Microsoft Certification Jobs in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 214 273 229
Rank change year-on-year +59 -44 +4
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 963 728 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.30% 1.25% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.88% 3.38% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 787 596 790
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,663 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,375 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% -0.29% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,931 £53,250
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £66,375
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,720 21,566 23,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.65% 37.13% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 8,030 10,534
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +132 273 £40,000 -17.53% 92
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% 48
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
Scotland -53 42 £57,500 +17.95% 22
Wales +4 25 £27,000 -33.33% 8
Northern Ireland +22 11 £45,000 -37.93% 7
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 160 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 126 (13.08%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.04%) CMS
3 10 (1.04%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (1.04%) SharePoint 2013
4 7 (0.73%) IIS
5 4 (0.42%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) Moodle
7 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 128 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Trello
5 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.10%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 25 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Maximo
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.21%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 600 (62.31%) Azure
2 406 (42.16%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (20.66%) Power Platform
4 93 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 75 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (7.68%) AWS
7 57 (5.92%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (4.26%) PowerApps
9 40 (4.15%) IBM Cloud
10 38 (3.95%) Power Automate
11 32 (3.32%) OneDrive
12 19 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (1.77%) GCP
15 14 (1.45%) Serverless
16 13 (1.35%) SaaS
17 12 (1.25%) IaaS
17 12 (1.25%) PaaS
18 11 (1.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 169 (17.55%) Firewall
2 91 (9.45%) DNS
3 87 (9.03%) Broadband
4 86 (8.93%) DHCP
5 79 (8.20%) SAN
6 74 (7.68%) TCP/IP
7 66 (6.85%) VPN
8 64 (6.65%) WAN
9 60 (6.23%) LAN
10 52 (5.40%) Network Security
11 51 (5.30%) VLAN
12 48 (4.98%) VoIP
13 43 (4.47%) Internet
14 39 (4.05%) NAS
15 36 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
16 29 (3.01%) Wireless
17 28 (2.91%) Remote Desktop
18 22 (2.28%) Intranet
19 14 (1.45%) MPLS
20 12 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (19.00%) SQL Server
2 169 (17.55%) Power BI
3 99 (10.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (4.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (3.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 26 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
8 18 (1.87%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.73%) MySQL
11 6 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.62%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.62%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.52%) Power Query
12 5 (0.52%) Redis
13 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.42%) QlikView
14 3 (0.31%) GIS
14 3 (0.31%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 18 (1.87%) Git
2 13 (1.35%) JIRA
3 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.31%) GitLab
3 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.21%) Hudson
4 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.10%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.10%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.10%) MSI
General
1 442 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 118 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (7.48%) Finance
4 62 (6.44%) Public Sector
5 51 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
6 30 (3.12%) Telecoms
7 27 (2.80%) Retail
8 26 (2.70%) Legal
8 26 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 24 (2.49%) Law
10 21 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.45%) Marketing
13 10 (1.04%) Games
13 10 (1.04%) General Ledger
13 10 (1.04%) Local Government
14 9 (0.93%) Banking
14 9 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.83%) Police
16 7 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (17.34%) Support Engineer
2 150 (15.58%) IT Support
3 110 (11.42%) IT Engineer
4 108 (11.21%) DBA
5 100 (10.38%) SQL DBA
6 81 (8.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 77 (8.00%) Analyst
8 69 (7.17%) 3rd Line Support
9 67 (6.96%) 2nd Line Support
10 59 (6.13%) Developer
10 59 (6.13%) Senior
11 58 (6.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 55 (5.71%) Lead
13 52 (5.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 51 (5.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 48 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 47 (4.88%) Architect
17 46 (4.78%) IT Technician
18 45 (4.67%) Administrator
19 41 (4.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.47%) CSS
2 42 (4.36%) HTML
3 37 (3.84%) .NET
4 21 (2.18%) .NET Core
5 18 (1.87%) .NET Framework
5 18 (1.87%) ASP.NET
5 18 (1.87%) ASP.NET MVC
6 17 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
7 15 (1.56%) Entity Framework
8 10 (1.04%) jQuery
9 9 (0.93%) ADO
9 9 (0.93%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.73%) PySpark
10 7 (0.73%) REST
11 6 (0.62%) Middleware
12 5 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.52%) React
12 5 (0.52%) Web Services
13 4 (0.42%) ARM Templates
13 4 (0.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.58%) Data Centre
2 70 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 47 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (4.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 41 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 40 (4.15%) Blockchain
7 37 (3.84%) Management Information System
8 34 (3.53%) Private Cloud
9 27 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (2.70%) Public Cloud
11 25 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
12 24 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.77%) Replication
14 16 (1.66%) Smartphone
15 15 (1.56%) Cloud Native
15 15 (1.56%) NHS
16 14 (1.45%) Virtual Team
17 13 (1.35%) Low-Code
18 10 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
19 9 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 441 (45.79%) Windows
2 229 (23.78%) Windows Server
3 129 (13.40%) Linux
4 102 (10.59%) Windows 10
5 90 (9.35%) VMS
6 50 (5.19%) Debian
7 46 (4.78%) CentOS
7 46 (4.78%) Mac OS
8 40 (4.15%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (4.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 35 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 26 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 23 (2.39%) Apple iOS
12 13 (1.35%) Android
13 12 (1.25%) Windows 8
14 11 (1.14%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.73%) Windows Vista
16 6 (0.62%) Unix
17 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (32.81%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (25.34%) Customer Service
3 233 (24.20%) ITIL
4 167 (17.34%) Business Intelligence
5 117 (12.15%) DevOps
6 111 (11.53%) Cybersecurity
6 111 (11.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 95 (9.87%) Collaborative Working
7 95 (9.87%) High Availability
8 90 (9.35%) Performance Tuning
9 84 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 82 (8.52%) Computer Science
10 82 (8.52%) Migration
11 81 (8.41%) Project Management
12 79 (8.20%) Agile
13 78 (8.10%) CI/CD
14 60 (6.23%) Artificial Intelligence
15 56 (5.82%) Mentoring
16 53 (5.50%) Presales
17 52 (5.40%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 231 (23.99%) SQL
2 89 (9.24%) T-SQL
3 59 (6.13%) C#
4 50 (5.19%) PowerShell
5 41 (4.26%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.08%) Python
8 10 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (0.93%) Bash
10 8 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.52%) Java
12 4 (0.42%) Bicep
12 4 (0.42%) C
12 4 (0.42%) R
13 3 (0.31%) C++
13 3 (0.31%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.31%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) Go
15 1 (0.10%) Swift
15 1 (0.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 241 (25.03%) Degree
2 235 (24.40%) MCSE
3 174 (18.07%) Azure Certification
4 141 (14.64%) MCP
5 138 (14.33%) Cisco Certification
6 137 (14.23%) MCSA
7 128 (13.29%) A+ Certification
8 123 (12.77%) CCNA
9 75 (7.79%) DBS Check
10 60 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (5.92%) Security Cleared
12 51 (5.30%) SC Cleared
13 46 (4.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 38 (3.95%) Network+ Certification
15 36 (3.74%) MCITP
16 26 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
17 25 (2.60%) CCNP
18 21 (2.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 17 (1.77%) AWS Certification
19 17 (1.77%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.96%) SLA
2 30 (3.12%) GDPR
3 19 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.25%) QA
6 6 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.21%) NIST
10 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 408 (42.37%) Active Directory
2 146 (15.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 137 (14.23%) Hyper-V
4 86 (8.93%) Virtual Machines
5 55 (5.71%) Docker
6 34 (3.53%) vSphere
7 21 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (1.87%) XenDesktop
9 14 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.83%) XenApp
11 7 (0.73%) Firmware
12 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.42%) KVM
14 2 (0.21%) Terminal Server
14 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 90 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (7.79%) Kubernetes
3 66 (6.85%) Terraform
4 60 (6.23%) SCCM
5 14 (1.45%) SCOM
6 11 (1.14%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.93%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.93%) WSUS
8 8 (0.83%) Autotask
9 7 (0.73%) SmoothWall
10 5 (0.52%) Grafana
10 5 (0.52%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.42%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.21%) Ansible
13 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.10%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 857 (88.99%) Microsoft
2 207 (21.50%) VMware
3 69 (7.17%) Cisco
4 51 (5.30%) Apple
5 49 (5.09%) Red Hat
6 48 (4.98%) Citrix
7 43 (4.47%) IBM
8 40 (4.15%) HP
9 39 (4.05%) Veeam
10 34 (3.53%) Adobe
11 26 (2.70%) Meraki
12 22 (2.28%) Dell
13 21 (2.18%) Google
13 21 (2.18%) SolarWinds
14 13 (1.35%) Nimble Storage
14 13 (1.35%) Oracle
15 12 (1.25%) Sophos
16 11 (1.14%) ConnectWise
16 11 (1.14%) Draytek
16 11 (1.14%) Virgin Media