Microsoft Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 230 305 336
Rank change year-on-year +75 +31 -74
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 466 420 757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.06% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 4.07% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 387 360 557
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £72,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,632 10,325 16,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.96% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,199 8,867
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,125 £77,500
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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Certification trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

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 54 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (7.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Apache
3 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.21%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) Moodle
4 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.79%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.43%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.43%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.43%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.21%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 347 (74.46%) Azure
2 180 (38.63%) Power Platform
3 159 (34.12%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (13.52%) AWS
5 40 (8.58%) Entra ID
6 36 (7.73%) PowerApps
7 32 (6.87%) Power Automate
8 27 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 26 (5.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (2.58%) OneDrive
12 11 (2.36%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 11 (2.36%) Serverless
12 11 (2.36%) Snowflake
13 10 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.72%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.72%) GCP
14 8 (1.72%) IaaS
14 8 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (15.88%) Broadband
2 50 (10.73%) Firewall
3 48 (10.30%) SAN
4 36 (7.73%) DNS
5 32 (6.87%) DHCP
6 31 (6.65%) TCP/IP
7 28 (6.01%) VLAN
8 20 (4.29%) Network Security
9 19 (4.08%) VPN
10 15 (3.22%) NAS
10 15 (3.22%) WAN
11 13 (2.79%) Wireless
12 12 (2.58%) VoIP
12 12 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (1.93%) LAN
14 6 (1.29%) Internet
14 6 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.29%) SD-WAN
14 6 (1.29%) VSAN
15 5 (1.07%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (36.48%) Power BI
2 136 (29.18%) SQL Server
3 95 (20.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (7.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (6.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (6.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 27 (5.79%) Data Lake
8 26 (5.58%) Relational Database
9 21 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (1.29%) Big Data
12 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.29%) Metadata
12 6 (1.29%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.07%) MySQL
13 5 (1.07%) QlikView
13 5 (1.07%) Redis
13 5 (1.07%) Tableau
14 3 (0.64%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.79%) Axure RP
1 13 (2.79%) Balsamiq
2 10 (2.15%) JIRA
3 8 (1.72%) Git
4 2 (0.43%) GitLab
4 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (44.21%) Social Skills
2 55 (11.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 45 (9.66%) Finance
3 45 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 35 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.01%) Marketing
5 28 (6.01%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.22%) Law
8 11 (2.36%) Legal
9 8 (1.72%) Banking
10 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.86%) Police
11 4 (0.86%) Retail
12 3 (0.64%) Social Housing
12 3 (0.64%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.43%) Back Office
13 2 (0.43%) Billing
13 2 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (21.46%) DBA
1 100 (21.46%) SQL DBA
2 56 (12.02%) IT Support
3 54 (11.59%) Support Engineer
4 53 (11.37%) Architect
5 44 (9.44%) IT Engineer
5 44 (9.44%) Senior
6 39 (8.37%) Analyst
7 38 (8.15%) Consultant
7 38 (8.15%) IT Support Engineer
8 35 (7.51%) Administrator
9 34 (7.30%) 3rd Line Support
10 33 (7.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 31 (6.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 23 (4.94%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
13 21 (4.51%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 21 (4.51%) Developer
13 21 (4.51%) Platform Architect
13 21 (4.51%) Power Platform Architect
13 21 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.15%) CSS
1 24 (5.15%) HTML
2 13 (2.79%) .NET
3 9 (1.93%) .NET Core
4 8 (1.72%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.72%) Middleware
5 6 (1.29%) jQuery
6 5 (1.07%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.86%) React
8 2 (0.43%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.43%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.43%) PySpark
9 1 (0.21%) ADO
9 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.21%) JSON
9 1 (0.21%) MDX
9 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.66%) Data Centre
2 36 (7.73%) Driving Licence
3 26 (5.58%) Private Cloud
4 25 (5.36%) Enterprise Storage
5 24 (5.15%) Management Information System
6 20 (4.29%) Public Cloud
7 14 (3.00%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.29%) PKI
11 5 (1.07%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.86%) iPhone
12 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.64%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.64%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.64%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 145 (31.12%) Windows
2 75 (16.09%) VMS
3 61 (13.09%) Windows Server
4 45 (9.66%) Windows 10
5 28 (6.01%) Linux
6 12 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (2.36%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.29%) Android
10 6 (1.29%) Unix
11 4 (0.86%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.43%) Debian
12 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.21%) AIX
13 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (37.77%) Business Intelligence
2 102 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (21.24%) ITIL
4 93 (19.96%) Disaster Recovery
5 86 (18.45%) Collaborative Working
6 79 (16.95%) High Availability
7 75 (16.09%) Performance Tuning
8 71 (15.24%) Customer Service
9 63 (13.52%) Migration
10 58 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
12 51 (10.94%) Agile
13 49 (10.52%) Computer Science
14 45 (9.66%) Presales
15 44 (9.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 42 (9.01%) DevOps
17 35 (7.51%) Roadmaps
18 33 (7.08%) Data Modelling
18 33 (7.08%) Performance Optimisation
19 32 (6.87%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 172 (36.91%) SQL
2 87 (18.67%) T-SQL
3 45 (9.66%) C#
4 28 (6.01%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.36%) Python
6 22 (4.72%) PowerShell
7 21 (4.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.36%) U-SQL
9 7 (1.50%) Bicep
9 7 (1.50%) R
10 6 (1.29%) Bash
11 4 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.64%) Go
12 3 (0.64%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.43%) Java
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) Scala
14 1 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 126 (27.04%) Degree
2 84 (18.03%) Azure Certification
3 61 (13.09%) MCSE
4 47 (10.09%) MCP
5 44 (9.44%) Security Cleared
6 43 (9.23%) SC Cleared
7 41 (8.80%) DBS Check
8 40 (8.58%) CCNA
8 40 (8.58%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (7.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.51%) ITIL Certification
11 17 (3.65%) A+ Certification
12 16 (3.43%) MCITP
13 12 (2.58%) MCSA
14 10 (2.15%) AWS Certification
14 10 (2.15%) CISSP
15 9 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 6 (1.29%) Citrix Certification
16 6 (1.29%) Master's Degree
16 6 (1.29%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.86%) GDPR
2 17 (3.65%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.79%) WCAG
4 12 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.15%) SLA
6 8 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.07%) QA
8 4 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.64%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 132 (28.33%) Active Directory
2 78 (16.74%) Virtual Machines
3 52 (11.16%) Hyper-V
4 51 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (2.36%) vSphere
6 8 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (1.50%) Docker
7 7 (1.50%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.86%) XenApp
10 3 (0.64%) Firmware
11 2 (0.43%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.43%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 38 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (6.01%) SCCM
3 22 (4.72%) Terraform
4 13 (2.79%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.72%) SCOM
6 5 (1.07%) Grafana
6 5 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.07%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.86%) Autotask
8 3 (0.64%) WSUS
9 2 (0.43%) Ansible
10 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.21%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.21%) OfficeScan
10 1 (0.21%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 1 (0.21%) yum
Vendors
1 443 (95.06%) Microsoft
2 70 (15.02%) VMware
3 46 (9.87%) Adobe
4 38 (8.15%) Apple
5 19 (4.08%) Databricks
6 18 (3.86%) Citrix
7 12 (2.58%) Cisco
8 11 (2.36%) HP
8 11 (2.36%) Meraki
9 9 (1.93%) Veeam
10 8 (1.72%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.50%) Dell
11 7 (1.50%) Google
11 7 (1.50%) Oracle
12 4 (0.86%) Datto
12 4 (0.86%) IBM
12 4 (0.86%) iManage
12 4 (0.86%) Sophos
13 3 (0.64%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow