Microsoft Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 2 6 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 31 25 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 21.68% 12.69% 13.43%
As % of the Vendors category 47.69% 38.46% 30.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 10
10th Percentile £500 £124 £146
25th Percentile £525 £150 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £170 £358
Median % change year-on-year +238.24% -52.45% -10.63%
75th Percentile £660 £288 £450
90th Percentile £688 £385 £457
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £13.84 £14.75
25th Percentile - £14.96 £17.00
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.52% -17.11% +40.74%
75th Percentile - £17.00 £21.00
90th Percentile - £17.70 -
UK median hourly rate £15.00 £22.41 £18.55
% change year-on-year -33.07% +20.81% +6.00%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 65 65 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 45.45% 32.99% 44.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 25 41
10th Percentile £343 £156 £263
25th Percentile £511 £165 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £500
90th Percentile £679 £625 £560
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 12
10th Percentile - £13.70 £10.23
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.32 £10.64
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.75 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +13.39% +2.89%
75th Percentile £23.54 £17.26 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.71 -
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +4 30 £563 +204.05% 55
County Londonderry 0 1 £640 +533.66%
Microsoft
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 6 (19.35%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.90%) Skype for Business
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.23%) InfoPath
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) Azure
2 11 (35.48%) Power Platform
3 7 (22.58%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (22.58%) GitHub
4 6 (19.35%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (19.35%) Azure Functions
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (19.35%) Serverless
5 4 (12.90%) AWS
6 3 (9.68%) GCP
7 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) HTTP
2 4 (12.90%) DNS
2 4 (12.90%) Skype
2 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.23%) FTP
3 1 (3.23%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Maven
2 1 (3.23%) GitLab
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
2 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Electronics
3 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.90%) Marketing
4 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Lead
2 7 (22.58%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Platform Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Power Platform Specialist
4 4 (12.90%) Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Support Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Lead Software Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared Java Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Software Tester
6 2 (6.45%) Tester
7 1 (3.23%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (3.23%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) REST
1 6 (19.35%) Spring Boot
2 5 (16.13%) Software Packaging
3 4 (12.90%) CSS
3 4 (12.90%) XML
4 1 (3.23%) COM
4 1 (3.23%) HTML
4 1 (3.23%) HTML5
4 1 (3.23%) Spring
4 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.45%) iPhone
2 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.23%) BYOD
3 1 (3.23%) iPad
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) PDA
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.23%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Validation
2 10 (32.26%) Mentoring
3 9 (29.03%) Coaching
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 7 (22.58%) DevOps
5 6 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (16.13%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (12.90%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (12.90%) Programme Management
7 4 (12.90%) Software Testing
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
8 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
9 2 (6.45%) SDET
10 1 (3.23%) Community of Practice
10 1 (3.23%) Decision-Making
10 1 (3.23%) Identity Access Management
10 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (3.23%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Java
2 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 6 (19.35%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) MCSD
3 2 (6.45%) MCSE
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) PMP
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.23%) Dell
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) Intel
3 1 (3.23%) VMware