Microsoft Certification Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 125 140
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 10 25 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.38% 0.88% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 2.60% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 25 13
10th Percentile £316 £338 £293
25th Percentile £384 £460 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £543 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +19.23% +6.74%
75th Percentile £637 £592 £619
90th Percentile £643 £597 £638
South East median daily rate £463 £546 £440
% change year-on-year -15.33% +24.15% -1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 - £24.00
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,049 963 1,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.27% 33.98% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 638 703
10th Percentile £226 £318 £271
25th Percentile £415 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £624 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 44 27
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.80 £16.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £26.77 £17.88
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.73 £74.84 £50.88
90th Percentile £87.05 £80.25 £80.94
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £59.45 £45.00
% change year-on-year -3.54% +32.12% +8.43%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +18 6 £628 +23.70% 10
Oxfordshire +9 3 £450 +20.00% 5
Berkshire -15 1 £275 -50.67% 4
Microsoft Certification
South East

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) AWS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) First Line Help Desk Support
3 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (10.00%) Major Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) CCNP
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) MCSE
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (10.00%) CEH
5 1 (10.00%) CISSP
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NCSC
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Apple
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco