Microsoft Certification Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 56 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.81% 0.67% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.65% 1.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £583 -
25th Percentile £133 £594 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -79.23% - -
75th Percentile £138 £719 -
90th Percentile - £738 -
South West median daily rate £520 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +5.32% -5.95% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 121 278 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 48.99% 61.64% 75.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 156 221
10th Percentile £225 £425 £415
25th Percentile £428 £500 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £664 £700
90th Percentile £813 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 39
10th Percentile £26.00 - £33.75
25th Percentile £26.96 £15.75 £67.50
Median hourly rate £41.20 £23.25 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.18% -70.19% +41.82%
75th Percentile £70.56 £30.00 £83.36
90th Percentile £75.00 £43.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -64.07% +7.69% +8.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Gloucester +4 1 - - 6
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (50.00%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Dell Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Lotus
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow