Microsoft Certification Contracts in England

Microsoft Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 356 367
Rank change year-on-year +88 +11 -27
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 309 328 503
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.83% 0.65% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.64% 2.32% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 248 333
10th Percentile £183 £152 £150
25th Percentile £300 £341 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +3.03%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £538
90th Percentile £681 £729 £619
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 23 40
10th Percentile £13.69 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £21.37 £18.75 £21.05
90th Percentile £21.46 £19.85 £30.85
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,688 14,114 15,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.40% 27.77% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,204 9,441 10,111
10th Percentile £301 £325 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 971 770 698
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.94 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £55.82
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.94% +6.31%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +112 103 £500 -1.23% 114
East of England +22 53 £160 -50.77% 35
South West +30 50 £545 +21.11% 38
North of England +38 40 £400 -23.81% 78
South East -6 40 £400 -27.27% 43
North West +15 29 £381 -33.70% 49
Midlands +22 19 £618 +114.78% 43
West Midlands +24 11 £616 +109.79% 26
East Midlands +5 8 £625 +118.15% 17
Yorkshire +25 6 £438 +191.67% 21
North East +20 5 £475 +331.82% 9
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 50 (16.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.18%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (10.03%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Eikon
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 122 (39.48%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (31.72%) Azure
3 32 (10.36%) AWS
4 27 (8.74%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (8.09%) Entra ID
6 18 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.59%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.59%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.27%) GCP
9 7 (2.27%) IaaS
9 7 (2.27%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.62%) GitHub
11 4 (1.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.21%) DNS
2 43 (13.92%) DHCP
3 41 (13.27%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (7.44%) VPN
5 21 (6.80%) Firewall
6 18 (5.83%) LAN
7 17 (5.50%) WAN
8 15 (4.85%) SAN
9 13 (4.21%) TCP/IP
10 10 (3.24%) Network Security
11 7 (2.27%) NAS
12 6 (1.94%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (1.94%) VoIP
13 5 (1.62%) iSCSI
13 5 (1.62%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (1.62%) VLAN
13 5 (1.62%) Wireless
14 4 (1.29%) SSL
15 3 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
16 2 (0.65%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.94%) Power BI
4 5 (1.62%) MySQL
4 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.29%) Big Data
5 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.32%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (6.47%) JIRA
2 5 (1.62%) Git
3 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Appium
4 1 (0.32%) MSI
4 1 (0.32%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.77%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (17.48%) Finance
4 40 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.68%) Retail
6 19 (6.15%) Banking
7 15 (4.85%) Military
8 12 (3.88%) Marketing
9 9 (2.91%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.59%) Police
11 7 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.94%) Front Office
12 6 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.29%) Advertising
13 4 (1.29%) Legal
13 4 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.97%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.97%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (16.50%) Analyst
2 45 (14.56%) Service Analyst
2 45 (14.56%) Service Desk Analyst
3 33 (10.68%) Support Engineer
4 31 (10.03%) Senior
5 28 (9.06%) Architect
6 26 (8.41%) Consultant
7 22 (7.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (5.83%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 17 (5.50%) IT Support
10 16 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.18%) Test Engineer
11 15 (4.85%) Desktop Engineer
11 15 (4.85%) Integration Engineer
11 15 (4.85%) Test and Integration Engineer
12 14 (4.53%) Desktop Support
13 13 (4.21%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
14 12 (3.88%) IT Engineer
15 11 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (3.56%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.27%) LDAP
2 6 (1.94%) JSON
2 6 (1.94%) XML
3 5 (1.62%) RESTful
3 5 (1.62%) SOAP
4 4 (1.29%) .NET
4 4 (1.29%) SPFx
5 3 (0.97%) Web Services
6 2 (0.65%) OAuth
6 2 (0.65%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.65%) OLE
6 2 (0.65%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.65%) YAML
7 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.32%) PySpark
7 1 (0.32%) React
7 1 (0.32%) REST
7 1 (0.32%) SAML
7 1 (0.32%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.59%) PKI
2 21 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.56%) Clustering
4 10 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.91%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.59%) NHS
6 8 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.27%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.62%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.62%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.29%) Replication
9 4 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.97%) Grid Computing
10 3 (0.97%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.97%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 135 (43.69%) Windows
2 66 (21.36%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.65%) Windows 10
4 20 (6.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (4.85%) Linux
6 10 (3.24%) Windows 7
7 8 (2.59%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.27%) Unix
9 4 (1.29%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.97%) Android
10 3 (0.97%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.97%) VMS
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.32%) CentOS
12 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (33.01%) ITIL
2 71 (22.98%) Customer Service
3 70 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (13.59%) Incident Management
5 35 (11.33%) Agile
6 34 (11.00%) Computer Science
7 30 (9.71%) Service Management
8 26 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 26 (8.41%) Migration
9 23 (7.44%) Service Delivery
10 20 (6.47%) Project Management
11 17 (5.50%) Change Control
11 17 (5.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (5.50%) High Availability
12 16 (5.18%) Critical Thinking
12 16 (5.18%) Data Modelling
12 16 (5.18%) Regression Testing
12 16 (5.18%) Test Scripting
13 15 (4.85%) DevOps
14 13 (4.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.56%) PowerShell
2 40 (12.94%) SQL
3 8 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.27%) Python
5 5 (1.62%) C#
6 4 (1.29%) Bash
7 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.97%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.65%) Bicep
8 2 (0.65%) C++
8 2 (0.65%) X++
9 1 (0.32%) Java
9 1 (0.32%) R
9 1 (0.32%) Scala
9 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 78 (25.24%) MCSA
2 78 (25.24%) MCSE
3 76 (24.60%) Degree
4 71 (22.98%) A+ Certification
5 67 (21.68%) SC Cleared
6 35 (11.33%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (10.03%) Azure Certification
8 30 (9.71%) CCNA
9 27 (8.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 26 (8.41%) MCP
11 20 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (5.50%) DV Cleared
13 14 (4.53%) MCITP
14 12 (3.88%) CCNP
15 11 (3.56%) CISSP
16 10 (3.24%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (2.59%) AWS Certification
17 8 (2.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (2.59%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.85%) JSP 440
1 15 (4.85%) SLA
2 4 (1.29%) NIST
3 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.97%) GDPR
3 3 (0.97%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.97%) NCSC
4 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 121 (39.16%) Active Directory
2 47 (15.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.18%) vSphere
4 13 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.29%) Firmware
5 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.65%) Docker
7 2 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.32%) XenApp
8 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (9.71%) SCCM
2 19 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.18%) OPNET
4 8 (2.59%) SCOM
5 7 (2.27%) WSUS
6 4 (1.29%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.97%) Terraform
8 2 (0.65%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.32%) Ansible
9 1 (0.32%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.32%) Grafana
9 1 (0.32%) Nagios
9 1 (0.32%) Nessus
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 263 (85.11%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.71%) VMware
3 50 (16.18%) ServiceNow
4 41 (13.27%) Citrix
5 14 (4.53%) Cisco
6 11 (3.56%) Dell
7 8 (2.59%) Google
8 7 (2.27%) Apple
9 6 (1.94%) CA
10 5 (1.62%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.62%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.62%) Veeam
11 4 (1.29%) Databricks
11 4 (1.29%) HP
12 3 (0.97%) Juniper
12 3 (0.97%) Oracle
12 3 (0.97%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.97%) Refinitiv
13 2 (0.65%) Adobe
13 2 (0.65%) Nokia