Microsoft Certification Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 72 90
Rank change year-on-year +23 +18 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.12% 0.19% 0.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.35% 0.41% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile £255 - £159
25th Percentile £338 £663 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £413
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +63.64% +17.86%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £547
90th Percentile £735 - £550
South West median daily rate £550 £545 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £31.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +159.26% - -
75th Percentile £37.50 £15.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £14.46 -
% change year-on-year +142.05% - -

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 255 490 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 47.49% 46.36% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 240 306
10th Percentile £240 £311 £303
25th Percentile £366 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £566 £576
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% -1.74% +10.82%
75th Percentile £587 £650 £675
90th Percentile £679 £725 £739
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 118 75
10th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £30.21
25th Percentile £31.56 £54.74 £57.25
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £76.88 £85.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £89.10
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Bristol

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) MLflow
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Aviation
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support
2 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Deskside Support
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Deskside Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Entity Framework
1 1 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Predictive Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Perl
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) Ruby
1 1 (16.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MCITP
3 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow