Microsoft Certification Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 7 0 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.93% - 2.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.36% - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 11
10th Percentile £164 - -
25th Percentile £190 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £236 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.41%
75th Percentile £250 - £594
90th Percentile £253 - £625
Wales median daily rate £236 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +21.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 110 88 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 46.03% 26.43% 37.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 65 146
10th Percentile £173 £220 £273
25th Percentile £285 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +0.09% -0.09%
75th Percentile £486 £646 £625
90th Percentile £618 £725 £666
Wales median daily rate £400 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 16
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +31.92% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.75 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in South Wales

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in South Wales

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in South Wales

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Cardiff - 7 £236 - 4
Microsoft Certification
Wales

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 6 (85.71%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) PaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Metadata
2 3 (42.86%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) GCP Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) GCP Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Analytics
1 6 (85.71%) Data Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Data Science
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
3 4 (57.14%) Metadata Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Security
5 1 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) AWS Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Google
3 4 (57.14%) Databricks
4 3 (42.86%) Cloudera
5 1 (14.29%) Remedy