Microsoft Certification Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 111 138
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 36 49 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.37% 1.50% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.70% 2.76% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 43 27
10th Percentile £400 £373 £320
25th Percentile £434 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £451
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.54% +24.28%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £556
90th Percentile £636 £650 £656
England median daily rate £500 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -2.44% +20.59% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £13.00
75th Percentile £15.25 - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.30 £17.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -6.86% +12.90% +14.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,334 1,775 1,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.66% 54.45% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 1,133 1,199
10th Percentile £375 £400 £381
25th Percentile £463 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £702
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 168 119
10th Percentile £39.63 £33.00 £34.50
25th Percentile £60.75 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% +24.35%
75th Percentile £74.33 £78.00 £68.73
90th Percentile £80.50 £83.40 £79.23
England median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +32.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Certification in the South West

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Wiltshire +12 19 £502 -7.56% 1
Bristol 0 11 £475 -11.63% 3
Dorset +20 2 - - 7
Gloucestershire - 2 £650 - 8
Cornwall -2 1 - -
Somerset -3 1 £200 - 2
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (13.89%) Confluence
4 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) Azure API Management
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.78%) IaaS
3 1 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) DHCP
1 5 (13.89%) DNS
1 5 (13.89%) Skype
2 4 (11.11%) SAN
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (2.78%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
4 5 (13.89%) Electronics
4 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
4 5 (13.89%) Marketing
4 5 (13.89%) Military
4 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.11%) Police
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Software Asset Manager
1 6 (16.67%) Software Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Lead
2 5 (13.89%) Test Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Data Technician
3 4 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Field Service Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Forensic Technician
3 4 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Exchange Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) PKI
2 5 (13.89%) Data Centre
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Windows
1 12 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 9 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (13.89%) Linux
3 5 (13.89%) Windows 10
4 4 (11.11%) CentOS
5 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) ITIL
2 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.78%) Critical Thinking
4 9 (25.00%) Supplier Management
5 7 (19.44%) Agile
5 7 (19.44%) Asset Management
5 7 (19.44%) Software Asset Management
6 6 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
6 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 6 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.89%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
7 5 (13.89%) Regression Testing
7 5 (13.89%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 5 (13.89%) Test Scripting
8 4 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (11.11%) Service Management
8 4 (11.11%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) PowerShell
2 9 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.78%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (47.22%) SC Cleared
3 15 (41.67%) Degree
4 14 (38.89%) MCSE
5 7 (19.44%) MCP
6 5 (13.89%) CCNA
6 5 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (13.89%) MCSA
6 5 (13.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (11.11%) A+ Certification
7 4 (11.11%) CITP
7 4 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.11%) WSUS
3 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) SAP
4 4 (11.11%) Dell
4 4 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.78%) Cisco
5 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.78%) Splunk