Microsoft Contracts in Surrey

Microsoft
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 31 October 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
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 68 131 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 14.59% 17.15% 14.58%
As % of the Vendors category 28.69% 33.00% 32.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 105 93
10th Percentile £203 £160 £146
25th Percentile £223 £195 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £313 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -32.43% +27.59%
75th Percentile £428 £525 £608
90th Percentile £525 £650 £780
South East median daily rate £466 £462 £450
% change year-on-year +0.80% +2.65% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £53.90 £27.38 £13.93
25th Percentile £55.25 £29.06 £16.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £32.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +85.71% -10.26%
75th Percentile £75.00 £35.31 £24.56
90th Percentile £82.50 £36.63 £36.83
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £17.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +224.26% -1.24% -9.13%

All Vendors
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 237 397 376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 50.86% 51.96% 45.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 318 267
10th Percentile £203 £193 £178
25th Percentile £261 £294 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £625
90th Percentile £586 £675 £788
South East median daily rate £515 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +0.49% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 32
10th Percentile £33.38 £36.38 £12.50
25th Percentile £53.00 £41.25 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £51.20 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +13.77% +102.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £76.53 £47.50
90th Percentile £79.70 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.25 £45.21 £22.84
% change year-on-year +26.63% +97.94% +1.74%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Surrey

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Surrey

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Surrey over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Surrey

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Surrey

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Surrey over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Reigate +5 11 £264 +21.10% 5
Redhill -5 11 £375 +66.67% 7
Staines +9 6 £205 -21.15% 2
Weybridge +4 4 £525 +10.53% 2
Leatherhead -8 4 £525 +162.50% 2
Guildford +8 3 £300 +81.82% 7
Woking -7 3 £425 +17.24% 3
Tadworth - 2 - -
Chertsey -8 1 £315 +0.80% 1
Caterham - 1 £200 - 2
Warlingham - 1 £200 -
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 12 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) Relativity
2 1 (1.47%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 27 (39.71%) Azure
2 16 (23.53%) AWS
3 14 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.71%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (10.29%) GCP
6 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 6 (8.82%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.88%) PowerApps
8 3 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.94%) GitHub
9 2 (2.94%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.94%) SaaS
9 2 (2.94%) WhatsApp
10 1 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.94%) Firewall
2 15 (22.06%) TCP/IP
2 15 (22.06%) Wireless
3 14 (20.59%) VLAN
4 8 (11.76%) VPN
5 6 (8.82%) DNS
6 5 (7.35%) DHCP
6 5 (7.35%) HTTP
6 5 (7.35%) IMAP
6 5 (7.35%) POP3
6 5 (7.35%) SMTP
7 4 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (4.41%) LAN
8 3 (4.41%) WAN
9 2 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (2.94%) IP Telephony
9 2 (2.94%) SAN
9 2 (2.94%) VoIP
9 2 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) MySQL
2 6 (8.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.35%) Power BI
3 5 (7.35%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.94%) Big Data
4 2 (2.94%) DB2
4 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (36.76%) Finance
2 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.82%) Financial Institution
5 5 (7.35%) Marketing
6 4 (5.88%) General Ledger
7 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (2.94%) French Language
8 2 (2.94%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Support Engineer
2 14 (20.59%) Senior
3 13 (19.12%) Analyst
4 11 (16.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (13.24%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (13.24%) IT Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) IT Support
7 5 (7.35%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Lead
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Support Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Technical Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Technical Support
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Support
7 5 (7.35%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) JDBC
1 5 (7.35%) LDAP
1 5 (7.35%) ODBC
1 5 (7.35%) REST
1 5 (7.35%) SAML
1 5 (7.35%) SOAP
1 5 (7.35%) Web Services
2 4 (5.88%) ADO
3 2 (2.94%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.47%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (1.47%) JSON
4 1 (1.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) CMDB
2 4 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.94%) Clustering
4 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.47%) Replication
5 1 (1.47%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.65%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) Linux
2 8 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (10.29%) Unix
3 7 (10.29%) Windows 10
4 6 (8.82%) Windows Server
5 5 (7.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.94%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.47%) Android
7 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.06%) Customer Service
2 14 (20.59%) Proactive Monitoring
3 13 (19.12%) Migration
4 12 (17.65%) Computer Science
4 12 (17.65%) ITIL
4 12 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (14.71%) ERP
6 8 (11.76%) Data Migration
7 7 (10.29%) Data Extraction
8 6 (8.82%) Agile
8 6 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (8.82%) Change Control
8 6 (8.82%) Information Security
8 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (8.82%) Validation
9 5 (7.35%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (7.35%) ITSM
9 5 (7.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.18%) Java
1 11 (16.18%) Python
2 9 (13.24%) PowerShell
3 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.82%) SQL
5 5 (7.35%) Perl
6 4 (5.88%) C
6 4 (5.88%) VB
6 4 (5.88%) VBScript
7 3 (4.41%) C#
8 2 (2.94%) Bash
8 2 (2.94%) C++
8 2 (2.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.59%) Degree
2 6 (8.82%) MCSE
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.88%) CCA
4 3 (4.41%) MCSA
5 2 (2.94%) CCNA
5 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.94%) HP APS
5 2 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.94%) MCTS
5 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.88%) QA
3 3 (4.41%) SLA
4 2 (2.94%) GDPR
4 2 (2.94%) GxP
4 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (42.65%) Active Directory
2 17 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (10.29%) vSphere
4 6 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (26.47%) SCCM
2 12 (17.65%) WSUS
3 10 (14.71%) Nessus
4 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.94%) AppManager
5 2 (2.94%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.94%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.94%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (26.47%) VMware
2 12 (17.65%) Qualys
3 8 (11.76%) Cisco
4 7 (10.29%) Google
4 7 (10.29%) Oracle
5 6 (8.82%) Avaya
6 5 (7.35%) Genesys
6 5 (7.35%) Okta
7 4 (5.88%) Apple
7 4 (5.88%) Concur
7 4 (5.88%) Micro Focus
7 4 (5.88%) Red Hat
7 4 (5.88%) SAP
8 3 (4.41%) Dell
8 3 (4.41%) Zscaler
9 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.94%) EMC
9 2 (2.94%) HP
9 2 (2.94%) McAfee
9 2 (2.94%) Veritas