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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.59% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 8.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -15.84% -3.81% +218.18%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 101 51 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 51.53% 25.50% 47.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 22 74
10th Percentile £315 £259 £363
25th Percentile £412 £292 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £509 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -7.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £617 £645
90th Percentile £671 £650 £720
North West median daily rate £500 £505 £520
% change year-on-year -0.99% -2.88% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 31
10th Percentile £18.87 £35.40 £37.75
25th Percentile £47.12 £37.55 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +51.93% - +11.67%
75th Percentile £74.70 £49.80 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £54.60 £50.25
North West median hourly rate £30.64 £22.88 £42.50
% change year-on-year +33.92% -46.18% +46.55%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
DemandTrendContract 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 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Burnley - 8 - - 1
Preston - 1 £350 - 5
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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 4 (44.44%) SAN
4 3 (33.33%) Network Security
4 3 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
1 5 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (55.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Support
1 5 (55.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Industrial Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
4 5 (55.56%) Windows 8
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
5 4 (44.44%) Linux
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Asset Management
1 8 (88.89%) ITIL
1 8 (88.89%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (55.56%) Business Case
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Time Management
3 4 (44.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 3 (33.33%) Data Management
4 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (33.33%) Storage Management
4 3 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) E-Discovery
5 1 (11.11%) High Availability
5 1 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (11.11%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 4 (44.44%) vCenter Server
3 3 (33.33%) Backup Exec
4 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Canon
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco
4 3 (33.33%) Symantec
4 3 (33.33%) Veeam
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix