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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 71
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 8 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.72% 1.13% 0.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.93% 2.36% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 8
10th Percentile £121 £210 £648
25th Percentile £236 - £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £225 £700
Median % change year-on-year +127.78% -67.86% +300.00%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £725
90th Percentile £566 £683 £800
South West median daily rate £560 £563 £545
% change year-on-year -0.44% +3.21% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £35.00 £14.46
% change year-on-year - +142.05% -79.34%

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 414 254 486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 37.40% 48.02% 46.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 131 257
10th Percentile £318 £225 £328
25th Percentile £418 £375 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £513 £576
Median % change year-on-year -0.98% -10.95% +2.22%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £650
90th Percentile £693 £725 £712
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £556
% change year-on-year -2.27% -1.12% -3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 49 100
10th Percentile £17.87 £32.20 £43.75
25th Percentile £21.40 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.67 £68.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £79.60 £75.00 £81.47
South West median hourly rate £38.94 £65.00 £57.29
% change year-on-year -40.09% +13.47% -11.87%

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 23 March 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Skype
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Metadata
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
2 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Field Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
2 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) MCSE
2 4 (50.00%) CCNA
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (37.50%) A+ Certification
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) HND
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Databricks
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) Veeam
3 1 (12.50%) VMware