Microsoft Contracts in Yorkshire

Microsoft
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 219 288 370
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.14% 12.97% 13.80%
As % of the Vendors category 26.90% 32.76% 35.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 200 261
10th Percentile £164 £157 £151
25th Percentile £256 £284 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £390
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +21.79% -2.50%
75th Percentile £536 £588 £500
90th Percentile £619 £639 £600
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +12.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 38
10th Percentile £12.63 £18.40 £10.20
25th Percentile £12.70 £19.75 £12.92
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £16.89
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +30.25% -6.92%
75th Percentile £15.17 £28.13 £19.13
90th Percentile £21.25 £31.50 £24.73
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +13.51% +1.26%

All Vendors
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 814 879 1,046
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 48.83% 39.58% 39.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 608 724
10th Percentile £270 £200 £188
25th Percentile £406 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £546
90th Percentile £675 £700 £634
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 7 54
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.85 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.63 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.63 £20.00 £16.89
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% +18.41% -8.80%
75th Percentile £15.19 £28.13 £19.88
90th Percentile £41.50 £52.25 £24.68
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +2 114 £425 -15.00% 164
South Yorkshire -2 55 £423 -19.52% 99
North Yorkshire 0 37 £582 +94.00% 53
East Yorkshire +1 4 £300 +76.47% 13
Humberside - 3 £300 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 16 (7.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (7.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.20%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.83%) WordPress
4 1 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (20.55%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.11%) Azure
2 47 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (13.70%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (10.96%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.85%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.94%) AWS
7 10 (4.57%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.20%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.20%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
8 7 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.20%) GCP
8 7 (3.20%) Serverless
9 5 (2.28%) Akamai
9 5 (2.28%) Cloudflare
9 5 (2.28%) OCI
10 4 (1.83%) MailChimp
11 3 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.37%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.91%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.85%) Firewall
2 9 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (3.65%) DNS
4 7 (3.20%) VPN
5 6 (2.74%) DHCP
5 6 (2.74%) LAN
5 6 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (2.28%) Internet
6 5 (2.28%) SAN
7 2 (0.91%) Network Security
7 2 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.91%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.46%) Intranet
8 1 (0.46%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.46%) PBX
8 1 (0.46%) Skype
8 1 (0.46%) SSL
8 1 (0.46%) VLAN
8 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.39%) Power BI
2 11 (5.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.57%) Data Lake
4 7 (3.20%) Amazon Athena
4 7 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.20%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (3.20%) Big Data
4 7 (3.20%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.20%) Hadoop
4 7 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.28%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.91%) MySQL
7 2 (0.91%) Tableau
8 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.46%) GIS
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.46%) OLAP
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 13 (5.94%) Git
2 10 (4.57%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.11%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.74%) JIRA
5 2 (0.91%) AppScan
5 2 (0.91%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.91%) GitLab
5 2 (0.91%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.91%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.46%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.46%) gulp
6 1 (0.46%) Maven
6 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 100 (45.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.53%) Finance
3 20 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.31%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.02%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.57%) Banking
7 10 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.20%) Law
9 2 (0.91%) Local Government
9 2 (0.91%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.91%) Retail
9 2 (0.91%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.46%) Back Office
10 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.46%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.46%) Legal
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (14.16%) Analyst
2 27 (12.33%) IT Support
3 23 (10.50%) Architect
4 20 (9.13%) Lead
5 19 (8.68%) Consultant
6 16 (7.31%) Service Desk Agent
7 13 (5.94%) IT Engineer
7 13 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (5.94%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.48%) Developer
9 10 (4.57%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 10 (4.57%) Service Analyst
9 10 (4.57%) Service Desk Analyst
9 10 (4.57%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.11%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (4.11%) IT Technician
11 8 (3.65%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.20%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.20%) Kafka
2 4 (1.83%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.91%) .NET
3 2 (0.91%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.91%) Spring
3 2 (0.91%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.46%) Node.js
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
4 1 (0.46%) RESTful
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) Series 60
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 20 (9.13%) Cyber Defence
2 20 (9.13%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (7.31%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.65%) NHS
5 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.83%) iPhone
5 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.91%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) CMDB
8 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.46%) Replication
8 1 (0.46%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 70 (31.96%) Windows
2 41 (18.72%) Windows 10
3 19 (8.68%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.20%) Android
5 6 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.83%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.83%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.37%) Linux
8 2 (0.91%) VMS
8 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (20.55%) Customer Service
3 26 (11.87%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (9.59%) CRM
4 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
4 21 (9.59%) Project Management
5 20 (9.13%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (9.13%) DevOps
5 20 (9.13%) Incident Management
5 20 (9.13%) Incident Response
5 20 (9.13%) Service Delivery
6 19 (8.68%) Information Security
6 19 (8.68%) Protective Monitoring
6 19 (8.68%) SIEM
7 18 (8.22%) Agile
8 17 (7.76%) Migration
9 16 (7.31%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 16 (7.31%) Root Cause Analysis
10 15 (6.85%) Analytics
10 15 (6.85%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.05%) SQL
2 12 (5.48%) Python
3 11 (5.02%) Java
4 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.91%) Bash
5 2 (0.91%) C#
5 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (13.24%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.59%) DV Cleared
3 12 (5.48%) Degree
4 6 (2.74%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.37%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.37%) CCNA
6 3 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.46%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.22%) NIST
2 17 (7.76%) NIST 800
3 13 (5.94%) QA
4 5 (2.28%) SLA
5 3 (1.37%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.91%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) PMO
7 1 (0.46%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 56 (25.57%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.83%) Docker
3 4 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.37%) KVM
4 3 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
5 1 (0.46%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (6.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (5.48%) Terraform
3 5 (2.28%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.83%) Ansible
5 3 (1.37%) Puppet
5 3 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.91%) Grafana
6 2 (0.91%) Graylog
6 2 (0.91%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.91%) Nessus
6 2 (0.91%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.91%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.46%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.46%) SCCM
7 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (5.48%) VMware
2 9 (4.11%) Google
3 6 (2.74%) Oracle
3 6 (2.74%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.28%) Cisco
4 5 (2.28%) Citrix
4 5 (2.28%) F5
4 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.83%) CyberArk
5 4 (1.83%) Hootsuite
6 2 (0.91%) Apple
6 2 (0.91%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.91%) Databricks
6 2 (0.91%) NetApp
6 2 (0.91%) Splunk
6 2 (0.91%) Veeam
6 2 (0.91%) Veracode
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe
7 1 (0.46%) HP
7 1 (0.46%) Veritas