Microsoft Contracts in the South East

Microsoft
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 798 848 1,271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 14.67% 15.18% 16.64%
As % of the Vendors category 31.32% 30.60% 37.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 577 885
10th Percentile £189 £191 £150
25th Percentile £334 £288 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £460 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +3.37% +3.49%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £677 £650
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 37 77
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.13 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.00 £16.25 £12.21
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +21.21% -17.50%
75th Percentile £53.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £61.05 £23.04
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,548 2,771 3,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 46.85% 49.59% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,914 2,320
10th Percentile £213 £205 £188
25th Percentile £380 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year - +3.36% +5.74%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 126 141
10th Percentile £12.00 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.47 £12.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +130.77% -11.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.02 £75.38 £57.38
England median hourly rate £22.00 £36.00 £21.45
% change year-on-year -38.89% +67.83% +2.14%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East 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
Thames Valley +4 431 £465 -3.13% 319
Berkshire +4 318 £500 -4.76% 132
Hampshire -2 181 £600 +20.00% 170
Surrey 0 89 £425 +10.39% 85
Buckinghamshire +1 85 £449 -4.18% 104
West Sussex +10 49 £450 +94.59% 42
Kent +8 31 £378 -38.29% 73
Oxfordshire 0 28 £375 +2.74% 83
East Sussex -5 6 £488 -11.36% 40
Middlesex - 6 £275 - 3
Home Counties 0 1 £475 -26.92%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 61 (7.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.88%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) SAS
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) Jadu
Applications
1 155 (19.42%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (5.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (2.51%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.00%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (1.63%) Primavera
2 10 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.75%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.63%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.63%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.50%) LabWindows
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.13%) Relativity
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 168 (21.05%) Azure
2 127 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (8.02%) Power Platform
4 43 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (4.51%) Entra ID
6 31 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (3.38%) PowerApps
8 25 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
9 24 (3.01%) AWS
10 21 (2.63%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.51%) SaaS
12 18 (2.26%) PaaS
13 17 (2.13%) Azure Storage
14 16 (2.01%) OCI
15 13 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (1.38%) OneDrive
17 10 (1.25%) IaaS
18 8 (1.00%) Azure API Management
19 7 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
20 6 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 82 (10.28%) DNS
2 71 (8.90%) DHCP
3 66 (8.27%) Firewall
4 39 (4.89%) SAN
5 34 (4.26%) LAN
6 29 (3.63%) TCP/IP
7 27 (3.38%) VPN
8 26 (3.26%) Network Security
9 22 (2.76%) Wireless
10 18 (2.26%) WAN
11 17 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (1.75%) NAS
13 11 (1.38%) VLAN
14 8 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (0.75%) SSL
16 5 (0.63%) Broadband
16 5 (0.63%) Fibre Channel
16 5 (0.63%) iSCSI
16 5 (0.63%) VoIP
17 4 (0.50%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.26%) Power BI
2 29 (3.63%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (1.25%) MySQL
5 9 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (0.63%) Big Data
8 5 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.38%) Power Query
10 3 (0.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 2 (0.25%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (3.38%) JIRA
2 14 (1.75%) MSI
3 13 (1.63%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.00%) Git
5 4 (0.50%) Subversion
6 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.25%) GitLab
7 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.13%) Appium
8 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.13%) Maven
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 273 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 68 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (8.27%) Finance
4 52 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 42 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 41 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (3.63%) Marketing
8 17 (2.13%) Legal
9 16 (2.01%) Retail
10 12 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.38%) Banking
12 10 (1.25%) Military
13 9 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.88%) Wholesale Banking
15 6 (0.75%) Electronics
16 5 (0.63%) Automotive
17 4 (0.50%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.50%) Local Government
17 4 (0.50%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 77 (9.65%) Architect
2 71 (8.90%) Analyst
3 57 (7.14%) Senior
4 55 (6.89%) Developer
4 55 (6.89%) Support Engineer
5 50 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (6.02%) Infrastructure Architect
7 43 (5.39%) IT Support
8 39 (4.89%) Administrator
9 35 (4.39%) Lead
9 35 (4.39%) Project Manager
10 31 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
11 27 (3.38%) Desktop Support
12 26 (3.26%) IT Technician
13 25 (3.13%) Windows Engineer
14 24 (3.01%) Consultant
15 23 (2.88%) Desktop Engineer
15 23 (2.88%) Systems Administrator
16 20 (2.51%) Build Engineer
16 20 (2.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.76%) ARM Templates
2 18 (2.26%) .NET
3 11 (1.38%) Itk
4 10 (1.25%) JSON
5 8 (1.00%) XML
6 7 (0.88%) ADO
7 5 (0.63%) HTML
8 4 (0.50%) Kafka
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.50%) SOAP
8 4 (0.50%) Web Services
8 4 (0.50%) XMPP
8 4 (0.50%) YAML
9 3 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.38%) CSS
9 3 (0.38%) Middleware
9 3 (0.38%) OAuth
9 3 (0.38%) OpenID
9 3 (0.38%) REST
10 2 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.14%) Management Information System
2 44 (5.51%) PKI
3 34 (4.26%) Driving Licence
4 29 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 17 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
7 17 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.13%) Blog
9 9 (1.13%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.13%) Smartphone
10 7 (0.88%) Digital Signage
11 6 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.75%) Life Science
11 6 (0.75%) NHS
12 5 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.63%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.63%) PMI
12 5 (0.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 331 (41.48%) Windows
2 125 (15.66%) Windows 10
3 122 (15.29%) Windows Server
4 97 (12.16%) Linux
5 70 (8.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (7.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 62 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 49 (6.14%) Windows 7
8 19 (2.38%) Windows NT
9 17 (2.13%) Ubuntu
10 15 (1.88%) Apple iOS
11 14 (1.75%) Windows XP
12 11 (1.38%) Mac OS
13 10 (1.25%) Unix
14 9 (1.13%) Debian
15 8 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.88%) Android
17 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (16.54%) Agile
3 125 (15.66%) ITIL
4 116 (14.54%) Customer Service
5 83 (10.40%) DevOps
6 67 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 66 (8.27%) Project Management
8 63 (7.89%) Service Delivery
9 59 (7.39%) Prototyping
10 51 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
11 50 (6.27%) Service Management
12 49 (6.14%) Release Management
13 44 (5.51%) Incident Management
13 44 (5.51%) Migration
14 42 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 41 (5.14%) Incident Response
15 41 (5.14%) Information Security
16 40 (5.01%) Project Delivery
16 40 (5.01%) SIEM
17 39 (4.89%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (11.53%) PowerShell
2 68 (8.52%) SQL
3 43 (5.39%) C#
4 25 (3.13%) Python
5 23 (2.88%) VB
6 19 (2.38%) VBScript
7 18 (2.26%) Bicep
8 16 (2.01%) C
9 13 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.25%) Java
11 9 (1.13%) C++
11 9 (1.13%) JavaScript
12 7 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.63%) X++
14 4 (0.50%) PHP
14 4 (0.50%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.38%) Bash
15 3 (0.38%) Ruby
16 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 330 (41.35%) Security Cleared
2 215 (26.94%) DV Cleared
3 134 (16.79%) SC Cleared
4 122 (15.29%) Degree
5 32 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.26%) CCNA
6 18 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 15 (1.88%) MCSE
9 14 (1.75%) CCNP
10 12 (1.50%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.38%) MCSA
11 11 (1.38%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.25%) APMP
13 9 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.13%) PMP
14 7 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.65%) SLA
2 28 (3.51%) QA
3 21 (2.63%) NIST
4 18 (2.26%) NIST 800
5 16 (2.01%) PMO
6 9 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.38%) GDPR
9 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.25%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) ITGC
11 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 205 (25.69%) Active Directory
2 82 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (5.01%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.76%) Firmware
5 26 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (2.51%) vSphere
8 17 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.13%) Docker
10 5 (0.63%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.25%) XenApp
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 127 (15.91%) SCCM
2 73 (9.15%) WSUS
3 59 (7.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (4.51%) SCOM
5 28 (3.51%) Kubernetes
6 22 (2.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (2.51%) Sysprep
8 19 (2.38%) vCenter Server
9 15 (1.88%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (1.75%) NetBackup
10 14 (1.75%) WMI
11 13 (1.63%) Terraform
12 11 (1.38%) Ansible
13 10 (1.25%) Nessus
14 9 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
16 4 (0.50%) Grafana
16 4 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
16 4 (0.50%) ZABBIX
17 3 (0.38%) AppManager
Vendors
1 112 (14.04%) VMware
2 60 (7.52%) HP
3 38 (4.76%) Oracle
4 32 (4.01%) Cisco
5 21 (2.63%) Veeam
6 20 (2.51%) Dell
7 19 (2.38%) Apple
7 19 (2.38%) Qualys
7 19 (2.38%) Red Hat
7 19 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.01%) Forcepoint
8 16 (2.01%) LogRhythm
8 16 (2.01%) Varonis
9 15 (1.88%) EMC
9 15 (1.88%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.88%) SAP
10 14 (1.75%) 3PAR
10 14 (1.75%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (1.75%) Juniper
10 14 (1.75%) Symantec