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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 317 348
Rank change year-on-year +96 +31 -68
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1,329 1,122 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 1.08% 1.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 3.32% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 904 1,201
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +6.25%

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 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 3 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 3 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 +104 1,218 £45,000 - 378
UK excluding London +65 971 £40,000 -3.61% 288
Work from Home +101 472 £50,000 - 106
London +113 310 £62,500 +13.64% 118
North of England +144 272 £40,000 -11.11% 84
South East +28 251 £38,500 +5.48% 49
Midlands +36 162 £38,000 -8.43% 48
North West +34 120 £40,000 -13.98% 52
East of England +30 107 £40,000 -5.88% 24
West Midlands +22 100 £38,000 -7.32% 30
South West -24 98 £41,250 -2.37% 45
Yorkshire +118 90 £40,000 +14.29% 24
East Midlands +17 62 £44,225 +5.30% 18
North East - 62 £32,500 - 10
Scotland -54 43 £57,500 +27.78% 28
Wales +13 25 £27,000 -44.33% 10
Northern Ireland +34 12 £45,000 -13.46% 7
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
1 211 (15.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 194 (14.60%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.05%) IIS
4 12 (0.90%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.90%) SharePoint 2013
5 11 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.75%) CMS
7 9 (0.68%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.075%) Confluence
9 1 (0.075%) Drupal
9 1 (0.075%) SAS
9 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 171 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.98%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.075%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 38 (2.86%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.075%) Cognos Controller
6 1 (0.075%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 828 (62.30%) Azure
2 541 (40.71%) Microsoft 365
3 297 (22.35%) Power Platform
4 149 (11.21%) AWS
5 121 (9.10%) Entra ID
6 98 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
6 98 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
7 86 (6.47%) PowerApps
8 79 (5.94%) Power Automate
9 44 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (3.16%) IaaS
11 40 (3.01%) IBM Cloud
11 40 (3.01%) PaaS
12 39 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 38 (2.86%) Serverless
14 33 (2.48%) OneDrive
15 30 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
16 29 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (2.18%) GCP
17 27 (2.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 220 (16.55%) Firewall
2 144 (10.84%) DNS
3 137 (10.31%) DHCP
4 119 (8.95%) SAN
5 100 (7.52%) TCP/IP
6 99 (7.45%) Broadband
7 92 (6.92%) VPN
7 92 (6.92%) WAN
8 88 (6.62%) LAN
9 80 (6.02%) VLAN
10 73 (5.49%) Network Security
11 54 (4.06%) Wireless
12 51 (3.84%) VoIP
13 49 (3.69%) Internet
14 40 (3.01%) NAS
15 32 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
16 31 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
17 26 (1.96%) Intranet
18 20 (1.50%) SD-WAN
19 15 (1.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (17.76%) Power BI
2 221 (16.63%) SQL Server
3 117 (8.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (4.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 48 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 42 (3.16%) Data Lake
7 39 (2.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 30 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 16 (1.20%) Big Data
12 15 (1.13%) Metadata
13 10 (0.75%) MySQL
14 9 (0.68%) QlikView
14 9 (0.68%) Tableau
15 6 (0.45%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (1.43%) JIRA
2 17 (1.28%) Git
3 13 (0.98%) Axure RP
3 13 (0.98%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.68%) GitLab
5 8 (0.60%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.45%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.38%) Octopus Deploy
8 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.15%) Hudson
10 2 (0.15%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.075%) AdminStudio
11 1 (0.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.075%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.075%) MSI
11 1 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 588 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 157 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (10.16%) Finance
4 123 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 72 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 62 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.29%) Marketing
7 57 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
8 47 (3.54%) Telecoms
9 45 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 42 (3.16%) Legal
11 37 (2.78%) Retail
12 25 (1.88%) Law
13 18 (1.35%) Banking
14 15 (1.13%) Billing
15 13 (0.98%) Automotive
16 10 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.75%) Games
16 10 (0.75%) Local Government
17 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 192 (14.45%) Support Engineer
2 178 (13.39%) IT Support
3 130 (9.78%) Senior
4 123 (9.26%) Architect
5 119 (8.95%) IT Engineer
6 113 (8.50%) Analyst
7 111 (8.35%) DBA
8 102 (7.67%) SQL DBA
9 93 (7.00%) Consultant
10 87 (6.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 81 (6.09%) 2nd Line Support
11 81 (6.09%) Developer
12 73 (5.49%) Lead
13 67 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 66 (4.97%) 3rd Line Support
15 65 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 60 (4.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 60 (4.51%) Administrator
17 48 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
18 47 (3.54%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.89%) HTML
2 61 (4.59%) CSS
3 55 (4.14%) .NET
4 29 (2.18%) ARM Templates
5 26 (1.96%) ASP.NET
6 24 (1.81%) .NET Framework
7 23 (1.73%) HTML5 Canvas
8 22 (1.66%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (1.50%) .NET Core
10 19 (1.43%) Entity Framework
11 15 (1.13%) PySpark
12 11 (0.83%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.83%) Web Services
13 10 (0.75%) jQuery
14 8 (0.60%) ADO
14 8 (0.60%) Middleware
15 7 (0.53%) REST
15 7 (0.53%) XML
16 6 (0.45%) React
17 5 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.15%) Data Centre
2 69 (5.19%) Driving Licence
3 64 (4.82%) Management Information System
4 50 (3.76%) Replication
5 48 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 46 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
8 45 (3.39%) Public Cloud
9 40 (3.01%) Blockchain
10 35 (2.63%) Private Cloud
11 34 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (2.26%) Security Posture
14 29 (2.18%) Cloud Native
15 23 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
16 20 (1.50%) Virtual Team
17 18 (1.35%) Low-Code
17 18 (1.35%) Product Ownership
18 16 (1.20%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 566 (42.59%) Windows
2 291 (21.90%) Windows Server
3 156 (11.74%) Linux
4 144 (10.84%) Windows 10
5 95 (7.15%) VMS
6 54 (4.06%) Mac OS
6 54 (4.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (3.69%) Debian
8 46 (3.46%) CentOS
8 46 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 42 (3.16%) Apple iOS
10 40 (3.01%) Alpine Linux
11 34 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
12 23 (1.73%) Android
13 22 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.43%) Windows 8
15 16 (1.20%) Ubuntu
16 14 (1.05%) Windows 7
17 13 (0.98%) SUSE
18 10 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (29.04%) Problem-Solving
2 298 (22.42%) ITIL
3 286 (21.52%) Customer Service
4 240 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
5 170 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
6 165 (12.42%) DevOps
7 146 (10.99%) Agile
8 142 (10.68%) Computer Science
8 142 (10.68%) Disaster Recovery
9 119 (8.95%) Project Delivery
10 117 (8.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 117 (8.80%) Project Management
11 114 (8.58%) Collaborative Working
12 112 (8.43%) CI/CD
13 106 (7.98%) Artificial Intelligence
14 103 (7.75%) Migration
15 98 (7.37%) High Availability
15 98 (7.37%) Performance Tuning
16 87 (6.55%) Presales
17 82 (6.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 302 (22.72%) SQL
2 127 (9.56%) PowerShell
3 111 (8.35%) C#
4 96 (7.22%) T-SQL
5 71 (5.34%) JavaScript
6 43 (3.24%) Python
7 29 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 17 (1.28%) Bash
10 12 (0.90%) Bicep
11 10 (0.75%) Java
11 10 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (0.68%) C
12 9 (0.68%) U-SQL
13 8 (0.60%) C++
14 7 (0.53%) R
15 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.38%) PHP
17 3 (0.23%) Go
17 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 395 (29.72%) Degree
2 310 (23.33%) MCSE
3 239 (17.98%) Azure Certification
4 202 (15.20%) MCSA
5 182 (13.69%) Cisco Certification
6 154 (11.59%) MCP
7 150 (11.29%) CCNA
8 144 (10.84%) A+ Certification
9 119 (8.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 104 (7.83%) Security Cleared
11 88 (6.62%) SC Cleared
12 81 (6.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 76 (5.72%) DBS Check
14 60 (4.51%) Network+ Certification
15 51 (3.84%) MCITP
16 31 (2.33%) CCNP
17 28 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
18 27 (2.03%) CISSP
19 25 (1.88%) AWS Certification
20 24 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.32%) SLA
2 43 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (2.78%) GDPR
4 23 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.50%) QA
6 17 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.13%) NIST
7 15 (1.13%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.98%) WCAG
9 12 (0.90%) 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 (0.075%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.075%) PMO
13 1 (0.075%) SOC 2
System Software
1 496 (37.32%) Active Directory
2 212 (15.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (10.99%) Hyper-V
4 97 (7.30%) Virtual Machines
5 67 (5.04%) Docker
6 51 (3.84%) vSphere
7 31 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
8 24 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
9 18 (1.35%) XenDesktop
10 13 (0.98%) vCloud
11 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (0.75%) XenApp
12 7 (0.53%) Firmware
13 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.23%) KVM
14 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.15%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.075%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.075%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 130 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 83 (6.25%) Terraform
4 82 (6.17%) SCCM
5 23 (1.73%) SCOM
6 13 (0.98%) FortiGate
6 13 (0.98%) vCenter Server
7 10 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.68%) WSUS
9 8 (0.60%) Autotask
10 7 (0.53%) Ansible
10 7 (0.53%) SmoothWall
11 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.38%) Grafana
11 5 (0.38%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.30%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.23%) PowerCLI
13 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1,180 (88.79%) Microsoft
2 282 (21.22%) VMware
3 124 (9.33%) Cisco
4 77 (5.79%) HP
5 69 (5.19%) Veeam
6 62 (4.67%) Apple
7 61 (4.59%) Citrix
8 50 (3.76%) Adobe
9 49 (3.69%) Red Hat
10 45 (3.39%) IBM
11 34 (2.56%) Databricks
12 33 (2.48%) Google
13 32 (2.41%) Meraki
14 29 (2.18%) Nimble Storage
15 26 (1.96%) SolarWinds
16 25 (1.88%) Dell
17 17 (1.28%) Commvault
17 17 (1.28%) Oracle
18 15 (1.13%) Bloomberg
18 15 (1.13%) Sophos