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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 84 126
Rank change year-on-year -24 +42 -16
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.55% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 0.76% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £472 - £134
25th Percentile - - £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £198
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +165.82% -64.09%
75th Percentile £588 - £246
90th Percentile £607 - £271
South East median daily rate £503 £513 £363
% change year-on-year -1.95% +41.38% -34.09%

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 849 393 935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 46.32% 34.29% 45.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 211 458
10th Percentile £268 £306 £205
25th Percentile £360 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -5.83%
75th Percentile £575 £663 £623
90th Percentile £652 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 24 81
10th Percentile £22.19 £41.25 £41.25
25th Percentile £71.85 £58.22 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £62.47 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% +1.41% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.38 £72.33
90th Percentile £95.75 £84.94 £87.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £55.87 £57.35
% change year-on-year -10.51% -2.58% +10.29%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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
Reading -11 7 £480 - 6
Wokingham - 1 - - 1
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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 3 (30.00%) IaaS
3 3 (30.00%) PaaS
3 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (30.00%) SaaS
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (10.00%) Skype
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (10.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Support
4 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) DBA
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (10.00%) Senior DBA
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Oracle DBA
5 1 (10.00%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (10.00%) OpenID
1 1 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (20.00%) Replication
2 2 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (10.00%) Life Science
3 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) User Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Database Tuning
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) OCP
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Tenable
3 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Polycom
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Wonderware