Microsoft Certification Contracts in England

Microsoft Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 366 380
Rank change year-on-year +101 +14 -35
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 318 313 484
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.64% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.78% 2.31% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 238 319
10th Percentile £195 £152 £150
25th Percentile £313 £348 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +1.19%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £700 £621
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -4.00% +17.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 40
10th Percentile £13.69 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £21.37 £18.75 £21.05
90th Percentile - £20.00 £30.85
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -26.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Microsoft Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,426 13,559 15,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.05% 27.64% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,048 9,085 9,966
10th Percentile £313 £335 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 981 719 672
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.96 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.11 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £55.77
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft Certification in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in England

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
London +110 111 £500 - 110
East of England +24 55 £135 -58.46% 27
South West +20 48 £545 +3.81% 52
North of England +25 39 £400 -23.81% 80
South East +10 37 £456 -17.05% 46
North West +12 29 £394 -28.41% 50
Midlands +23 21 £513 +129.02% 51
East Midlands +21 14 £406 +81.84% 20
West Midlands +13 7 £625 +177.78% 31
North East +15 5 £475 +331.82% 10
Yorkshire +15 5 £325 +116.67% 21
Microsoft Certification
UK

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 49 (15.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (11.95%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.63%) IIS
5 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Eikon
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 122 (38.36%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (31.13%) Azure
3 28 (8.81%) AWS
3 28 (8.81%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (8.18%) Entra ID
5 22 (6.92%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.09%) GCP
7 10 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.14%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.52%) IaaS
9 8 (2.52%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.89%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.57%) GitHub
12 4 (1.26%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 47 (14.78%) Wi-Fi
2 43 (13.52%) DNS
3 38 (11.95%) DHCP
4 22 (6.92%) Firewall
5 20 (6.29%) VPN
6 17 (5.35%) LAN
7 16 (5.03%) SAN
7 16 (5.03%) WAN
8 12 (3.77%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.46%) VoIP
10 10 (3.14%) NAS
11 7 (2.20%) VLAN
12 6 (1.89%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (1.89%) Network Security
13 5 (1.57%) iSCSI
13 5 (1.57%) Wireless
14 4 (1.26%) CTI
14 4 (1.26%) SSL
14 4 (1.26%) Unified Communications
15 3 (0.94%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.14%) Power BI
3 5 (1.57%) Big Data
3 5 (1.57%) MySQL
3 5 (1.57%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 3 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.63%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (6.29%) JIRA
2 6 (1.89%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Appium
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) MSI
3 1 (0.31%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.55%) Finance
3 57 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (12.26%) Retail
5 37 (11.64%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.23%) Banking
7 15 (4.72%) Military
8 13 (4.09%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.77%) Marketing
10 9 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.52%) Police
12 7 (2.20%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.89%) Front Office
14 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.94%) Advertising
15 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.94%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.94%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (18.24%) Analyst
2 50 (15.72%) Service Analyst
3 49 (15.41%) Service Desk Analyst
4 32 (10.06%) Architect
5 31 (9.75%) Senior
6 28 (8.81%) Consultant
6 28 (8.81%) Support Engineer
7 23 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (5.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 18 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (5.03%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.72%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
10 15 (4.72%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (4.72%) IT Support
10 15 (4.72%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 14 (4.40%) Desktop Engineer
12 12 (3.77%) DBA
13 11 (3.46%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (3.46%) SQL DBA
14 10 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.20%) Web Services
2 6 (1.89%) JSON
2 6 (1.89%) XML
3 5 (1.57%) .NET
3 5 (1.57%) LDAP
3 5 (1.57%) RESTful
3 5 (1.57%) SOAP
4 4 (1.26%) Middleware
4 4 (1.26%) SPFx
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.63%) PySpark
5 2 (0.63%) Spark Streaming
5 2 (0.63%) YAML
6 1 (0.31%) ADO
6 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.31%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) REST
6 1 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.15%) PKI
2 16 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.09%) Data Centre
4 12 (3.77%) Clustering
5 8 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.20%) NHS
6 7 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.57%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.26%) IVR
8 4 (1.26%) Replication
8 4 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.94%) Grid Computing
9 3 (0.94%) iPhone
9 3 (0.94%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 136 (42.77%) Windows
2 75 (23.58%) Windows Server
3 37 (11.64%) Windows 10
4 22 (6.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (5.35%) Linux
6 11 (3.46%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.20%) Unix
8 6 (1.89%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.57%) Windows 8
10 4 (1.26%) VMS
10 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.94%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.63%) CentOS
13 1 (0.31%) Android
13 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (32.70%) ITIL
2 73 (22.96%) Customer Service
3 69 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (14.78%) Incident Management
5 39 (12.26%) Agile
6 30 (9.43%) Service Management
7 29 (9.12%) Computer Science
7 29 (9.12%) Migration
7 29 (9.12%) Service Delivery
8 24 (7.55%) Data Modelling
8 24 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 20 (6.29%) DevOps
9 20 (6.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (5.97%) High Availability
10 19 (5.97%) Project Management
11 17 (5.35%) Change Control
11 17 (5.35%) Critical Thinking
12 16 (5.03%) Change Management
12 16 (5.03%) Regression Testing
12 16 (5.03%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.47%) PowerShell
1 46 (14.47%) SQL
2 6 (1.89%) C#
2 6 (1.89%) Python
3 5 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (1.26%) Bash
4 4 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.94%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.63%) Bicep
6 2 (0.63%) C++
6 2 (0.63%) Scala
6 2 (0.63%) X++
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 79 (24.84%) Degree
3 78 (24.53%) MCSA
4 71 (22.33%) MCSE
5 65 (20.44%) A+ Certification
6 64 (20.13%) SC Cleared
7 32 (10.06%) Azure Certification
8 30 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (8.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 26 (8.18%) CCNA
11 25 (7.86%) MCP
12 18 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (5.66%) DV Cleared
13 17 (5.35%) MCITP
14 13 (4.09%) MCTS
15 12 (3.77%) CCNP
16 9 (2.83%) CISSP
17 8 (2.52%) AWS Certification
18 7 (2.20%) CITP
18 7 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.72%) JSP 440
1 15 (4.72%) SLA
2 6 (1.89%) GDPR
2 6 (1.89%) NIST
3 5 (1.57%) HIPAA
3 5 (1.57%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.57%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.94%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 124 (38.99%) Active Directory
2 45 (14.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.35%) vSphere
4 11 (3.46%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.57%) Firmware
5 5 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.63%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.63%) Docker
8 2 (0.63%) XenApp
8 2 (0.63%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (7.55%) SCCM
2 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (5.03%) OPNET
4 8 (2.52%) SCOM
5 6 (1.89%) WSUS
6 4 (1.26%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.94%) Terraform
8 2 (0.63%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.63%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.31%) Grafana
9 1 (0.31%) Nagios
9 1 (0.31%) Nessus
9 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 271 (85.22%) Microsoft
2 64 (20.13%) VMware
3 52 (16.35%) ServiceNow
4 46 (14.47%) Citrix
5 17 (5.35%) Cisco
6 10 (3.14%) Dell
6 10 (3.14%) Google
7 8 (2.52%) Apple
8 7 (2.20%) CA
9 5 (1.57%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.57%) Databricks
10 4 (1.26%) Avaya
10 4 (1.26%) Genesys
10 4 (1.26%) HP
10 4 (1.26%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.26%) Veeam
11 3 (0.94%) Okta
11 3 (0.94%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.94%) Refinitiv
12 2 (0.63%) Nexthink