Microsoft Certification Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Certification
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 121 137
Rank change year-on-year +22 +16 -18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 47 48 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.48% 1.32% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 2.51% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 43 22
10th Percentile £325 £290 £206
25th Percentile £500 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +17.65% +76.35%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £483
90th Percentile £700 £575 £499
England median daily rate £500 £503 £425
% change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £13.11 - -
25th Percentile £13.69 - -
Median hourly rate £14.46 - £69.05
75th Percentile £15.23 - -
90th Percentile £15.24 - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,788 1,913 1,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.24% 52.80% 41.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,138 1,413 1,074
10th Percentile £355 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £480 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +11.03% +9.79%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £623
90th Percentile £725 £729 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 155 93
10th Percentile £22.05 £39.55 £29.62
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.49 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
% change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +2.36%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Wiltshire +29 33 £538 -2.27% 10
Dorset +3 7 - - 2
Gloucestershire 0 3 £638 +59.38% 7
Bristol +5 1 - - 10
Somerset - 1 £185 - 7
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 7 (14.89%) Confluence
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) DHCP
1 7 (14.89%) DNS
2 3 (6.38%) SAN
3 1 (2.13%) Skype
3 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.13%) MSI
General
1 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Public Sector
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Police
4 6 (12.77%) Military
5 5 (10.64%) Finance
6 1 (2.13%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Data Technician
1 7 (14.89%) Forensic Technician
2 6 (12.77%) Integration Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 6 (12.77%) Test Engineer
3 4 (8.51%) Consultant
3 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 4 (8.51%) Lead
3 4 (8.51%) Lead Consultant
4 3 (6.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.38%) Software Asset Manager
4 3 (6.38%) Software Manager
5 2 (4.26%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Architect
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (2.13%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) ADO
1 1 (2.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (48.94%) PKI
2 7 (14.89%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.38%) Clustering
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.66%) Windows
2 10 (21.28%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.13%) Linux
5 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Change Control
2 14 (29.79%) Service Management
3 9 (19.15%) Agile
4 7 (14.89%) Critical Thinking
4 7 (14.89%) Digital Forensics
4 7 (14.89%) ITIL
5 6 (12.77%) Regression Testing
5 6 (12.77%) Test Scripting
6 5 (10.64%) Asset Management
6 5 (10.64%) Migration
6 5 (10.64%) Software Asset Management
6 5 (10.64%) System Testing
7 4 (8.51%) Data Migration
7 4 (8.51%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.51%) Project Management
7 4 (8.51%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (8.51%) Requirements Workshops
7 4 (8.51%) Supply Chain Management
7 4 (8.51%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.26%) Python
4 1 (2.13%) Bicep
4 1 (2.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (57.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (29.79%) SC Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) DV Cleared
4 12 (25.53%) MCSE
5 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (14.89%) CITP
6 7 (14.89%) MCSA
7 5 (10.64%) MCP
8 3 (6.38%) CCNA
8 3 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (4.26%) A+ Certification
9 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 2 (4.26%) Degree
10 1 (2.13%) CCNP
10 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (2.13%) MCDST
10 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) JSP 440
System Software
1 10 (21.28%) Active Directory
1 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.26%) vSphere
3 1 (2.13%) Docker
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (34.04%) OPNET
2 2 (4.26%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.13%) SCCM
3 1 (2.13%) SCOM
3 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (2.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 45 (95.74%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) VMware
3 2 (4.26%) HP
3 2 (4.26%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.26%) Veeam
4 1 (2.13%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.13%) BEA
4 1 (2.13%) CA
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco
4 1 (2.13%) Dell