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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 298 331
Rank change year-on-year +87 +33 -50
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,210 991 1,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.12% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.94% 3.41% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 789 1,064
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

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 24,480 29,085 36,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.30% 32.85% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15,745 13,288 16,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,680 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,134
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 £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 19 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 19 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 +96 305 £62,500 +13.64% 66
North of England +134 279 £40,000 -15.79% 61
South East +26 236 £39,000 +6.85% 38
Midlands +29 164 £38,000 -8.43% 36
North West +33 125 £40,000 -12.57% 30
South West -5 105 £42,500 +0.59% 43
East of England +16 103 £40,000 -5.88% 22
West Midlands +21 100 £38,000 -9.52% 23
Yorkshire +120 89 £42,500 -10.53% 22
North East - 65 £32,500 - 9
East Midlands +13 64 £44,612 +10.15% 13
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 (16.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 181 (14.96%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.24%) SharePoint 2010
3 15 (1.24%) SharePoint 2013
4 10 (0.83%) CMS
4 10 (0.83%) IIS
5 9 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.58%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.17%) 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 (12.89%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.07%) 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 27 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.25%) Maximo
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.17%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.17%) Shopify
4 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.083%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.083%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.083%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 760 (62.81%) Azure
2 498 (41.16%) Microsoft 365
3 260 (21.49%) Power Platform
4 141 (11.65%) AWS
5 104 (8.60%) Entra ID
6 94 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
8 81 (6.69%) PowerApps
9 68 (5.62%) Power Automate
10 45 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 41 (3.39%) IaaS
12 40 (3.31%) IBM Cloud
13 39 (3.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 39 (3.22%) PaaS
14 35 (2.89%) Serverless
15 34 (2.81%) OneDrive
16 29 (2.40%) GCP
17 26 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
17 26 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
18 25 (2.07%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 202 (16.69%) Firewall
2 127 (10.50%) DNS
3 119 (9.83%) DHCP
4 110 (9.09%) SAN
5 87 (7.19%) TCP/IP
6 82 (6.78%) VPN
7 76 (6.28%) Broadband
7 76 (6.28%) WAN
8 70 (5.79%) LAN
9 69 (5.70%) Network Security
10 64 (5.29%) VLAN
11 49 (4.05%) VoIP
12 44 (3.64%) Internet
13 40 (3.31%) NAS
13 40 (3.31%) Wireless
14 32 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (2.15%) Intranet
16 25 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (1.40%) SD-WAN
18 12 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (17.77%) Power BI
2 192 (15.87%) SQL Server
3 106 (8.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 44 (3.64%) Data Lake
4 44 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 40 (3.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 28 (2.31%) Relational Database
8 26 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 14 (1.16%) Big Data
11 11 (0.91%) Metadata
12 9 (0.74%) QlikView
13 8 (0.66%) Tableau
14 7 (0.58%) MySQL
14 7 (0.58%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 5 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (1.74%) JIRA
2 13 (1.07%) Axure RP
2 13 (1.07%) Balsamiq
3 9 (0.74%) Git
4 8 (0.66%) GitLab
5 7 (0.58%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.50%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.17%) Hudson
11 1 (0.083%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.083%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.083%) MSI
11 1 (0.083%) Vagrant
General
1 542 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 158 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (10.58%) Finance
4 117 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 61 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
8 48 (3.97%) Marketing
9 42 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 40 (3.31%) Legal
11 34 (2.81%) Retail
12 31 (2.56%) Telecoms
13 26 (2.15%) Law
14 15 (1.24%) Banking
15 14 (1.16%) Billing
16 13 (1.07%) Automotive
17 10 (0.83%) Games
17 10 (0.83%) Local Government
18 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 172 (14.21%) Support Engineer
2 171 (14.13%) IT Support
3 115 (9.50%) Architect
3 115 (9.50%) IT Engineer
3 115 (9.50%) Senior
4 94 (7.77%) DBA
5 93 (7.69%) Analyst
6 86 (7.11%) Consultant
7 85 (7.02%) IT Support Engineer
7 85 (7.02%) SQL DBA
8 76 (6.28%) Lead
9 74 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support
10 65 (5.37%) 3rd Line Support
11 61 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 58 (4.79%) Developer
13 55 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 52 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 51 (4.21%) Administrator
16 49 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
17 46 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.55%) HTML
2 41 (3.39%) CSS
3 36 (2.98%) .NET
4 27 (2.23%) ARM Templates
5 20 (1.65%) ASP.NET
6 19 (1.57%) .NET Framework
7 18 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC
8 14 (1.16%) Entity Framework
9 13 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (1.07%) 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 86 (7.11%) Data Centre
2 72 (5.95%) Driving Licence
3 55 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 46 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (3.72%) Replication
7 40 (3.31%) Blockchain
7 40 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 39 (3.22%) Onboarding
9 34 (2.81%) Private Cloud
10 31 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (2.15%) Security Posture
13 25 (2.07%) Cloud Native
13 25 (2.07%) 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
1 526 (43.47%) Windows
2 278 (22.98%) Windows Server
3 135 (11.16%) Linux
4 120 (9.92%) Windows 10
5 85 (7.02%) VMS
6 48 (3.97%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.80%) Debian
7 46 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 41 (3.39%) CentOS
10 40 (3.31%) Alpine Linux
11 39 (3.22%) Apple iOS
12 32 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
13 20 (1.65%) Android
14 17 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
15 15 (1.24%) Windows 8
16 12 (0.99%) Ubuntu
16 12 (0.99%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.91%) SUSE
18 7 (0.58%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (30.33%) Problem-Solving
2 280 (23.14%) ITIL
3 247 (20.41%) Customer Service
4 215 (17.77%) Business Intelligence
5 165 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 157 (12.98%) DevOps
7 138 (11.40%) Computer Science
8 137 (11.32%) Agile
9 127 (10.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 114 (9.42%) Project Management
11 110 (9.09%) Project Delivery
12 108 (8.93%) Artificial Intelligence
12 108 (8.93%) CI/CD
13 105 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 102 (8.43%) Collaborative Working
15 91 (7.52%) Migration
16 87 (7.19%) Performance Tuning
17 86 (7.11%) High Availability
18 82 (6.78%) Presales
19 76 (6.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 280 (23.14%) SQL
2 117 (9.67%) PowerShell
3 94 (7.77%) C#
4 86 (7.11%) T-SQL
5 56 (4.63%) JavaScript
6 40 (3.31%) Python
7 23 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 17 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.32%) Bash
10 11 (0.91%) U-SQL
11 10 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.74%) Bicep
13 7 (0.58%) Java
13 7 (0.58%) R
14 6 (0.50%) C
15 5 (0.41%) C++
16 3 (0.25%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.25%) PHP
16 3 (0.25%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 371 (30.66%) Degree
2 292 (24.13%) MCSE
3 229 (18.93%) Azure Certification
4 193 (15.95%) MCSA
5 156 (12.89%) Cisco Certification
6 153 (12.64%) MCP
7 138 (11.40%) A+ Certification
8 129 (10.66%) CCNA
9 109 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 95 (7.85%) Security Cleared
11 83 (6.86%) SC Cleared
12 73 (6.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 70 (5.79%) DBS Check
14 43 (3.55%) Network+ Certification
15 42 (3.47%) MCITP
16 26 (2.15%) CCNP
16 26 (2.15%) CISSP
17 25 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
18 22 (1.82%) AWS Certification
18 22 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (5.54%) SLA
2 41 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (3.06%) GDPR
4 20 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.40%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.16%) NIST
7 13 (1.07%) QA
7 13 (1.07%) WCAG
8 12 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.74%) NCSC
10 8 (0.66%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.41%) 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
1 474 (39.17%) Active Directory
2 195 (16.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (11.49%) Hyper-V
4 87 (7.19%) Virtual Machines
5 65 (5.37%) Docker
6 50 (4.13%) vSphere
7 31 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
8 20 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (1.40%) XenDesktop
10 14 (1.16%) XenApp
11 11 (0.91%) vCloud
12 10 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
13 9 (0.74%) 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
1 123 (10.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (7.44%) Kubernetes
3 84 (6.94%) SCCM
4 80 (6.61%) Terraform
5 23 (1.90%) SCOM
6 11 (0.91%) FortiGate
6 11 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.91%) WSUS
7 8 (0.66%) Autotask
7 8 (0.66%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.58%) SmoothWall
9 6 (0.50%) Ansible
10 5 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.41%) Grafana
10 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.25%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.25%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,084 (89.59%) Microsoft
2 258 (21.32%) VMware
3 104 (8.60%) Cisco
4 77 (6.36%) HP
5 61 (5.04%) Apple
6 57 (4.71%) Veeam
7 52 (4.30%) Citrix
8 50 (4.13%) Adobe
9 46 (3.80%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.72%) IBM
11 34 (2.81%) Databricks
11 34 (2.81%) Google
12 30 (2.48%) Dell
13 29 (2.40%) Meraki
14 24 (1.98%) SolarWinds
15 22 (1.82%) Nimble Storage
16 18 (1.49%) Oracle
17 17 (1.40%) Commvault
18 13 (1.07%) Bloomberg
18 13 (1.07%) Symantec