Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 205 65 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 23.92% 24.53% 25.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 43 65
10th Percentile £405 £143 £375
25th Percentile £463 £215 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -30.43% +8.49%
75th Percentile £675 £504 £675
90th Percentile £703 £630 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £445 £500
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.36 £18.64 £15.00
% change year-on-year +30.74% +24.23% -63.08%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft Certified Professional
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 Certified Professional within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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 - 1 - -
Microsoft Certified Professional
Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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