Microsoft Contracts in Wiltshire

Microsoft
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 5 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 206 261 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 21.59% 24.65% 13.74%
As % of the Vendors category 44.11% 51.28% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 232 90
10th Percentile £202 £250 £262
25th Percentile £400 £425 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £544
90th Percentile £750 £719 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
Median hourly rate £14.54 £21.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.37% +43.33% -18.92%
South West median hourly rate £16.00 £41.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -61.21% +17.86% -18.00%

All Vendors
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 467 509 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 48.95% 48.06% 43.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 433 290
10th Percentile £300 £308 £306
25th Percentile £463 £450 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £634
90th Percentile £775 £719 £688
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £486
% change year-on-year -0.95% +7.97% +8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 8
10th Percentile £13.76 £56.13 £40.90
25th Percentile - £60.38 £52.00
Median hourly rate £14.54 £69.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -78.93% +26.61% +87.93%
75th Percentile £30.25 £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £90.00 £70.61
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 Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Wiltshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Wiltshire

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Wiltshire 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
Corsham -1 117 £550 -8.33% 12
Swindon +4 30 £180 -46.67% 26
Salisbury +8 16 £400 -8.57% 9
Malmesbury +6 11 £220 -40.34% 1
Chippenham -1 5 £700 +27.50% 9
Devizes - 5 - - 3
Melksham - 1 - - 2
Trowbridge - 1 £500 - 7
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 41 (19.90%) Confluence
2 36 (17.48%) SharePoint
3 27 (13.11%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (5.83%) CMS
6 10 (4.85%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.46%) IIS
7 3 (1.46%) Mendix
8 2 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.97%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 23 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Magento
2 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.49%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 61 (29.61%) Azure
2 28 (13.59%) Azure Stack
3 22 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.37%) AWS
6 7 (3.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 6 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.43%) PaaS
9 4 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.94%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (1.94%) GCP
9 4 (1.94%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.46%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.46%) Serverless
11 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.97%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.50%) Firewall
2 27 (13.11%) BGP
3 12 (5.83%) DNS
4 11 (5.34%) DHCP
5 5 (2.43%) LAN
5 5 (2.43%) WAN
6 4 (1.94%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.94%) Skype
6 4 (1.94%) VPN
7 3 (1.46%) Kerberos
7 3 (1.46%) PBX
7 3 (1.46%) SAN
8 1 (0.49%) ADSL
8 1 (0.49%) FTP
8 1 (0.49%) Internet
8 1 (0.49%) SMTP
8 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.49%) VoIP
8 1 (0.49%) Wireless
8 1 (0.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.40%) Power BI
1 7 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.94%) Biml
3 4 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (19.90%) JIRA
2 5 (2.43%) Postman
3 4 (1.94%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (63.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.22%) Public Sector
2 19 (9.22%) Telecoms
3 18 (8.74%) Finance
4 17 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.85%) Military
7 7 (3.40%) Electronics
7 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.40%) Marketing
8 5 (2.43%) Banking
8 5 (2.43%) Police
9 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 34 (16.50%) Analyst
2 19 (9.22%) Architect
3 18 (8.74%) Microsoft Engineer
4 14 (6.80%) Lead
5 12 (5.83%) Consultant
6 9 (4.37%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 9 (4.37%) Developer
6 9 (4.37%) Service Analyst
6 9 (4.37%) Test Engineer
7 8 (3.88%) Integration Engineer
7 8 (3.88%) SOC Analyst
7 8 (3.88%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 7 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.40%) Cloud Security Architect
8 7 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (3.40%) Security Architect
8 7 (3.40%) SIEM Consultant
8 7 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.91%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.85%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.91%) .NET
3 4 (1.94%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.94%) ModSecurity
4 3 (1.46%) LDAP
4 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.46%) OAuth
5 1 (0.49%) Lucene
5 1 (0.49%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.49%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 46 (22.33%) Cyber Threat
2 43 (20.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 41 (19.90%) Cyber Defence
4 36 (17.48%) Management Information System
4 36 (17.48%) Private Cloud
5 30 (14.56%) PKI
6 13 (6.31%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.88%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.94%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.94%) Clustering
9 4 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.94%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.46%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.46%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.46%) Replication
11 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 57 (27.67%) Windows
2 18 (8.74%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.31%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (4.37%) Linux
5 8 (3.88%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.97%) CentOS
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (24.76%) SIEM
2 47 (22.82%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (22.82%) Incident Response
3 45 (21.84%) ITIL
4 44 (21.36%) Service Management
5 43 (20.87%) SOAR
6 41 (19.90%) Incident Management
7 40 (19.42%) Case Management
8 39 (18.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 39 (18.93%) Protective Monitoring
8 39 (18.93%) Use Case
9 38 (18.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 38 (18.45%) Mentoring
9 38 (18.45%) Threat Intelligence
10 37 (17.96%) Root Cause Analysis
11 35 (16.99%) Information Security
12 32 (15.53%) CRM
13 28 (13.59%) Agile
13 28 (13.59%) Capacity Management
13 28 (13.59%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.19%) SQL
2 11 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.40%) C#
4 6 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (2.91%) Python
4 6 (2.91%) Search Processing Language
5 3 (1.46%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.49%) Bash
7 1 (0.49%) Java
7 1 (0.49%) Julia
7 1 (0.49%) Perl
7 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (65.05%) Security Cleared
2 86 (41.75%) DV Cleared
3 46 (22.33%) SC Cleared
4 29 (14.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (7.77%) Degree
6 14 (6.80%) MCSE
7 12 (5.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (4.37%) MCSA
9 6 (2.91%) MCP
10 4 (1.94%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.46%) OSCP
12 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.49%) CCNA
13 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (20.87%) NIST
2 37 (17.96%) NIST 800
3 27 (13.11%) Government Security Classifications
4 7 (3.40%) JSP 440
5 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.94%) NCSC
6 4 (1.94%) SLA
7 3 (1.46%) PMO
8 2 (0.97%) GDPR
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 24 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.91%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.94%) Docker
4 4 (1.94%) vSphere
5 3 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.49%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (9.71%) SCOM
2 13 (6.31%) OPNET
3 9 (4.37%) Kibana
3 9 (4.37%) logstash
4 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.43%) SCCM
5 5 (2.43%) Terraform
6 4 (1.94%) Ansible
6 4 (1.94%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.94%) PowerCLI
6 4 (1.94%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 4 (1.94%) WSUS
7 3 (1.46%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.97%) MOM
8 2 (0.97%) SCDPM
8 2 (0.97%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.49%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.49%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.49%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 40 (19.42%) Atlassian
2 19 (9.22%) VMware
3 11 (5.34%) Splunk
3 11 (5.34%) Tanium
4 10 (4.85%) Sitecore
5 8 (3.88%) SAP
6 6 (2.91%) Cisco
7 4 (1.94%) Google
8 3 (1.46%) CA
8 3 (1.46%) HP
9 2 (0.97%) Dell
9 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.97%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.97%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.49%) Commvault
10 1 (0.49%) Meraki
10 1 (0.49%) Okta
10 1 (0.49%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.49%) UiPath