Microsoft Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 8 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 227 407 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.01% 17.98% 15.52%
As % of the Vendors category 28.16% 37.37% 36.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 290 422
10th Percentile £184 £163 £160
25th Percentile £266 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £538
90th Percentile £652 £688 £630
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 15
10th Percentile £10.54 £12.50 £12.43
25th Percentile £11.08 £13.90 £13.75
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.71 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.21% +4.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £26.50 £20.00 £19.88
90th Percentile £53.38 £23.98 £23.20
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 806 1,089 1,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 42.65% 48.12% 42.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 682 1,055
10th Percentile £224 £207 £200
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +4.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £672
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 29 31
10th Percentile £11.08 £13.15 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £16.82 £20.71 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -18.76% +19.82% -4.00%
75th Percentile £26.98 £52.50 £21.26
90th Percentile £52.15 £72.30 £23.75
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -2 95 £425 -10.53% 165
Warwickshire +7 33 £625 +19.05% 57
Coventry +1 24 £400 -3.03% 39
Shropshire +6 16 £299 -30.26% 25
Worcestershire -1 15 £213 -55.26% 23
Staffordshire -6 10 £275 +57.14% 77
Herefordshire -15 7 £538 -17.23% 5
Wednesbury +1 3 £260 -45.26% 1
Solihull -22 3 £170 -50.72% 12
Dudley - 3 £525 - 12
Walsall +2 1 £325 +261.11% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 36 (15.86%) SharePoint
2 31 (13.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.32%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) CICS
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
5 1 (0.44%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (15.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (13.66%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.76%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.44%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.44%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (36.12%) Azure
2 72 (31.72%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (15.42%) Power Platform
4 19 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
4 19 (8.37%) OneDrive
5 18 (7.93%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (7.05%) PowerApps
7 15 (6.61%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.73%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (5.73%) PaaS
9 12 (5.29%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.41%) SaaS
11 8 (3.52%) AWS
11 8 (3.52%) IaaS
12 5 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (2.20%) Serverless
13 4 (1.76%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (1.32%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.01%) DNS
2 15 (6.61%) Firewall
3 13 (5.73%) DHCP
3 13 (5.73%) WAN
4 12 (5.29%) SAN
5 11 (4.85%) VPN
6 10 (4.41%) LAN
7 8 (3.52%) NetScaler
8 7 (3.08%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (3.08%) Internet
8 7 (3.08%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.64%) Unified Communications
9 6 (2.64%) Wireless
10 5 (2.20%) Intranet
10 5 (2.20%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.76%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.76%) MPLS
11 4 (1.76%) VLAN
12 3 (1.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.22%) Power BI
2 26 (11.45%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.64%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.20%) MySQL
7 5 (2.20%) Tableau
8 4 (1.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.44%) Big Data
11 1 (0.44%) IDMS
11 1 (0.44%) Power Query
11 1 (0.44%) Redis
11 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 8 (3.52%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.08%) Git
3 4 (1.76%) JIRA
4 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.32%) NUnit
5 2 (0.88%) Moq
5 2 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.88%) webpack
6 1 (0.44%) Ant
6 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.44%) Gradle
6 1 (0.44%) Hudson
6 1 (0.44%) JUnit
6 1 (0.44%) Maven
6 1 (0.44%) PVCS
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 91 (40.09%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (16.30%) Finance
4 11 (4.85%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.08%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.76%) Advertising
8 4 (1.76%) Automotive
8 4 (1.76%) Legal
8 4 (1.76%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.32%) Marketing
9 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Law
10 2 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (20.26%) Analyst
2 30 (13.22%) Developer
3 23 (10.13%) Administrator
4 19 (8.37%) Architect
5 12 (5.29%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (5.29%) Senior
6 11 (4.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 10 (4.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (3.96%) Cyber Defence Analyst
8 9 (3.96%) Lead
9 8 (3.52%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.52%) Coordinator
9 8 (3.52%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (3.08%) Consultant
10 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Engineer
10 7 (3.08%) Power Platform Developer
10 7 (3.08%) Service Analyst
10 7 (3.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.17%) .NET
2 6 (2.64%) .NET Framework
2 6 (2.64%) Spring
3 5 (2.20%) React
4 4 (1.76%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.76%) Web Services
4 4 (1.76%) XML
4 4 (1.76%) XSLT
5 3 (1.32%) ADO
5 3 (1.32%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.32%) Entity Framework
5 3 (1.32%) Flask
5 3 (1.32%) Pandas
6 2 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.88%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.88%) JSON
6 2 (0.88%) LAMP
6 2 (0.88%) LDAP
6 2 (0.88%) Next.js
6 2 (0.88%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.93%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.73%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (4.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (4.85%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.85%) PKI
4 9 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.64%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.76%) Clustering
8 3 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.32%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.32%) Replication
8 3 (1.32%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.32%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.88%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.88%) iPad
9 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (30.84%) Windows
2 38 (16.74%) Windows Server
3 29 (12.78%) Windows 10
4 16 (7.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (4.41%) Linux
7 9 (3.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.64%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.64%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.76%) CentOS
9 4 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.32%) VMS
11 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.44%) Android
12 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (12.33%) Agile
3 28 (12.33%) DevOps
4 25 (11.01%) Customer Service
5 23 (10.13%) Analytics
6 22 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (9.69%) Migration
7 19 (8.37%) Change Management
7 19 (8.37%) CRM
8 18 (7.93%) ITIL
8 18 (7.93%) Project Management
9 17 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (6.17%) Computer Science
10 14 (6.17%) Data Analytics
10 14 (6.17%) Root Cause Analysis
11 13 (5.73%) Change Control
11 13 (5.73%) Decision-Making
11 13 (5.73%) Patch Management
11 13 (5.73%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.42%) SQL
2 34 (14.98%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.73%) C#
4 11 (4.85%) Java
4 11 (4.85%) Python
5 6 (2.64%) Bash
6 4 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.76%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.76%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.88%) Bicep
7 2 (0.88%) C
7 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.44%) C++
8 1 (0.44%) CLIST
8 1 (0.44%) COBOL
8 1 (0.44%) REXX
8 1 (0.44%) Scala
8 1 (0.44%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 33 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.22%) Degree
3 22 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.85%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.64%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.76%) BC Cleared
9 4 (1.76%) CISSP
9 4 (1.76%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.76%) PMP
10 3 (1.32%) APMP
10 3 (1.32%) ISEB
10 3 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.88%) CEH
11 2 (0.88%) MCSE
11 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.61%) SLA
2 9 (3.96%) NIST 800
3 8 (3.52%) NIST
4 6 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.64%) GDPR
4 6 (2.64%) QA
5 5 (2.20%) PMO
6 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (23.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (3.96%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (3.96%) vSphere
5 8 (3.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (3.52%) XenApp
5 8 (3.52%) XenDesktop
6 6 (2.64%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.20%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.20%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.88%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.44%) Docker
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.37%) SCCM
3 14 (6.17%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.96%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (1.76%) Terraform
6 3 (1.32%) Autotask
6 3 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.88%) Kibana
7 2 (0.88%) logstash
8 1 (0.44%) Ansible
8 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.44%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.44%) Puppet
8 1 (0.44%) Rancher
8 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (11.45%) VMware
2 15 (6.61%) Oracle
3 11 (4.85%) SAP
4 10 (4.41%) Citrix
4 10 (4.41%) NetApp
5 7 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.64%) Apple
6 6 (2.64%) Cisco
7 5 (2.20%) Autodesk
7 5 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.76%) Google
9 3 (1.32%) BT
9 3 (1.32%) Datto
9 3 (1.32%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.32%) Openreach
9 3 (1.32%) QAD
9 3 (1.32%) Sophos
10 2 (0.88%) IBM
10 2 (0.88%) ProCurve
10 2 (0.88%) Rapid7