Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 97 110
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 6 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.39% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.62% 1.60% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £210 - £103
25th Percentile £263 £463 £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £114
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +318.50% -50.65%
75th Percentile £444 £488 £333
90th Percentile £448 - £463
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £14.34 -
England median hourly rate £17.44 £16.30 £17.50
% change year-on-year +6.99% -6.86% +12.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 370 312 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.96% 20.42% 17.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 212 259
10th Percentile £306 £351 £258
25th Percentile £375 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £565 £575 £625
90th Percentile £649 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 7
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £22.23 £15.32 £18.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.87 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.13% -17.10% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £42.50 £37.04
90th Percentile - £58.50 £46.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
West Yorkshire -7 4 £425 -10.53% 20
South Yorkshire -15 1 £400 - 13
North Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 7
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) Azure API Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) BGP
1 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) HSRP
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Power Query
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) HR Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) HR Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Developer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Trainer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) API Integration
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Management
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Data Extraction
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Science
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Bicep
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 1 (16.67%) MCT
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Workday