Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.33% 3.75% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.17% 35.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% - -
East Midlands median daily rate £492 £400 £313
% change year-on-year +23.00% +28.00% -34.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 46 28 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 15.08% 10.49% 21.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 24 31
10th Percentile £308 £308 £400
25th Percentile £350 £355 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £396 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -20.90% -
75th Percentile £492 £400 £534
90th Percentile £610 £478 £535
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +9.25% -23.81% +9.38%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Northampton -19 1 £492 +23.00% 14
Microsoft Certification
East Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware