Microsoft Certification Contracts in the North East

Microsoft Certification
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 32 56
Rank change year-on-year -4 +24 -19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.93% 1.47% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 4.46% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £260 -
25th Percentile - £425 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £475 £110
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +331.82% -79.05%
75th Percentile - £500 £115
90th Percentile - £583 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% +19.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.50
Median hourly rate - - £49.00
75th Percentile - - £49.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.44 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year +6.99% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 112 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 40.06% 32.94% 48.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 44 166
10th Percentile £200 £318 £280
25th Percentile £356 £417 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -7.52% +7.62%
75th Percentile £590 £628 £645
90th Percentile £650 £685 £750
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 1
10th Percentile £11.60 £12.38 -
25th Percentile £13.23 £13.99 £48.50
Median hourly rate £18.81 £20.77 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% -57.61% -1.01%
75th Percentile £41.41 £50.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £50.38 £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the North East

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the North East

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the North East

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Tyne and Wear -5 3 £200 -57.89% 3
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (66.67%) OpenEdge
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft