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 26 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 86 109
Rank change year-on-year -31 +23 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.46% 0.74% 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.00% 2.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £303 - -
25th Percentile £355 £130 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +13.64% -1.35%
75th Percentile £647 £663 -
90th Percentile £650 £685 -
South East median daily rate £300 £600 £463
% change year-on-year -50.00% +29.73% -9.31%

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 903 427 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.57% 35.26% 44.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 262 413
10th Percentile £320 £325 £338
25th Percentile £419 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £598
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.21% +8.73%
75th Percentile £644 £605 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £738
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 19 80
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.99 £41.48
25th Percentile £75.80 £42.91 £55.89
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.36% -4.85%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.38 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.25 £88.87 £97.50
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £32.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +102.81% -44.12% -6.94%

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 26 July 2026.

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 26 July 2026. 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 -22 5 £306 -
Reading -29 4 £638 +63.46% 5
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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) Entra ID
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure App Service
3 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) NetScaler
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Wintel Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Senior DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Oracle DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Senior SQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) SQL DBA
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Authority
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) API Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
3 2 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 2 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Azure Certification
4 3 (33.33%) CCA
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (33.33%) MCSA
4 3 (33.33%) MCSE
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) OCP
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) vSphere
3 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (33.33%) SCOM
2 3 (33.33%) vCenter Server
3 2 (22.22%) vMotion
4 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Remedy
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Wonderware