Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Certification
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.17% 0.49% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.16% 3.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £400 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £13.50 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 86 66 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 14.75% 16.10% 23.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 44 80
10th Percentile £318 £393 £385
25th Percentile £348 £493 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £526 £600 £700
90th Percentile £620 £650 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -20.93% -10.42% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £14.32 - -
25th Percentile £15.01 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £16.18 £13.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% +22.73% +24.01%
75th Percentile £17.34 £15.25 -
90th Percentile £18.04 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.18 £13.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year +19.81% -55.74% +105.73%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Sheffield

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft