Microsoft Contracts in Central London

Microsoft
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 384 498 654
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 16.03% 13.43% 14.62%
As % of the Vendors category 37.17% 33.79% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 392 536
10th Percentile £258 £200 £223
25th Percentile £430 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +3.43% +0.96%
75th Percentile £668 £681 £600
90th Percentile £750 £788 £701
London median daily rate £500 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.29% +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £15.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £51.25 £23.06
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +98.11% +98.13%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £45.50
90th Percentile £24.30 - £77.53
London median hourly rate £19.50 £28.88 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -35.11% +154.29%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,033 1,474 1,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.13% 39.74% 38.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 986 1,304
10th Percentile £300 £234 £277
25th Percentile £431 £431 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £738
London median daily rate £538 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 22
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.30 £14.06
25th Percentile £14.38 £19.32 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +21.95% +114.17%
75th Percentile £25.38 £52.81 £44.83
90th Percentile £75.70 £53.23 £61.43
London median hourly rate £23.80 £28.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% -22.22% +33.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +5 345 £550 -0.90% 130
West End of London -2 9 £505 +116.04% 2
Camden +2 6 £505 +104.04% 2
City of Westminster -3 4 £575 +115.96% 2
Lambeth +1 2 £196 +3.29% 1
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 45 (11.72%) SharePoint
2 41 (10.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.78%) CMS
4 2 (0.52%) Apache
4 2 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.26%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (6.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.17%) MS Visio
5 12 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.86%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (2.08%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Endur
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 173 (45.05%) Azure
2 89 (23.18%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (17.19%) Power Platform
4 42 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (10.94%) Entra ID
5 38 (9.90%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (8.33%) PowerApps
7 29 (7.55%) Power Automate
8 22 (5.73%) AWS
9 17 (4.43%) OneDrive
10 12 (3.13%) IaaS
11 11 (2.86%) GCP
11 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.60%) GitHub
12 10 (2.60%) WhatsApp
13 9 (2.34%) Mimecast
14 8 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (2.08%) PaaS
15 6 (1.56%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.25%) Firewall
2 11 (2.86%) DNS
2 11 (2.86%) VPN
3 10 (2.60%) WAN
4 8 (2.08%) LAN
5 6 (1.56%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.30%) DHCP
6 5 (1.30%) Network Security
6 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.30%) Wireless
7 4 (1.04%) MPLS
7 4 (1.04%) SAN
7 4 (1.04%) VoIP
8 3 (0.78%) H.323
8 3 (0.78%) Internet
8 3 (0.78%) WebEx
9 2 (0.52%) CTI
9 2 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.58%) SQL Server
2 36 (9.38%) Power BI
3 18 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.65%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.13%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.08%) Metadata
8 7 (1.82%) MySQL
8 7 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (1.56%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.04%) Redis
11 4 (1.04%) Tableau
12 3 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.78%) Big Data
12 3 (0.78%) Data Mart
12 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (4.17%) Git
2 10 (2.60%) GitLab
3 9 (2.34%) JIRA
4 8 (2.08%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.08%) Postman
4 8 (2.08%) SpecFlow
5 6 (1.56%) Selenium
5 6 (1.56%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.04%) Hudson
6 4 (1.04%) JUnit
6 4 (1.04%) Subversion
7 3 (0.78%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.78%) Mockito
7 3 (0.78%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.52%) Appium
8 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.52%) GoCD
8 2 (0.52%) JMeter
8 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 132 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 121 (31.51%) Finance
3 61 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (14.32%) Banking
5 27 (7.03%) Legal
6 24 (6.25%) Retail
7 22 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (5.21%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.17%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.86%) Marketing
11 10 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.60%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.08%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.82%) Back Office
14 6 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.04%) French Language
16 3 (0.78%) Advertising
17 2 (0.52%) Law
17 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (14.58%) Developer
2 52 (13.54%) Architect
3 40 (10.42%) Consultant
4 38 (9.90%) Analyst
5 32 (8.33%) Senior
6 21 (5.47%) Lead
6 21 (5.47%) Microsoft Consultant
7 18 (4.69%) Project Manager
8 15 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (3.65%) Data Analyst
9 14 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (3.65%) Site Engineer
9 14 (3.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 13 (3.39%) IT Support
10 13 (3.39%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.13%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.86%) Azure Developer
12 11 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (2.86%) IT Engineer
13 10 (2.60%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (10.94%) .NET
2 25 (6.51%) XML
3 16 (4.17%) .NET Core
4 15 (3.91%) CSS
4 15 (3.91%) HTML
4 15 (3.91%) Kafka
5 14 (3.65%) .NET Framework
5 14 (3.65%) React
6 12 (3.13%) JSON
7 11 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
7 11 (2.86%) REST
8 10 (2.60%) RESTful
9 9 (2.34%) ASP.NET
9 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (2.08%) Web Services
11 6 (1.56%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (1.56%) Middleware
12 4 (1.04%) PySpark
12 4 (1.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.21%) Data Structures
1 20 (5.21%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 11 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.34%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.82%) PKI
8 5 (1.30%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.04%) Derivative
9 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.04%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.78%) IVR
10 3 (0.78%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.75%) Windows
2 30 (7.81%) Linux
3 22 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.39%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.08%) Android
6 5 (1.30%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.04%) Unix
7 4 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.78%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.78%) VMS
8 3 (0.78%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (27.08%) Agile
2 83 (21.61%) DevOps
3 71 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (14.84%) CI/CD
5 54 (14.06%) Migration
6 47 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (9.90%) Analytics
8 37 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (9.11%) Project Management
10 33 (8.59%) Scrum
11 31 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (7.81%) Change Management
13 29 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 28 (7.29%) Computer Science
15 26 (6.77%) Data Loss Prevention
15 26 (6.77%) Data Modelling
15 26 (6.77%) ITIL
16 22 (5.73%) Customer Service
17 21 (5.47%) Microservices
18 19 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (17.19%) PowerShell
2 61 (15.89%) SQL
3 42 (10.94%) C#
4 32 (8.33%) Python
5 21 (5.47%) Java
6 13 (3.39%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.13%) Shell Script
7 12 (3.13%) T-SQL
8 10 (2.60%) Bicep
9 9 (2.34%) Go
10 8 (2.08%) C++
10 8 (2.08%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.30%) Bash
12 3 (0.78%) PHP
13 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.52%) R
13 2 (0.52%) Scala
13 2 (0.52%) VBA
14 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 66 (17.19%) Degree
2 22 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.39%) Azure Certification
4 11 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.34%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.82%) CISSP
8 6 (1.56%) CISM
9 5 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.78%) CCNA
12 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.52%) PMP
12 2 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.91%) SLA
2 14 (3.65%) QA
3 10 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (2.08%) GDPR
6 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.30%) WCAG
8 4 (1.04%) COBIT
8 4 (1.04%) NIST
8 4 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.04%) PMO
9 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.52%) GAAP
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.52%) NCSC
10 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 77 (20.05%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.86%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 7 (1.82%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.30%) Docker
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.52%) vSphere
7 2 (0.52%) XenApp
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) NFS
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.91%) SCCM
4 13 (3.39%) Grafana
4 13 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.86%) Consul
6 8 (2.08%) PingFederate
6 8 (2.08%) Terraform
7 7 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.56%) Ansible
9 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.30%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.30%) Puppet
10 4 (1.04%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.04%) QRadar
11 3 (0.78%) CASB
11 3 (0.78%) Nagios
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.52%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 19 (4.95%) VMware
2 17 (4.43%) Cisco
2 17 (4.43%) Citrix
2 17 (4.43%) Oracle
3 13 (3.39%) Apple
4 12 (3.13%) SaltStack
4 12 (3.13%) SAP
4 12 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.86%) Google
6 10 (2.60%) iManage
7 9 (2.34%) Databricks
8 8 (2.08%) Adobe
9 6 (1.56%) Cadence
9 6 (1.56%) Dell
10 4 (1.04%) Avaya
10 4 (1.04%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.04%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.78%) Okta
11 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.78%) Splunk