Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 78 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.067% 0.10% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £413 £275 £270
% change year-on-year +50.00% +1.85% +58.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 302 259 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 20.38% 26.43% 24.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 168 238
10th Percentile £193 £246 £261
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -7.32% -2.37%
75th Percentile £555 £609 £632
90th Percentile £634 £713 £708
North West median daily rate £479 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -4.25% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 27
10th Percentile £21.27 - £24.98
25th Percentile £22.68 £31.25 £26.88
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -23.53% +108.82%
75th Percentile £52.25 £54.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £80.25
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -55.39%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Manchester

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SPFx
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft