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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 57 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 +1 +44
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 31 37 53
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.38% 3.00% 2.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.52% 8.96% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 5
10th Percentile - £200 -
25th Percentile £153 £225 £100
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year -54.00% +240.91% -54.87%
75th Percentile £200 £556 £225
90th Percentile £675 £638 £368
England median daily rate £450 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 44
10th Percentile - - £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.14 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -7.12% +5.16%
75th Percentile £20.94 £16.09 £21.37
90th Percentile £23.25 £16.30 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £17.44 £16.30
% change year-on-year +201.03% +6.99% -1.21%

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 562 413 550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.00% 33.44% 29.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 170 211
10th Percentile £168 £179 £213
25th Percentile £413 £329 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +3.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £656 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £626 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.16% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 127 200
10th Percentile £17.81 £16.00 £15.08
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £59.00 £38.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.26% -11.63% +74.89%
75th Percentile £74.00 £72.50 £64.44
90th Percentile £80.69 £84.40 £75.00
England median hourly rate £54.25 £27.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +97.27% -36.05% -21.82%

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 15 July 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
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 15 July 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
Hertfordshire +3 18 £158 -68.50% 8
Cambridgeshire -11 5 - - 6
Norfolk -12 5 £173 -13.75% 4
Essex -16 2 £505 +124.44% 11
Bedfordshire -12 1 £500 -16.67% 3
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 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) VPN
1 4 (12.90%) Wireless
2 3 (9.68%) SAN
3 2 (6.45%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) iSCSI
3 2 (6.45%) LAN
3 2 (6.45%) NAS
3 2 (6.45%) RS-232
3 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.45%) X.400
4 1 (3.23%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.23%) Big Data
2 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
General
1 13 (41.94%) Telecoms
2 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Technical Support
2 12 (38.71%) Support Specialist
2 12 (38.71%) Technical Specialist
2 12 (38.71%) Technical Support Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Support Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.23%) Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) CRM Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Field Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Support
6 1 (3.23%) Monitoring Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (41.94%) ONVIF
2 1 (3.23%) Express.js
2 1 (3.23%) MERN Stack
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Video\Live Streaming
2 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.45%) PMI
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (16.13%) Windows 10
3 5 (16.13%) Windows 7
4 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (9.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (6.45%) AIX
6 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.23%) Linux
7 1 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (45.16%) CRM
3 13 (41.94%) Time Management
4 12 (38.71%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
5 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
6 5 (16.13%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.90%) Inventory Management
7 4 (12.90%) ITIL
7 4 (12.90%) ITSM
7 4 (12.90%) Service Management
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.68%) Analytics
8 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.45%) Case Management
9 2 (6.45%) Microservices
9 2 (6.45%) PRINCE2
9 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) Degree
2 18 (58.06%) A+ Certification
3 14 (45.16%) CCNA
3 14 (45.16%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (41.94%) MCSA
5 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 8 (25.81%) MCSE
7 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
7 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
8 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
9 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (6.45%) HNC
9 2 (6.45%) HND
9 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
9 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
9 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
9 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
1 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.23%) SCOM
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) VMware
3 2 (6.45%) Citrix
4 1 (3.23%) Databricks
4 1 (3.23%) Dell
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) Splunk