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 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 236 300 349
Rank change year-on-year +64 +49 -84
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 473 398 766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.03% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.87% 3.96% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 390 340 563
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £38,273
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £68,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.76% +6.11% -

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 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
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 £78,725 £77,500
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
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 1 June 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 55 (11.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (7.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.42%) 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 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.75%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.42%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.42%) 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
1 354 (74.84%) Azure
2 182 (38.48%) Power Platform
3 166 (35.10%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (13.11%) AWS
5 41 (8.67%) Entra ID
6 37 (7.82%) PowerApps
7 33 (6.98%) Power Automate
8 28 (5.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 26 (5.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (4.86%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.54%) OneDrive
13 11 (2.33%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
13 11 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (2.33%) Serverless
13 11 (2.33%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.90%) GCP
15 8 (1.69%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.69%) PaaS
16 7 (1.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (15.64%) Broadband
2 50 (10.57%) Firewall
3 49 (10.36%) SAN
4 37 (7.82%) DNS
5 32 (6.77%) DHCP
5 32 (6.77%) TCP/IP
6 29 (6.13%) VLAN
7 20 (4.23%) Network Security
8 18 (3.81%) VPN
9 15 (3.17%) NAS
10 14 (2.96%) WAN
11 13 (2.75%) Wireless
12 12 (2.54%) VoIP
12 12 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (1.69%) LAN
14 6 (1.27%) Internet
14 6 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.27%) VSAN
15 5 (1.06%) MPLS
15 5 (1.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (36.15%) Power BI
2 137 (28.96%) SQL Server
3 96 (20.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (7.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (6.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (6.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 27 (5.71%) Data Lake
8 26 (5.50%) Relational Database
9 21 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (1.27%) Big Data
12 6 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.27%) Metadata
12 6 (1.27%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.06%) MySQL
13 5 (1.06%) QlikView
13 5 (1.06%) Redis
13 5 (1.06%) Tableau
14 3 (0.63%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Axure RP
1 13 (2.75%) Balsamiq
2 11 (2.33%) JIRA
3 9 (1.90%) Git
4 2 (0.42%) GitLab
4 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 55 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 49 (10.36%) Finance
4 47 (9.94%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.92%) Marketing
6 28 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.17%) Law
9 11 (2.33%) Legal
10 8 (1.69%) Banking
11 6 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.85%) Police
12 4 (0.85%) Retail
13 3 (0.63%) Social Housing
13 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.42%) Back Office
14 2 (0.42%) Billing
14 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (21.14%) DBA
1 100 (21.14%) SQL DBA
2 57 (12.05%) Support Engineer
3 56 (11.84%) IT Support
4 52 (10.99%) Architect
5 47 (9.94%) Senior
6 44 (9.30%) IT Engineer
7 40 (8.46%) Analyst
8 39 (8.25%) Consultant
9 38 (8.03%) IT Support Engineer
10 35 (7.40%) Administrator
11 34 (7.19%) 3rd Line Support
12 33 (6.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 31 (6.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 23 (4.86%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
15 22 (4.65%) Developer
16 21 (4.44%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
16 21 (4.44%) Platform Architect
16 21 (4.44%) Power Platform Architect
16 21 (4.44%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.29%) CSS
1 25 (5.29%) HTML
2 13 (2.75%) .NET
3 9 (1.90%) .NET Core
4 8 (1.69%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.69%) Middleware
5 6 (1.27%) jQuery
6 5 (1.06%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.06%) React
7 2 (0.42%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.42%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.42%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.42%) PySpark
8 1 (0.21%) ADO
8 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.21%) JSON
8 1 (0.21%) MDX
8 1 (0.21%) RESTful
8 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.73%) Data Centre
2 36 (7.61%) Driving Licence
3 26 (5.50%) Private Cloud
4 25 (5.29%) Enterprise Storage
5 24 (5.07%) Management Information System
6 20 (4.23%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.96%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.27%) PKI
11 5 (1.06%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.85%) iPhone
13 3 (0.63%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.63%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.63%) NHS
13 3 (0.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 148 (31.29%) Windows
2 75 (15.86%) VMS
3 61 (12.90%) Windows Server
4 45 (9.51%) Windows 10
5 27 (5.71%) Linux
6 12 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (2.33%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.27%) Android
10 6 (1.27%) Unix
11 4 (0.85%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.42%) Debian
13 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.21%) AIX
14 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (37.42%) Business Intelligence
2 104 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (21.56%) ITIL
4 93 (19.66%) Disaster Recovery
5 86 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 78 (16.49%) High Availability
7 76 (16.07%) Performance Tuning
8 74 (15.64%) Customer Service
9 63 (13.32%) Migration
10 60 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 52 (10.99%) Agile
12 52 (10.99%) Computer Science
13 46 (9.73%) Presales
14 44 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 42 (8.88%) DevOps
16 36 (7.61%) Roadmaps
17 33 (6.98%) Data Modelling
17 33 (6.98%) Performance Optimisation
18 32 (6.77%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 177 (37.42%) SQL
2 88 (18.60%) T-SQL
3 46 (9.73%) C#
4 29 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.29%) Python
6 21 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (4.44%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.33%) U-SQL
8 7 (1.48%) Bicep
8 7 (1.48%) R
9 6 (1.27%) Bash
10 4 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.63%) Go
11 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.42%) Java
12 2 (0.42%) X++
13 1 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 132 (27.91%) Degree
2 88 (18.60%) Azure Certification
3 61 (12.90%) MCSE
4 49 (10.36%) MCP
5 45 (9.51%) Security Cleared
6 44 (9.30%) SC Cleared
7 42 (8.88%) DBS Check
8 39 (8.25%) CCNA
8 39 (8.25%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (4.02%) A+ Certification
11 19 (4.02%) MCITP
12 12 (2.54%) MCSA
13 11 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (2.11%) CISSP
15 9 (1.90%) AWS Certification
16 8 (1.69%) Citrix Certification
17 6 (1.27%) MCDST
17 6 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.02%) GDPR
2 17 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.75%) WCAG
4 12 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.11%) SLA
6 8 (1.69%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.06%) QA
8 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.63%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 136 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 79 (16.70%) Virtual Machines
3 54 (11.42%) Hyper-V
4 53 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.75%) vSphere
6 9 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (1.90%) XenDesktop
7 7 (1.48%) Docker
8 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.27%) XenApp
9 4 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.63%) Firmware
11 2 (0.42%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 39 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (5.92%) SCCM
3 22 (4.65%) Terraform
4 13 (2.75%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.69%) SCOM
6 5 (1.06%) Grafana
6 5 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.85%) Autotask
8 3 (0.63%) WSUS
9 2 (0.42%) 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
1 448 (94.71%) Microsoft
2 73 (15.43%) VMware
3 46 (9.73%) Adobe
4 38 (8.03%) Apple
5 20 (4.23%) Citrix
6 19 (4.02%) Databricks
7 12 (2.54%) Cisco
8 11 (2.33%) HP
8 11 (2.33%) Meraki
9 10 (2.11%) Veeam
10 8 (1.69%) Google
10 8 (1.69%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.48%) Dell
11 7 (1.48%) Oracle
12 5 (1.06%) IBM
13 4 (0.85%) Datto
13 4 (0.85%) iManage
13 4 (0.85%) Sophos
14 3 (0.63%) Commvault
14 3 (0.63%) Fortinet