Microsoft Certification Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 164 155
Rank change year-on-year +48 -9 -25
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 8 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.41% 0.22% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.99% 1.14% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 38
10th Percentile £240 £477 £184
25th Percentile £313 £520 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +11.41%
75th Percentile £641 £635 £538
90th Percentile £717 £645 £588
Central London median daily rate £438 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -20.45% +4.76% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 452 703 799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.53% 19.33% 18.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 409 521
10th Percentile £382 £375 £366
25th Percentile £450 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £640
90th Percentile £775 £821 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 17
10th Percentile £19.45 £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +82.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.05 £71.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -47.57% +13.19% +127.50%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 2 (22.22%) WhatsApp
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Deskside Support
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) High Availability
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
2 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 1 (11.11%) Escalation Management
3 1 (11.11%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Awareness
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
3 1 (11.11%) Server Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) MCP
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (11.11%) Nagios
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Dell
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) VMware