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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 229 388 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.05% 17.48% 15.82%
As % of the Vendors category 28.63% 36.47% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 275 429
10th Percentile £184 £160 £160
25th Percentile £269 £302 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £544 £588 £538
90th Percentile £651 £688 £630
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 16
10th Percentile £10.54 £12.50 £12.44
25th Percentile £11.08 £13.90 £13.29
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.71 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.21% +7.79% -8.82%
75th Percentile £26.50 £20.00 £19.57
90th Percentile £53.38 £23.98 £22.76
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.12 £17.60
% change year-on-year -28.96% +19.97% -0.90%

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 800 1,064 1,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 42.08% 47.93% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 663 1,061
10th Percentile £226 £203 £200
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £653
England median daily rate £514 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.37% +2.38% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 28 32
10th Percentile £11.09 £13.07 £12.52
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.18 £14.38
Median hourly rate £16.82 £19.60 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +14.37% -2.06%
75th Percentile £27.86 £52.81 £20.88
90th Percentile £55.75 £75.45 £23.75
England median hourly rate £22.15 £37.00 £21.15
% change year-on-year -40.14% +74.92% +3.18%

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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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -3 94 £425 -10.53% 162
Warwickshire +2 38 £625 +19.05% 61
Coventry 0 23 £400 - 36
Shropshire +10 15 £299 +35.91% 27
Worcestershire -2 15 £213 -54.05% 24
Staffordshire -5 11 £205 +17.14% 84
Herefordshire -15 7 £538 -17.23% 5
Wednesbury +1 3 £260 -45.26% 1
Solihull -24 3 £170 -43.33% 8
Dudley - 3 £525 - 14
Walsall +3 1 £325 +261.11% 8
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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 39 (17.03%) SharePoint
2 31 (13.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.31%) IIS
4 2 (0.87%) 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 39 (17.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (13.10%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (2.62%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.44%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.87%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.87%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.87%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (35.81%) Azure
2 71 (31.00%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (16.59%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.61%) OneDrive
5 19 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (7.42%) PowerApps
7 16 (6.99%) Power Automate
8 13 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (5.68%) PaaS
9 12 (5.24%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.37%) SaaS
11 9 (3.93%) AWS
12 8 (3.49%) IaaS
13 5 (2.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (2.18%) Serverless
14 4 (1.75%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (1.31%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.48%) DNS
2 15 (6.55%) Firewall
3 13 (5.68%) WAN
4 12 (5.24%) DHCP
4 12 (5.24%) SAN
5 11 (4.80%) VPN
6 10 (4.37%) LAN
7 8 (3.49%) NetScaler
8 7 (3.06%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (3.06%) Internet
8 7 (3.06%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.62%) Unified Communications
9 6 (2.62%) Wireless
10 5 (2.18%) Intranet
10 5 (2.18%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.75%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.75%) MPLS
11 4 (1.75%) VLAN
12 3 (1.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.97%) Power BI
2 27 (11.79%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.06%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.62%) MySQL
6 6 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.18%) Tableau
8 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.31%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.87%) Power Query
10 2 (0.87%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (3.93%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (3.06%) Git
4 4 (1.75%) JIRA
5 3 (1.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.31%) NUnit
6 2 (0.87%) Moq
6 2 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.87%) webpack
7 1 (0.44%) Ant
7 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.44%) Gradle
7 1 (0.44%) Hudson
7 1 (0.44%) JUnit
7 1 (0.44%) Maven
7 1 (0.44%) PVCS
7 1 (0.44%) Selenium
7 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 94 (41.05%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (16.16%) Finance
4 11 (4.80%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.06%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Advertising
8 4 (1.75%) Automotive
8 4 (1.75%) Legal
8 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.31%) Marketing
9 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Law
10 2 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.87%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (19.65%) Analyst
2 33 (14.41%) Developer
3 24 (10.48%) Administrator
4 19 (8.30%) Architect
5 13 (5.68%) Senior
6 12 (5.24%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (4.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 11 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.37%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Lead
9 9 (3.93%) Power Platform Developer
10 8 (3.49%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) Consultant
10 8 (3.49%) Coordinator
10 8 (3.49%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Service Analyst
11 7 (3.06%) Service Desk Analyst
11 7 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.06%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.55%) .NET
2 7 (3.06%) .NET Framework
3 6 (2.62%) Spring
4 5 (2.18%) React
4 5 (2.18%) Web Services
4 5 (2.18%) XML
4 5 (2.18%) XSLT
5 4 (1.75%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.75%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.31%) ADO
6 3 (1.31%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.31%) Flask
6 3 (1.31%) Pandas
6 3 (1.31%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.87%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.87%) LDAP
7 2 (0.87%) Next.js
7 2 (0.87%) RESTful
7 2 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.42%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.24%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.80%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (4.80%) PKI
4 9 (3.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 8 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.62%) Digital Signage
7 4 (1.75%) Clustering
7 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.31%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.31%) Replication
8 3 (1.31%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.31%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (30.13%) Windows
2 37 (16.16%) Windows Server
3 29 (12.66%) Windows 10
4 16 (6.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (4.37%) Linux
7 9 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.62%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.62%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.75%) CentOS
9 4 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.31%) VMS
11 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.44%) Android
12 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
3 29 (12.66%) Agile
4 28 (12.23%) DevOps
5 25 (10.92%) Analytics
5 25 (10.92%) Customer Service
6 24 (10.48%) Migration
7 21 (9.17%) Change Management
7 21 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (8.30%) CRM
9 18 (7.86%) ITIL
9 18 (7.86%) Project Management
10 17 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (6.55%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.11%) Data Analytics
13 13 (5.68%) Change Control
13 13 (5.68%) Decision-Making
13 13 (5.68%) Patch Management
13 13 (5.68%) Root Cause Analysis
13 13 (5.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.28%) SQL
2 34 (14.85%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.11%) C#
4 11 (4.80%) Java
4 11 (4.80%) Python
5 6 (2.62%) Bash
6 4 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.75%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.87%) Bicep
8 2 (0.87%) C
8 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.44%) C++
9 1 (0.44%) CLIST
9 1 (0.44%) COBOL
9 1 (0.44%) PHP
9 1 (0.44%) Scala
9 1 (0.44%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 33 (14.41%) Degree
2 30 (13.10%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.37%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.75%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.75%) CISSP
8 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.75%) PMP
9 3 (1.31%) APMG
9 3 (1.31%) APMP
9 3 (1.31%) ISEB
9 3 (1.31%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.55%) SLA
2 7 (3.06%) NIST
2 7 (3.06%) NIST 800
3 6 (2.62%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.62%) GDPR
3 6 (2.62%) QA
4 5 (2.18%) PMO
5 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.87%) GRC
5 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 52 (22.71%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (3.93%) vSphere
5 8 (3.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.49%) XenApp
5 8 (3.49%) XenDesktop
6 6 (2.62%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.18%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.18%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.87%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.44%) Docker
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.42%) SCCM
3 14 (6.11%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.49%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (1.75%) Terraform
6 3 (1.31%) Autotask
6 3 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.87%) Kibana
7 2 (0.87%) 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 25 (10.92%) VMware
2 16 (6.99%) Oracle
3 12 (5.24%) SAP
4 10 (4.37%) Citrix
4 10 (4.37%) NetApp
5 7 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.62%) Apple
6 6 (2.62%) Cisco
7 5 (2.18%) Autodesk
7 5 (2.18%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.75%) Google
9 3 (1.31%) BT
9 3 (1.31%) Datto
9 3 (1.31%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.31%) Openreach
9 3 (1.31%) QAD
9 3 (1.31%) Sophos
10 2 (0.87%) IBM
10 2 (0.87%) ProCurve
10 2 (0.87%) Rapid7