Microsoft Consultant Contracts in England

Microsoft Consultant
UK > England

The median Microsoft Consultant daily rate in England is £590 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 605 713
Rank change year-on-year +113 +108 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 59 37 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.078% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.082% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 41
10th Percentile £451 £428 £450
25th Percentile £484 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £631
90th Percentile £615 £643 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,083 45,136 67,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,425 32,131 48,554
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,578 1,311 1,787
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.57
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Microsoft Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Consultant in England

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in England

Microsoft Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Consultant in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Consultant in England

Microsoft Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Consultant in England

Microsoft Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +123 45 £600 +20.00% 14
South East +16 5 £500 -4.76% 6
South West +11 4 £500 -16.67%
North of England +24 2 £488 -7.14% 7
Yorkshire +15 1 - -
North West +7 1 £488 -7.14% 5
Microsoft Consultant
UK

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, Microsoft Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft Consultant in the job title.

1 58 (98.31%) Microsoft
2 41 (69.49%) Finance
3 40 (67.80%) Social Skills
4 34 (57.63%) Degree
5 27 (45.76%) Business Intelligence
5 27 (45.76%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (44.07%) Azure
7 22 (37.29%) Power Platform
7 22 (37.29%) Public Sector
8 21 (35.59%) Power BI
9 20 (33.90%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (33.90%) PowerApps
9 20 (33.90%) Power Automate
9 20 (33.90%) Retail
10 19 (32.20%) General Ledger
10 19 (32.20%) Dynamics AX
10 19 (32.20%) Requirements Gathering
10 19 (32.20%) Requirements Workshops
10 19 (32.20%) Data Structures
10 19 (32.20%) DevOps
10 19 (32.20%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (32.20%) Data Lake
10 19 (32.20%) Accounts Payable
10 19 (32.20%) Accounts Receivable
11 12 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (18.64%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (18.64%) SQL
13 10 (16.95%) Test Scripting
13 10 (16.95%) Dynamics GP

Microsoft Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (32.20%) Dynamics AX
2 10 (16.95%) Dynamics GP
3 7 (11.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (45.76%) Dynamics 365
2 26 (44.07%) Azure
3 22 (37.29%) Power Platform
4 20 (33.90%) Power Automate
4 20 (33.90%) PowerApps
5 19 (32.20%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (13.56%) Entra ID
7 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.69%) SaaS
8 1 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (35.59%) Power BI
2 19 (32.20%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
General
1 41 (69.49%) Finance
2 40 (67.80%) Social Skills
3 22 (37.29%) Public Sector
4 20 (33.90%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (33.90%) Retail
5 19 (32.20%) General Ledger
6 8 (13.56%) Marketing
7 6 (10.17%) Electronics
7 6 (10.17%) Manufacturing
7 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
8 5 (8.47%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (6.78%) Banking
10 3 (5.08%) Legal
11 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.20%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.08%) Reinsurance
3 2 (3.39%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (45.76%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (32.20%) Accounts Payable
2 19 (32.20%) Accounts Receivable
2 19 (32.20%) DevOps
2 19 (32.20%) Requirements Gathering
2 19 (32.20%) Requirements Workshops
3 11 (18.64%) Data Loss Prevention
3 11 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (16.95%) Test Scripting
5 9 (15.25%) Use Case
6 7 (11.86%) Analytics
6 7 (11.86%) CRM
6 7 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (10.17%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (10.17%) Programme Management
7 6 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (6.78%) Data Protection
8 4 (6.78%) Migration
9 3 (5.08%) Risk Management
9 3 (5.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.64%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (57.63%) Degree
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (98.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.17%) SAP
3 1 (1.69%) Veeam
3 1 (1.69%) VMware