Microsoft Certification Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 159 221 175
Rank change year-on-year +62 -46 +74
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 277 225 382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.47% 1.39% 2.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.98% 4.36% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 228 99 223
10th Percentile £27,525 £24,850 £25,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -4.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,375 £67,070 £61,588
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,967 5,166 5,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.04% 32.02% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,701 1,710 2,441
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,013 £54,377 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +14.48% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North of England.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West -1 126 £40,000 -11.11% 41
Yorkshire +58 87 £42,500 -22.56% 24
North East +45 64 £32,500 - 8
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 46 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (9.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.44%) CMS
3 4 (1.44%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) Moodle
Applications
1 33 (11.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 173 (62.45%) Azure
2 117 (42.24%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (16.25%) Power Platform
4 40 (14.44%) Entra ID
5 29 (10.47%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.69%) AWS
7 13 (4.69%) Power Automate
8 8 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.89%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.53%) Azure AKS
9 7 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.53%) IaaS
9 7 (2.53%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.53%) PaaS
9 7 (2.53%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.81%) Azure Stack
12 4 (1.44%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (13.36%) Firewall
2 32 (11.55%) Broadband
3 30 (10.83%) SAN
4 26 (9.39%) TCP/IP
5 20 (7.22%) Internet
6 19 (6.86%) VPN
7 18 (6.50%) LAN
8 17 (6.14%) DHCP
8 17 (6.14%) DNS
9 16 (5.78%) VoIP
10 13 (4.69%) Network Security
10 13 (4.69%) VLAN
10 13 (4.69%) WAN
11 9 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.53%) WLAN
13 4 (1.44%) NAS
13 4 (1.44%) Skype
13 4 (1.44%) SSL
14 3 (1.08%) IPv4
14 3 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (20.22%) SQL Server
2 40 (14.44%) Power BI
3 34 (12.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.81%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.81%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.81%) Redis
9 3 (1.08%) Big Data
9 3 (1.08%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.72%) QlikView
11 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) AdminStudio
2 1 (0.36%) Git
2 1 (0.36%) GitLab
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 126 (45.49%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.83%) Finance
3 25 (9.03%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.05%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.33%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.97%) Retail
8 9 (3.25%) Games
8 9 (3.25%) Law
9 8 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.17%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.17%) Marketing
11 5 (1.81%) Local Government
12 3 (1.08%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.08%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.72%) Banking
13 2 (0.72%) Billing
13 2 (0.72%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 52 (18.77%) Support Engineer
2 45 (16.25%) IT Support
3 37 (13.36%) 3rd Line Support
4 30 (10.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 29 (10.47%) IT Engineer
6 27 (9.75%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 27 (9.75%) DBA
6 27 (9.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (9.75%) SQL DBA
7 25 (9.03%) Senior
8 24 (8.66%) Analyst
9 23 (8.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (7.58%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 19 (6.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 18 (6.50%) 2nd Line Support
13 17 (6.14%) Lead
14 16 (5.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 15 (5.42%) Architect
15 15 (5.42%) IT Manager
16 14 (5.05%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.17%) CSS
1 6 (2.17%) HTML
2 5 (1.81%) Middleware
3 4 (1.44%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.08%) PySpark
5 2 (0.72%) .NET
6 1 (0.36%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.36%) SAML
6 1 (0.36%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.52%) Driving Licence
2 25 (9.03%) Enterprise Storage
3 17 (6.14%) Data Centre
4 15 (5.42%) Private Cloud
5 14 (5.05%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.97%) Smartphone
7 10 (3.61%) Public Cloud
8 9 (3.25%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.81%) Replication
11 4 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.44%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.44%) Thin Client
12 3 (1.08%) Housing Association
12 3 (1.08%) Mainframe
12 3 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 111 (40.07%) Windows
2 51 (18.41%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.83%) Windows 10
4 26 (9.39%) VMS
5 22 (7.94%) Linux
6 12 (4.33%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.53%) Windows Vista
8 4 (1.44%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.44%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.72%) Android
10 2 (0.72%) Unix
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (29.96%) Customer Service
3 82 (29.60%) ITIL
4 40 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (11.19%) Computer Science
5 31 (11.19%) DevOps
6 30 (10.83%) Collaborative Working
6 30 (10.83%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 30 (10.83%) Incident Management
7 28 (10.11%) High Availability
8 27 (9.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (9.75%) Performance Tuning
8 27 (9.75%) Roadmaps
9 24 (8.66%) Migration
10 22 (7.94%) Time Management
11 21 (7.58%) Agile
12 20 (7.22%) Project Management
13 19 (6.86%) CI/CD
13 19 (6.86%) Desktop Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.35%) SQL
2 23 (8.30%) T-SQL
3 20 (7.22%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.14%) C#
5 11 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.44%) Bicep
6 4 (1.44%) Python
7 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.36%) Bash
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Go
8 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 77 (27.80%) Degree
2 51 (18.41%) Azure Certification
3 41 (14.80%) MCP
3 41 (14.80%) MCSE
4 36 (13.00%) A+ Certification
5 32 (11.55%) MCSA
6 30 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (10.11%) CCNA
8 22 (7.94%) DBS Check
9 18 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.33%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (3.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (2.89%) CISSP
12 8 (2.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (2.17%) MCITP
13 6 (2.17%) Security Cleared
14 5 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.81%) SC Cleared
14 5 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.25%) SLA
2 8 (2.89%) GDPR
2 8 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.44%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.44%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.44%) QA
4 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.36%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 137 (49.46%) Active Directory
2 45 (16.25%) Hyper-V
3 35 (12.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.25%) vSphere
6 5 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.72%) Docker
8 2 (0.72%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.36%) XenApp
9 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (10.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.05%) SCCM
4 12 (4.33%) Terraform
5 9 (3.25%) SCOM
6 7 (2.53%) Autotask
7 5 (1.81%) Grafana
7 5 (1.81%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.44%) WSUS
9 2 (0.72%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.36%) Ansible
10 1 (0.36%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.36%) yum
Vendors
1 258 (93.14%) Microsoft
2 57 (20.58%) VMware
3 17 (6.14%) SolarWinds
4 13 (4.69%) Apple
4 13 (4.69%) Cisco
5 11 (3.97%) Virgin Media
6 10 (3.61%) Datto
7 9 (3.25%) Adobe
7 9 (3.25%) Citrix
7 9 (3.25%) Sophos
8 7 (2.53%) Kaseya
9 6 (2.17%) Google
9 6 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
9 6 (2.17%) Meraki
10 5 (1.81%) Databricks
10 5 (1.81%) Oracle
10 5 (1.81%) Veeam
11 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.08%) Acronis
12 3 (1.08%) ConnectWise