Microsoft Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 7 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 71 80 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 15.27% 17.98% 19.46%
As % of the Vendors category 41.28% 42.78% 46.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 51 74
10th Percentile £314 £275 £146
25th Percentile £400 £300 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% +16.13% -20.51%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £488
90th Percentile £671 £600 £588
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £15.58 £26.05 £11.17
25th Percentile £15.70 £28.00 £12.19
Median hourly rate £16.00 £32.50 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +106.48% -50.71%
75th Percentile £17.32 £44.38 £25.68
90th Percentile £17.80 £50.75 £30.52
South West median hourly rate £16.00 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -61.21% +17.86% -18.00%

All Vendors
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 172 187 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 36.99% 42.02% 41.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 111 159
10th Percentile £313 £275 £180
25th Percentile £406 £400 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £600
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -0.95% +7.97% +8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 4
10th Percentile £17.23 £25.40 £11.25
25th Percentile £33.00 £37.48 £12.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £14.87
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +320.31% -70.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £21.65
90th Percentile - - £28.91
South West median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £44.82
% change year-on-year -10.00% +33.87% -9.45%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +7 33 £600 +92.00% 9
Gloucester +1 21 £588 +30.56% 21
Moreton-in-Marsh - 4 - -
Cirencester - 3 £350 - 5
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 7 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (45.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (38.03%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (35.21%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (33.80%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 13 (18.31%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.27%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.63%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.23%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.82%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.41%) AWS
7 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.41%) IaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Matillion
7 1 (1.41%) PaaS
7 1 (1.41%) SaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.41%) DNS
2 1 (1.41%) Intranet
2 1 (1.41%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (35.21%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.41%) MSI
General
1 51 (71.83%) Social Skills
2 29 (40.85%) Finance
3 28 (39.44%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (38.03%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.04%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Lead
1 24 (33.80%) Project Leader
2 13 (18.31%) Architect
3 8 (11.27%) Technical Architect
4 4 (5.63%) Analyst
4 4 (5.63%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) Desktop Support
4 4 (5.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (5.63%) QA Specialist
4 4 (5.63%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Azure Architect
5 3 (4.23%) Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Development Specialist
5 3 (4.23%) Power Platform Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Product Specialist
6 2 (2.82%) Applications Developer
6 2 (2.82%) Consultant
6 2 (2.82%) Power Apps Developer
6 2 (2.82%) Service Analyst
6 2 (2.82%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) CSS
1 3 (4.23%) REST
2 1 (1.41%) ADO
2 1 (1.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) CMDB
2 4 (5.63%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.63%) Life Science
3 1 (1.41%) Contactless
3 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.13%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.63%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.93%) Project Management
2 36 (50.70%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (43.66%) Agile
4 29 (40.85%) Project Delivery
5 28 (39.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (35.21%) PRINCE2
7 24 (33.80%) Commercial Awareness
7 24 (33.80%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 24 (33.80%) Data Management
7 24 (33.80%) Project Planning
7 24 (33.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 24 (33.80%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (11.27%) Strategic Thinking
9 7 (9.86%) Migration
10 6 (8.45%) Analytics
11 5 (7.04%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (7.04%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.04%) DevOps
11 5 (7.04%) Patch Management
11 5 (7.04%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.68%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.23%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) Bicep
4 1 (1.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 43 (60.56%) Security Cleared
2 29 (40.85%) DV Cleared
3 24 (33.80%) APMP
4 14 (19.72%) SC Cleared
5 9 (12.68%) Degree
6 5 (7.04%) Azure Certification
7 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.63%) Master's Degree
7 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (35.21%) PMO
2 4 (5.63%) GMP
2 4 (5.63%) QA
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.45%) SCCM
3 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.41%) Grafana
4 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Adobe
2 1 (1.41%) CA
2 1 (1.41%) Citrix
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle
2 1 (1.41%) SAP
2 1 (1.41%) VMware