Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft Certification
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 4.55% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £486 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £546 - -
South Wales median daily rate £500 £236 -
% change year-on-year +111.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 54 21 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 61.36% 67.74% 53.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 4 22
10th Percentile £371 £146 £267
25th Percentile £375 £155 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £330 £400
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -17.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £550 £509 £625
90th Percentile £604 £526 -
South Wales median daily rate £550 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +37.50% - -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 22
10th Percentile £33.86 - £16.24
25th Percentile £42.90 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -50.27% +154.96%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £54.69
90th Percentile - - £87.52
South Wales median hourly rate £46.98 £13.08 £46.25
% change year-on-year +259.17% -71.72% +154.96%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Newport

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Storage and Backup Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) Presales
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (25.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware