Microsoft Certification Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 123 130
Rank change year-on-year -42 +7 +47
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 30 42 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.44% 1.23% 1.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.48% 2.72% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 29 35 70
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £26,150
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -21.21% -25.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £46,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £64,500 £62,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,074 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% +0.16% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,209 1,544 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 17.64% 45.21% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 465 360 716
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,313 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,188
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,750 £81,786
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.93%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
South Yorkshire -23 13 £41,250 +3.13% 5
West Yorkshire -42 11 £31,500 +8.62% 9
North Yorkshire +13 5 £47,500 -9.52% 4
East Yorkshire -23 1 £30,500 -53.08% 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (66.67%) Azure
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (30.00%) Power Platform
4 8 (26.67%) AWS
5 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (23.33%) GitHub
6 4 (13.33%) Google Docs
6 4 (13.33%) Google Sheets
6 4 (13.33%) Google Workspace
6 4 (13.33%) Power Automate
7 3 (10.00%) PowerApps
8 2 (6.67%) Azure AI
8 2 (6.67%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
9 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) Internet
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Git
2 5 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Multimedia
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) IT Support
2 8 (26.67%) Trainee
3 6 (20.00%) Developer
3 6 (20.00%) Lead
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Administrator
4 5 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Trainee Administrator
4 5 (16.67%) Web Administrator
5 4 (13.33%) Team Leader
6 3 (10.00%) SQL Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Trainee Developer
7 2 (6.67%) Help Desk Manager
7 2 (6.67%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
7 2 (6.67%) Support Team Leader
7 2 (6.67%) Trainee Software Developer
8 1 (3.33%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (26.67%) CSS
1 8 (26.67%) HTML
2 1 (3.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.33%) React
2 1 (3.33%) REST
2 1 (3.33%) SAML
2 1 (3.33%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (3.33%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.33%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (20.00%) Web Development
4 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 5 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.67%) Service Management
5 4 (13.33%) Break/Fix
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) AI
6 3 (10.00%) Escalation Management
6 3 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (10.00%) IT Governance
6 3 (10.00%) ITSM
6 3 (10.00%) Performance Analysis
7 2 (6.67%) Business Strategy
7 2 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Python
2 9 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (30.00%) SQL
3 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
4 5 (16.67%) R
5 1 (3.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) Azure Certification
2 9 (30.00%) Degree
3 8 (26.67%) AWS Certification
3 8 (26.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 5 (16.67%) CCNA
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
5 4 (13.33%) HNC
5 4 (13.33%) HND
5 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.00%) GDPR
2 3 (10.00%) SLA
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (6.67%) QA
4 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Veeam
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
3 4 (13.33%) Google
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco
4 3 (10.00%) Meraki
5 2 (6.67%) Apple
5 2 (6.67%) Draytek
5 2 (6.67%) Foundry
5 2 (6.67%) OpenAI
6 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.33%) Oracle