Microsoft Certification Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 41
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 29 44 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 10.51% 8.84% 2.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.28% 25.00% 8.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £241 £169 -
25th Percentile £303 £190 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £225 £325
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -30.77% +75.68%
75th Percentile £528 £344 £338
90th Percentile £594 £415 -
East of England median daily rate £200 £135 £325
% change year-on-year +48.15% -58.46% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 40 14
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.29 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.38 -
East of England median hourly rate £15.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 72 176 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 26.09% 35.34% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 51
10th Percentile £192 £350 £225
25th Percentile £195 £405 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £530 £688 £569
90th Percentile £585 £793 £623
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 100 100
10th Percentile - £14.00 £13.40
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.87 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +5.16% +6.90%
75th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £22.00
90th Percentile - £31.13 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough +4 25 £200 -52.94% 5
Cambridge +10 1 £625 +224.68%
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 22 (75.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (75.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (96.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (17.24%) Retail
2 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (93.10%) Analyst
1 27 (93.10%) Service Analyst
1 27 (93.10%) Service Desk Analyst
2 18 (62.07%) Technical Analyst
2 18 (62.07%) Technical Services Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Call Centre Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) ITIL
2 27 (93.10%) Customer Service
2 27 (93.10%) Incident Management
3 23 (79.31%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (75.86%) Mathematics
4 22 (75.86%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.45%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.45%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (3.45%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (3.45%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (3.45%) Software Asset Management
5 1 (3.45%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 27 (93.10%) A+ Certification
1 27 (93.10%) MCSA
2 16 (55.17%) SC Cleared
2 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 22 (75.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Citrix
1 27 (93.10%) ServiceNow
2 24 (82.76%) Microsoft