.46%) VB
10 2 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.98%) R
10 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (23.41%) Degree
2 43 (20.98%) Azure Certification
3 39 (19.02%) MCSA
4 37 (18.05%) MCSE
5 28 (13.66%) MCP
6 16 (7.80%) CCNA
6 16 (7.80%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (7.80%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (6.83%) MCITP
7 14 (6.83%) Security Cleared
8 13 (6.34%) DBS Check
9 11 (5.37%) AWS Certification
9 11 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
11 8 (3.90%) CCNP
11 8 (3.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.44%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.95%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.15%) SLA
2 6 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.44%) WCAG
4 4 (1.95%) GDPR
5 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.46%) PMO
6 2 (0.98%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.98%) QA
7 1 (0.49%) NCSC
7 1 (0.49%) NIST
System Software
1 56 (27.32%) Active Directory
2 20 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.78%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.93%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.98%) Docker
7 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.49%) Firmware
8 1 (0.49%) LXC
8 1 (0.49%) Samba
8 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (10.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.34%) Terraform
3 10 (4.88%) SCCM
4 7 (3.41%) PaperCut
5 6 (2.93%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.44%) Ansible
7 3 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.46%) WMI
8 2 (0.98%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.98%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.49%) Autotask
9 1 (0.49%) Nessus
9 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 179 (87.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.15%) VMware
3 14 (6.83%) Cisco
4 13 (6.34%) Google
5 9 (4.39%) Adobe
6 8 (3.90%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.93%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.93%) Intapp
7 6 (2.93%) Oracle
7 6 (2.93%) SonicWALL
8 5 (2.44%) iManage
8 5 (2.44%) Meraki
8 5 (2.44%) Sage
9 4 (1.95%) Citrix
9 4 (1.95%) Kaseya
9 4 (1.95%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.95%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.95%) SAP
9 4 (1.95%) WatchGuard
10 3 (1.46%) Apple