Microsoft Certification Contracts in Peterborough

Microsoft Certification
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Peterborough 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 34
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 14 31 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 15.05% 15.74% 0.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.33% 70.45% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £201 - -
25th Percentile £203 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - -
75th Percentile £228 £463 -
90th Percentile £234 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £225 £325 £375
% change year-on-year -30.77% -13.33% +102.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 2
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.24 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +5.16% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +5.16% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24 44 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 25.81% 22.34% 39.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 12
10th Percentile - £192 -
25th Percentile £195 £224 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £303 £325
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% -6.92% -45.83%
75th Percentile £205 £394 £550
90th Percentile £225 £435 £552
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 40 74
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.85 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.72 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% +7.87% +27.81%
75th Percentile £18.26 - £20.56
90th Percentile £31.00 £22.21 £22.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.72% +7.87% +27.81%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Peterborough

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Analyst
1 12 (85.71%) Service Analyst
1 12 (85.71%) Service Desk Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Technical Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Technical Services Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Call Centre Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) ITIL
2 12 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 12 (85.71%) Incident Management
3 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (57.14%) Mathematics
4 8 (57.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Patch Management
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) A+ Certification
1 12 (85.71%) MCSA
2 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) MCTS
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Citrix
1 12 (85.71%) ServiceNow
2 9 (64.29%) Microsoft