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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 278 336
Rank change year-on-year +59 +58 -48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,213 1,087 1,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.33% 1.29% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.88% 3.84% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 752 1,071
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £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 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,700 £78,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.76% +6.11% -

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 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
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 £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +106 301 £60,000 +9.09% 66
North of England +62 277 £40,000 -15.79% 73
South East +19 235 £39,000 +6.85% 41
Midlands -10 171 £40,000 -4.76% 26
North West -1 126 £40,000 -11.11% 41
South West -13 109 £42,500 +0.59% 33
West Midlands -8 105 £38,000 -9.52% 18
East of England +13 102 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Yorkshire +58 87 £42,500 -22.56% 24
East Midlands -16 66 £45,000 +7.14% 8
North East +45 64 £32,500 - 8
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 (16.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (15.25%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.40%) SharePoint 2010
3 17 (1.40%) SharePoint 2013
4 10 (0.82%) CMS
5 9 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.66%) IIS
7 6 (0.49%) Apache
8 5 (0.41%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.33%) Confluence
10 1 (0.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.082%) Drupal
10 1 (0.082%) Moodle
10 1 (0.082%) SAS
Applications
1 156 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.07%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.082%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 29 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.25%) Maximo
3 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.16%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.16%) Sage 50
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.082%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.082%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.082%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.082%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 767 (63.23%) Azure
2 508 (41.88%) Microsoft 365
3 263 (21.68%) Power Platform
4 137 (11.29%) AWS
5 102 (8.41%) Entra ID
6 97 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
7 92 (7.58%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (7.01%) PowerApps
9 73 (6.02%) Power Automate
10 45 (3.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 40 (3.30%) IBM Cloud
12 39 (3.22%) PaaS
13 37 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 36 (2.97%) IaaS
15 34 (2.80%) OneDrive
16 33 (2.72%) Serverless
17 31 (2.56%) GCP
18 27 (2.23%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (2.23%) SaaS
19 26 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 207 (17.07%) Firewall
2 124 (10.22%) DNS
3 116 (9.56%) DHCP
4 107 (8.82%) SAN
5 90 (7.42%) TCP/IP
6 80 (6.60%) VPN
7 76 (6.27%) WAN
8 75 (6.18%) Broadband
9 71 (5.85%) Network Security
10 70 (5.77%) LAN
11 63 (5.19%) VLAN
12 48 (3.96%) VoIP
13 45 (3.71%) Internet
14 40 (3.30%) NAS
15 39 (3.22%) Wireless
16 35 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
17 26 (2.14%) Intranet
18 25 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
19 16 (1.32%) SD-WAN
20 12 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (17.89%) Power BI
2 187 (15.42%) SQL Server
3 106 (8.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 42 (3.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 41 (3.38%) Data Lake
6 39 (3.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 29 (2.39%) Relational Database
10 24 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 14 (1.15%) Big Data
13 9 (0.74%) Metadata
13 9 (0.74%) QlikView
14 7 (0.58%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.58%) Tableau
15 6 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.49%) MySQL
15 6 (0.49%) NoSQL
16 5 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (1.81%) JIRA
2 13 (1.07%) Axure RP
2 13 (1.07%) Balsamiq
3 9 (0.74%) Git
4 7 (0.58%) GitLab
5 5 (0.41%) 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 (0.16%) Hudson
9 1 (0.082%) AdminStudio
9 1 (0.082%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.082%) MSI
9 1 (0.082%) Vagrant
General
1 541 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 162 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (11.46%) Finance
4 114 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 59 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (3.63%) Marketing
9 43 (3.54%) Manufacturing
10 38 (3.13%) Legal
11 33 (2.72%) Retail
12 29 (2.39%) Telecoms
13 28 (2.31%) Law
14 14 (1.15%) Automotive
14 14 (1.15%) Banking
15 13 (1.07%) Billing
15 13 (1.07%) General Ledger
16 10 (0.82%) Games
16 10 (0.82%) Local Government
17 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 175 (14.43%) Support Engineer
2 171 (14.10%) IT Support
3 119 (9.81%) Architect
4 114 (9.40%) Senior
5 113 (9.32%) IT Engineer
6 95 (7.83%) Analyst
7 94 (7.75%) DBA
8 85 (7.01%) Consultant
8 85 (7.01%) SQL DBA
9 84 (6.92%) IT Support Engineer
10 77 (6.35%) Lead
11 76 (6.27%) 2nd Line Support
12 65 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support
13 62 (5.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 56 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 56 (4.62%) Developer
15 55 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
16 51 (4.20%) Administrator
16 51 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 47 (3.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.46%) HTML
2 40 (3.30%) CSS
3 36 (2.97%) .NET
4 23 (1.90%) ARM Templates
5 18 (1.48%) ASP.NET
6 16 (1.32%) .NET Framework
6 16 (1.32%) ASP.NET MVC
7 13 (1.07%) PySpark
8 12 (0.99%) Entity Framework
9 11 (0.91%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.82%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.74%) Middleware
12 8 (0.66%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.58%) REST
13 7 (0.58%) Web Services
14 5 (0.41%) MDX
15 4 (0.33%) HTML5
15 4 (0.33%) React
15 4 (0.33%) WinForms
15 4 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.09%) Data Centre
2 72 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 55 (4.53%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 42 (3.46%) Replication
7 40 (3.30%) Blockchain
7 40 (3.30%) Onboarding
8 37 (3.05%) Public Cloud
9 34 (2.80%) Private Cloud
10 31 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 26 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (2.06%) Enterprise Storage
14 24 (1.98%) Cloud Native
14 24 (1.98%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.40%) NHS
16 16 (1.32%) Smartphone
17 15 (1.24%) Low-Code
18 14 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 520 (42.87%) Windows
2 268 (22.09%) Windows Server
3 132 (10.88%) Linux
4 115 (9.48%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.92%) VMS
6 51 (4.20%) Mac OS
7 46 (3.79%) Debian
8 45 (3.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 43 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 41 (3.38%) CentOS
11 40 (3.30%) Alpine Linux
12 37 (3.05%) Apple iOS
13 33 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
14 20 (1.65%) Android
15 17 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.91%) Windows 8
17 10 (0.82%) Ubuntu
18 9 (0.74%) SUSE
18 9 (0.74%) Windows 7
19 7 (0.58%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (30.75%) Problem-Solving
2 285 (23.50%) ITIL
3 251 (20.69%) Customer Service
4 218 (17.97%) Business Intelligence
5 164 (13.52%) Cybersecurity
6 155 (12.78%) DevOps
7 147 (12.12%) Computer Science
8 133 (10.96%) Agile
9 125 (10.31%) Disaster Recovery
10 115 (9.48%) Project Management
11 108 (8.90%) Artificial Intelligence
12 105 (8.66%) CI/CD
13 103 (8.49%) Collaborative Working
14 101 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 100 (8.24%) Project Delivery
16 89 (7.34%) Migration
17 87 (7.17%) Performance Tuning
18 85 (7.01%) High Availability
19 81 (6.68%) Presales
20 73 (6.02%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 284 (23.41%) SQL
2 109 (8.99%) PowerShell
3 98 (8.08%) C#
4 89 (7.34%) T-SQL
5 56 (4.62%) JavaScript
6 38 (3.13%) Python
7 23 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.07%) Bash
10 11 (0.91%) U-SQL
11 10 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.66%) Bicep
12 8 (0.66%) Java
13 7 (0.58%) R
14 6 (0.49%) C
14 6 (0.49%) C++
15 3 (0.25%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.25%) PHP
16 2 (0.16%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 384 (31.66%) Degree
2 282 (23.25%) MCSE
3 230 (18.96%) Azure Certification
4 186 (15.33%) MCSA
5 157 (12.94%) MCP
6 153 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
7 142 (11.71%) A+ Certification
8 126 (10.39%) CCNA
9 114 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 94 (7.75%) Security Cleared
11 82 (6.76%) SC Cleared
12 72 (5.94%) DBS Check
13 68 (5.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 49 (4.04%) MCITP
15 41 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
16 28 (2.31%) CCNP
17 26 (2.14%) CISSP
18 24 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
19 21 (1.73%) AWS Certification
19 21 (1.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (5.28%) SLA
2 42 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (3.13%) GDPR
4 20 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.40%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.15%) NIST
6 14 (1.15%) QA
7 13 (1.07%) WCAG
8 12 (0.99%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.74%) NCSC
10 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.082%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.082%) PMO
System Software
1 472 (38.91%) Active Directory
2 196 (16.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (11.95%) Hyper-V
4 85 (7.01%) Virtual Machines
5 64 (5.28%) Docker
6 49 (4.04%) vSphere
7 30 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
8 21 (1.73%) XenDesktop
9 20 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
10 18 (1.48%) XenApp
11 10 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.74%) Firmware
12 9 (0.74%) vCloud
13 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.33%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.16%) Terminal Server
17 1 (0.082%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.082%) LXC
17 1 (0.082%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 125 (10.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (7.42%) Kubernetes
3 79 (6.51%) SCCM
4 78 (6.43%) Terraform
5 16 (1.32%) SCOM
6 10 (0.82%) FortiGate
6 10 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.82%) WSUS
7 8 (0.66%) Autotask
7 8 (0.66%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.58%) SmoothWall
9 5 (0.41%) Ansible
9 5 (0.41%) Grafana
9 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.16%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.16%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 1,087 (89.61%) Microsoft
2 259 (21.35%) VMware
3 104 (8.57%) Cisco
4 76 (6.27%) HP
5 61 (5.03%) Apple
6 56 (4.62%) Citrix
7 55 (4.53%) Veeam
8 50 (4.12%) Adobe
9 45 (3.71%) IBM
9 45 (3.71%) Red Hat
10 38 (3.13%) Google
11 32 (2.64%) Databricks
11 32 (2.64%) Dell
12 29 (2.39%) Meraki
13 22 (1.81%) SolarWinds
14 19 (1.57%) Nimble Storage
15 16 (1.32%) Oracle
16 15 (1.24%) Commvault
16 15 (1.24%) Symantec
17 13 (1.07%) Bloomberg