Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 192 57 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 24.09% 24.57% 25.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 39 61
10th Percentile £405 £208 £400
25th Percentile £450 £220 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £414 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% -28.00% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £516 £675
90th Percentile £700 £640 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +31.25% -30.43% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% -

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) A2A Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree