Microsoft Certification Contracts in London

Microsoft Certification
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 289 399 434
Rank change year-on-year +110 +35 -62
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 111 89 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.63% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.63% 1.56% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 70 127
10th Percentile £183 £153 £185
25th Percentile £284 £372 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.05%
75th Percentile £575 £645 £538
90th Percentile £745 £743 £623
England median daily rate £500 £503 £425
% change year-on-year -0.50% +18.24% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.69
Median hourly rate - £8.00 £25.09
Median % change year-on-year - -68.11% -58.19%
75th Percentile - - £25.48
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% - -8.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,228 5,692 6,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.91% 21.67% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,871 3,849 4,521
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 80 147
10th Percentile £14.21 £19.94 £22.16
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £48.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.72% +9.55% +21.92%
75th Percentile £42.75 £65.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.35 £84.13 £66.11
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -0.79%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in London

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in London

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +48 11 £438 -20.45% 14
West London +23 2 £450 +12.50% 15
North London +3 2 £250 - 6
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (16.22%) SharePoint
2 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.80%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Eikon
2 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (46.85%) Azure
2 41 (36.94%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.41%) Dynamics 365
3 16 (14.41%) Power Platform
4 15 (13.51%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.91%) AWS
6 10 (9.01%) Power Automate
7 7 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.31%) GCP
8 6 (5.41%) PowerApps
8 6 (5.41%) WhatsApp
9 5 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (4.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (4.50%) GitHub
9 5 (4.50%) OneDrive
10 4 (3.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (3.60%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (2.70%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.91%) DHCP
1 11 (9.91%) DNS
2 10 (9.01%) Firewall
2 10 (9.01%) VPN
3 9 (8.11%) LAN
3 9 (8.11%) WAN
4 4 (3.60%) NAS
5 3 (2.70%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.70%) VoIP
5 3 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.80%) CTI
6 2 (1.80%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.80%) SAN
7 1 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.90%) Internet
7 1 (0.90%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.90%) MPLS
7 1 (0.90%) Network Security
7 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.90%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (8.11%) Power BI
3 5 (4.50%) Big Data
3 5 (4.50%) MySQL
3 5 (4.50%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.70%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 3 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.80%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.80%) Metadata
5 2 (1.80%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Git
2 4 (3.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.90%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 40 (36.04%) Finance
3 17 (15.32%) Banking
4 15 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (12.61%) Public Sector
6 9 (8.11%) Retail
7 7 (6.31%) Marketing
7 7 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.60%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.70%) Advertising
9 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.70%) Front Office
9 3 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.90%) Electronics
11 1 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.90%) Local Government
11 1 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (18.92%) Architect
2 16 (14.41%) Consultant
3 11 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (9.01%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 9 (8.11%) Functional Consultant
6 8 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) Platform Architect
6 8 (7.21%) Power Platform Architect
7 7 (6.31%) Analyst
7 7 (6.31%) Developer
7 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 7 (6.31%) Senior
8 6 (5.41%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (5.41%) IT Support
9 5 (4.50%) Administrator
9 5 (4.50%) Desktop Support
9 5 (4.50%) Senior Wintel Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) RESTful
2 4 (3.60%) JSON
2 4 (3.60%) LDAP
2 4 (3.60%) SOAP
2 4 (3.60%) SPFx
2 4 (3.60%) Web Services
2 4 (3.60%) XML
3 2 (1.80%) .NET
3 2 (1.80%) Middleware
3 2 (1.80%) PySpark
3 2 (1.80%) Spark Streaming
4 1 (0.90%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.90%) OAuth
4 1 (0.90%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.90%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
1 10 (9.01%) PKI
2 6 (5.41%) Clustering
2 6 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.50%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.60%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.70%) Grid Computing
5 3 (2.70%) NHS
5 3 (2.70%) Replication
6 2 (1.80%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.80%) iPad
6 2 (1.80%) iPhone
6 2 (1.80%) IVR
6 2 (1.80%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.90%) Tandem
7 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 44 (39.64%) Windows
2 21 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.50%) Linux
4 5 (4.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.80%) VMS
5 2 (1.80%) Windows 8
5 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (17.12%) ITIL
3 17 (15.32%) Data Modelling
4 16 (14.41%) Migration
5 14 (12.61%) Computer Science
6 13 (11.71%) Agile
6 13 (11.71%) Customer Service
7 12 (10.81%) DevOps
8 10 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.11%) Project Management
10 8 (7.21%) ITSM
10 8 (7.21%) Project Planning
11 7 (6.31%) Change Management
11 7 (6.31%) High Availability
11 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (6.31%) Service Management
11 7 (6.31%) Translating Business Requirements
12 6 (5.41%) Performance Optimisation
12 6 (5.41%) Scenario Testing
12 6 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.12%) SQL
2 15 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.70%) C#
4 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.80%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (26.13%) Degree
2 17 (15.32%) Azure Certification
3 12 (10.81%) MCSE
4 11 (9.91%) A+ Certification
5 10 (9.01%) MCITP
5 10 (9.01%) MCP
5 10 (9.01%) MCSA
6 9 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
7 8 (7.21%) SC Cleared
8 6 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (4.50%) CCNA
9 5 (4.50%) CISSP
10 4 (3.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (3.60%) CCNP
11 3 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.70%) MCTS
12 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.80%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.60%) SLA
2 3 (2.70%) GDPR
2 3 (2.70%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.70%) NIST
2 3 (2.70%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.80%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 34 (30.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.31%) vSphere
3 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.90%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.90%) Docker
6 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (6.31%) SCOM
2 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.41%) SCCM
3 3 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.80%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.90%) Nagios
5 1 (0.90%) Nessus
5 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.90%) WSUS
5 1 (0.90%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (95.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (16.22%) VMware
3 7 (6.31%) Dell
4 6 (5.41%) Cisco
4 6 (5.41%) Google
5 5 (4.50%) Bloomberg
5 5 (4.50%) Databricks
6 3 (2.70%) Apple
6 3 (2.70%) Okta
6 3 (2.70%) Refinitiv
6 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.80%) Aruba
7 2 (1.80%) Avaya
7 2 (1.80%) CA
7 2 (1.80%) Genesys
7 2 (1.80%) Juniper
7 2 (1.80%) Nexthink
7 2 (1.80%) Reuters
7 2 (1.80%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.80%) Veeam