Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 55 66
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +28
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 15 13 15
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.89% 1.67% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.40% 3.80% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 12
10th Percentile £350 £225 £516
25th Percentile £512 £300 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £688
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -32.73% +292.86%
75th Percentile £575 £497 £700
90th Percentile £875 £604 £790
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £544
% change year-on-year +2.33% -1.15% +27.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +140.74% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 £15.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +140.74% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 341 342 487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 42.95% 43.96% 46.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 152 275
10th Percentile £213 £248 £322
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £595
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -11.76% +8.18%
75th Percentile £631 £641 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £723
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 67 86
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £39.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £60.75 £58.99
Median hourly rate £36.22 £66.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.53% -5.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.46 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -61.60% +4.80% -3.85%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Bristol over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 7 (46.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) DHCP
1 5 (33.33%) DNS
1 5 (33.33%) Skype
1 5 (33.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (53.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Deskside Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Deskside Support
2 2 (13.33%) Deskside Support Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (13.33%) Platform Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Support Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Technology Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Administrator
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Trainer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) ITIL
2 7 (46.67%) Service Management
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 5 (33.33%) System Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) AI
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) ITSM
5 2 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (13.33%) User Experience
6 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) MCSE
3 5 (33.33%) CCNA
3 5 (33.33%) CCNP
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) HND
4 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) SCCM
2 5 (33.33%) WSUS
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 5 (33.33%) Splunk
2 5 (33.33%) Veeam
2 5 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow