Microsoft Certification Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 27 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 +24 -14
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.23% 2.06% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 5.49% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £260 -
25th Percentile - £425 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £475 £110
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +331.82% -81.67%
75th Percentile - £500 £115
90th Percentile - £583 -
North East median daily rate £200 £475 £110
% change year-on-year -57.89% +331.82% -79.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 99 91 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 40.57% 37.45% 54.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 42 154
10th Percentile £305 £313 £354
25th Percentile £403 £411 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -9.69% +2.73%
75th Percentile £590 £634 £650
90th Percentile £650 £695 £752
North East median daily rate £500 £523 £565
% change year-on-year -4.31% -7.52% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 0
10th Percentile - £13.30 -
25th Percentile £11.60 £13.99 -
Median hourly rate £29.57 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.85% - -
75th Percentile £49.56 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.03 £60.00 -
North East median hourly rate £18.81 £20.77 £49.00
% change year-on-year -9.44% -57.61% -1.01%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -10 3 £200 -58.97% 5
Microsoft Certification
North East

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (66.67%) OpenEdge
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft