Microsoft Certification Contracts in England

Microsoft Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 267 357
Rank change year-on-year +42 +90 +17
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 288 312 331
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.18% 0.84% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.78% 2.68% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 205 250
10th Percentile £200 £183 £152
25th Percentile £293 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.20% +20.29%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £595
90th Percentile £725 £683 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £508
% change year-on-year +4.71% -5.91% +19.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 61 22
10th Percentile - £13.69 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £21.46 £21.37 £18.75
90th Percentile £36.38 £21.46 £19.93
UK median hourly rate £18.22 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year +11.78% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +18 87 £500 +5.26% 95
North of England +41 63 £488 +21.88% 68
North West +44 57 £500 +31.15% 38
South East +56 48 £565 +25.56% 97
East of England +12 36 £200 +48.15% 24
South West +24 27 £550 +0.92% 34
Midlands +24 21 £224 -63.72% 44
West Midlands +23 20 £224 -63.65% 20
Yorkshire +5 3 £400 -8.57% 28
North East -2 3 £200 -57.89% 3
East Midlands +3 1 - - 22
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (11.81%) SharePoint
2 31 (10.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.08%) Confluence
4 3 (1.04%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.69%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.35%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (10.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 29 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Alphatax
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 123 (42.71%) Azure
2 112 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (15.97%) Entra ID
4 36 (12.50%) AWS
5 22 (7.64%) IaaS
6 20 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 18 (6.25%) OneDrive
8 17 (5.90%) GCP
8 17 (5.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (4.51%) PaaS
10 10 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (3.47%) PowerApps
11 9 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (3.13%) SaaS
12 8 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.43%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
2 32 (11.11%) Firewall
3 28 (9.72%) VPN
4 18 (6.25%) Network Security
5 16 (5.56%) DNS
6 13 (4.51%) SAN
7 12 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 11 (3.82%) DHCP
8 11 (3.82%) LAN
8 11 (3.82%) VSAN
9 10 (3.47%) TCP/IP
10 8 (2.78%) Skype
11 7 (2.43%) WAN
12 6 (2.08%) iSCSI
12 6 (2.08%) VLAN
13 5 (1.74%) BGP
13 5 (1.74%) MPLS
13 5 (1.74%) NAS
13 5 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.82%) Relational Database
3 10 (3.47%) Power BI
4 5 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.74%) MySQL
4 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.39%) Metadata
6 3 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.35%) DTS
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.35%) Power Query
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.82%) JIRA
2 6 (2.08%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.35%) MLflow
3 1 (0.35%) NUnit
3 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
3 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (46.18%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (10.07%) Legal
4 28 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.29%) Finance
6 20 (6.94%) Telecoms
7 19 (6.60%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (5.90%) Banking
9 9 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.43%) Retail
11 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.39%) French Language
12 4 (1.39%) Military
13 3 (1.04%) Local Government
14 2 (0.69%) Back Office
14 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.69%) Publishing
15 1 (0.35%) Aviation
15 1 (0.35%) Front Office
15 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (22.57%) Analyst
2 53 (18.40%) Architect
3 31 (10.76%) Service Analyst
3 31 (10.76%) Service Desk Analyst
4 26 (9.03%) Senior
5 24 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 20 (6.94%) Desktop Support
7 19 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (6.25%) Technical Services Analyst
9 17 (5.90%) IT Support
10 16 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (5.21%) Technical Architect
12 13 (4.51%) Desktop Engineer
12 13 (4.51%) Lead
13 12 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (4.17%) Senior Architect
14 11 (3.82%) Deployment Engineer
14 11 (3.82%) Senior Technical Architect
14 11 (3.82%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.51%) .NET
2 8 (2.78%) .NET Core
2 8 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
3 7 (2.43%) .NET Framework
3 7 (2.43%) REST
4 6 (2.08%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.08%) Entity Framework
4 6 (2.08%) SailPoint
4 6 (2.08%) WCF
4 6 (2.08%) Web Services
5 5 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (1.74%) Autofac
5 5 (1.74%) Dapper ORM
5 5 (1.74%) StructureMap
6 4 (1.39%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.39%) OAuth
7 3 (1.04%) ADO
7 3 (1.04%) LDAP
7 3 (1.04%) OpenID
7 3 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.72%) PKI
2 24 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (2.78%) Insider Threat
5 7 (2.43%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.74%) NHS
7 5 (1.74%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.04%) Clustering
9 3 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.04%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 123 (42.71%) Windows
2 52 (18.06%) Windows Server
3 33 (11.46%) Windows 10
4 22 (7.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 16 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (4.17%) Linux
8 10 (3.47%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.74%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.74%) Windows XP
11 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.39%) Unix
12 3 (1.04%) Android
12 3 (1.04%) VMS
12 3 (1.04%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (40.28%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (33.68%) ITIL
3 56 (19.44%) Customer Service
4 42 (14.58%) Incident Management
5 40 (13.89%) Computer Science
5 40 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (13.54%) Agile
7 30 (10.42%) Service Delivery
8 29 (10.07%) CI/CD
9 24 (8.33%) Mathematics
10 23 (7.99%) Analytics
10 23 (7.99%) Information Security
11 22 (7.64%) Project Management
12 21 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
14 19 (6.60%) Containerisation
14 19 (6.60%) Identity Access Management
14 19 (6.60%) Incident Response
14 19 (6.60%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.10%) PowerShell
2 30 (10.42%) SQL
3 17 (5.90%) Python
4 12 (4.17%) C#
5 8 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (2.43%) Bash
7 6 (2.08%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.74%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.39%) Java
10 3 (1.04%) Bicep
10 3 (1.04%) VBScript
11 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.69%) VB
12 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.35%) Perl
12 1 (0.35%) Ruby
12 1 (0.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 83 (28.82%) Degree
2 78 (27.08%) Security Cleared
3 66 (22.92%) SC Cleared
4 56 (19.44%) MCSE
5 55 (19.10%) A+ Certification
6 52 (18.06%) Azure Certification
7 46 (15.97%) MCSA
8 25 (8.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 24 (8.33%) AWS Certification
9 24 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (6.94%) CISSP
11 18 (6.25%) MCP
12 13 (4.51%) CISM
13 12 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 11 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (3.82%) DV Cleared
15 8 (2.78%) CCNP
16 7 (2.43%) Master's Degree
17 5 (1.74%) CCNA
17 5 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.94%) NIST
2 16 (5.56%) NCSC
3 15 (5.21%) QA
4 14 (4.86%) GDPR
5 11 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (3.47%) HIPAA
6 10 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (2.78%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.74%) SLA
10 3 (1.04%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.35%) HL7
12 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 111 (38.54%) Active Directory
2 46 (15.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.56%) vSphere
4 13 (4.51%) VMware NSX
5 11 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.43%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.74%) Docker
7 5 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.39%) NFS
9 3 (1.04%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) Firmware
11 1 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 38 (13.19%) SCCM
2 30 (10.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.17%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.47%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.78%) CASB
5 8 (2.78%) WSUS
6 6 (2.08%) Terraform
7 3 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.04%) Backup Exec
7 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.69%) Grafana
8 2 (0.69%) Malwarebytes
8 2 (0.69%) OPNET
8 2 (0.69%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.69%) SCOM
9 1 (0.35%) Ansible
9 1 (0.35%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.35%) logstash
9 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 262 (90.97%) Microsoft
2 58 (20.14%) VMware
3 48 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 34 (11.81%) Citrix
5 24 (8.33%) Cisco
6 21 (7.29%) Google
7 11 (3.82%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.47%) Veeam
9 5 (1.74%) Canon
9 5 (1.74%) Oracle
9 5 (1.74%) Splunk
9 5 (1.74%) Symantec
10 4 (1.39%) Apple
10 4 (1.39%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.39%) Databricks
10 4 (1.39%) Dell
10 4 (1.39%) NetApp
10 4 (1.39%) Okta
10 4 (1.39%) Tanium
11 3 (1.04%) McAfee