Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 55 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 8 13 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.96% 1.72% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% 7.74% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 5
10th Percentile £115 £383 £196
25th Percentile £126 - £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% +33.33% -37.50%
75th Percentile £500 - £338
90th Percentile £505 £412 £345
England median daily rate £450 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.32% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £21.64 - -
25th Percentile £22.23 - -
Median hourly rate £23.20 £117.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -80.17% - -
75th Percentile £24.18 - -
90th Percentile £24.76 - -
England median hourly rate £21.25 £16.30 £17.75
% change year-on-year +30.37% -8.17% +14.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 224 168 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.76% 22.22% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 83 153
10th Percentile £161 £307 £263
25th Percentile £308 £345 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -23.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £650
90th Percentile £666 £636 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 9
10th Percentile - - £17.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -9.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.00
90th Percentile - £48.04 £20.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +18.89%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Leicestershire -6 2 £121 - 8
Derbyshire - 2 - - 8
Nottinghamshire -5 1 £500 - 15
Northamptonshire -16 1 £492 +23.00% 13
Lincolnshire - 1 £505 - 4
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure AKS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Functions
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (12.50%) Cloudflare
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) MQTT
2 1 (12.50%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Wintel Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Express.js
1 1 (12.50%) Loki
1 1 (12.50%) MERN Stack
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) API Management
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) Micro Frontends
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) A+ Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 3 (37.50%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) Prometheus
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Dell
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Databricks
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat