Microsoft Certification Contracts in Lancashire

Microsoft Certification
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 17 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 12 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.86% 0.51% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.58% 1.43% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 £563 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +10.58% -
75th Percentile £538 £588 £530
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 £381 £550
% change year-on-year +31.15% -30.68% +315.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 70 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 44.00% 35.90% 49.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 22 63
10th Percentile £153 £313 £370
25th Percentile £390 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +7.91%
75th Percentile £540 £704 £600
90th Percentile £598 £720 £695
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 41 33
10th Percentile - £11.77 £25.75
25th Percentile - £15.00 £29.30
Median hourly rate £31.52 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.26% -62.21% +2.77%
75th Percentile - - £49.52
90th Percentile - £46.18 £53.28
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Lancashire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Lancashire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Lancashire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Lancashire

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire 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
Burnley - 8 - - 2
Preston - 4 £438 - 3
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (41.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) SAN
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
1 5 (41.67%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (41.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Industrial Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 9 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (58.33%) Linux
4 7 (58.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
5 5 (41.67%) Windows 8
5 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
1 8 (66.67%) Proactive Maintenance
2 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Business Case
3 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Technical Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 4 (33.33%) High Availability
4 4 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (33.33%) RBAC
5 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (25.00%) Data Management
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) MCSE
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) vCenter Server
2 5 (41.67%) SCCM
3 4 (33.33%) WSUS
4 3 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) Canon
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) Symantec
5 3 (25.00%) Veeam