Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Co-Occurring Skills in Maidstone

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Kent > Maidstone

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Maidstone with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Apr 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	8	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional	0	2	0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone	-	6.90%	-
As % of the Qualifications category	-	22.22%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	1	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£250	-
Kent median daily rate	-	£250	-

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Maidstone

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	12	9	6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone	48.00%	31.03%	37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	12	5	6
10^th Percentile	-	£190	-
25^th Percentile	£431	£193	£329
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£441	£205	£333
Median % change year-on-year	+115.24%	-38.35%	-20.36%
75^th Percentile	£445	£250	£336
90^th Percentile	£451	£370	-
Kent median daily rate	£445	£400	£363
% change year-on-year	+11.25%	+10.34%	-12.12%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone.