Microsoft Certification Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft Certification
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 23 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 4.38% - 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.67% - 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £164 - £193
25th Percentile £190 - £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £236 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £250 - £619
90th Percentile £253 - £623
South Wales median daily rate £236 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +18.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 60 41 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 37.50% 19.34% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 36 60
10th Percentile £213 £211 £201
25th Percentile £305 £433 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £515 £549
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -6.19% +9.80%
75th Percentile £479 £617 £591
90th Percentile £596 £650 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £550 £549
% change year-on-year -27.27% +0.18% -0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £11.03 £16.22
Median hourly rate £52.50 £11.64 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +351.03% -29.22% -26.91%
75th Percentile £53.75 £12.25 £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £23.93 £18.14
% change year-on-year -5.98% +31.92% -60.78%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Cardiff

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Cardiff

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 6 (85.71%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) PaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Metadata
2 3 (42.86%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) GCP Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) GCP Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Analytics
1 6 (85.71%) Data Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Data Science
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) Metadata Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Data Security
5 1 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Google
3 4 (57.14%) Databricks
4 3 (42.86%) Cloudera
5 1 (14.29%) Remedy