Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 4 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 646 801 1,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.91% 14.34% 14.44%
As % of the Vendors category 32.71% 35.52% 38.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 557 690
10th Percentile £163 £180 £145
25th Percentile £268 £315 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% +1.79%
75th Percentile £552 £563 £525
90th Percentile £650 £650 £613
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 30 107
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.22 £9.92
25th Percentile £11.10 £16.34 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +50.00% +0.43%
75th Percentile £18.19 £38.75 £27.88
90th Percentile £26.43 £49.85 £45.03
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,975 2,255 2,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.54% 40.36% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,525 1,835
10th Percentile £260 £231 £180
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £644
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 68 174
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.28 £10.29
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.17 £35.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.66% +89.19% -6.74%
75th Percentile £24.15 £45.54 £39.75
90th Percentile £45.88 £52.39 £75.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of England 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
North West +3 390 £450 -5.26% 519
Yorkshire +2 219 £425 -10.53% 339
North East +8 39 £431 +81.47% 126
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 58 (8.98%) SharePoint
2 43 (6.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.62%) IBM Notes
4 4 (0.62%) IIS
4 4 (0.62%) WordPress
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
6 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.31%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 191 (29.57%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (12.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (4.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (2.32%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (1.39%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.24%) CATIA
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.39%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.24%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.46%) Maximo
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.31%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 162 (25.08%) Azure
2 143 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (8.05%) Power Platform
4 48 (7.43%) Dynamics 365
5 43 (6.66%) Entra ID
6 34 (5.26%) AWS
7 21 (3.25%) SaaS
8 20 (3.10%) Taleo
9 16 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.32%) IaaS
11 14 (2.17%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
13 12 (1.86%) PaaS
14 11 (1.70%) GCP
15 10 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.55%) OneDrive
16 9 (1.39%) Serverless
17 8 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 7 (1.08%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.42%) Firewall
2 25 (3.87%) DNS
3 17 (2.63%) DHCP
4 14 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (2.01%) LAN
6 12 (1.86%) VPN
7 11 (1.70%) SAN
8 7 (1.08%) WAN
9 6 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.77%) Internet
10 5 (0.77%) Network Security
10 5 (0.77%) VLAN
10 5 (0.77%) VoIP
10 5 (0.77%) WAAS
11 3 (0.46%) Intranet
12 2 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.31%) NAS
12 2 (0.31%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.31%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.50%) SQL Server
2 38 (5.88%) Power BI
3 17 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 17 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (1.24%) Big Data
7 7 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
7 7 (1.08%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.77%) GIS
10 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 4 (0.62%) MySQL
10 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.46%) Tableau
12 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.56%) Git
2 16 (2.48%) JIRA
3 10 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.46%) GitLab
7 2 (0.31%) AppScan
7 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.15%) gulp
8 1 (0.15%) Hudson
8 1 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 251 (38.85%) Social Skills
2 77 (11.92%) Finance
3 58 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.33%) Banking
6 24 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (3.41%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.32%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.70%) Legal
11 9 (1.39%) Law
11 9 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.24%) Retail
13 7 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.77%) Marketing
15 4 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.46%) Advertising
16 3 (0.46%) Local Government
16 3 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 97 (15.02%) Analyst
2 54 (8.36%) IT Support
3 53 (8.20%) Architect
4 44 (6.81%) Lead
5 37 (5.73%) Developer
5 37 (5.73%) Support Engineer
6 34 (5.26%) Senior
7 32 (4.95%) Service Analyst
7 32 (4.95%) Service Desk Analyst
8 31 (4.80%) Consultant
9 30 (4.64%) IT Engineer
10 29 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.87%) Project Manager
13 21 (3.25%) 2nd Line Support
13 21 (3.25%) Administrator
13 21 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
14 18 (2.79%) Service Desk Agent
15 17 (2.63%) IT Technician
15 17 (2.63%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.17%) .NET
2 8 (1.24%) SailPoint
3 7 (1.08%) CSS
3 7 (1.08%) HTML
3 7 (1.08%) JSON
3 7 (1.08%) Kafka
3 7 (1.08%) PyTorch
3 7 (1.08%) TensorFlow
4 6 (0.93%) .NET Framework
4 6 (0.93%) REST
5 5 (0.77%) Web Services
6 4 (0.62%) Node.js
6 4 (0.62%) RESTful
7 3 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.46%) XHTML
8 2 (0.31%) Spring
8 2 (0.31%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.31%) Swagger
8 2 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.33%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.56%) Cyber Threat
3 22 (3.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 20 (3.10%) Cyber Defence
4 20 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.48%) NHS
6 10 (1.55%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.39%) Clustering
7 9 (1.39%) PKI
8 7 (1.08%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.93%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.77%) CCTV
10 5 (0.77%) iPhone
10 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.77%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.77%) Social Media
11 4 (0.62%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 195 (30.19%) Windows
2 116 (17.96%) Windows 10
3 45 (6.97%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 14 (2.17%) Linux
5 13 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 11 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.39%) Android
8 8 (1.24%) VMS
8 8 (1.24%) Windows 7
8 8 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Unix
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (19.20%) Customer Service
3 75 (11.61%) Decision-Making
4 61 (9.44%) Agile
5 53 (8.20%) DevOps
6 52 (8.05%) Migration
7 51 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (7.59%) ITIL
9 46 (7.12%) Business Intelligence
10 45 (6.97%) Project Management
11 42 (6.50%) Time Management
12 36 (5.57%) Analytics
12 36 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (5.26%) Mentoring
14 31 (4.80%) Information Security
15 30 (4.64%) Incident Response
16 29 (4.49%) CRM
16 29 (4.49%) Incident Management
16 29 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 28 (4.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.75%) SQL
2 38 (5.88%) Python
3 35 (5.42%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.79%) Java
5 16 (2.48%) C#
6 14 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.77%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) C
9 2 (0.31%) PHP
9 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Bicep
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.15%) Fortran
10 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.15%) Perl
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Tcl
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (17.18%) Security Cleared
2 76 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.46%) Degree
4 34 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (4.02%) DV Cleared
6 25 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.48%) CISSP
8 14 (2.17%) CISM
9 13 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.86%) MCSE
11 11 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.39%) CCNA
12 9 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.93%) CISA
13 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.93%) MBA
13 6 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.19%) SLA
2 27 (4.18%) Disclosure Scotland
3 24 (3.72%) QA
4 23 (3.56%) NIST
5 17 (2.63%) NIST 800
6 13 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.08%) PMO
8 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.93%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.93%) GDPR
9 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) COREP
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.15%) FINREP
10 1 (0.15%) GMP
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 158 (24.46%) Active Directory
2 40 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.93%) Docker
4 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.46%) KVM
6 3 (0.46%) vSphere
7 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (8.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (4.33%) SCCM
3 19 (2.94%) Terraform
4 13 (2.01%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 7 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.93%) Ansible
8 5 (0.77%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.46%) Autotask
10 3 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.46%) Grafana
10 3 (0.46%) Puppet
11 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.31%) CA Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.31%) Nessus
11 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.31%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 62 (9.60%) ServiceNow
2 50 (7.74%) VMware
3 19 (2.94%) Citrix
4 17 (2.63%) Google
5 15 (2.32%) Apple
5 15 (2.32%) SAP
6 12 (1.86%) Cisco
7 11 (1.70%) Oracle
8 10 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.24%) Siemens
10 7 (1.08%) Databricks
10 7 (1.08%) Veeam
11 6 (0.93%) CA
12 5 (0.77%) Adobe
12 5 (0.77%) F5
12 5 (0.77%) Sophos
13 4 (0.62%) Facebook
13 4 (0.62%) Hootsuite
13 4 (0.62%) Pega