Microsoft Contracts in the South West

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England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 497 605 508
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 15.70% 17.44% 13.76%
As % of the Vendors category 38.77% 44.10% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 473 335
10th Percentile £180 £203 £173
25th Percentile £309 £400 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £532
90th Percentile £688 £700 £595
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 31
10th Percentile £12.50 £15.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.75 £25.63
Median hourly rate £17.07 £41.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.63% +17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £51.25 £55.81 £49.63
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.23 £69.05
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -

All Vendors
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,282 1,372 1,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.51% 39.54% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,033 980
10th Percentile £200 £257 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £588
90th Percentile £725 £715 £674
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% +2.38% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 72 59
10th Percentile £13.72 £17.60 £15.20
25th Percentile £36.88 £49.92 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.00 £62.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.97% +30.53% +0.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.35
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £22.08 £35.00 £21.35
% change year-on-year -36.93% +63.93% +1.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the South West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Wiltshire -1 208 £500 -9.09% 90
Bristol +5 118 £500 +5.26% 142
Gloucestershire -2 68 £475 +5.56% 72
Somerset +4 36 £448 -10.50% 74
Dorset 0 25 £185 -63.04% 36
Devon -5 24 £400 -20.00% 77
Cornwall -4 3 £225 -62.50% 14
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 67 (13.48%) SharePoint
2 47 (9.46%) Confluence
3 36 (7.24%) SharePoint Server
4 32 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (2.41%) CMS
6 10 (2.01%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.80%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 91 (18.31%) Microsoft Office
2 62 (12.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (6.64%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (6.64%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.61%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) CATIA
6 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.41%) Magento
3 3 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 145 (29.18%) Azure
2 79 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (7.65%) Power Platform
4 37 (7.44%) Azure Stack
5 22 (4.43%) AWS
6 19 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (3.62%) PaaS
8 15 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.62%) SaaS
10 11 (2.21%) Entra ID
11 10 (2.01%) PowerApps
12 9 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 6 (1.21%) IaaS
14 6 (1.21%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.21%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (0.80%) AWS CloudTrail
15 4 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
16 3 (0.60%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 57 (11.47%) Firewall
2 35 (7.04%) BGP
3 18 (3.62%) DNS
4 16 (3.22%) SAN
5 14 (2.82%) DHCP
5 14 (2.82%) LAN
6 13 (2.62%) VoIP
7 12 (2.41%) PBX
7 12 (2.41%) WAN
8 11 (2.21%) Skype
9 9 (1.81%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.21%) FTP
10 6 (1.21%) VPN
10 6 (1.21%) Wireless
11 5 (1.01%) Ethernet
11 5 (1.01%) HTTP
11 5 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.80%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.60%) Unified Communications
14 2 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.82%) Power BI
2 16 (3.22%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.01%) SQLite
6 4 (0.80%) Biml
6 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.60%) GIS
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.20%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.20%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata
9 1 (0.20%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 75 (15.09%) JIRA
2 9 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (1.41%) Git
3 7 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.01%) Checkstyle
4 5 (1.01%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.01%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.40%) Postman
6 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.20%) MSI
General
1 268 (53.92%) Social Skills
2 79 (15.90%) Finance
3 60 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.84%) Telecoms
6 33 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
7 27 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (5.03%) Manufacturing
9 15 (3.02%) Marketing
10 14 (2.82%) Military
11 12 (2.41%) Police
12 11 (2.21%) Electronics
13 10 (2.01%) Banking
13 10 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.01%) Legal
14 8 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.41%) Digital Economy
15 7 (1.41%) Retail
16 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (13.28%) Analyst
2 51 (10.26%) Architect
3 48 (9.66%) Lead
4 28 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (5.43%) Developer
6 24 (4.83%) Microsoft Engineer
6 24 (4.83%) Project Leader
7 22 (4.43%) Consultant
8 15 (3.02%) Senior
9 14 (2.82%) Desktop Engineer
9 14 (2.82%) Network Engineer
9 14 (2.82%) SOC Analyst
9 14 (2.82%) Support Engineer
10 13 (2.62%) Author
10 13 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (2.62%) Service Analyst
10 13 (2.62%) Technical Author
11 12 (2.41%) Infrastructure Technician
11 12 (2.41%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.21%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.62%) XML
2 16 (3.22%) .NET
3 12 (2.41%) REST
4 8 (1.61%) Web Services
5 7 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 6 (1.21%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.01%) CSS
7 5 (1.01%) JSON
7 5 (1.01%) Node.js
8 4 (0.80%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.60%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.60%) HTML
9 3 (0.60%) VML
10 2 (0.40%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.40%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.40%) ModSecurity
11 1 (0.20%) NgRx
11 1 (0.20%) React
11 1 (0.20%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.46%) Management Information System
2 45 (9.05%) Private Cloud
3 37 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
3 37 (7.44%) PKI
4 36 (7.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 34 (6.84%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (2.41%) NHS
7 11 (2.21%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (1.81%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.61%) Replication
11 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.21%) CMDB
12 5 (1.01%) Clustering
12 5 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.01%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 147 (29.58%) Windows
2 52 (10.46%) Windows Server
3 37 (7.44%) Windows 10
4 29 (5.84%) Linux
5 19 (3.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.61%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.60%) Android
9 2 (0.40%) CentOS
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (17.71%) Agile
1 88 (17.71%) ITIL
2 79 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (12.88%) Project Management
4 62 (12.47%) Service Management
5 56 (11.27%) SIEM
6 50 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (9.66%) Network Management
7 48 (9.66%) SOAR
8 47 (9.46%) Project Delivery
9 46 (9.26%) Data Management
10 44 (8.85%) Incident Response
11 40 (8.05%) CRM
11 40 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 37 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (7.24%) Capacity Management
13 36 (7.24%) Security Monitoring
14 35 (7.04%) Case Management
14 35 (7.04%) DevOps
14 35 (7.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (6.84%) SQL
2 33 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.43%) C#
4 11 (2.21%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (1.21%) Python
5 6 (1.21%) Search Processing Language
6 5 (1.01%) C++
7 3 (0.60%) Bash
7 3 (0.60%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Bicep
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) Julia
8 1 (0.20%) Perl
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 244 (49.09%) Security Cleared
2 156 (31.39%) DV Cleared
3 83 (16.70%) SC Cleared
4 54 (10.87%) Degree
5 47 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (5.03%) APMP
7 13 (2.62%) MCSE
7 13 (2.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (1.81%) HND
9 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.41%) CITP
10 7 (1.41%) MCSA
11 6 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.01%) MCP
13 4 (0.80%) CCNP
13 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.85%) NIST
1 39 (7.85%) PMO
2 35 (7.04%) Government Security Classifications
3 33 (6.64%) NIST 800
4 14 (2.82%) JSP 440
4 14 (2.82%) QA
5 9 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.41%) GDPR
6 7 (1.41%) SLA
7 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.80%) GMP
7 4 (0.80%) NCSC
8 2 (0.40%) ISA99
9 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
System Software
1 62 (12.47%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (3.22%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.01%) vSphere
7 4 (0.80%) Docker
8 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.20%) XenApp
9 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (6.04%) SCOM
2 22 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.43%) OPNET
3 19 (3.82%) SCCM
4 14 (2.82%) vCenter Server
5 10 (2.01%) Ansible
6 9 (1.81%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.41%) Terraform
8 4 (0.80%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 4 (0.80%) WSUS
9 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.40%) MOM
10 2 (0.40%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.40%) Puppet
10 2 (0.40%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.20%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 51 (10.26%) VMware
2 47 (9.46%) Atlassian
3 25 (5.03%) Cisco
4 21 (4.23%) Veeam
5 17 (3.42%) SAP
6 13 (2.62%) Sitecore
7 12 (2.41%) Splunk
8 11 (2.21%) Citrix
8 11 (2.21%) Google
9 10 (2.01%) Avaya
9 10 (2.01%) CheckPoint
10 9 (1.81%) Adobe
10 9 (1.81%) Ericsson
10 9 (1.81%) IBM
10 9 (1.81%) Juniper
10 9 (1.81%) Nokia
10 9 (1.81%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.61%) CyberArk
12 7 (1.41%) Dell
12 7 (1.41%) Palo Alto