Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Microsoft Certification
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 0.87% - 3.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.15% - 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £201
25th Percentile - - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £213
Median % change year-on-year - - -57.50%
75th Percentile - - £228
90th Percentile - - £234
Northern Ireland median daily rate £200 - £213
% change year-on-year - - -57.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 82 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 40.61% 50.31% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 15
10th Percentile £200 £173 £205
25th Percentile £325 £345 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £602 £600 £555
90th Percentile £645 £650 £690
Northern Ireland median daily rate £520 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -0.95% +16.67% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 3
10th Percentile £14.19 £21.19 -
25th Percentile £14.91 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £35.43 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £13.91
% change year-on-year +4.01% +73.83% -26.79%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in County Antrim

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Belfast - 2 £200 - 7
Microsoft Certification
Northern Ireland

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft