Microsoft Engineer Contracts

Microsoft Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in the UK is £451, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 618 771
Rank change year-on-year +92 +153 -87
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 58 79 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.14% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 65 57
10th Percentile £245 £213 £290
25th Percentile £350 £338 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% +2.63% +26.67%
75th Percentile £519 £565 £550
90th Percentile £565 £625 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £451 £469 £425
% change year-on-year -3.73% +10.29% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in the UK

Microsoft Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the UK 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
England +81 53 £438 -7.89% 19
UK excluding London +32 48 £451 -3.73% 14
Work from Home +111 30 £495 -2.22% 16
South West +18 21 £495 -20.80% 4
London +69 9 £425 -10.53% 5
South East +17 9 £375 - 3
West Midlands +22 7 £350 -33.33%
Midlands +17 7 £350 - 4
North of England +8 7 £426 -21.72% 3
North West +7 7 £426 -22.11% 1
Scotland +50 4 £500 -13.04%

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Microsoft Engineer 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 featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (58.62%) Windows
2 34 (58.62%) Social Skills
3 29 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (46.55%) Azure
5 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
6 23 (39.66%) ITIL
7 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
8 19 (32.76%) Firewall
9 16 (27.59%) Service Management
9 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
9 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (25.86%) DV Cleared
11 14 (24.14%) Active Directory
11 14 (24.14%) SharePoint Server
12 13 (22.41%) JIRA
12 13 (22.41%) Atlassian
12 13 (22.41%) SCOM
12 13 (22.41%) BGP
12 13 (22.41%) ITSM
12 13 (22.41%) Government Security Classifications
12 13 (22.41%) Security Monitoring
12 13 (22.41%) Azure Stack
12 13 (22.41%) Confluence
12 13 (22.41%) Network Management
12 13 (22.41%) Capacity Management
12 13 (22.41%) Private Cloud
12 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
13 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
14 10 (17.24%) OneDrive

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
2 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (24.14%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (22.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (46.55%) Azure
3 13 (22.41%) Azure Stack
4 10 (17.24%) OneDrive
5 9 (15.52%) Entra ID
5 9 (15.52%) Power Platform
5 9 (15.52%) PowerApps
6 7 (12.07%) Power Automate
7 3 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.45%) Google Workspace
8 2 (3.45%) PaaS
8 2 (3.45%) SaaS
8 2 (3.45%) Slack
9 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.72%) IaaS
9 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.76%) Firewall
2 13 (22.41%) BGP
3 6 (10.34%) Unified Communications
4 2 (3.45%) VoIP
4 2 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Appium
2 1 (1.72%) Selenium
General
1 34 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.79%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Banking
6 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.72%) Local Government
6 1 (1.72%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Private Cloud
2 6 (10.34%) Digital Signage
2 6 (10.34%) PKI
3 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.45%) Life Science
3 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (58.62%) Windows
2 8 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.45%) Linux
4 2 (3.45%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.72%) Android
5 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) ITIL
2 16 (27.59%) Service Management
3 13 (22.41%) Capacity Management
3 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
3 13 (22.41%) ITSM
3 13 (22.41%) Network Management
3 13 (22.41%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (10.34%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.90%) Agile
6 4 (6.90%) DevOps
6 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.17%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.17%) Incident Management
7 3 (5.17%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.17%) Roadmaps
7 3 (5.17%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (3.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) C#
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.86%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.90%) Degree
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.72%) CEH
7 1 (1.72%) CISSP
7 1 (1.72%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) Government Security Classifications
2 8 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (22.41%) SCOM
3 6 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (6.90%) SCCM
5 2 (3.45%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.41%) Atlassian
3 6 (10.34%) Oracle
4 5 (8.62%) VMware
5 3 (5.17%) Google
5 3 (5.17%) Veeam
6 1 (1.72%) CA