Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Microsoft Certification
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hillingdon with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 1.28% - 1.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.44% - 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £107
West London median daily rate £438 - £225

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 7 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 52.56% 19.44% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 14
10th Percentile £385 £365 £281
25th Percentile £400 £388 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.71% +30.67%
75th Percentile £450 £494 £500
90th Percentile - £528 £525
West London median daily rate £400 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% -31.82% +20.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £19.54 - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.85% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.93% -62.88% +61.20%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 16 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
Uxbridge - 1 £450 - 4
Microsoft Certification
West London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft