Microsoft Certification Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 85 102
Rank change year-on-year +27 +17 -35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 55 45 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.90% 2.17% 1.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.43% 5.81% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 26 16
10th Percentile £100 £105 £161
25th Percentile £101 £138 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year -58.46% -13.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £210 £650 £478
90th Percentile £344 £744 £669
England median daily rate £500 £514 £425
% change year-on-year -2.68% +20.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 25
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - +3.33%
75th Percentile £21.37 £15.75 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.43 - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 583 775 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.75% 37.31% 29.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 381 363
10th Percentile £208 £213 £215
25th Percentile £345 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £559
90th Percentile £725 £738 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 198 209
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £31.80 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.43% +7.69% -49.19%
75th Percentile £43.38 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +25 44 £225 -30.77% 10
Essex +2 6 £100 -9.09% 1
Bedfordshire -2 4 - - 1
Norfolk +6 1 - - 1
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.82%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (21.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (83.64%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (72.73%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (7.27%) Wireless
3 3 (5.45%) LAN
3 3 (5.45%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (5.45%) WAN
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (1.82%) DHCP
4 1 (1.82%) DNS
4 1 (1.82%) NAS
4 1 (1.82%) PBX
4 1 (1.82%) SAN
4 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.82%) VLAN
4 1 (1.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (50.91%) Retail
2 7 (12.73%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Marketing
4 4 (7.27%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 43 (78.18%) Analyst
1 43 (78.18%) Service Analyst
1 43 (78.18%) Service Desk Analyst
2 12 (21.82%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (10.91%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (3.64%) Desktop Support
5 2 (3.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Administrator
6 1 (1.82%) Configuration Specialist
6 1 (1.82%) Deskside Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) IT Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) IT Support
6 1 (1.82%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
6 1 (1.82%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Windows 7
2 3 (5.45%) Windows 8
2 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Android
3 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (90.91%) ITIL
2 45 (81.82%) Customer Service
3 40 (72.73%) Incident Management
4 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (29.09%) Service Delivery
6 12 (21.82%) Mathematics
7 5 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.27%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.45%) Employee Productivity
10 1 (1.82%) Configuration Management
10 1 (1.82%) Data Centre Operations
10 1 (1.82%) Hardware Maintenance
10 1 (1.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (1.82%) Inventory Management
10 1 (1.82%) Mobile Device Management
10 1 (1.82%) Project Management
10 1 (1.82%) Regulatory Compliance
10 1 (1.82%) Server Management
10 1 (1.82%) Software Deployment
10 1 (1.82%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (85.45%) MCSA
2 45 (81.82%) A+ Certification
3 16 (29.09%) SC Cleared
3 16 (29.09%) Security Cleared
4 12 (21.82%) Degree
5 8 (14.55%) CCNA
5 8 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (10.91%) MCSE
7 4 (7.27%) CCNP
7 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (7.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (7.27%) MCP
8 3 (5.45%) ECDL
9 1 (1.82%) CCIE
9 1 (1.82%) MCDST
9 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (38.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (72.73%) Citrix
1 40 (72.73%) ServiceNow
2 27 (49.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco