Microsoft Consultant Contracts

Microsoft Consultant
UK

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 627 747
Rank change year-on-year +127 +120 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 71 60 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 60
10th Percentile £475 £443 £425
25th Percentile £500 £478 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £660 £645 £811
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in the UK

Microsoft Consultant
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +126 57 £590 +12.38% 32
London +122 44 £600 +20.00% 14
Work from Home +100 40 £600 +14.29% 16
UK excluding London +53 10 £500 -4.76% 20
South East +34 5 £500 -1.23% 3
South West +8 3 £500 -16.67%
North of England +31 2 £488 -7.14% 7
North West +19 1 £488 -7.14% 4
Yorkshire +15 1 - - 1

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Microsoft Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 70 (98.59%) Microsoft
2 43 (60.56%) Finance
3 42 (59.15%) Social Skills
4 35 (49.30%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (47.89%) Degree
6 29 (40.85%) Azure
7 28 (39.44%) Power Platform
8 27 (38.03%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (32.39%) Public Sector
10 21 (29.58%) Power BI
11 20 (28.17%) PowerApps
11 20 (28.17%) Power Automate
11 20 (28.17%) Requirements Workshops
11 20 (28.17%) DevOps
11 20 (28.17%) Analytical Skills
11 20 (28.17%) Retail
12 19 (26.76%) General Ledger
12 19 (26.76%) Dynamics AX
12 19 (26.76%) Data Structures
12 19 (26.76%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (26.76%) Accounts Payable
12 19 (26.76%) Accounts Receivable
12 19 (26.76%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (26.76%) Data Lake
13 16 (22.54%) Dynamics CRM
13 16 (22.54%) CRM
14 15 (21.13%) SQL
14 15 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (15.49%) User Acceptance Testing
16 10 (14.08%) Test Scripting

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (26.76%) Dynamics AX
2 16 (22.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (14.08%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 35 (49.30%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (40.85%) Azure
3 28 (39.44%) Power Platform
4 20 (28.17%) Power Automate
4 20 (28.17%) PowerApps
5 19 (26.76%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (9.86%) Entra ID
8 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.41%) GitHub
9 1 (1.41%) SaaS
9 1 (1.41%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.58%) Power BI
2 19 (26.76%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (60.56%) Finance
2 42 (59.15%) Social Skills
3 23 (32.39%) Public Sector
4 20 (28.17%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (28.17%) Retail
5 19 (26.76%) General Ledger
6 8 (11.27%) Marketing
7 6 (8.45%) Electronics
7 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
7 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
8 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (5.63%) Banking
10 3 (4.23%) Legal
11 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.41%) French Language
11 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) .NET
1 1 (1.41%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.41%) CSS
1 1 (1.41%) HTML
1 1 (1.41%) Middleware
1 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.76%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.23%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.82%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.41%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (28.17%) DevOps
2 20 (28.17%) Requirements Workshops
3 19 (26.76%) Accounts Payable
3 19 (26.76%) Accounts Receivable
3 19 (26.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (22.54%) CRM
5 11 (15.49%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (14.08%) Data Loss Prevention
6 10 (14.08%) Test Scripting
7 9 (12.68%) Use Case
8 7 (9.86%) Analytics
9 6 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (8.45%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (8.45%) Programme Management
9 6 (8.45%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (5.63%) Data Protection
10 4 (5.63%) Identity Management
10 4 (5.63%) Migration
10 4 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.13%) SQL
2 6 (8.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.04%) Python
4 1 (1.41%) C#
4 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (47.89%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (98.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) SAP
3 1 (1.41%) Veeam
3 1 (1.41%) VMware