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 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 84 63 96
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 -12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 20 23 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.17% 2.10% 0.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.87% 6.61% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 9
10th Percentile - £84 £102
25th Percentile £161 £140 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £188 £225
Median % change year-on-year +94.67% -16.67% -30.77%
75th Percentile £575 £400 £400
90th Percentile £624 £475 £448
England median daily rate £496 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.39% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 6
10th Percentile - £14.99 £12.86
25th Percentile £6.00 - £13.48
Median hourly rate £11.00 £21.46 £15.65
Median % change year-on-year -48.74% +37.12% +0.97%
75th Percentile £16.00 - £16.22
90th Percentile £18.48 £52.38 £28.31
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.44% +22.63% +12.90%

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 517 348 645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.30% 31.78% 35.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 135 312
10th Percentile £193 £183 £263
25th Percentile £322 £309 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £686 £675 £750
England median daily rate £522 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 87 167
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £35.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +113.29% +45.12%
75th Percentile £61.18 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.39
% change year-on-year -45.54% -0.45% +3.09%

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 30 January 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the East of England

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 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
Norfolk -16 10 £173 +23.21% 8
Cambridgeshire -9 4 £225 - 7
Hertfordshire -15 3 £550 +60.00% 9
Bedfordshire -9 2 - - 5
Essex -3 1 £505 - 15
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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) RS-232
2 2 (10.00%) X.400
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Polish Language
4 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Agriculture
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
2 11 (55.00%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (45.00%) Support Analyst
4 7 (35.00%) Technical Support
4 7 (35.00%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (25.00%) IT Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Services Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Architect
7 2 (10.00%) IT Support
7 2 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Senior
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Express.js
1 1 (5.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (5.00%) Node.js
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) NHS
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (5.00%) AIX
7 1 (5.00%) Linux
7 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
3 7 (35.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (25.00%) ITSM
4 5 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (20.00%) Information Governance
5 4 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (20.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (10.00%) Microservices
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (5.00%) Patch Management
8 1 (5.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) MCSE
2 10 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 7 (35.00%) HNC
3 7 (35.00%) HND
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (15.00%) A+ Certification
5 3 (15.00%) MCSA
6 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.00%) CCNA
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (5.00%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Citrix
3 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 3 (15.00%) VMware
5 2 (10.00%) Veeam
6 1 (5.00%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco
6 1 (5.00%) Databricks
6 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (5.00%) Salesforce