Microsoft Certification Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Certification
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 126 163
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 -41
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 28 32 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.05% 1.03% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.46% 3.34% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 12
10th Percentile £246 £225 -
25th Percentile £300 £400 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £550 £133
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% +315.09% -66.88%
75th Percentile £450 £675 £519
90th Percentile £650 £697 £614
England median daily rate £500 £503 £425
% change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £16.40 - -
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -
75th Percentile £19.13 £19.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.20 £19.15 £26.75
England median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 810 959 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.34% 30.73% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 651 598
10th Percentile £270 £325 £263
25th Percentile £415 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 65 64
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.75 £17.19
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £39.61
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +0.98% -5.12%
75th Percentile £39.54 £52.13 £53.26
90th Percentile £70.34 £68.80 £64.32
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the North West

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +31 20 £394 +1.61% 15
Merseyside +3 5 £175 -73.08% 12
Lancashire +5 1 £575 +10.58% 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (32.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (60.71%) Azure
3 6 (21.43%) AWS
4 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
5 4 (14.29%) IaaS
6 2 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (7.14%) Mimecast
7 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.57%) GCP
7 1 (3.57%) PaaS
7 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.57%) SaaS
7 1 (3.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (7.14%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) SAN
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) ThoughtSpot
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Senior
2 4 (14.29%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (14.29%) IT Support
2 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Desktop Support
3 3 (10.71%) Service Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Support Officer
4 2 (7.14%) Active Directory Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Active Directory Support
4 2 (7.14%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Lead
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Server Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.57%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) PKI
2 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Windows 10
3 9 (32.14%) Windows Server
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (7.14%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.57%) Linux
6 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) ITIL
2 8 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (14.29%) Line Management
3 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
4 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 2 (7.14%) Security Management
5 2 (7.14%) Workflow
6 1 (3.57%) ETL Development
6 1 (3.57%) Patch Management
6 1 (3.57%) Security Operations
6 1 (3.57%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.57%) Bash
2 1 (3.57%) Bicep
2 1 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) MCSE
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (14.29%) CCNA
3 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
4 3 (10.71%) MCP
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) MCITP
5 2 (7.14%) MOS
6 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) GIAC
6 1 (3.57%) MCSA
6 1 (3.57%) MCTS
6 1 (3.57%) RHCE
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (21.43%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) CA Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (96.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) CA
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco
4 2 (7.14%) Dell
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) Sophos
5 1 (3.57%) Adobe
5 1 (3.57%) Apple
5 1 (3.57%) Carbon Black
5 1 (3.57%) Citrix
5 1 (3.57%) HP
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat