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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 51 64
Rank change year-on-year -24 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 13 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.67% 1.90% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.86% 4.64% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile - £394 £365
25th Percentile £121 £478 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £123 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -82.50% +47.37% -11.63%
75th Percentile £200 £875 £488
90th Percentile £638 - £510
South West median daily rate £438 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £11.75
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +140.74% -
75th Percentile - £35.63 £15.25
90th Percentile - £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £15.00 £32.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year -53.85% +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 485 280 396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 36.03% 40.94% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 149 186
10th Percentile £225 £235 £345
25th Percentile £435 £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -12.13%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £631
90th Percentile £667 £746 £731
South West median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 53 94
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.15 £55.30
25th Percentile £25.94 £22.63 £65.31
Median hourly rate £61.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.69% -53.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £68.19 £68.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.70 £79.74 £83.50
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +146.52% -64.07% +12.00%

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 3 September 2026.

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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) OpenShift
2 2 (22.22%) PaaS
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) SAN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aviation
3 2 (22.22%) Military
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Field Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Field Service Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) IT Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Project Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Break/Fix
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) A+ Certification
1 7 (77.78%) CCNA
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (77.78%) MCSE
2 5 (55.56%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Dell
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Red Hat