Microsoft Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	153	-	95
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional	6	0	3
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	0.21%	-	0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.99%	-	1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£525	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	-	-
75^th Percentile	£575	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median daily rate	£600	£325	£225
% change year-on-year	+84.62%	+44.44%	-16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£25.08	-	-
25^th Percentile	£25.21	-	-
Median hourly rate	£25.42	-	-
75^th Percentile	£25.63	-	-
90^th Percentile	£25.76	-	-
England median hourly rate	£16.72	£6.00	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+178.58%	-88.00%	+244.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 Yorkshire.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	605	418	300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire	21.36%	24.39%	21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted	401	291	204
10^th Percentile	£345	£305	£220
25^th Percentile	£425	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£490	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	-2.00%	+5.26%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£565	£575	£569
90^th Percentile	£675	£688	£648
England median daily rate	£537	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+2.29%	-0.94%	-3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted	59	20	8
10^th Percentile	£17.00	£15.25	£14.55
25^th Percentile	£19.69	£20.59	£17.91
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£25.15	£38.75
Median % change year-on-year	-0.60%	-35.10%	+29.17%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	-	£45.94
90^th Percentile	£43.96	-	£58.50
England median hourly rate	£48.83	£25.15	£52.35
% change year-on-year	+94.14%	-51.95%	-0.30%

Microsoft Certified Professional Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Microsoft Certified Professional Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Microsoft Certified Professional 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 Certified Professional within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
South Yorkshire	-	5	-	-	1
West Yorkshire	-	1	£550	-	2
Microsoft Certified Professional England

Microsoft Certified Professional Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft Certified Professional 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 Yorkshire region citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL	83.3%	5
1	Linux	83.3%	5
1	Microsoft	83.3%	5
4	Incident Management	66.7%	4
4	ITSM	66.7%	4
4	Service Delivery	66.7%	4
7	Collaborative Working	50.0%	3
7	Continuous Improvement	50.0%	3
7	High Availability	50.0%	3
7	Microsoft 365	50.0%	3
7	Microsoft Exchange	50.0%	3
7	Network+ Certification	50.0%	3
7	PowerShell	50.0%	3
7	Windows	50.0%	3
7	Workload Management	50.0%	3
16	A+ Certification	33.3%	2
16	Active Directory	33.3%	2
16	CCNA	33.3%	2
16	Change Control	33.3%	2
16	Cisco Certification	33.3%	2
16	Configuration Management	33.3%	2
16	Customer Service	33.3%	2
16	Cybersecurity	33.3%	2
16	Degree	33.3%	2
16	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	2
16	ECDL	33.3%	2
16	Hyper-V	33.3%	2
16	Infrastructure Engineering	33.3%	2
16	MCSE	33.3%	2
16	Microsoft Certification	33.3%	2

Microsoft Certified Professional Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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	Network+ Certification	50.0%	3
2	A+ Certification	33.3%	2
2	CCNA	33.3%	2
2	Cisco Certification	33.3%	2
2	Degree	33.3%	2
2	ECDL	33.3%	2
2	MCSE	33.3%	2
2	Microsoft Certification	33.3%	2
9	SC Cleared	16.7%	1
9	Security Cleared	16.7%	1