Microsoft Certification Contracts in Liverpool

Microsoft Certification
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 19 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 11 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 7.53% 1.89% 4.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.57% 5.17% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £325 £290 £367
25th Percentile - £355 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £464 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% -28.65% +44.44%
75th Percentile £438 £572 £661
90th Percentile £458 £637 £680
Merseyside median daily rate £400 £464 £650
% change year-on-year -13.75% -28.65% +44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.94
90th Percentile - - £19.28
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 - £17.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 58 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 34.93% 36.48% 27.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 41
10th Percentile £243 £153 £375
25th Percentile £408 £213 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £295 £520
Median % change year-on-year +86.44% -43.27% +11.83%
75th Percentile £668 £600 £550
90th Percentile £775 - £659
Merseyside median daily rate £550 £373 £520
% change year-on-year +47.65% -28.37% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 5
10th Percentile - £16.65 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.83 £21.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.98% +24.54% -
75th Percentile £17.44 £23.69 £18.75
90th Percentile £17.70 £24.18 £19.20
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £22.44 £17.50
% change year-on-year -22.27% +28.21% -

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Liverpool

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Liverpool

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Liverpool over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Liverpool

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Liverpool

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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 (36.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (54.55%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Cloud Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Security Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) IT Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) IT Support
2 4 (36.36%) IT Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Junior IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) Junior IT Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Fintech
1 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) Cloud Security
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) Server Hardening
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (36.36%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
4 3 (27.27%) Data Management
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Data Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Database Security
5 1 (9.09%) ETL
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (9.09%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Korn
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) T-SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Azure Certification
2 4 (36.36%) A+ Certification
2 4 (36.36%) MCP
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Darktrace
3 4 (36.36%) Zscaler
4 3 (27.27%) Varonis