Microsoft Certification Jobs in England

Microsoft Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 305 335
Rank change year-on-year +98 +30 -58
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,209 990 1,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.41% 1.11% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.96% 3.39% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 792 1,074
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,225 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,143 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,370 29,220 35,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.72% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,757 13,335 16,761
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,019 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
London +119 308 £62,500 +13.64% 119
North of England +131 276 £40,000 -15.79% 82
South East +23 240 £39,000 +6.85% 47
Midlands +28 161 £38,000 -7.32% 51
North West +32 123 £40,000 -14.89% 49
East of England +15 104 £40,000 -5.88% 28
South West -23 101 £40,000 -5.33% 52
West Midlands +10 97 £38,000 -8.43% 31
Yorkshire +127 89 £40,000 -15.79% 23
East Midlands +8 64 £44,612 +10.15% 20
North East - 64 £32,500 - 11
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 204 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (15.30%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.16%) SharePoint 2010
3 14 (1.16%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (0.91%) IIS
5 10 (0.83%) CMS
6 9 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.58%) Apache
8 5 (0.41%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.083%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.083%) Confluence
9 1 (0.083%) Drupal
9 1 (0.083%) SAS
9 1 (0.083%) WebSphere
Applications
1 157 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.08%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.17%) Trello
6 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.083%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.083%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.083%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 28 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.25%) Maximo
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.17%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.17%) Shopify
4 2 (0.17%) SystmOne
4 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.083%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.083%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 753 (62.28%) Azure
2 497 (41.11%) Microsoft 365
3 260 (21.51%) Power Platform
4 145 (11.99%) AWS
5 105 (8.68%) Entra ID
6 92 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
8 80 (6.62%) PowerApps
9 67 (5.54%) Power Automate
10 43 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (3.39%) IaaS
12 40 (3.31%) IBM Cloud
13 38 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 38 (3.14%) PaaS
14 34 (2.81%) OneDrive
15 33 (2.73%) Serverless
16 30 (2.48%) GCP
17 26 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
18 25 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
18 25 (2.07%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 201 (16.63%) Firewall
2 128 (10.59%) DNS
3 122 (10.09%) DHCP
4 110 (9.10%) SAN
5 89 (7.36%) TCP/IP
6 84 (6.95%) VPN
7 78 (6.45%) Broadband
8 77 (6.37%) WAN
9 72 (5.96%) LAN
10 68 (5.62%) Network Security
11 67 (5.54%) VLAN
12 50 (4.14%) VoIP
13 43 (3.56%) Internet
14 41 (3.39%) Wireless
15 40 (3.31%) NAS
16 29 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
17 27 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
18 26 (2.15%) Intranet
19 17 (1.41%) SD-WAN
20 12 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (17.70%) Power BI
2 193 (15.96%) SQL Server
3 105 (8.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (3.56%) Data Lake
6 39 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 33 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 32 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (2.23%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 14 (1.16%) Big Data
13 13 (1.08%) Metadata
14 9 (0.74%) QlikView
14 9 (0.74%) Tableau
15 7 (0.58%) MySQL
15 7 (0.58%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.50%) NoSQL
17 5 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
17 5 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (1.65%) JIRA
2 13 (1.08%) Axure RP
2 13 (1.08%) Balsamiq
3 8 (0.66%) Git
3 8 (0.66%) GitLab
4 7 (0.58%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.50%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
7 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.17%) Hudson
10 1 (0.083%) AdminStudio
10 1 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.083%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.083%) MSBuild
10 1 (0.083%) MSI
10 1 (0.083%) Vagrant
General
1 540 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 152 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (10.67%) Finance
4 119 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 62 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (4.22%) Marketing
9 42 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 41 (3.39%) Legal
11 34 (2.81%) Retail
12 33 (2.73%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.15%) Law
14 15 (1.24%) Banking
14 15 (1.24%) Billing
15 13 (1.08%) Automotive
16 10 (0.83%) Games
16 10 (0.83%) Local Government
17 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 172 (14.23%) Support Engineer
2 168 (13.90%) IT Support
3 118 (9.76%) Architect
4 115 (9.51%) Senior
5 112 (9.26%) IT Engineer
6 99 (8.19%) Analyst
7 94 (7.78%) DBA
8 85 (7.03%) Consultant
8 85 (7.03%) SQL DBA
9 83 (6.87%) IT Support Engineer
10 76 (6.29%) 2nd Line Support
11 75 (6.20%) Lead
12 64 (5.29%) 3rd Line Support
13 63 (5.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 57 (4.71%) Developer
15 56 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 51 (4.22%) Administrator
16 51 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 46 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
18 44 (3.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.56%) HTML
2 41 (3.39%) CSS
3 36 (2.98%) .NET
4 27 (2.23%) ARM Templates
5 21 (1.74%) ASP.NET
6 19 (1.57%) .NET Framework
7 18 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (1.16%) Entity Framework
9 13 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (1.08%) PySpark
10 9 (0.74%) .NET Core
10 9 (0.74%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.66%) Middleware
12 7 (0.58%) Web Services
13 6 (0.50%) REST
14 5 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
14 5 (0.41%) MDX
14 5 (0.41%) XML
15 4 (0.33%) React
15 4 (0.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 87 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 70 (5.79%) Driving Licence
3 54 (4.47%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 47 (3.89%) Replication
5 46 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (3.31%) Blockchain
6 40 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 39 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 34 (2.81%) Private Cloud
9 32 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
12 27 (2.23%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.99%) Cloud Native
13 24 (1.99%) Enterprise Storage
14 16 (1.32%) Low-Code
14 16 (1.32%) NHS
14 16 (1.32%) Smartphone
15 15 (1.24%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 524 (43.34%) Windows
2 276 (22.83%) Windows Server
3 136 (11.25%) Linux
4 123 (10.17%) Windows 10
5 85 (7.03%) VMS
6 48 (3.97%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.80%) Debian
8 45 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 44 (3.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 41 (3.39%) CentOS
11 40 (3.31%) Alpine Linux
11 40 (3.31%) Apple iOS
12 32 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
13 21 (1.74%) Android
14 18 (1.49%) Windows 8
14 18 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (1.08%) Ubuntu
15 13 (1.08%) Windows 7
16 12 (0.99%) SUSE
17 7 (0.58%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (30.02%) Problem-Solving
2 278 (22.99%) ITIL
3 248 (20.51%) Customer Service
4 214 (17.70%) Business Intelligence
5 168 (13.90%) Cybersecurity
6 154 (12.74%) DevOps
7 137 (11.33%) Agile
8 135 (11.17%) Computer Science
9 127 (10.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 116 (9.59%) Project Delivery
11 113 (9.35%) Project Management
12 107 (8.85%) Artificial Intelligence
12 107 (8.85%) CI/CD
13 104 (8.60%) Collaborative Working
13 104 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 88 (7.28%) Migration
15 87 (7.20%) Performance Tuning
16 86 (7.11%) High Availability
17 80 (6.62%) Presales
18 75 (6.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 277 (22.91%) SQL
2 119 (9.84%) PowerShell
3 93 (7.69%) C#
4 86 (7.11%) T-SQL
5 56 (4.63%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.14%) Python
7 22 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (1.41%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.24%) Bash
10 10 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.83%) U-SQL
11 9 (0.74%) Bicep
12 7 (0.58%) Java
12 7 (0.58%) R
13 6 (0.50%) C
14 5 (0.41%) C++
15 4 (0.33%) PHP
16 3 (0.25%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.25%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 368 (30.44%) Degree
2 288 (23.82%) MCSE
3 228 (18.86%) Azure Certification
4 195 (16.13%) MCSA
5 160 (13.23%) Cisco Certification
6 152 (12.57%) MCP
7 137 (11.33%) A+ Certification
8 132 (10.92%) CCNA
9 108 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 95 (7.86%) Security Cleared
11 83 (6.87%) SC Cleared
12 73 (6.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 70 (5.79%) DBS Check
14 47 (3.89%) Network+ Certification
15 43 (3.56%) MCITP
16 27 (2.23%) CISSP
17 25 (2.07%) CCNP
17 25 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
18 23 (1.90%) AWS Certification
19 22 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.79%) SLA
2 43 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.06%) GDPR
4 21 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.32%) NIST
7 13 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.08%) QA
7 13 (1.08%) WCAG
8 9 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.74%) NCSC
9 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.083%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.083%) PMO
10 1 (0.083%) SOC 2
System Software
1 470 (38.88%) Active Directory
2 198 (16.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (11.50%) Hyper-V
4 86 (7.11%) Virtual Machines
5 64 (5.29%) Docker
6 51 (4.22%) vSphere
7 31 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (1.32%) XenDesktop
10 13 (1.08%) XenApp
11 12 (0.99%) vCloud
12 9 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
13 8 (0.66%) Firmware
14 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
17 1 (0.083%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.083%) LXC
17 1 (0.083%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 122 (10.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (7.28%) Kubernetes
3 82 (6.78%) SCCM
4 76 (6.29%) Terraform
5 23 (1.90%) SCOM
6 12 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.74%) WSUS
9 8 (0.66%) Autotask
9 8 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.58%) SmoothWall
11 6 (0.50%) Ansible
12 5 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.41%) Grafana
12 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
13 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
14 3 (0.25%) PowerCLI
14 3 (0.25%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,078 (89.16%) Microsoft
2 261 (21.59%) VMware
3 106 (8.77%) Cisco
4 77 (6.37%) HP
5 61 (5.05%) Apple
6 59 (4.88%) Veeam
7 51 (4.22%) Citrix
8 50 (4.14%) Adobe
9 46 (3.80%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.72%) IBM
11 34 (2.81%) Google
12 33 (2.73%) Databricks
13 29 (2.40%) Dell
13 29 (2.40%) Meraki
14 25 (2.07%) SolarWinds
15 22 (1.82%) Nimble Storage
16 18 (1.49%) Oracle
17 17 (1.41%) Commvault
18 15 (1.24%) Sophos
19 14 (1.16%) MobileIron