Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands citing Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	196	155	136
Rank change year-on-year	-41	-19	-
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional	3	7	1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	0.061%	0.24%	0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.19%	0.70%	0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	6	0
10^th Percentile	£216	£118	-
25^th Percentile	£222	£122	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£238	£145	-
Median % change year-on-year	+63.79%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£247	£163	-
90^th Percentile	£249	£181	-
England median daily rate	£600	£325	£225
% change year-on-year	+84.62%	+44.44%	-16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	1,596	997	790
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands	32.25%	34.55%	29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,089	626	482
10^th Percentile	£313	£240	£310
25^th Percentile	£409	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£500	£520
Median % change year-on-year	-5.00%	-3.85%	-0.95%
75^th Percentile	£575	£575	£613
90^th Percentile	£656	£657	£715
England median daily rate	£537	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+2.29%	-0.94%	-3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	156	123	32
10^th Percentile	£15.33	£17.87	£17.00
25^th Percentile	£16.88	£18.87	£20.45
Median hourly rate	£25.75	£25.00	£24.18
Median % change year-on-year	+3.00%	+3.39%	+5.13%
75^th Percentile	£36.11	£25.15	£35.00
90^th Percentile	£63.79	£40.42	£52.25
England median hourly rate	£48.83	£25.15	£52.35
% change year-on-year	+94.14%	-51.95%	-0.30%

Microsoft Certified Professional Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-41	2	£238	+63.79%	3
East Midlands	-	1	-	-
Microsoft Certified Professional England

Microsoft Certified Professional Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Certified Professional also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft 365	100.0%	3
1	Windows	100.0%	3
4	Biometrics	66.7%	2
4	Dell	66.7%	2
4	HP	66.7%	2
4	ITIL Foundation Certificate	66.7%	2
4	Problem Management	66.7%	2
4	Root Cause Analysis	66.7%	2
4	SLA	66.7%	2
4	Wi-Fi	66.7%	2
4	Windows 10	66.7%	2
13	Collaborative Working	33.3%	1
13	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
13	Customer Service	33.3%	1
13	Data Analysis	33.3%	1
13	Incident Management	33.3%	1
13	ITSM	33.3%	1
13	Linux	33.3%	1
13	Microsoft	33.3%	1
13	Microsoft Exchange	33.3%	1
13	Mobile Device Management	33.3%	1
13	Multi-Factor Authentication	33.3%	1
13	Network+ Certification	33.3%	1
13	PowerShell	33.3%	1
13	Security Cleared	33.3%	1
13	Service Delivery	33.3%	1
13	Workload Management	33.3%	1

Microsoft Certified Professional Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL Foundation Certificate	66.7%	2
2	Network+ Certification	33.3%	1
2	Security Cleared	33.3%	1