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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 302 339
Rank change year-on-year +88 +37 -57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,202 985 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.35% 1.14% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.87% 3.43% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 784 1,076
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

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 24,690 28,718 37,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.79% 33.17% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 15,746 13,110 16,945
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £30,898
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 28 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 28 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 +118 301 £62,500 +13.64% 120
North of England +132 273 £40,000 -17.53% 93
South East +22 234 £39,000 +6.85% 48
Midlands +27 167 £38,000 -9.52% 46
North West +37 125 £40,000 -11.11% 49
South West -20 107 £42,500 +0.59% 52
East of England +11 103 £40,000 -5.88% 28
West Midlands +18 102 £38,000 -15.08% 27
Yorkshire +113 84 £41,250 -24.84% 32
East Midlands +10 65 £45,000 +7.14% 19
North East - 64 £32,500 - 12
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
1 205 (17.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 184 (15.31%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 16 (1.33%) SharePoint 2013
4 10 (0.83%) CMS
5 9 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.75%) IIS
6 7 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.42%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.33%) Confluence
9 1 (0.083%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.083%) Drupal
9 1 (0.083%) Moodle
9 1 (0.083%) SAS
9 1 (0.083%) WebSphere
Applications
1 156 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.08%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.33%) 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 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.25%) Maximo
3 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.17%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.17%) Shopify
3 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.083%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.083%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.083%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 760 (63.23%) Azure
2 501 (41.68%) Microsoft 365
3 262 (21.80%) Power Platform
4 138 (11.48%) AWS
5 101 (8.40%) Entra ID
6 93 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
8 84 (6.99%) PowerApps
9 72 (5.99%) Power Automate
10 44 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
11 40 (3.33%) IBM Cloud
12 39 (3.24%) PaaS
13 38 (3.16%) IaaS
14 37 (3.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 34 (2.83%) OneDrive
15 34 (2.83%) Serverless
16 30 (2.50%) GCP
17 27 (2.25%) SaaS
18 26 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
19 25 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 206 (17.14%) Firewall
2 124 (10.32%) DNS
3 117 (9.73%) DHCP
4 108 (8.99%) SAN
5 89 (7.40%) TCP/IP
6 81 (6.74%) VPN
7 75 (6.24%) Broadband
7 75 (6.24%) WAN
8 71 (5.91%) Network Security
9 69 (5.74%) LAN
10 63 (5.24%) VLAN
11 48 (3.99%) VoIP
12 44 (3.66%) Internet
13 40 (3.33%) NAS
14 38 (3.16%) Wireless
15 35 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
16 26 (2.16%) Intranet
17 25 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
18 17 (1.41%) SD-WAN
19 12 (1.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (17.97%) Power BI
2 187 (15.56%) SQL Server
3 104 (8.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (3.41%) Data Lake
6 39 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 29 (2.41%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 14 (1.16%) Big Data
13 9 (0.75%) Metadata
13 9 (0.75%) QlikView
14 7 (0.58%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.58%) Tableau
15 6 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.50%) MySQL
15 6 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 5 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 21 (1.75%) JIRA
2 13 (1.08%) Axure RP
2 13 (1.08%) Balsamiq
3 9 (0.75%) Git
4 7 (0.58%) GitLab
5 6 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.33%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.17%) Hudson
9 1 (0.083%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.083%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.083%) MSI
9 1 (0.083%) Vagrant
General
1 539 (44.84%) Social Skills
2 157 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
3 131 (10.90%) Finance
4 113 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 59 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (3.66%) Marketing
9 42 (3.49%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.16%) Legal
11 33 (2.75%) Retail
12 29 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 24 (2.00%) Law
14 14 (1.16%) Automotive
14 14 (1.16%) Banking
15 13 (1.08%) Billing
16 10 (0.83%) Games
16 10 (0.83%) Local Government
17 9 (0.75%) General Ledger
17 9 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 172 (14.31%) Support Engineer
2 171 (14.23%) IT Support
3 117 (9.73%) Architect
4 113 (9.40%) IT Engineer
5 110 (9.15%) Senior
6 94 (7.82%) DBA
7 93 (7.74%) Analyst
8 85 (7.07%) Consultant
8 85 (7.07%) SQL DBA
9 84 (6.99%) IT Support Engineer
10 76 (6.32%) Lead
11 74 (6.16%) 2nd Line Support
12 65 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support
13 61 (5.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 56 (4.66%) Developer
15 55 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 52 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
17 51 (4.24%) Administrator
17 51 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 47 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.49%) HTML
2 40 (3.33%) CSS
3 36 (3.00%) .NET
4 24 (2.00%) ARM Templates
5 19 (1.58%) ASP.NET
6 17 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 17 (1.41%) ASP.NET MVC
7 13 (1.08%) Entity Framework
7 13 (1.08%) PySpark
8 12 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (0.83%) .NET Core
10 9 (0.75%) Middleware
11 8 (0.67%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.58%) REST
12 7 (0.58%) Web Services
13 5 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.42%) MDX
13 5 (0.42%) XML
14 4 (0.33%) HTML5
14 4 (0.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.15%) Data Centre
2 72 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 55 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 43 (3.58%) Replication
7 40 (3.33%) Blockchain
8 39 (3.24%) Public Cloud
9 38 (3.16%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.83%) Private Cloud
11 31 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
14 25 (2.08%) Security Posture
15 24 (2.00%) Cloud Native
16 16 (1.33%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.33%) NHS
16 16 (1.33%) Smartphone
17 15 (1.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 519 (43.18%) Windows
2 271 (22.55%) Windows Server
3 134 (11.15%) Linux
4 116 (9.65%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.99%) VMS
6 49 (4.08%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.83%) Debian
8 45 (3.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (3.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 41 (3.41%) CentOS
10 40 (3.33%) Alpine Linux
11 37 (3.08%) Apple iOS
12 33 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
13 20 (1.66%) Android
14 17 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (1.00%) Windows 8
16 11 (0.92%) Ubuntu
17 10 (0.83%) SUSE
17 10 (0.83%) Windows 7
18 7 (0.58%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
2 279 (23.21%) ITIL
3 247 (20.55%) Customer Service
4 217 (18.05%) Business Intelligence
5 162 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
6 156 (12.98%) DevOps
7 143 (11.90%) Computer Science
8 132 (10.98%) Agile
9 126 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
10 115 (9.57%) Project Management
11 108 (8.99%) Artificial Intelligence
12 106 (8.82%) CI/CD
13 103 (8.57%) Project Delivery
14 102 (8.49%) Collaborative Working
14 102 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 89 (7.40%) Migration
16 87 (7.24%) High Availability
17 86 (7.15%) Performance Tuning
18 82 (6.82%) Presales
19 75 (6.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 279 (23.21%) SQL
2 113 (9.40%) PowerShell
3 97 (8.07%) C#
4 88 (7.32%) T-SQL
5 56 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.16%) Python
7 23 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (1.33%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.16%) Bash
10 11 (0.92%) U-SQL
11 10 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.67%) Bicep
13 7 (0.58%) Java
13 7 (0.58%) R
14 6 (0.50%) C
15 5 (0.42%) C++
16 3 (0.25%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.25%) PHP
17 2 (0.17%) Go
17 2 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 374 (31.11%) Degree
2 282 (23.46%) MCSE
3 228 (18.97%) Azure Certification
4 188 (15.64%) MCSA
5 155 (12.90%) MCP
6 153 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
7 140 (11.65%) A+ Certification
8 126 (10.48%) CCNA
9 111 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 93 (7.74%) Security Cleared
11 81 (6.74%) SC Cleared
12 71 (5.91%) DBS Check
13 68 (5.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 44 (3.66%) MCITP
15 41 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
16 28 (2.33%) CCNP
17 26 (2.16%) CISSP
18 24 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
19 23 (1.91%) AWS Certification
20 22 (1.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.41%) SLA
2 42 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.08%) GDPR
4 20 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.16%) NIST
6 14 (1.16%) QA
7 13 (1.08%) WCAG
8 12 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.75%) NCSC
10 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.42%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.083%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.083%) PMO
System Software
1 468 (38.94%) Active Directory
2 194 (16.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 141 (11.73%) Hyper-V
4 84 (6.99%) Virtual Machines
5 64 (5.32%) Docker
6 48 (3.99%) vSphere
7 30 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
9 18 (1.50%) XenDesktop
10 15 (1.25%) XenApp
11 10 (0.83%) vCloud
11 10 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.75%) Firmware
13 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.25%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.083%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.083%) LXC
16 1 (0.083%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 123 (10.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 80 (6.66%) SCCM
4 79 (6.57%) Terraform
5 18 (1.50%) SCOM
6 10 (0.83%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.83%) WSUS
7 8 (0.67%) Autotask
7 8 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.58%) SmoothWall
9 6 (0.50%) Ansible
10 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.42%) Grafana
10 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.17%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.17%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,079 (89.77%) Microsoft
2 256 (21.30%) VMware
3 103 (8.57%) Cisco
4 76 (6.32%) HP
5 61 (5.07%) Apple
6 56 (4.66%) Veeam
7 52 (4.33%) Citrix
8 50 (4.16%) Adobe
9 46 (3.83%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.74%) IBM
11 36 (3.00%) Google
12 32 (2.66%) Databricks
13 31 (2.58%) Dell
14 29 (2.41%) Meraki
15 23 (1.91%) SolarWinds
16 20 (1.66%) Nimble Storage
17 17 (1.41%) Oracle
18 15 (1.25%) Commvault
19 14 (1.16%) Symantec
20 13 (1.08%) Bloomberg