Microsoft Certification Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 305 349
Rank change year-on-year +72 +44 -70
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 487 385 773
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.37% 1.03% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.95% 3.92% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 388 330 573
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £37,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,070 £68,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.78% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,839 9,831 17,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.68% 26.23% 23.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 5,996 8,910
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 £59,407
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.00% +8.01%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 12 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 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (7.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.41%) Apache
4 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Moodle
5 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.67%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.41%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.41%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.41%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.21%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 364 (74.74%) Azure
2 188 (38.60%) Power Platform
3 177 (36.34%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (12.53%) AWS
5 43 (8.83%) PowerApps
6 41 (8.42%) Entra ID
7 38 (7.80%) Power Automate
8 29 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
9 25 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 12 (2.46%) Azure AKS
11 12 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (2.46%) OneDrive
12 11 (2.26%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 11 (2.26%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.85%) GCP
13 9 (1.85%) PaaS
13 9 (1.85%) Serverless
14 8 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 74 (15.20%) Broadband
2 52 (10.68%) Firewall
3 46 (9.45%) SAN
4 38 (7.80%) DNS
5 33 (6.78%) TCP/IP
6 32 (6.57%) DHCP
7 29 (5.95%) VLAN
8 20 (4.11%) Network Security
9 18 (3.70%) VPN
10 15 (3.08%) NAS
11 14 (2.87%) WAN
12 13 (2.67%) Wireless
13 12 (2.46%) VoIP
13 12 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.64%) LAN
15 6 (1.23%) Internet
15 6 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (1.23%) VSAN
16 5 (1.03%) MPLS
16 5 (1.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (35.11%) Power BI
2 135 (27.72%) SQL Server
3 96 (19.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 35 (7.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (6.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (6.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 29 (5.95%) Relational Database
8 24 (4.93%) Data Lake
9 21 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 6 (1.23%) Big Data
12 6 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.23%) NoSQL
13 5 (1.03%) MySQL
13 5 (1.03%) QlikView
13 5 (1.03%) Redis
13 5 (1.03%) Tableau
14 4 (0.82%) Metadata
15 3 (0.62%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 14 (2.87%) JIRA
2 13 (2.67%) Axure RP
2 13 (2.67%) Balsamiq
3 10 (2.05%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) GitLab
4 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 225 (46.20%) Social Skills
2 56 (11.50%) Finance
2 56 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 51 (10.47%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.75%) Marketing
6 26 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.87%) Law
9 11 (2.26%) Legal
10 10 (2.05%) Banking
11 7 (1.44%) Police
12 6 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.82%) Local Government
13 4 (0.82%) Retail
14 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.62%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.41%) Back Office
15 2 (0.41%) Billing
15 2 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (20.53%) DBA
1 100 (20.53%) SQL DBA
2 55 (11.29%) Support Engineer
3 54 (11.09%) IT Support
4 53 (10.88%) Architect
5 48 (9.86%) Senior
6 43 (8.83%) Analyst
7 40 (8.21%) Consultant
7 40 (8.21%) IT Engineer
8 35 (7.19%) Administrator
8 35 (7.19%) IT Support Engineer
9 32 (6.57%) 3rd Line Support
10 31 (6.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 29 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 25 (5.13%) Developer
13 24 (4.93%) Platform Architect
13 24 (4.93%) Power Platform Architect
14 23 (4.72%) Technical Architect
15 21 (4.31%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
16 20 (4.11%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.34%) CSS
1 26 (5.34%) HTML
2 18 (3.70%) .NET
3 9 (1.85%) .NET Core
4 8 (1.64%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.64%) Middleware
5 6 (1.23%) jQuery
5 6 (1.23%) React
6 5 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.62%) ADO
8 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.41%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.41%) PySpark
8 2 (0.41%) RESTful
9 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.21%) JSON
9 1 (0.21%) MDX
9 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.24%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 26 (5.34%) Private Cloud
4 23 (4.72%) Enterprise Storage
4 23 (4.72%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.90%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.64%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.23%) PKI
10 6 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.82%) iPhone
12 4 (0.82%) NHS
13 3 (0.62%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.62%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 156 (32.03%) Windows
2 75 (15.40%) VMS
3 59 (12.11%) Windows Server
4 48 (9.86%) Windows 10
5 29 (5.95%) Linux
6 12 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (2.26%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.23%) Android
11 5 (1.03%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.03%) Unix
12 4 (0.82%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.41%) Debian
13 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.21%) AIX
14 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (36.34%) Business Intelligence
2 118 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (20.12%) ITIL
4 93 (19.10%) Disaster Recovery
5 86 (17.66%) Collaborative Working
6 81 (16.63%) Customer Service
7 78 (16.02%) High Availability
8 77 (15.81%) Performance Tuning
9 64 (13.14%) Migration
10 59 (12.11%) Computer Science
11 57 (11.70%) Agile
11 57 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
12 56 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (9.45%) DevOps
14 44 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 44 (9.03%) Presales
15 39 (8.01%) Performance Optimisation
16 37 (7.60%) Roadmaps
17 35 (7.19%) Data Modelling
18 32 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 175 (35.93%) SQL
2 87 (17.86%) T-SQL
3 54 (11.09%) C#
4 34 (6.98%) JavaScript
5 27 (5.54%) Python
6 25 (5.13%) PowerShell
7 21 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.26%) U-SQL
9 7 (1.44%) Bicep
10 6 (1.23%) Bash
11 4 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.82%) R
12 3 (0.62%) Go
12 3 (0.62%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.41%) Java
13 2 (0.41%) X++
14 1 (0.21%) C
14 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 137 (28.13%) Degree
2 87 (17.86%) Azure Certification
3 62 (12.73%) MCSE
4 49 (10.06%) MCP
4 49 (10.06%) Security Cleared
5 46 (9.45%) DBS Check
6 45 (9.24%) SC Cleared
7 44 (9.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (7.80%) CCNA
8 38 (7.80%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (4.93%) A+ Certification
10 21 (4.31%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (4.31%) MCITP
11 13 (2.67%) MCSA
12 10 (2.05%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.05%) CISSP
13 9 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (1.64%) MCDST
15 7 (1.44%) Citrix Certification
16 6 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.11%) Accessibility
1 20 (4.11%) GDPR
2 13 (2.67%) WCAG
3 12 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.05%) QA
5 9 (1.85%) SLA
6 7 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.82%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.62%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 135 (27.72%) Active Directory
2 80 (16.43%) Virtual Machines
3 55 (11.29%) Hyper-V
4 53 (10.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.67%) vSphere
6 10 (2.05%) Docker
6 10 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (1.85%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.23%) XenApp
9 4 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.62%) Firmware
11 2 (0.41%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.41%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 40 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (5.54%) SCCM
2 27 (5.54%) Terraform
3 16 (3.29%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.44%) SCOM
5 5 (1.03%) Grafana
5 5 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.82%) Autotask
7 3 (0.62%) WSUS
8 2 (0.41%) Ansible
9 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.21%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.21%) OfficeScan
9 1 (0.21%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.21%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 1 (0.21%) yum
Vendors
1 460 (94.46%) Microsoft
2 73 (14.99%) VMware
3 43 (8.83%) Adobe
4 35 (7.19%) Apple
5 21 (4.31%) Databricks
6 19 (3.90%) Citrix
7 12 (2.46%) Cisco
8 11 (2.26%) Meraki
8 11 (2.26%) Veeam
9 10 (2.05%) HP
10 9 (1.85%) Oracle
11 8 (1.64%) Google
11 8 (1.64%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.44%) Dell
13 6 (1.23%) IBM
14 4 (0.82%) Commvault
14 4 (0.82%) Datto
14 4 (0.82%) iManage
14 4 (0.82%) Sophos
15 3 (0.62%) NEC