Microsoft Certification Contracts in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 26 44
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 5 19 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.22% 6.09% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.17% 15.57% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 1
10th Percentile £161 £423 -
25th Percentile £161 £625 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -73.08% +44.44% +221.43%
75th Percentile £218 £694 £500
90th Percentile £237 £700 -
North West median daily rate £394 £550 £133
% change year-on-year -28.41% +315.09% -66.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £16.40 - -
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -
75th Percentile £19.13 £19.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £19.20 £19.15 -
North West median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 81 122 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 36.00% 39.10% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 92 75
10th Percentile £166 £366 £197
25th Percentile £213 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £673 £650
North West median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 5
10th Percentile £12.54 - £14.00
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £34.24 £19.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £44.16 £19.15 £31.65
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.29 £39.73
% change year-on-year -60.14% +1.42% -4.85%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Merseyside

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Liverpool +4 5 £175 -73.08% 8
Microsoft Certification
North West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Support
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCP
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) MOS
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) Sophos
3 1 (20.00%) Apple