Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Essex

Microsoft Certification
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 2.65% - 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.11% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £390 - £103
25th Percentile £431 - £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £106
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.09%
75th Percentile £504 - £107
90th Percentile £506 - £107
East of England median daily rate £528 £188 £375
% change year-on-year +181.33% -50.00% +63.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.31
East of England median hourly rate £6.00 £21.46 £15.65
% change year-on-year -72.04% +37.12% +0.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 37 13 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 32.74% 15.48% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 23
10th Percentile - £275 £154
25th Percentile £175 £388 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £550
90th Percentile £507 £653 £649
East of England median daily rate £500 £463 £523
% change year-on-year +8.11% -11.48% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 10
10th Percentile - - £38.33
25th Percentile - - £44.47
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £52.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.97%
75th Percentile £23.50 - £58.89
90th Percentile £24.54 - £66.50
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £61.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -62.79% +104.17% +42.86%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Essex

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Essex over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Essex

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 24 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
Chelmsford - 1 £375 - 1
Witham - 1 £505 -
Microsoft Certification
East of England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Agriculture
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Express.js
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (33.33%) MERN Stack
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Micro Frontends
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) SFIA
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 22301
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks