Microsoft Certification Contracts in Kent

Microsoft Certification
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 18 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 2.86% - 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.04% - 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £205 - £256
25th Percentile £213 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £413
75th Percentile £238 - £419
90th Percentile £245 - -
South East median daily rate £565 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +25.56% -18.18% +29.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23 34 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 21.90% 16.83% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 17
10th Percentile £186 £297 £245
25th Percentile £200 £329 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £363 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -12.12% -2.94%
75th Percentile £469 £536 £538
90th Percentile £688 £675 £630
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £23.22 £41.39
25th Percentile £76.70 £39.54 £43.48
Median hourly rate £78.40 £66.74 £52.92
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% +26.11% +11.15%
75th Percentile £80.10 - £60.01
90th Percentile - - £64.05
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Kent

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Kent

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Kent

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
Maidstone - 2 £250 - 3
Canterbury - 1 £200 -
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow