Microsoft Certification Jobs

Microsoft Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 321 357
Rank change year-on-year +91 +36 -72
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,319 1,091 1,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 1.10% 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.80% 3.33% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 868 1,181
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £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 £62,251 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% +1.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK

Microsoft Certification
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England +95 1,210 £45,000 -2.17% 272
UK excluding London +57 964 £40,000 -4.76% 225
Work from Home +80 461 £50,000 -3.85% 119
London +111 305 £62,500 +13.64% 65
North of England +147 279 £40,000 -15.79% 60
South East +24 236 £39,000 +7.22% 38
Midlands +21 164 £38,000 -7.32% 37
North West +37 125 £40,000 -12.57% 29
South West -21 105 £42,500 +0.59% 44
East of England +18 103 £40,000 -9.09% 22
West Midlands +20 100 £38,000 -8.43% 23
Yorkshire +122 89 £42,500 -10.53% 23
North East - 65 £32,500 - 9
East Midlands +16 64 £44,612 +10.15% 14
Scotland -57 40 £57,500 +27.78% 21
Wales +13 25 £27,000 -41.62% 3
Northern Ireland +24 11 £45,000 -27.71% 6
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 -

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 207 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 186 (14.10%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 15 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
4 13 (0.99%) IIS
5 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.76%) CMS
7 9 (0.68%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.15%) Confluence
10 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.076%) Drupal
10 1 (0.076%) Moodle
10 1 (0.076%) SAS
10 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 163 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.99%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.38%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.23%) Maximo
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.076%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.076%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.076%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 834 (63.23%) Azure
2 528 (40.03%) Microsoft 365
3 297 (22.52%) Power Platform
4 145 (10.99%) AWS
5 117 (8.87%) Entra ID
6 102 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (7.73%) Dynamics 365
7 88 (6.67%) PowerApps
8 81 (6.14%) Power Automate
9 47 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (3.18%) IaaS
11 41 (3.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 41 (3.11%) PaaS
12 40 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
12 40 (3.03%) Serverless
13 34 (2.58%) OneDrive
14 32 (2.43%) GCP
15 31 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 29 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
17 26 (1.97%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 218 (16.53%) Firewall
2 136 (10.31%) DNS
3 127 (9.63%) DHCP
4 115 (8.72%) SAN
5 95 (7.20%) TCP/IP
6 88 (6.67%) Broadband
7 87 (6.60%) VPN
8 83 (6.29%) WAN
9 77 (5.84%) LAN
10 74 (5.61%) Network Security
11 64 (4.85%) VLAN
12 50 (3.79%) Internet
12 50 (3.79%) VoIP
13 41 (3.11%) Wireless
14 40 (3.03%) NAS
15 36 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
16 28 (2.12%) Remote Desktop
17 26 (1.97%) Intranet
18 20 (1.52%) SD-WAN
19 15 (1.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (17.97%) Power BI
2 217 (16.45%) SQL Server
3 119 (9.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 53 (4.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 49 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 44 (3.34%) Data Lake
7 39 (2.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 33 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (2.27%) Relational Database
10 29 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 16 (1.21%) Big Data
13 14 (1.06%) Metadata
14 9 (0.68%) MySQL
14 9 (0.68%) QlikView
15 8 (0.61%) Tableau
16 7 (0.53%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
18 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
18 5 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (1.59%) JIRA
2 18 (1.36%) Git
3 13 (0.99%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.99%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.68%) GitLab
5 8 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) Hudson
11 1 (0.076%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.076%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.076%) MSI
11 1 (0.076%) Vagrant
General
1 580 (43.97%) Social Skills
2 167 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (10.54%) Finance
4 122 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 60 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 54 (4.09%) Marketing
8 53 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (3.41%) Manufacturing
10 40 (3.03%) Legal
11 36 (2.73%) Retail
12 34 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 30 (2.27%) Law
14 18 (1.36%) Banking
15 14 (1.06%) Billing
16 13 (0.99%) Automotive
17 12 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.76%) Games
18 10 (0.76%) Local Government
19 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 182 (13.80%) Support Engineer
2 176 (13.34%) IT Support
3 133 (10.08%) Senior
4 123 (9.33%) Architect
5 117 (8.87%) IT Engineer
6 111 (8.42%) DBA
7 102 (7.73%) SQL DBA
8 100 (7.58%) Analyst
9 91 (6.90%) Consultant
10 86 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
11 83 (6.29%) Developer
12 77 (5.84%) 2nd Line Support
13 76 (5.76%) Lead
14 68 (5.16%) 3rd Line Support
15 64 (4.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 64 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 59 (4.47%) Administrator
17 58 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 53 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
19 49 (3.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.85%) HTML
2 60 (4.55%) CSS
3 54 (4.09%) .NET
4 30 (2.27%) ARM Templates
5 22 (1.67%) .NET Framework
5 22 (1.67%) ASP.NET
6 21 (1.59%) HTML5 Canvas
7 20 (1.52%) .NET Core
7 20 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
8 17 (1.29%) Entity Framework
9 15 (1.14%) PySpark
10 11 (0.83%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.83%) Web Services
11 10 (0.76%) jQuery
12 8 (0.61%) ADO
12 8 (0.61%) Middleware
12 8 (0.61%) XML
13 7 (0.53%) REST
14 6 (0.45%) React
15 5 (0.38%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 72 (5.46%) Driving Licence
3 64 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 47 (3.56%) Replication
6 46 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
6 46 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.49%) Public Cloud
7 40 (3.03%) Blockchain
8 34 (2.58%) Private Cloud
9 32 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (2.27%) Cloud Native
12 29 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (2.20%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.90%) Enterprise Storage
14 19 (1.44%) Virtual Team
15 17 (1.29%) Product Ownership
16 16 (1.21%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.21%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 558 (42.30%) Windows
2 293 (22.21%) Windows Server
3 153 (11.60%) Linux
4 128 (9.70%) Windows 10
5 96 (7.28%) VMS
6 55 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 52 (3.94%) Mac OS
8 49 (3.71%) Debian
9 48 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 46 (3.49%) CentOS
11 40 (3.03%) Alpine Linux
11 40 (3.03%) Apple iOS
12 36 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
13 20 (1.52%) Android
13 20 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (1.14%) Windows 8
15 14 (1.06%) Ubuntu
16 13 (0.99%) Windows 7
17 11 (0.83%) SUSE
18 10 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
2 299 (22.67%) ITIL
3 274 (20.77%) Customer Service
4 242 (18.35%) Business Intelligence
5 171 (12.96%) DevOps
6 168 (12.74%) Cybersecurity
7 148 (11.22%) Computer Science
8 147 (11.14%) Agile
9 142 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
10 121 (9.17%) Project Management
11 117 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 116 (8.79%) CI/CD
13 113 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
14 110 (8.34%) Project Delivery
15 108 (8.19%) Artificial Intelligence
16 105 (7.96%) Migration
17 98 (7.43%) Performance Tuning
18 97 (7.35%) High Availability
19 88 (6.67%) Presales
20 85 (6.44%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 306 (23.20%) SQL
2 121 (9.17%) PowerShell
3 112 (8.49%) C#
4 97 (7.35%) T-SQL
5 70 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 46 (3.49%) Python
7 27 (2.05%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (1.44%) Bash
10 12 (0.91%) Bicep
11 11 (0.83%) U-SQL
12 10 (0.76%) Java
12 10 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.68%) C
14 8 (0.61%) C++
15 7 (0.53%) R
16 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.23%) Go
17 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 399 (30.25%) Degree
2 315 (23.88%) MCSE
3 244 (18.50%) Azure Certification
4 200 (15.16%) MCSA
5 170 (12.89%) Cisco Certification
6 157 (11.90%) MCP
7 143 (10.84%) A+ Certification
8 139 (10.54%) CCNA
9 123 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 106 (8.04%) Security Cleared
11 89 (6.75%) SC Cleared
12 81 (6.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 76 (5.76%) DBS Check
14 45 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
15 44 (3.34%) MCITP
16 32 (2.43%) CCNP
17 29 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
18 26 (1.97%) CISSP
19 25 (1.90%) AWS Certification
20 23 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.99%) SLA
2 43 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (2.96%) GDPR
4 23 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (1.67%) QA
6 17 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.06%) NIST
7 14 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.99%) WCAG
9 12 (0.91%) Data Quality
10 9 (0.68%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.076%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.076%) PMO
System Software
1 496 (37.60%) Active Directory
2 210 (15.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 148 (11.22%) Hyper-V
4 98 (7.43%) Virtual Machines
5 69 (5.23%) Docker
6 52 (3.94%) vSphere
7 31 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
8 26 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
9 23 (1.74%) XenDesktop
10 14 (1.06%) XenApp
11 11 (0.83%) vCloud
12 10 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
13 9 (0.68%) Firmware
14 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.23%) KVM
15 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
17 1 (0.076%) DFS Replication
17 1 (0.076%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 130 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 95 (7.20%) Kubernetes
3 89 (6.75%) Terraform
4 84 (6.37%) SCCM
5 23 (1.74%) SCOM
6 14 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 11 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.83%) WSUS
8 8 (0.61%) Autotask
9 7 (0.53%) Ansible
9 7 (0.53%) SmoothWall
10 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.38%) Grafana
10 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.30%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.23%) PowerCLI
12 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.23%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 1,180 (89.46%) Microsoft
2 279 (21.15%) VMware
3 111 (8.42%) Cisco
4 77 (5.84%) HP
5 65 (4.93%) Citrix
5 65 (4.93%) Veeam
6 61 (4.62%) Apple
7 50 (3.79%) Adobe
8 49 (3.71%) Red Hat
9 45 (3.41%) IBM
10 37 (2.81%) Google
11 36 (2.73%) Databricks
12 32 (2.43%) Meraki
13 30 (2.27%) Dell
14 28 (2.12%) Nimble Storage
15 24 (1.82%) SolarWinds
16 18 (1.36%) Oracle
17 17 (1.29%) Commvault
18 13 (0.99%) Bloomberg
18 13 (0.99%) Symantec