Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 74 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.16% 0.43% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 2.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £475 £114
% change year-on-year -15.79% +318.50% -50.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £14.34 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 74 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 14.62% 16.05% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 49 87
10th Percentile £316 £338 £296
25th Percentile £348 £463 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% -10.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £694
90th Percentile £649 £650 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £14.32 - £14.90
25th Percentile £15.01 £11.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £16.18 £13.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.81% -55.74% +105.73%
75th Percentile £17.34 £15.25 £40.25
90th Percentile £18.04 - £46.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.87 £30.00
% change year-on-year +1.13% -17.10% +66.67%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Sheffield -22 1 £400 - 8
Microsoft Certification
Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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