Microsoft Certification Jobs in the North of England

Microsoft Certification
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 168 215
Rank change year-on-year -70 +47 -48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 100 275 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.85% 1.36% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 6.61% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 75 223 93
10th Percentile £25,200 £27,750 £24,400
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,831 £65,000 £67,070
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year - -7.22% +7.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,304 4,163 5,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 53.60% 20.62% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,747 2,706 1,684
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,013 £54,287
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% -11.56% +14.29%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -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 14 June 2025.

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 14 June 2025. 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 -40 57 £37,500 -6.25% 50
Yorkshire +14 39 £33,750 -18.18% 35
North East -4 4 £42,750 +31.54% 3
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 28 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.00%) IIS
4 1 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Sage 50
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (60.00%) Azure
2 49 (49.00%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (18.00%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.00%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (13.00%) OneDrive
4 13 (13.00%) Power Platform
5 8 (8.00%) GCP
5 8 (8.00%) Power Automate
5 8 (8.00%) PowerApps
6 7 (7.00%) AWS
7 5 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (4.00%) PaaS
9 3 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (3.00%) IaaS
9 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.00%) SaaS
10 2 (2.00%) Azure API Management
11 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (21.00%) DNS
2 18 (18.00%) DHCP
3 15 (15.00%) Wireless
4 14 (14.00%) Firewall
5 10 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
5 10 (10.00%) LAN
5 10 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 10 (10.00%) WAN
6 9 (9.00%) VPN
7 8 (8.00%) SAN
8 6 (6.00%) NAS
8 6 (6.00%) VLAN
8 6 (6.00%) VoIP
9 5 (5.00%) VSAN
10 3 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (1.00%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (6.00%) Power BI
3 5 (5.00%) MongoDB
4 4 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.00%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.00%) Git
2 1 (1.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.00%) JIRA
General
1 46 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.00%) Law
3 16 (16.00%) Finance
4 7 (7.00%) Banking
4 7 (7.00%) Legal
4 7 (7.00%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.00%) Automotive
7 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.00%) Marketing
7 2 (2.00%) Military
7 2 (2.00%) Retail
7 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (25.00%) IT Support
2 19 (19.00%) Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) IT Analyst
4 14 (14.00%) Senior
5 13 (13.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 13 (13.00%) Support Analyst
6 12 (12.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 12 (12.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 9 (9.00%) Azure Specialist
8 9 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 7 (7.00%) Cloud Specialist
9 7 (7.00%) Technical Support
10 6 (6.00%) Architect
10 6 (6.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) Support Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) Support Specialist
11 5 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.00%) Middleware
2 4 (4.00%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.00%) .NET
4 1 (1.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.00%) ADO
4 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.00%) Blazor
4 1 (1.00%) JSON
4 1 (1.00%) Kafka
4 1 (1.00%) REST
4 1 (1.00%) SAML
4 1 (1.00%) Web Services
4 1 (1.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 9 (9.00%) Onboarding
3 7 (7.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (7.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.00%) Blackberry
5 4 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.00%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.00%) Clustering
7 2 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.00%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.00%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.00%) PKI
8 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 55 (55.00%) Windows
2 30 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 29 (29.00%) Linux
3 29 (29.00%) Windows 10
4 12 (12.00%) Mac OS X
5 8 (8.00%) Mac OS
6 6 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.00%) Unix
7 3 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.00%) Android
8 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (42.00%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (25.00%) ITIL
3 23 (23.00%) Customer Service
4 18 (18.00%) Mentoring
5 16 (16.00%) Agile
6 15 (15.00%) Coaching
7 12 (12.00%) Roadmaps
8 11 (11.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (11.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (10.00%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (8.00%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (8.00%) Computer Science
12 7 (7.00%) Migration
13 6 (6.00%) Architectural Design
13 6 (6.00%) Cloud Security
13 6 (6.00%) CRM
13 6 (6.00%) Performance Optimisation
13 6 (6.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.00%) SQL
2 14 (14.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (14.00%) Python
3 3 (3.00%) Bash
3 3 (3.00%) Bicep
3 3 (3.00%) C#
4 2 (2.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.00%) VB
5 1 (1.00%) VBScript
5 1 (1.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 31 (31.00%) Degree
2 21 (21.00%) MCSA
3 18 (18.00%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (17.00%) Azure Certification
5 15 (15.00%) MCSE
6 11 (11.00%) CCNP
6 11 (11.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (8.00%) CCNA
9 6 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (5.00%) A+ Certification
10 5 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (5.00%) MCP
10 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
10 5 (5.00%) Security Cleared
11 3 (3.00%) MCITP
12 2 (2.00%) ACSP
12 2 (2.00%) CEH
12 2 (2.00%) HP AIS
12 2 (2.00%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.00%) SLA
4 2 (2.00%) NCSC
5 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.00%) GDPR
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.00%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.00%) VMware NSX
3 5 (5.00%) vSphere
4 4 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.00%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.00%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.00%) Docker
6 1 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.00%) Terraform
3 6 (6.00%) SCCM
4 5 (5.00%) Progress Chef
5 4 (4.00%) PaperCut
6 3 (3.00%) Ansible
6 3 (3.00%) Autotask
6 3 (3.00%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (88.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (24.00%) Cisco
3 15 (15.00%) VMware
4 9 (9.00%) ServiceNow
5 7 (7.00%) Google
6 6 (6.00%) Oracle
7 5 (5.00%) Adobe
7 5 (5.00%) iManage
7 5 (5.00%) Intapp
7 5 (5.00%) SonicWALL
8 4 (4.00%) HP
9 3 (3.00%) Acronis
9 3 (3.00%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.00%) Kaseya
9 3 (3.00%) Meraki
9 3 (3.00%) Sage
9 3 (3.00%) SAP
9 3 (3.00%) Veeam
9 3 (3.00%) WatchGuard
10 2 (2.00%) Apple
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