Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 61 97
Rank change year-on-year -17 +36 -15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 24 23 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.50% 2.03% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.77% 6.85% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile £318 £84 £105
25th Percentile £466 £140 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £188 £375
Median % change year-on-year +181.33% -50.00% +61.29%
75th Percentile £578 £400 £413
90th Percentile £603 £475 £470
England median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 3
10th Percentile - £14.99 -
25th Percentile - - £15.33
Median hourly rate £6.00 £21.46 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -72.04% +37.12% +0.97%
75th Percentile £16.00 - £28.14
90th Percentile - £52.38 £35.44
England median hourly rate £19.63 £21.46 £18.50
% change year-on-year -8.55% +16.00% +19.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 503 336 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.44% 29.71% 34.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 129 287
10th Percentile £201 £181 £263
25th Percentile £363 £306 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £688 £675 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 85 144
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.82 £30.78 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.71 £63.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.95% +129.09% +30.95%
75th Percentile £54.13 £75.00 £55.13
90th Percentile £68.75 £89.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.31%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Norfolk -11 10 - - 12
Bedfordshire -5 5 £600 +168.16% 21
Cambridgeshire -13 4 £225 - 28
Essex +1 3 £500 - 35
Hertfordshire -21 2 £550 +60.00% 30
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.67%) Azure
4 3 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.17%) Azure AKS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Functions
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.17%) Serverless
6 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) LAN
1 6 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (8.33%) DHCP
3 2 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) Firewall
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security
4 1 (4.17%) RS-232
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle Database
3 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.17%) Big Data
3 1 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 19 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 3 (12.50%) Polish Language
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Agriculture
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
2 11 (45.83%) Technical Analyst
3 10 (41.67%) Support Analyst
4 8 (33.33%) Technical Support
4 8 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) IT Analyst
5 5 (20.83%) Senior
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Service Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Technical Services Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Consultant
7 2 (8.33%) Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 2 (8.33%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (8.33%) IT Support
7 2 (8.33%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) HTML
1 2 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) Express.js
2 1 (4.17%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (4.17%) MERN Stack
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) NHS
2 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.33%) Social Media
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) IVR
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (62.50%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.17%) Linux
5 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 8 (33.33%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (20.83%) ITSM
4 5 (20.83%) Security Patching
4 5 (20.83%) Service Management
5 4 (16.67%) Information Governance
5 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Zero Trust
6 3 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 2 (8.33%) Analytics
7 2 (8.33%) Case Management
7 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (8.33%) Clean Code
7 2 (8.33%) Customer Insight
7 2 (8.33%) Data Integration
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 11 (45.83%) MCSE
3 10 (41.67%) HNC
3 10 (41.67%) HND
3 10 (41.67%) MCP
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (12.50%) A+ Certification
5 3 (12.50%) MCSA
6 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CCNA
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.17%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 22301
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.17%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) Citrix
3 5 (20.83%) Oracle
4 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 3 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (8.33%) Veeam
7 1 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (4.17%) Cisco
7 1 (4.17%) Databricks
7 1 (4.17%) Facebook
7 1 (4.17%) Instagram
7 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto