Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.21% - 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.92%
75th Percentile - - £135
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £200 £275
% change year-on-year +125.00% -27.27% -31.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 292 135 274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.39% 23.94% 35.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 65 175
10th Percentile £168 £235 £183
25th Percentile £338 £356 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £465 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +16.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £575 £715 £664
England median daily rate £522 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 14 23
10th Percentile £16.35 - £17.71
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.89 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +14.43% +18.84%
75th Percentile £25.13 £24.18 £23.74
90th Percentile £25.15 £30.88 £26.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.39
% change year-on-year -45.54% -0.45% +3.09%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 Certified Professional within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 January 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
Nottinghamshire - 2 £545 - 2
Microsoft Certified Professional
England

Microsoft Certified Professional
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Personalization
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) MuleSoft