Microsoft Contracts in the North West

Microsoft
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 390 479 555
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.62% 15.60% 13.78%
As % of the Vendors category 37.39% 37.78% 37.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 330 347
10th Percentile £180 £200 £155
25th Percentile £301 £359 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +10.00%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £525
90th Percentile £653 £650 £634
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 26 63
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.10 £9.90
25th Percentile £11.07 £16.25 £14.13
Median hourly rate £14.50 £26.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% +45.83% -16.28%
75th Percentile £17.72 £38.75 £36.16
90th Percentile £26.50 £48.19 £48.34
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,043 1,268 1,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 39.11% 41.30% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 831 975
10th Percentile £268 £275 £191
25th Percentile £394 £385 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +12.24%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £575
90th Percentile £682 £656 £650
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 60 111
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.57 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.00 £19.87 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% +72.18% -10.13%
75th Percentile £26.39 £45.54 £50.10
90th Percentile £46.18 £52.22 £77.50
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester -2 155 £475 - 244
Cheshire +6 91 £500 +8.11% 104
Cumbria +1 44 £520 +18.86% 26
Lancashire +8 43 £488 +30.00% 72
Merseyside -1 37 £311 -34.47% 63
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 41 (10.51%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) IBM Notes
3 4 (1.03%) IIS
4 3 (0.77%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 141 (36.15%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (16.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (7.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.08%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (2.05%) CATIA
6 8 (2.05%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.31%) Teamcenter
2 8 (2.05%) DELMIA
3 6 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.77%) Maximo
5 2 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.51%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 95 (24.36%) Azure
2 91 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.90%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.13%) Taleo
6 18 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (4.62%) SaaS
7 15 (3.85%) AWS
8 13 (3.33%) IaaS
9 12 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.56%) PaaS
11 9 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (1.79%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.28%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.03%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.03%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.36%) Firewall
2 15 (3.85%) DNS
3 9 (2.31%) DHCP
4 7 (1.79%) LAN
5 6 (1.54%) WAN
6 5 (1.28%) SAN
6 5 (1.28%) WAAS
6 5 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.03%) VLAN
7 4 (1.03%) VPN
8 3 (0.77%) Network Security
8 3 (0.77%) VoIP
9 2 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.51%) Intranet
10 1 (0.26%) HSRP
10 1 (0.26%) IPsec
10 1 (0.26%) NAS
10 1 (0.26%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.87%) Power BI
3 13 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.03%) GIS
7 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.51%) MySQL
8 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.26%) QGIS
9 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (2.31%) JIRA
2 5 (1.28%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.26%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Hudson
4 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.26%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 136 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.00%) Finance
3 34 (8.72%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (4.36%) Banking
6 12 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.56%) Legal
8 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.28%) Retail
10 4 (1.03%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.77%) Automotive
11 3 (0.77%) Marketing
12 2 (0.51%) French Language
12 2 (0.51%) German Language
12 2 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (16.15%) Analyst
2 28 (7.18%) Architect
3 27 (6.92%) Senior
4 24 (6.15%) Developer
5 22 (5.64%) IT Support
5 22 (5.64%) Service Analyst
5 22 (5.64%) Service Desk Analyst
6 21 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (4.87%) Lead
8 18 (4.62%) Administrator
9 16 (4.10%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
11 14 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Consultant
13 12 (3.08%) IT Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support
15 10 (2.56%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
15 10 (2.56%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.79%) .NET
1 7 (1.79%) CSS
1 7 (1.79%) HTML
2 6 (1.54%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.28%) JSON
3 5 (1.28%) REST
4 4 (1.03%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.77%) Node.js
5 3 (0.77%) RESTful
5 3 (0.77%) Web Services
5 3 (0.77%) XHTML
6 2 (0.51%) PySpark
6 2 (0.51%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.51%) Swagger
6 2 (0.51%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.51%) YAML
7 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.26%) OpenLayers
7 1 (0.26%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.56%) Virtual Team
4 7 (1.79%) NHS
4 7 (1.79%) PKI
5 6 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.28%) CCTV
6 5 (1.28%) Clustering
6 5 (1.28%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.28%) Social Media
7 4 (1.03%) Life Science
7 4 (1.03%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.77%) Cyberattack
8 3 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.77%) Insider Threat
8 3 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (28.97%) Windows
2 72 (18.46%) Windows 10
3 17 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.82%) Mac OS
4 11 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.56%) Linux
6 6 (1.54%) VMS
7 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.03%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.51%) Android
9 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.26%) Unix
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (19.74%) Customer Service
2 68 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (16.92%) Decision-Making
4 42 (10.77%) Agile
5 40 (10.26%) Time Management
6 39 (10.00%) ITIL
7 32 (8.21%) Migration
8 27 (6.92%) Data Protection
8 27 (6.92%) DevOps
9 25 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (5.90%) Project Management
11 21 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 21 (5.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (5.13%) Analytics
12 20 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (5.13%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (4.62%) Roadmaps
13 18 (4.62%) Service Management
14 16 (4.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (4.10%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.46%) SQL
2 27 (6.92%) PowerShell
3 16 (4.10%) Python
4 9 (2.31%) C#
4 9 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.54%) Java
7 3 (0.77%) Bash
8 2 (0.51%) C
8 2 (0.51%) PHP
9 1 (0.26%) Bicep
9 1 (0.26%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.26%) Fortran
9 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.26%) Perl
9 1 (0.26%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 73 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 64 (16.41%) SC Cleared
3 55 (14.10%) Degree
4 28 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (4.10%) CISSP
7 14 (3.59%) CISM
8 11 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.31%) MCSE
10 6 (1.54%) CCNA
10 6 (1.54%) CISA
10 6 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.54%) MBA
11 5 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.28%) PMP
11 5 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.03%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.97%) SLA
2 26 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 11 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.82%) QA
4 6 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.28%) NIST
5 5 (1.28%) PMO
6 3 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) COREP
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) FINREP
8 1 (0.26%) GMP
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 96 (24.62%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.51%) Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) Docker
6 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 42 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (6.92%) SCCM
3 9 (2.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (1.79%) Terraform
5 6 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.77%) Autotask
6 3 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.51%) Ansible
7 2 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (13.85%) ServiceNow
2 35 (8.97%) VMware
3 14 (3.59%) SAP
4 13 (3.33%) Apple
5 12 (3.08%) Citrix
6 8 (2.05%) Siemens
7 7 (1.79%) Cisco
8 6 (1.54%) CA
8 6 (1.54%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.54%) Google
9 5 (1.28%) Oracle
9 5 (1.28%) Veeam
10 4 (1.03%) Adobe
10 4 (1.03%) Databricks
10 4 (1.03%) Dell
10 4 (1.03%) Facebook
10 4 (1.03%) Lotus
10 4 (1.03%) Pega
10 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.03%) Sophos