Microsoft Certification Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 75 105
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 +34
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 18 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.77% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.52% 2.97% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 7
10th Percentile £351 £344 £408
25th Percentile £425 £391 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% +4.76% +119.90%
75th Percentile £716 £666 £575
90th Percentile £875 £675 £615
North West median daily rate £447 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -12.35% -2.86% +377.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 276 269 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 27.17% 22.40% 25.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 158 335
10th Percentile £359 £350 £252
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £516 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% -0.72% -0.95%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £622
90th Percentile £750 £825 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.19% +1.16% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 13
10th Percentile £20.65 £16.76 £15.73
25th Percentile £22.16 £27.53 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.58 £51.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% +171.05% -30.91%
75th Percentile £55.12 £75.56 £37.50
90th Percentile £68.50 £100.00 £51.50
North West median hourly rate £30.64 £17.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +80.21% -60.00% +46.55%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Manchester

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bolton - 4 - - 2
Salford - 2 £716 - 4
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) GCP
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (27.78%) Entra ID
3 5 (27.78%) IaaS
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Firewall
1 6 (33.33%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) DNS
2 5 (27.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
2 5 (27.78%) VPN
3 4 (22.22%) DHCP
4 1 (5.56%) H.323
4 1 (5.56%) SSL
4 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications
4 1 (5.56%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
4 4 (22.22%) French Language
5 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) IT Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) IT Support
1 5 (27.78%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Project Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Trainer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Trainer
4 1 (5.56%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Linux
3 1 (5.56%) Unix
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Change Management
3 6 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 6 (33.33%) High Availability
3 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 5 (27.78%) Analytics
4 5 (27.78%) BCP
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity Planning
4 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (27.78%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (27.78%) Line Management
4 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 5 (27.78%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (27.78%) Web Operations
5 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Azure Certification
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) A+ Certification
3 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.11%) MCSA
4 2 (11.11%) MCSE
5 1 (5.56%) CISSP
5 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) MCP
5 1 (5.56%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (27.78%) vSphere
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) CASB
3 1 (5.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Google
3 5 (27.78%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Tenable