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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 51 69
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 11 12 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.85% 1.75% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.38% 4.24% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile - £325 £340
25th Percentile £121 £513 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £154 £850 £425
Median % change year-on-year -81.91% +100.00% -19.05%
75th Percentile £469 £875 £488
90th Percentile £638 - £510
South West median daily rate £425 £529 £500
% change year-on-year -19.62% +5.70% -4.71%
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 £14.46
% change year-on-year -53.85% +124.76% -

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 462 283 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 35.51% 41.25% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 154 193
10th Percentile £236 £213 £305
25th Percentile £438 £355 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £631
90th Percentile £663 £650 £735
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 46 121
10th Percentile £18.45 £18.32 £43.75
25th Percentile £30.50 £25.15 £60.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -50.00% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.70 £79.35 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +3.95%

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 4 August 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 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) OpenShift
3 2 (18.18%) PaaS
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Power Query
1 1 (9.09%) Star Schema
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Aviation
3 2 (18.18%) Military
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Field Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Customer Service
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Break/Fix
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 1 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (9.09%) Business Case
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) RBAC
6 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) A+ Certification
1 8 (72.73%) CCNA
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (72.73%) MCSE
2 6 (54.55%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Dell
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
4 1 (9.09%) Databricks