Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Durham

Microsoft Certification
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 2.00% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £363 £200 £475
% change year-on-year +81.25% -57.89% +331.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 12 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 16.00% 30.00% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £383 £153 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £250 £525
Median % change year-on-year +67.50% -52.38% +121.05%
75th Percentile £458 £338 £538
90th Percentile £476 £475 -
North East median daily rate £475 £478 £500
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.58
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.13 £18.20
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.75 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +21.65% -9.73% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £19.38 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £18.81 £20.77
% change year-on-year +245.56% -9.44% -55.02%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Durham

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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
Stockton-on-Tees - 1 £363 - 2
Microsoft Certification
North East

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow