Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 104 118
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +63
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 17 12 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.91% 0.64% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.31% 2.51% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 10
10th Percentile £278 £343 £196
25th Percentile £413 £500 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £538 £750 £623
90th Percentile £607 £758 £681
Central London median daily rate £500 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -2.44% +20.59% -34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
% change year-on-year -77.26% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 514 478 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.56% 25.56% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 276 318
10th Percentile £363 £375 £350
25th Percentile £425 £458 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £760 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -8.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.94% -0.34% +72.62%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £50.80 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.54% +20.42% +42.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certification

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 21 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the City of London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (41.18%) Power Platform
3 7 (41.18%) PowerApps
4 5 (29.41%) Power Automate
5 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
6 3 (17.65%) IaaS
6 3 (17.65%) PaaS
6 3 (17.65%) SaaS
7 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (11.76%) ShareGate
8 1 (5.88%) Azure AI
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) DNS
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
4 1 (5.88%) Kerberos
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) French Language
5 1 (5.88%) International Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Automation Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
2 1 (5.88%) OpenID
2 1 (5.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) BYOD
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) iPad
2 1 (5.88%) iPhone
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) ITIL
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Change Management
3 4 (23.53%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) AI
5 2 (11.76%) Change Control
5 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
5 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.76%) E-Discovery
5 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
5 2 (11.76%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (11.76%) MCITP
4 2 (11.76%) MCSA
4 2 (11.76%) MCSE
4 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (5.88%) CCNA
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.88%) CISSP
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (5.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.76%) SCOM
3 1 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (5.88%) SCCM
3 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Blue Prism
3 1 (5.88%) Citrix
3 1 (5.88%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) UiPath