Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Certification
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lincolnshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 2.04% 9.80% 1.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.55% 18.52% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £503 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £625 £134
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +367.29% +16.30%
75th Percentile £508 £675 -
90th Percentile - £743 -
East Midlands median daily rate £492 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +23.00% +14.29% -27.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 27 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 44.90% 52.94% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 22
10th Percentile £192 £443 £325
25th Percentile £197 £575 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -45.77% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £524 £780 £694
90th Percentile £555 £810 £841
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -8.11% -6.86% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 2
10th Percentile £18.55 £30.49 £17.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.98 £17.62
Median hourly rate £22.01 £48.56 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year -54.67% +152.55% +8.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £51.91 £20.19
90th Percentile - - £20.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.06 £22.89 £17.95
% change year-on-year -12.34% +27.53% -8.75%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Lincoln - 1 £505 - 2
Microsoft Certification
East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft