Microsoft Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 338 640 812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.55% 19.49% 16.29%
As % of the Vendors category 29.44% 39.12% 38.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 479 607
10th Percentile £163 £163 £150
25th Percentile £255 £308 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £573 £548 £520
90th Percentile £650 £675 £617
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 22 40
10th Percentile £10.89 £12.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £12.75 £13.12 £9.75
Median hourly rate £14.00 £17.22 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.69% +14.78% +49.48%
75th Percentile £21.63 £23.94 £19.81
90th Percentile £40.07 £26.48 £23.30
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
Midlands

Microsoft is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,148 1,636 2,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.63% 49.83% 42.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 1,096 1,470
10th Percentile £208 £205 £190
25th Percentile £350 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £700 £688 £650
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 53 76
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.82 £9.67
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.25 £13.15
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.71 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +21.79% +13.33%
75th Percentile £26.50 £40.25 £22.75
90th Percentile £42.94 £65.80 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.00 £36.00 £21.45
% change year-on-year -38.89% +67.83% +2.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Midlands -4 227 £410 -8.89% 472
East Midlands -4 104 £400 +9.59% 297
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 42 (12.43%) SharePoint
2 36 (10.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.89%) IIS
4 2 (0.59%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.59%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) CICS
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Moodle
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (15.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (5.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.30%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.59%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 113 (33.43%) Azure
2 90 (26.63%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (17.46%) Power Platform
4 28 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (6.21%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.92%) SaaS
7 19 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (5.33%) Power Automate
9 17 (5.03%) PowerApps
10 16 (4.73%) AWS
10 16 (4.73%) Entra ID
11 15 (4.44%) PaaS
12 13 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (3.25%) IaaS
14 8 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.78%) Serverless
16 5 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.48%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.48%) Google Workspace
16 5 (1.48%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.88%) DNS
2 20 (5.92%) VPN
3 17 (5.03%) SAN
4 16 (4.73%) Firewall
5 14 (4.14%) DHCP
5 14 (4.14%) WAN
6 13 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.25%) LAN
8 10 (2.96%) NetScaler
9 8 (2.37%) Fibre Channel
10 7 (2.07%) Internet
10 7 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (2.07%) Wireless
11 6 (1.78%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.48%) Intranet
13 4 (1.18%) Ethernet
13 4 (1.18%) MPLS
13 4 (1.18%) Network Security
13 4 (1.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.91%) Power BI
2 43 (12.72%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.07%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.78%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.78%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.78%) Tableau
8 5 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.48%) MySQL
8 5 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.89%) Big Data
11 2 (0.59%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.59%) Power Query
12 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 8 (2.37%) Visual Studio
2 7 (2.07%) Git
3 4 (1.18%) JIRA
4 3 (0.89%) GitLab
4 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.89%) NUnit
5 2 (0.59%) Moq
5 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.59%) webpack
6 1 (0.30%) Ant
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) Gradle
6 1 (0.30%) Hudson
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) PVCS
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 116 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.64%) Finance
3 58 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.92%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (4.44%) Legal
7 13 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.96%) Marketing
10 9 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.78%) Automotive
13 5 (1.48%) Advertising
14 4 (1.18%) Electronics
14 4 (1.18%) Publishing
14 4 (1.18%) Retail
15 3 (0.89%) Banking
15 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.59%) Police
Job Titles
1 70 (20.71%) Analyst
2 37 (10.95%) Developer
3 32 (9.47%) Architect
4 31 (9.17%) Administrator
5 22 (6.51%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (5.33%) Senior
7 17 (5.03%) Consultant
8 14 (4.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 14 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.14%) Support Engineer
9 12 (3.55%) Service Analyst
9 12 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
10 11 (3.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (2.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (2.96%) Business Analyst
11 10 (2.96%) IT Manager
11 10 (2.96%) IT Support
11 10 (2.96%) Lead
11 10 (2.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 10 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.44%) .NET
2 7 (2.07%) .NET Framework
2 7 (2.07%) Web Services
3 6 (1.78%) React
3 6 (1.78%) Spring
3 6 (1.78%) XML
4 5 (1.48%) LDAP
4 5 (1.48%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.18%) Flask
5 4 (1.18%) SAML
5 4 (1.18%) XSLT
6 3 (0.89%) ADO
6 3 (0.89%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.89%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.89%) JSON
6 3 (0.89%) OAuth
6 3 (0.89%) OpenID
6 3 (0.89%) Pandas
6 3 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.51%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
3 12 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 11 (3.25%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.25%) PKI
5 6 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.78%) Digital Signage
6 5 (1.48%) Clustering
6 5 (1.48%) iPad
6 5 (1.48%) Replication
6 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.18%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.18%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.18%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.18%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (31.66%) Windows
2 52 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 41 (12.13%) Windows 10
4 23 (6.80%) Linux
5 18 (5.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (4.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.55%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.25%) Ubuntu
9 10 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (2.37%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.78%) Mac OS
12 5 (1.48%) Debian
12 5 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.18%) CentOS
13 4 (1.18%) VMS
13 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.30%) Android
14 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (14.79%) Customer Service
3 45 (13.31%) Agile
3 45 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (11.54%) Migration
5 32 (9.47%) ITIL
6 31 (9.17%) Change Management
7 29 (8.58%) Analytics
7 29 (8.58%) DevOps
8 26 (7.69%) Data Modelling
9 25 (7.40%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (7.40%) Decision-Making
10 24 (7.10%) Service Delivery
11 23 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (6.51%) CRM
12 22 (6.51%) Information Security
13 21 (6.21%) Project Management
14 19 (5.62%) Business Analysis
15 17 (5.03%) Mentoring
16 16 (4.73%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.91%) SQL
2 43 (12.72%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.21%) Python
4 15 (4.44%) C#
5 11 (3.25%) Java
6 9 (2.66%) Bash
7 8 (2.37%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.37%) Swift
8 5 (1.48%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.59%) ABAP
11 2 (0.59%) Bicep
11 2 (0.59%) C
11 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.59%) VB
11 2 (0.59%) X++
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 59 (17.46%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.83%) Degree
4 20 (5.92%) DV Cleared
4 20 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.66%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.78%) PMP
9 5 (1.48%) APMP
9 5 (1.48%) MCSE
10 4 (1.18%) BC Cleared
10 4 (1.18%) CISSP
10 4 (1.18%) ISEB
10 4 (1.18%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.18%) MCITP
10 4 (1.18%) MCTS
11 3 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.92%) SLA
2 9 (2.66%) NIST 800
3 8 (2.37%) NIST
3 8 (2.37%) QA
4 7 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.07%) GDPR
4 7 (2.07%) PMO
5 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.59%) GRC
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (23.67%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.96%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (2.96%) XenApp
4 10 (2.96%) XenDesktop
5 9 (2.66%) vSphere
6 8 (2.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (1.78%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.78%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.48%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.59%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.30%) Docker
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (7.69%) SCCM
2 21 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.33%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.96%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.48%) Terraform
6 4 (1.18%) SCOM
7 3 (0.89%) Ansible
7 3 (0.89%) Autotask
7 3 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.89%) Kibana
7 3 (0.89%) SCSM
8 2 (0.59%) logstash
9 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.30%) Puppet
9 1 (0.30%) Rancher
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (10.36%) VMware
2 29 (8.58%) Oracle
3 20 (5.92%) SAP
4 12 (3.55%) Citrix
5 11 (3.25%) NetApp
5 11 (3.25%) Okta
5 11 (3.25%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.66%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.37%) Google
8 7 (2.07%) Apple
8 7 (2.07%) Cisco
9 6 (1.78%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.48%) Autodesk
11 4 (1.18%) Computacenter
12 3 (0.89%) BT
12 3 (0.89%) Datto
12 3 (0.89%) JD Edwards
12 3 (0.89%) Openreach
12 3 (0.89%) QAD
12 3 (0.89%) Sophos