Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Microsoft Certification
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 3 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 0.57% 2.37% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.89% 7.56% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £251 £176 -
25th Percentile £278 £216 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £288 £325
Median % change year-on-year +14.78% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £388 £366 £338
90th Percentile £418 £409 -
West Midlands median daily rate £315 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -40.00% -12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -48.57% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 159 119 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 30.46% 31.40% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 69 69
10th Percentile £344 £413 £220
25th Percentile £380 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% +3.64% +16.40%
75th Percentile £573 £638 £625
90th Percentile £656 £683 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 3
10th Percentile £23.85 £24.50 £32.90
25th Percentile £27.61 £31.25 £33.50
Median hourly rate £40.46 £35.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.60% +1.45% +35.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £36.00
90th Percentile £50.83 - £36.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.01 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.11% - +44.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Warwickshire

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Warwick -10 1 - - 1
Leamington Spa - 1 £235 -
Microsoft Certification
West Midlands

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Taxonomies
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) RBAC
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Runbook
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Logitech
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow