Microsoft Certification Contracts in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 18 30
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 9 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.70% 2.60% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.36% 16.13% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £369 - -
25th Percentile £453 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £160 £475
Median % change year-on-year +212.50% -66.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £475 £488
90th Percentile - £595 -
South East median daily rate £600 £463 £558
% change year-on-year +29.73% -17.04% +21.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 31 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 34.81% 16.15% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 17 22
10th Percentile £161 £160 £362
25th Percentile £200 £210 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% - -1.55%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £666
90th Percentile £500 £643 £698
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 3
10th Percentile - £20.55 £30.56
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.12 £37.29
Median hourly rate £27.76 £60.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% +22.45% +206.25%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £89.63 - £57.50
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Oxford -6 3 - - 6
Abingdon - 1 - -
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £325 -
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
1 5 (55.56%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) DNS
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (11.11%) IP Telephony
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) NAS
3 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
3 1 (11.11%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Skype
3 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Support Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) iPad
1 1 (11.11%) iPhone
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
4 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
4 4 (44.44%) ITSM
4 4 (44.44%) Service Management
4 4 (44.44%) Time Management
5 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
7 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
7 1 (11.11%) Threat Management
7 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
7 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
2 1 (11.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
3 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix
4 1 (11.11%) F5
4 1 (11.11%) VMware