Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Certification
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 104 114
Rank change year-on-year +19 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 22 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.63% 0.19% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.27% 0.47% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 2 5
10th Percentile - £352 £212
25th Percentile £219 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £440 £550
Median % change year-on-year -38.64% -20.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £495 £700
90th Percentile £622 £528 -
South East median daily rate £509 £475 £375
% change year-on-year +7.05% +26.67% -21.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 515 636 782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 38.09% 39.43% 43.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 344 452
10th Percentile £255 £287 £210
25th Percentile £382 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £562 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +6.95% -3.76%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £623
90th Percentile £625 £712 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £528 £538
% change year-on-year -5.21% -1.86% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 54 53
10th Percentile £19.09 £41.74 £32.47
25th Percentile £20.79 £56.04 £49.95
Median hourly rate £30.11 £61.60 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -2.67% +175.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.27 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.55 £100.00 £76.01
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.38 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.92% -2.71% +33.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Berkshire

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham -6 11 £238 -27.88%
Reading - 7 £550 - 20
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (81.82%) Azure
2 14 (63.64%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 2 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.09%) IaaS
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (9.09%) PaaS
5 2 (9.09%) SaaS
6 1 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) DNS
2 11 (50.00%) DHCP
2 11 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 11 (50.00%) VLAN
3 3 (13.64%) Firewall
4 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.55%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (4.55%) iSCSI
5 1 (4.55%) Network Security
5 1 (4.55%) Skype
5 1 (4.55%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.55%) VSAN
5 1 (4.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.55%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.55%) MySQL
1 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.55%) RDBMS
1 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 11 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 11 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 11 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (9.09%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
4 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) OAuth
1 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
1 1 (4.55%) OpenID
1 1 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.09%) Replication
2 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.55%) Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (63.64%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (59.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (54.55%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (54.55%) ITIL
4 11 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (50.00%) Service Management
4 11 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Application Packaging
6 2 (9.09%) Change Management
6 2 (9.09%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Migration
6 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
6 2 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (9.09%) Security Operations
6 2 (9.09%) TOGAF
6 2 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) Azure Certification
2 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
3 11 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
4 3 (13.64%) Degree
5 2 (9.09%) CISSP
5 2 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.55%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) CCNP
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) MCSE
6 1 (4.55%) OCP
6 1 (4.55%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (4.55%) VCP5
6 1 (4.55%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) GDPR
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (54.55%) Hyper-V
3 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
4 2 (9.09%) vSphere
5 1 (4.55%) NFS
5 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (63.64%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.09%) Tenable
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) NetApp
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Polycom
4 1 (4.55%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) Veeam