Microsoft Contracts in Central London

Microsoft
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 389 500 656
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 16.08% 13.63% 14.76%
As % of the Vendors category 37.48% 33.99% 38.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 391 539
10th Percentile £260 £200 £224
25th Percentile £431 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £650 £679 £600
90th Percentile £750 £788 £712
London median daily rate £500 £547 £538
% change year-on-year -8.59% +1.77% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £14.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £51.25 £20.88
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +98.11% +98.13%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £31.38
90th Percentile £24.30 - £51.80
London median hourly rate £19.50 £26.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -41.57% +162.54%

All Vendors
Central London

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,038 1,471 1,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 42.91% 40.09% 38.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 982 1,308
10th Percentile £318 £231 £287
25th Percentile £450 £433 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £744
London median daily rate £538 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.44% +2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 21
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.30 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.19 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £21.75 £37.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +41.51% +84.57%
75th Percentile £24.56 £52.81 £44.75
90th Percentile £63.53 £53.23 £51.75
London median hourly rate £23.80 £28.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -16.49% -20.83% +33.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London +5 352 £550 -4.35% 136
West End of London -3 8 £505 +116.04% 3
Camden +1 6 £505 +104.04% 4
City of Westminster -3 4 £575 +115.96% 4
Lambeth +1 2 £196 +3.29% 3
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 47 (12.08%) SharePoint
2 42 (10.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.03%) Confluence
4 3 (0.77%) Apache
4 3 (0.77%) CMS
5 2 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.26%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (11.57%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (9.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (5.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.11%) MS Visio
5 13 (3.34%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 13 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.57%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (2.06%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.51%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Endur
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 184 (47.30%) Azure
2 94 (24.16%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (17.48%) Power Platform
4 47 (12.08%) Entra ID
5 45 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (9.77%) Dynamics 365
7 32 (8.23%) PowerApps
8 30 (7.71%) Power Automate
9 21 (5.40%) AWS
10 18 (4.63%) OneDrive
11 15 (3.86%) IaaS
12 11 (2.83%) GitHub
12 11 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (2.57%) GCP
13 10 (2.57%) Mimecast
14 9 (2.31%) PaaS
14 9 (2.31%) WhatsApp
15 8 (2.06%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.06%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (1.80%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.17%) Firewall
2 12 (3.08%) DNS
3 11 (2.83%) VPN
4 10 (2.57%) WAN
5 7 (1.80%) LAN
6 6 (1.54%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.29%) DHCP
7 5 (1.29%) MPLS
7 5 (1.29%) VoIP
7 5 (1.29%) Wireless
8 4 (1.03%) Network Security
8 4 (1.03%) SAN
8 4 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.77%) H.323
9 3 (0.77%) Internet
9 3 (0.77%) WebEx
10 2 (0.51%) CTI
10 2 (0.51%) NAS
10 2 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.42%) SQL Server
2 38 (9.77%) Power BI
3 17 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.86%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.08%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.80%) MySQL
7 7 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.54%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.29%) Metadata
9 5 (1.29%) Redis
10 4 (1.03%) Big Data
10 4 (1.03%) Tableau
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.77%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.77%) DB2
11 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (4.37%) Git
2 13 (3.34%) JIRA
3 10 (2.57%) GitLab
4 9 (2.31%) SpecFlow
4 9 (2.31%) Visual Studio
5 8 (2.06%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.06%) Postman
6 6 (1.54%) Selenium
7 5 (1.29%) Subversion
8 4 (1.03%) JUnit
9 3 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.77%) Hudson
9 3 (0.77%) JMeter
9 3 (0.77%) Mockito
9 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.51%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.51%) Appium
10 2 (0.51%) GoCD
10 2 (0.51%) ScalaTest
General
1 134 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 119 (30.59%) Finance
3 59 (15.17%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (13.88%) Banking
5 27 (6.94%) Legal
6 23 (5.91%) Retail
7 21 (5.40%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (4.11%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.57%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.57%) Marketing
10 10 (2.57%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.06%) Back Office
12 8 (2.06%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.03%) French Language
15 3 (0.77%) Advertising
16 2 (0.51%) Law
16 2 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 56 (14.40%) Developer
2 50 (12.85%) Architect
3 40 (10.28%) Analyst
4 39 (10.03%) Consultant
5 32 (8.23%) Senior
6 21 (5.40%) Lead
7 20 (5.14%) Microsoft Consultant
8 19 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 16 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.60%) Senior Developer
11 13 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.34%) Data Analyst
11 13 (3.34%) Site Engineer
11 13 (3.34%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 13 (3.34%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.83%) Azure Developer
12 11 (2.83%) Business Analyst
12 11 (2.83%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.83%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.34%) .NET
2 27 (6.94%) XML
3 18 (4.63%) .NET Core
4 16 (4.11%) HTML
5 15 (3.86%) .NET Framework
5 15 (3.86%) CSS
5 15 (3.86%) Kafka
5 15 (3.86%) React
5 15 (3.86%) RESTful
6 14 (3.60%) JSON
7 12 (3.08%) REST
8 11 (2.83%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (2.57%) ASP.NET
10 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (2.06%) Middleware
11 8 (2.06%) Web Services
12 6 (1.54%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.54%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (1.29%) PySpark
14 4 (1.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.66%) Data Structures
1 22 (5.66%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.11%) Data Centre
4 13 (3.34%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.06%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.80%) PKI
9 5 (1.29%) Blackberry
10 4 (1.03%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.03%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.77%) Derivative
11 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.51%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 77 (19.79%) Windows
2 31 (7.97%) Linux
3 25 (6.43%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.34%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.06%) Android
6 4 (1.03%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.77%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.77%) Unix
7 3 (0.77%) VMS
7 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.28%) Agile
2 86 (22.11%) DevOps
3 72 (18.51%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (15.68%) CI/CD
5 54 (13.88%) Migration
6 46 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (9.77%) Scrum
7 38 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (9.51%) Analytics
8 37 (9.51%) Project Management
9 33 (8.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 29 (7.46%) Computer Science
11 28 (7.20%) Change Management
11 28 (7.20%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (6.94%) Data Loss Prevention
13 25 (6.43%) Data Modelling
13 25 (6.43%) ITIL
14 23 (5.91%) Customer Service
14 23 (5.91%) Microservices
15 20 (5.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.48%) SQL
2 67 (17.22%) PowerShell
3 47 (12.08%) C#
4 34 (8.74%) Python
5 22 (5.66%) Java
6 15 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.34%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.08%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.57%) Bicep
9 10 (2.57%) C++
9 10 (2.57%) Go
10 8 (2.06%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.29%) Bash
12 3 (0.77%) PHP
12 3 (0.77%) R
13 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.51%) Scala
13 2 (0.51%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (17.74%) Degree
2 22 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.34%) Azure Certification
4 12 (3.08%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.54%) CISSP
9 5 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.29%) CISM
9 5 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.77%) CCNA
11 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.77%) PMP
12 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.26%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.11%) QA
2 15 (3.86%) SLA
3 10 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.57%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.80%) GDPR
6 6 (1.54%) WCAG
7 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.29%) PMO
8 4 (1.03%) COBIT
8 4 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.77%) NIST
10 2 (0.51%) GAAP
10 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.51%) NCSC
10 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 83 (21.34%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.83%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 7 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.54%) Docker
7 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.51%) XenApp
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.37%) SCCM
4 13 (3.34%) Grafana
4 13 (3.34%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.83%) Consul
6 8 (2.06%) PingFederate
6 8 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.06%) Terraform
7 6 (1.54%) Ansible
8 5 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.29%) Progress Chef
8 5 (1.29%) Puppet
9 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.03%) QRadar
10 3 (0.77%) CASB
10 3 (0.77%) Nagios
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.51%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 22 (5.66%) VMware
2 19 (4.88%) Citrix
3 18 (4.63%) Oracle
4 15 (3.86%) Cisco
5 13 (3.34%) SAP
5 13 (3.34%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.08%) SaltStack
7 11 (2.83%) Apple
8 10 (2.57%) Databricks
8 10 (2.57%) Google
8 10 (2.57%) iManage
9 8 (2.06%) Adobe
10 6 (1.54%) Cadence
11 5 (1.29%) Avaya
11 5 (1.29%) Dell
12 4 (1.03%) BT
12 4 (1.03%) Okta
12 4 (1.03%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.77%) Splunk