Microsoft Certification Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 46 56 78
Rank change year-on-year +10 +22 -21
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 11 33 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.45% 3.50% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.31% 4.56% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 12
10th Percentile £494 £325 £456
25th Percentile £525 £503 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -2.27% +22.09%
75th Percentile £731 £556 £575
90th Percentile £750 £566 -
South West median daily rate £550 £545 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% +17.65%

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 332 724 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.94% 76.69% 69.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 560 647
10th Percentile £313 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £42.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.86% -34.73% -0.46%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in Wiltshire

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 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
Corsham +18 9 £625 +14.68% 1
Swindon - 2 £463 - 3
Microsoft Certification
South West

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 6 (54.55%) Confluence
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (27.27%) Skype for Business
4 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DHCP
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) Skype
3 2 (18.18%) iSCSI
3 2 (18.18%) SAN
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 1 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
3 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Military
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Deskside Support
3 1 (9.09%) Deskside Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Service Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Flash
2 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) PKI
2 2 (18.18%) Clustering
2 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows Server
3 7 (63.64%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (18.18%) VMS
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) IT Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) NsoIT
3 3 (27.27%) System Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) Power Management
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
4 2 (18.18%) Server Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) MCSA
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) MCSE
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (45.45%) Degree
5 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
6 2 (18.18%) CCNA
6 2 (18.18%) CCNP
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
7 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
7 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
7 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (9.09%) MCP
7 1 (9.09%) OCA
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (18.18%) VMware NSX
4 1 (9.09%) Docker
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) vCenter Server
2 2 (18.18%) OPNET
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) SCOM
3 1 (9.09%) Ansible
3 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (9.09%) PowerCLI
3 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) VMware
3 4 (36.36%) Atlassian
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco
5 1 (9.09%) Google
5 1 (9.09%) Oracle
5 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 1 (9.09%) Veeam