Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in West London

Microsoft Certification
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.33% 0.46% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 1.96% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £225
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +122.22% -
75th Percentile £288 - £238
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +13.51% +15.63% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 66 51 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 21.57% 23.61% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 64
10th Percentile £201 £219 £204
25th Percentile £205 £310 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £392 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -21.60% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £466 £580
90th Percentile £713 £563 £675
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £19.52 - £18.25
25th Percentile £19.79 - £24.85
Median hourly rate £21.77 £22.27 £43.37
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -48.65% +0.85%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £53.75
90th Percentile £25.41 £46.71 -
London median hourly rate £37.00 £37.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year -0.67% +4.93% -12.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in West London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Hounslow - 1 £275 -
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft