Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 665 810 1,051
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.87% 14.75% 14.56%
As % of the Vendors category 33.12% 35.90% 37.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 548 709
10th Percentile £178 £178 £150
25th Percentile £275 £315 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £407
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +16.71% +1.75%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £525
90th Percentile £651 £641 £625
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 35 107
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.84 £10.20
25th Percentile £11.07 £17.06 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +48.57% +1.24%
75th Percentile £18.27 £41.00 £24.13
90th Percentile £26.50 £47.17 £45.03
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £17.53
% change year-on-year -30.23% +22.65% +1.23%

All Vendors
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,008 2,256 2,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 41.87% 41.09% 38.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,494 1,896
10th Percentile £255 £220 £180
25th Percentile £400 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +6.29%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £650 £688 £644
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 70 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.57 £10.20
25th Percentile £12.58 £17.72 £14.06
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -45.39% +56.68% +3.23%
75th Percentile £26.39 £43.75 £39.75
90th Percentile £45.94 £49.52 £75.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +3 409 £475 - 540
Yorkshire +1 217 £425 -10.53% 319
North East +7 42 £378 +45.38% 121
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 59 (8.87%) SharePoint
2 42 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.60%) Confluence
4 4 (0.60%) IBM Notes
4 4 (0.60%) WordPress
5 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.45%) IIS
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 184 (27.67%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (11.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.20%) CATIA
7 6 (0.90%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.35%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.20%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.45%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 172 (25.86%) Azure
2 145 (21.80%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 57 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.62%) AWS
6 43 (6.47%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.61%) SaaS
8 20 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.01%) Taleo
9 16 (2.41%) IaaS
10 14 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (2.11%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.95%) GCP
11 13 (1.95%) PaaS
12 11 (1.65%) Serverless
13 10 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.20%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.20%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 8 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.26%) Firewall
2 23 (3.46%) DNS
3 16 (2.41%) VPN
4 15 (2.26%) DHCP
5 13 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (1.80%) LAN
7 11 (1.65%) SAN
8 10 (1.50%) Network Security
8 10 (1.50%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.20%) VoIP
9 8 (1.20%) WAN
10 6 (0.90%) Internet
10 6 (0.90%) VLAN
11 5 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.45%) Intranet
12 3 (0.45%) NAS
12 3 (0.45%) PBX
12 3 (0.45%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.45%) WAAS
12 3 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.47%) Power BI
2 42 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.71%) Data Lake
4 16 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.35%) Big Data
6 9 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.20%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.20%) Hadoop
7 8 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.90%) GIS
8 6 (0.90%) MySQL
9 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.45%) Tableau
11 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (4.06%) Git
2 17 (2.56%) JIRA
3 11 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.45%) GitLab
7 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.30%) AppScan
7 2 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
7 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.15%) gulp
8 1 (0.15%) Hudson
8 1 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 248 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 75 (11.28%) Finance
3 57 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.06%) Banking
6 22 (3.31%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.50%) Retail
10 9 (1.35%) Legal
11 8 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.05%) Law
12 7 (1.05%) Marketing
12 7 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.75%) Local Government
14 4 (0.60%) Automotive
14 4 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (13.68%) Analyst
2 65 (9.77%) Architect
3 57 (8.57%) IT Support
4 45 (6.77%) Lead
5 41 (6.17%) Developer
6 36 (5.41%) Consultant
7 35 (5.26%) Support Engineer
8 34 (5.11%) Senior
9 30 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
10 28 (4.21%) IT Engineer
11 26 (3.91%) Service Analyst
11 26 (3.91%) Service Desk Analyst
12 25 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (3.46%) Administrator
13 23 (3.46%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (3.46%) Project Manager
14 20 (3.01%) 2nd Line Support
15 17 (2.56%) Support Analyst
16 16 (2.41%) Service Desk Agent
17 15 (2.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.11%) .NET
2 9 (1.35%) Kafka
2 9 (1.35%) PyTorch
2 9 (1.35%) SailPoint
2 9 (1.35%) TensorFlow
3 8 (1.20%) CSS
3 8 (1.20%) HTML
4 7 (1.05%) JSON
5 6 (0.90%) REST
6 5 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.75%) RESTful
6 5 (0.75%) Web Services
7 3 (0.45%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.45%) Node.js
7 3 (0.45%) Spring
7 3 (0.45%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.45%) XHTML
8 2 (0.30%) PySpark
8 2 (0.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 26 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
3 23 (3.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 20 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
5 19 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.26%) NHS
7 9 (1.35%) Clustering
7 9 (1.35%) PKI
7 9 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.35%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.20%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.05%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.90%) CMDB
10 6 (0.90%) Data Centre
10 6 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.75%) CCTV
11 5 (0.75%) iPhone
11 5 (0.75%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 190 (28.57%) Windows
2 115 (17.29%) Windows 10
3 42 (6.32%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.11%) Linux
5 12 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.50%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.50%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.20%) Android
8 8 (1.20%) VMS
8 8 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.05%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Unix
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (17.29%) Customer Service
3 75 (11.28%) Decision-Making
4 61 (9.17%) DevOps
5 55 (8.27%) Agile
6 54 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (7.67%) Migration
8 50 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (6.92%) Analytics
10 43 (6.47%) ITIL
11 42 (6.32%) Time Management
12 41 (6.17%) Project Management
13 37 (5.56%) CRM
13 37 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (5.11%) Mentoring
15 33 (4.96%) Data Protection
16 31 (4.66%) Incident Response
17 29 (4.36%) Incident Management
18 28 (4.21%) Information Security
19 27 (4.06%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (9.62%) SQL
2 41 (6.17%) Python
3 38 (5.71%) PowerShell
4 19 (2.86%) Java
5 17 (2.56%) C#
6 15 (2.26%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.75%) Bash
9 3 (0.45%) VB
10 2 (0.30%) Bicep
10 2 (0.30%) C
10 2 (0.30%) PHP
10 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.15%) Fortran
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 113 (16.99%) Security Cleared
2 77 (11.58%) SC Cleared
3 71 (10.68%) Degree
4 34 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.06%) DV Cleared
6 25 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.56%) CISSP
8 14 (2.11%) CISM
9 12 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.80%) MCSE
10 9 (1.35%) CCNA
10 9 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.05%) PMP
11 7 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.56%) SLA
2 27 (4.06%) Disclosure Scotland
3 26 (3.91%) NIST
4 24 (3.61%) QA
5 18 (2.71%) NIST 800
6 14 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.90%) GDPR
8 5 (0.75%) PMO
9 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.30%) GRC
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.15%) GMP
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 152 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.01%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.05%) Docker
5 6 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.60%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.45%) vSphere
8 2 (0.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.30%) KVM
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (4.06%) SCCM
3 23 (3.46%) Terraform
4 18 (2.71%) Kubernetes
5 6 (0.90%) Ansible
5 6 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.60%) Autotask
7 4 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.45%) Grafana
8 3 (0.45%) Nessus
8 3 (0.45%) Puppet
8 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) Graylog
9 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.30%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 58 (8.72%) ServiceNow
2 49 (7.37%) VMware
3 21 (3.16%) Google
4 20 (3.01%) Citrix
5 15 (2.26%) Cisco
5 15 (2.26%) SAP
6 13 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.80%) Apple
8 11 (1.65%) CyberArk
9 9 (1.35%) Oracle
10 8 (1.20%) Siemens
11 7 (1.05%) Databricks
11 7 (1.05%) Veeam
12 6 (0.90%) CA
13 5 (0.75%) Adobe
13 5 (0.75%) F5
13 5 (0.75%) Sophos
14 4 (0.60%) Facebook
14 4 (0.60%) Pega
14 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds