Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 259 290
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 +141
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 126 91 98
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 0.69% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.62% 2.72% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 49 74
10th Percentile £350 £212 £202
25th Percentile £423 £250 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.66% +7.00% -19.19%
75th Percentile £617 £585 £575
90th Percentile £688 £692 £734
England median daily rate £504 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.75% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £45.13 £31.50
25th Percentile - £70.21 £33.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% +217.15% -
75th Percentile - - £36.53
90th Percentile - - £38.15
England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.44% +22.63% +12.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,801 3,347 4,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.54% 25.22% 24.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,412 2,162 2,917
10th Percentile £359 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -3.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £774
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 62 128
10th Percentile £20.24 £21.50 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £29.38
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +25.11% -27.02%
75th Percentile £72.50 £56.19 £61.32
90th Percentile £76.61 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.47 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -49.06% +25.00% -18.37%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in London over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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
Central London -17 15 £523 -0.48% 29
South London -15 3 £450 +133.46% 5
West London - 1 £275 - 12
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (17.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 6 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 75 (59.52%) Azure
2 53 (42.06%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (27.78%) Power Platform
4 25 (19.84%) Entra ID
5 20 (15.87%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (15.08%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (13.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (12.70%) GitHub
8 16 (12.70%) PowerApps
9 14 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (11.11%) Power Automate
10 9 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (7.14%) Copilot Studio
10 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (6.35%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (3.17%) IaaS
13 4 (3.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.73%) VPN
2 10 (7.94%) DNS
2 10 (7.94%) Firewall
3 7 (5.56%) DHCP
4 3 (2.38%) NetScaler
4 3 (2.38%) Network Security
4 3 (2.38%) Softphone
4 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.59%) DKIM
5 2 (1.59%) DMARC
5 2 (1.59%) S/MIME
5 2 (1.59%) SSL
5 2 (1.59%) VLAN
6 1 (0.79%) DMZ
6 1 (0.79%) Internet
6 1 (0.79%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.79%) LAN
6 1 (0.79%) SAN
6 1 (0.79%) SMTP
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.49%) Power BI
2 14 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 14 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 11 (8.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.97%) Delta Lake
6 5 (3.97%) Spark SQL
7 4 (3.17%) Metadata
7 4 (3.17%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (1.59%) Big Data
9 1 (0.79%) Power Query
9 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.79%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Git
2 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.59%) JDeveloper
3 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 52 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.67%) Finance
3 16 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.14%) Banking
6 6 (4.76%) Marketing
7 5 (3.97%) Legal
8 4 (3.17%) International Banking
9 3 (2.38%) Military
10 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) French Language
11 1 (0.79%) Front Office
11 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.79%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (19.05%) Architect
2 19 (15.08%) Senior
3 11 (8.73%) Security Engineer
4 10 (7.94%) Azure Architect
4 10 (7.94%) Lead
5 9 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 7 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Administrator
7 6 (4.76%) Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Developer
7 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Data Architect
8 5 (3.97%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.17%) Senior Wintel Engineer
9 4 (3.17%) Windows Engineer
9 4 (3.17%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.14%) .NET
1 9 (7.14%) OAuth
2 8 (6.35%) REST
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (4.76%) OpenID
4 6 (4.76%) SAML
5 5 (3.97%) ARM Templates
5 5 (3.97%) RESTful
6 4 (3.17%) JSON
7 3 (2.38%) PySpark
8 2 (1.59%) A2A Protocol
8 2 (1.59%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.59%) CSS
8 2 (1.59%) Jest
8 2 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (1.59%) Next.js
8 2 (1.59%) React
8 2 (1.59%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.79%) LDAP
9 1 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.11%) BYOD
2 9 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (6.35%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.56%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.56%) PKI
4 7 (5.56%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.76%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.38%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.59%) Clustering
8 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.59%) Replication
8 2 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.79%) CCTV
9 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.60%) Windows
2 10 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.35%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.38%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.59%) Android
5 2 (1.59%) Linux
5 2 (1.59%) VMS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (26.19%) Migration
3 31 (24.60%) DevOps
4 30 (23.81%) CI/CD
5 23 (18.25%) Analytics
6 22 (17.46%) Computer Science
6 22 (17.46%) Data Governance
7 20 (15.87%) Roadmaps
8 19 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (15.08%) ITIL
9 18 (14.29%) AI
10 17 (13.49%) Agile
10 17 (13.49%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (12.70%) Data Loss Prevention
12 15 (11.90%) E-Discovery
12 15 (11.90%) High Availability
13 13 (10.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 12 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (9.52%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 23 (18.25%) SQL
3 16 (12.70%) Python
4 7 (5.56%) Bicep
5 6 (4.76%) C#
6 5 (3.97%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.97%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.97%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.59%) Bash
8 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (41.27%) Degree
2 30 (23.81%) Azure Certification
3 25 (19.84%) Security Cleared
4 22 (17.46%) SC Cleared
5 16 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (12.70%) MCSE
6 10 (7.94%) MCSA
7 8 (6.35%) CISSP
8 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.17%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (3.17%) MCITP
9 4 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.38%) A+ Certification
10 3 (2.38%) CCA
10 3 (2.38%) CISM
10 3 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.38%) MCTS
11 2 (1.59%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
3 4 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (1.59%) QA
4 2 (1.59%) SLA
4 2 (1.59%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (3.97%) Docker
4 4 (3.17%) vSphere
5 3 (2.38%) Firmware
6 2 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (10.32%) Terraform
3 12 (9.52%) SCCM
4 8 (6.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (5.56%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.97%) SCOM
7 1 (0.79%) Ansible
7 1 (0.79%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 121 (96.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Databricks
3 6 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.76%) VMware
4 5 (3.97%) Citrix
4 5 (3.97%) Dell
5 4 (3.17%) Foundry
6 3 (2.38%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.59%) Cisco
7 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.79%) Adobe
8 1 (0.79%) Apple
8 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.79%) Google
8 1 (0.79%) HP
8 1 (0.79%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.79%) Oracle
8 1 (0.79%) Perforce
8 1 (0.79%) Reuters
8 1 (0.79%) Veeam