Microsoft Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 225 229
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 -34
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 242 262 349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.17% 1.10% 1.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.16% 3.30% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 197 226
10th Percentile £158 £121 £123
25th Percentile £300 £285 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £480 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +28.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £488
90th Percentile £638 £660 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -5.00% +17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 21 39
10th Percentile £13.69 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -18.42%
75th Percentile £21.37 £18.75 £20.51
90th Percentile - £20.00 £32.95
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,658 7,941 8,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.05% 33.21% 26.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,417 5,333 5,275
10th Percentile £269 £285 £250
25th Percentile £425 £421 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £633 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 937 664 536
10th Percentile £13.61 £14.08 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.33 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
East of England +26 56 £135 -58.46% 16
South West +21 49 £545 +13.25% 43
South East +1 41 £425 -22.73% 42
North of England +24 39 £400 -23.81% 64
Scotland +46 31 £325 +155.48% 22
North West +13 28 £388 -29.55% 42
Midlands +21 24 £615 +173.33% 31
East Midlands +19 14 £406 +41.54% 11
West Midlands +19 10 £615 +173.33% 20
Yorkshire +17 6 £438 +52.17% 17
North East +20 5 £475 +331.82% 7
Northern Ireland +10 2 - - 5
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 34 (14.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.61%) Confluence
4 7 (2.89%) IIS
5 3 (1.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (7.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (6.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 91 (37.60%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (22.73%) Azure
3 17 (7.02%) AWS
4 13 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.13%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.65%) IaaS
9 3 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.24%) GCP
9 3 (1.24%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.24%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.83%) SaaS
11 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.41%) PaaS
11 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
2 34 (14.05%) DNS
3 28 (11.57%) DHCP
4 20 (8.26%) SAN
5 15 (6.20%) Firewall
6 13 (5.37%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.55%) VPN
8 9 (3.72%) LAN
8 9 (3.72%) WAN
9 7 (2.89%) Network Security
9 7 (2.89%) SSL
10 6 (2.48%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (2.48%) VoIP
11 5 (2.07%) iSCSI
11 5 (2.07%) NAS
11 5 (2.07%) VLAN
11 5 (2.07%) Wireless
12 3 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.24%) Skype
12 3 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.41%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 16 (6.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Appium
2 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.41%) MSI
2 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 74 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (18.60%) Public Sector
4 28 (11.57%) Retail
5 19 (7.85%) Finance
6 15 (6.20%) Military
7 9 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.31%) Police
9 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.89%) Marketing
10 5 (2.07%) Banking
11 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.65%) Legal
11 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.24%) Front Office
13 2 (0.83%) Electronics
13 2 (0.83%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 58 (23.97%) Analyst
2 48 (19.83%) Service Analyst
2 48 (19.83%) Service Desk Analyst
3 26 (10.74%) Senior
4 25 (10.33%) Support Engineer
5 18 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.61%) Test Engineer
7 15 (6.20%) Integration Engineer
7 15 (6.20%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 14 (5.79%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 13 (5.37%) IT Engineer
10 12 (4.96%) Consultant
11 11 (4.55%) Architect
12 10 (4.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.72%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (3.72%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 9 (3.72%) Field Engineer
13 9 (3.72%) IT Support
14 8 (3.31%) Desktop Engineer
14 8 (3.31%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) .NET
1 3 (1.24%) CSS
1 3 (1.24%) LDAP
1 3 (1.24%) XML
2 2 (0.83%) OLE
3 1 (0.41%) ADO
3 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) REST
3 1 (0.41%) SOAP
3 1 (0.41%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.41%) Web Services
3 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.88%) PKI
2 22 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.20%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.48%) Clustering
6 6 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.07%) NHS
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.41%) Freedom of Information Act
11 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 106 (43.80%) Windows
2 63 (26.03%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.16%) Windows 10
4 26 (10.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (6.20%) Linux
6 7 (2.89%) Unix
6 7 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.48%) CentOS
7 6 (2.48%) Debian
7 6 (2.48%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.48%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.24%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.41%) Android
11 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (39.26%) ITIL
2 69 (28.51%) Customer Service
3 60 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (19.83%) Incident Management
5 28 (11.57%) Agile
6 26 (10.74%) Service Delivery
7 24 (9.92%) Service Management
8 21 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (7.85%) Computer Science
10 16 (6.61%) Change Control
10 16 (6.61%) Critical Thinking
10 16 (6.61%) Regression Testing
10 16 (6.61%) Test Scripting
11 15 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (5.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (5.79%) Mathematics
13 13 (5.37%) High Availability
13 13 (5.37%) Migration
14 11 (4.55%) Mentoring
14 11 (4.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (11.98%) PowerShell
2 24 (9.92%) SQL
3 6 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (2.07%) Python
5 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.24%) Bash
6 3 (1.24%) C#
6 3 (1.24%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.83%) Bicep
7 2 (0.83%) C++
7 2 (0.83%) X++
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) R
8 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (33.88%) MCSE
2 77 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 74 (30.58%) MCSA
4 65 (26.86%) A+ Certification
5 60 (24.79%) SC Cleared
6 57 (23.55%) Degree
7 33 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (11.98%) CCNA
9 27 (11.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 24 (9.92%) MCP
11 19 (7.85%) DV Cleared
12 17 (7.02%) Azure Certification
13 11 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (4.13%) MCITP
14 10 (4.13%) MCTS
15 8 (3.31%) CCNP
16 7 (2.89%) CISSP
16 7 (2.89%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.20%) JSP 440
2 11 (4.55%) SLA
3 4 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 3 (1.24%) NCSC
4 3 (1.24%) NIST
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.83%) GDPR
System Software
1 107 (44.21%) Active Directory
2 48 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (7.85%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.13%) vSphere
5 6 (2.48%) KVM
6 4 (1.65%) Firmware
7 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.83%) XenApp
8 2 (0.83%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.41%) Docker
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (10.74%) SCCM
2 16 (6.61%) OPNET
3 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.89%) WSUS
5 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.83%) Terraform
5 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 183 (75.62%) Microsoft
2 54 (22.31%) VMware
3 53 (21.90%) Citrix
4 50 (20.66%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.37%) Dell
6 10 (4.13%) Cisco
7 7 (2.89%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.48%) HP
9 5 (2.07%) Apple
10 4 (1.65%) CA
11 3 (1.24%) Google
12 2 (0.83%) Adobe
12 2 (0.83%) SAP
12 2 (0.83%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.83%) Sophos
12 2 (0.83%) Veeam
13 1 (0.41%) EMC
13 1 (0.41%) Juniper
13 1 (0.41%) Nokia
13 1 (0.41%) Oracle