Microsoft Contracts in Belfast

Microsoft
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 4 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 27 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 21.95% 16.27% 10.17%
As % of the Vendors category 56.25% 47.37% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 8
10th Percentile £268 £152 £156
25th Percentile £497 £163 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £200 £431
Median % change year-on-year +175.00% -53.62% +7.81%
75th Percentile £625 £356 £452
90th Percentile £688 £385 £458
County Antrim median daily rate £550 £200 £431
% change year-on-year +175.00% -53.62% +7.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £12.99 £15.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -16.19% -18.42% +85.37%

All Vendors
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 48 57 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 39.02% 34.34% 39.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 37
10th Percentile £198 £155 £270
25th Percentile £463 £164 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £509 £500
90th Percentile £669 £588 £566
County Antrim median daily rate £550 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 3
10th Percentile - £13.25 £9.96
25th Percentile - £13.92 £10.06
Median hourly rate £12.25 £15.50 £10.22
Median % change year-on-year -20.97% +51.66% -21.38%
75th Percentile £12.99 £17.13 £11.24
90th Percentile £14.87 £18.43 £11.84
County Antrim median hourly rate £12.99 £15.50 £13.89
% change year-on-year -16.19% +11.59% +35.51%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Belfast over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 (25.93%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) Skype for Business
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.70%) InfoPath
3 1 (3.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (22.22%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (22.22%) Azure Functions
4 6 (22.22%) Serverless
5 3 (11.11%) AWS
5 3 (11.11%) GCP
6 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (7.41%) GitHub
6 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) HTTP
2 4 (14.81%) DNS
2 4 (14.81%) Skype
2 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) FTP
3 1 (3.70%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Maven
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.81%) Electronics
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Marketing
3 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Lead
2 7 (25.93%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Platform Specialist
3 5 (18.52%) Power Platform Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.70%) Administrator
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) CSS
1 4 (14.81%) XML
2 2 (7.41%) REST
2 2 (7.41%) Software Packaging
2 2 (7.41%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.70%) COM
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.70%) iPhone
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Validation
2 9 (33.33%) Coaching
2 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 6 (22.22%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (18.52%) Incident Management
5 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (14.81%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (14.81%) Programme Management
6 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
7 2 (7.41%) DevOps
7 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.70%) Budget Management
8 1 (3.70%) Budgeting
8 1 (3.70%) Business Case
8 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
8 1 (3.70%) SDET
8 1 (3.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.41%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) MCSD
2 2 (7.41%) MCSE
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) PMP
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) Dell
3 1 (3.70%) HP
3 1 (3.70%) VMware