Microsoft Certified Master Contracts in England

Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Master qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 530 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Master 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.009% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.023% 0.029% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £400 £550 -
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Microsoft Certified Master 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 8,660 10,218 12,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.18% 30.48% 27.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,459 6,522 8,160
10th Percentile £290 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.23%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 647 771 600
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.88 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £24.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -16.04% +24.84%
75th Percentile £58.42 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £78.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.41
% change year-on-year -41.51% -22.40% +23.13%

Microsoft Certified Master
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certified Master in England

Microsoft Certified Master
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certified Master in England

Microsoft Certified Master
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 Certified Master within the England region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
South West - 1 - -
Microsoft Certified Master
UK

Microsoft Certified Master
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft