Microsoft Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the 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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 380 591 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.14% 18.34% 16.46%
As % of the Vendors category 30.33% 36.75% 37.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 445 624
10th Percentile £162 £163 £140
25th Percentile £263 £275 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £520
90th Percentile £666 £688 £625
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 21 36
10th Percentile £10.94 £12.50 £9.67
25th Percentile £12.75 £13.16 £10.88
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.94 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% +12.90% +4.35%
75th Percentile £19.99 £24.00 £20.13
90th Percentile £37.53 £26.48 £23.50
England median hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £17.53
% change year-on-year -31.82% +25.50% +0.60%

All Vendors
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,253 1,608 2,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 43.34% 49.91% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1,082 1,524
10th Percentile £216 £207 £185
25th Percentile £352 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £464
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.43% +13.11%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £563
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.81% +0.95% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 47 66
10th Percentile £10.94 £12.98 £9.75
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.12 £13.46
Median hourly rate £15.30 £21.67 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -29.38% +23.62% +16.87%
75th Percentile £26.50 £40.25 £23.44
90th Percentile £45.22 £67.60 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.58 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -39.79% +74.42% +7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 Midlands -1 253 £425 -2.02% 433
East Midlands -4 119 £400 +11.11% 262
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 45 (11.84%) SharePoint
2 39 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.53%) Apache
4 2 (0.53%) Confluence
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.53%) SAS
4 2 (0.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) CICS
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 66 (17.37%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (15.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.16%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.26%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.84%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.53%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.53%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.53%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.53%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (30.26%) Azure
2 101 (26.58%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (15.26%) Power Platform
4 37 (9.74%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (6.32%) OneDrive
6 22 (5.79%) AWS
7 20 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (5.26%) SaaS
8 18 (4.74%) Power Automate
8 18 (4.74%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.47%) Entra ID
10 15 (3.95%) PaaS
11 12 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (2.89%) IaaS
13 8 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.84%) OCI
15 6 (1.58%) Serverless
16 5 (1.32%) Azure Functions
16 5 (1.32%) Oracle Service Cloud
16 5 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.68%) DNS
2 20 (5.26%) VPN
3 19 (5.00%) Firewall
4 17 (4.47%) DHCP
5 16 (4.21%) SAN
5 16 (4.21%) WAN
6 12 (3.16%) LAN
6 12 (3.16%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.63%) NetScaler
8 9 (2.37%) Wireless
9 8 (2.11%) Fibre Channel
10 7 (1.84%) Internet
10 7 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (1.58%) Intranet
11 6 (1.58%) Kerberos
11 6 (1.58%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.58%) VLAN
11 6 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.32%) MPLS
12 5 (1.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.37%) Power BI
2 45 (11.84%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.84%) BusinessObjects
5 7 (1.84%) Tableau
6 6 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.58%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.58%) MySQL
6 6 (1.58%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.79%) Big Data
9 3 (0.79%) Power Query
10 2 (0.53%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.53%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.53%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (1.58%) Git
3 6 (1.58%) JIRA
4 5 (1.32%) GitLab
5 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.79%) NUnit
6 2 (0.53%) Moq
6 2 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.53%) webpack
7 1 (0.26%) Ant
7 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.26%) Gradle
7 1 (0.26%) Hudson
7 1 (0.26%) JUnit
7 1 (0.26%) Maven
7 1 (0.26%) PVCS
7 1 (0.26%) Selenium
7 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 128 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.42%) Finance
3 61 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.11%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.47%) Legal
6 15 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.42%) Marketing
9 11 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.89%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.11%) Automotive
12 6 (1.58%) Electronics
13 5 (1.32%) Advertising
13 5 (1.32%) Local Government
14 4 (1.05%) Banking
14 4 (1.05%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.05%) Publishing
14 4 (1.05%) Retail
15 2 (0.53%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 73 (19.21%) Analyst
2 45 (11.84%) Architect
3 37 (9.74%) Developer
4 32 (8.42%) Administrator
5 24 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (6.05%) Consultant
7 22 (5.79%) Senior
8 19 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.47%) Lead
10 16 (4.21%) Support Engineer
11 15 (3.95%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 13 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 13 (3.42%) Service Analyst
12 13 (3.42%) Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (3.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.16%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (2.89%) IT Engineer
14 11 (2.89%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.21%) .NET
2 10 (2.63%) LDAP
3 8 (2.11%) .NET Framework
3 8 (2.11%) Web Services
4 7 (1.84%) XML
5 6 (1.58%) React
5 6 (1.58%) SailPoint
5 6 (1.58%) Spring
6 5 (1.32%) SAML
6 5 (1.32%) XSLT
7 4 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.05%) Entity Framework
7 4 (1.05%) HTML
7 4 (1.05%) OAuth
7 4 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.79%) ASP.NET
8 3 (0.79%) CSS
8 3 (0.79%) Flask
8 3 (0.79%) JSON
8 3 (0.79%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.32%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.21%) PKI
3 12 (3.16%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.63%) Replication
6 9 (2.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.58%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.58%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.32%) Clustering
8 5 (1.32%) iPad
8 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.05%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.05%) Grid Computing
9 4 (1.05%) Thin Client
10 3 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (32.89%) Windows
2 57 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 45 (11.84%) Windows 10
4 26 (6.84%) Linux
5 20 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (5.00%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.37%) Android
9 9 (2.37%) Ubuntu
10 8 (2.11%) Windows 7
11 7 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.58%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.05%) CentOS
13 4 (1.05%) VMS
13 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.79%) Debian
15 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (15.00%) Migration
3 52 (13.68%) Customer Service
4 45 (11.84%) Agile
5 44 (11.58%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (8.68%) Change Management
7 31 (8.16%) Analytics
7 31 (8.16%) ITIL
8 30 (7.89%) DevOps
9 26 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (6.84%) Information Security
10 25 (6.58%) Decision-Making
10 25 (6.58%) Project Management
11 24 (6.32%) Data Modelling
11 24 (6.32%) Service Delivery
12 22 (5.79%) CRM
13 20 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (4.74%) Business Analysis
14 18 (4.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.37%) PowerShell
2 45 (11.84%) SQL
3 19 (5.00%) Python
4 16 (4.21%) C#
5 11 (2.89%) Java
6 9 (2.37%) Bash
6 9 (2.37%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.11%) Swift
8 4 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.53%) ABAP
10 2 (0.53%) Bicep
10 2 (0.53%) C
10 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.53%) VB
10 2 (0.53%) X++
11 1 (0.26%) C++
11 1 (0.26%) COBOL
11 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (17.89%) Security Cleared
2 54 (14.21%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.37%) Degree
4 20 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (4.47%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.37%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.84%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.58%) CISSP
10 6 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.58%) PMP
11 5 (1.32%) APMP
11 5 (1.32%) MCSE
11 5 (1.32%) OSCP
12 4 (1.05%) BC Cleared
12 4 (1.05%) ISEB
12 4 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.05%) MCITP
12 4 (1.05%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.26%) SLA
2 9 (2.37%) NIST
3 8 (2.11%) GDPR
3 8 (2.11%) QA
4 7 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.84%) NIST 800
4 7 (1.84%) PMO
5 5 (1.32%) GRC
6 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 96 (25.26%) Active Directory
2 29 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.63%) XenApp
4 10 (2.63%) XenDesktop
5 9 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.37%) vSphere
6 8 (2.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (1.84%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.58%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.32%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.53%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.53%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.26%) Docker
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (9.21%) SCCM
2 22 (5.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (4.74%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.63%) SCOM
5 9 (2.37%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.11%) AirWatch
7 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.32%) SCSM
7 5 (1.32%) Terraform
8 3 (0.79%) Ansible
8 3 (0.79%) Autotask
8 3 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.79%) Kibana
8 3 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.53%) logstash
10 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (11.58%) VMware
2 31 (8.16%) Oracle
3 20 (5.26%) SAP
4 17 (4.47%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.21%) Apple
5 16 (4.21%) Citrix
5 16 (4.21%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.16%) NetApp
7 11 (2.89%) Okta
8 10 (2.63%) Google
9 8 (2.11%) Cisco
10 6 (1.58%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.58%) Samsung
11 5 (1.32%) Autodesk
11 5 (1.32%) CA
12 4 (1.05%) Computacenter
12 4 (1.05%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.05%) Veeam
13 3 (0.79%) Datto
13 3 (0.79%) Hyperion