Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire citing Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	63	45	46
Rank change year-on-year	-18	+1	+5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification	7	15	18
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire	0.94%	3.35%	3.08%
As % of the Qualifications category	1.41%	4.10%	4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	13	13
10^th Percentile	£546	£526	£414
25^th Percentile	£597	£555	£488
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£688	£630	£503
Median % change year-on-year	+9.13%	+25.37%	-8.64%
75^th Percentile	£750	£700	£638
90^th Percentile	£795	£714	£725
South West median daily rate	£533	£550	£500
% change year-on-year	-3.18%	+10.00%	-9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
Median hourly rate	£17.43	-	-
South West median hourly rate	£17.43	£32.50	£13.50
% change year-on-year	-46.37%	+140.74%	-

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wiltshire.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	497	366	407
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire	66.71%	81.70%	69.69%
Number of daily rates quoted	329	238	296
10^th Percentile	£450	£409	£400
25^th Percentile	£508	£519	£500
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£575	£570
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	+0.88%	+3.64%
75^th Percentile	£669	£670	£652
90^th Percentile	£725	£725	£725
South West median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	42	31	1
10^th Percentile	£17.74	£12.50	-
25^th Percentile	-	£18.87	-
Median hourly rate	£41.71	£24.00	£60.00
Median % change year-on-year	+73.79%	-60.00%	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£84.81	£25.15	-
90^th Percentile	£92.00	-	-
South West median hourly rate	£60.00	£25.15	£67.50
% change year-on-year	+138.57%	-62.74%	+8.78%

Microsoft Certification Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Microsoft Certification Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Microsoft Certification Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Corsham	-13	5	£688	+9.13%	1
Microsoft Certification South West

Microsoft Certification Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Certification also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region citing Microsoft Certification.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	MCSE	85.7%	6
2	PowerShell	71.4%	5
2	Security Cleared	71.4%	5
4	ITIL	57.1%	4
4	Windows	57.1%	4
6	Active Directory	42.9%	3
6	DHCP	42.9%	3
6	DNS	42.9%	3
6	DV Cleared	42.9%	3
6	Microsoft	42.9%	3
6	Runbook	42.9%	3
6	Windows Server	42.9%	3
13	Agile	28.6%	2
13	Atlassian	28.6%	2
13	Bash	28.6%	2
13	Biotechnology	28.6%	2
13	Cisco	28.6%	2
13	CompTIA CySA+	28.6%	2
13	CompTIA Security+	28.6%	2
13	Computer Science	28.6%	2
13	Confluence	28.6%	2
13	Cyber Threat Intelligence	28.6%	2
13	Cybersecurity	28.6%	2
13	DBS Check	28.6%	2
13	Integration Testing	28.6%	2
13	ISO/IEC 27001	28.6%	2
13	JIRA	28.6%	2
13	Malware Analysis	28.6%	2
13	Microsoft Certified Professional	28.6%	2
13	Microsoft Exchange	28.6%	2

Microsoft Certification Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	MCSE	85.7%	6
2	Security Cleared	71.4%	5
3	DV Cleared	42.9%	3
4	CompTIA CySA+	28.6%	2
4	CompTIA Security+	28.6%	2
4	DBS Check	28.6%	2
4	Microsoft Certified Professional	28.6%	2
4	SC Cleared	28.6%	2
9	A+ Certification	14.3%	1
9	CISM	14.3%	1
9	CISSP	14.3%	1
9	MCSA	14.3%	1
9	TOGAF Certification	14.3%	1