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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 55 64
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +29
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.02% 1.89% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.31% 3.93% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 9
10th Percentile £348 £225 £510
25th Percentile £506 £300 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £700
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -33.93% +300.00%
75th Percentile £575 £497 -
90th Percentile - £604 £800
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
South West median hourly rate - £13.50 £14.46
% change year-on-year - -6.64% -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 390 305 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.37% 47.96% 47.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 143 254
10th Percentile £313 £215 £338
25th Percentile £450 £413 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £634 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 55 81
10th Percentile £17.69 £27.55 £47.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £58.63 £58.75
Median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.77% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

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 17 January 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 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (55.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DHCP
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) Skype
1 5 (55.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Trainer
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Critical Thinking
2 5 (55.56%) Service Management
2 5 (55.56%) System Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
1 6 (66.67%) MCSE
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) CCNA
2 5 (55.56%) CCNP
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (55.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (55.56%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
1 5 (55.56%) WSUS
2 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) SolarWinds
2 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 5 (55.56%) Veeam
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow