Microsoft Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 347 444 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 16.01% 12.50% 13.89%
As % of the Vendors category 36.91% 31.90% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 346 479
10th Percentile £312 £224 £250
25th Percentile £436 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +3.35%
75th Percentile £671 £688 £610
90th Percentile £775 £800 £701
Central London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £51.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.42
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +98.71% +107.22%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £45.50
90th Percentile £24.30 - £77.53
Central London median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.42
% change year-on-year -70.95% +98.71% +88.71%

All Vendors
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 940 1,392 1,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.38% 39.20% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 918 1,182
10th Percentile £313 £263 £313
25th Percentile £433 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £682 £700 £651
90th Percentile £788 £800 £738
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 23
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.42 -
25th Percentile £13.56 £20.42 £13.88
Median hourly rate £19.75 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% - +51.35%
75th Percentile £23.75 £44.86 £44.63
90th Percentile £25.38 £53.25 £60.15
Central London median hourly rate £19.75 £21.50 £23.67
% change year-on-year -8.14% -9.17% +68.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 36 (10.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 36 (10.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.15%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.86%) Apache
3 3 (0.86%) IBM Domino
3 3 (0.86%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (12.97%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (10.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (7.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (4.32%) MS Visio
5 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.86%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.58%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.46%) Dynamics GP
2 11 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.31%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.58%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.58%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.29%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 158 (45.53%) Azure
2 93 (26.80%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (18.73%) Power Platform
4 35 (10.09%) Entra ID
5 34 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (9.51%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (8.36%) PowerApps
8 26 (7.49%) Power Automate
9 16 (4.61%) AWS
10 11 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (3.17%) Mimecast
10 11 (3.17%) OneDrive
11 10 (2.88%) GCP
11 10 (2.88%) IaaS
11 10 (2.88%) WhatsApp
12 8 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (2.31%) GitHub
13 6 (1.73%) Collibra
13 6 (1.73%) PaaS
13 6 (1.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.63%) Firewall
2 13 (3.75%) DNS
3 7 (2.02%) VPN
4 6 (1.73%) LAN
4 6 (1.73%) WAN
5 5 (1.44%) MPLS
5 5 (1.44%) Network Security
5 5 (1.44%) SAN
5 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.44%) Wireless
6 4 (1.15%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.86%) DKIM
7 3 (0.86%) DMARC
7 3 (0.86%) H.323
7 3 (0.86%) NAS
7 3 (0.86%) SMTP
7 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.86%) VoIP
7 3 (0.86%) WebEx
8 2 (0.58%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.95%) SQL Server
2 35 (10.09%) Power BI
3 18 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (4.03%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.46%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.31%) Metadata
7 7 (2.02%) MySQL
8 6 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.44%) Data Mart
9 5 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.15%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.15%) Tableau
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.86%) Big Data
11 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.58%) Presto
12 2 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (4.03%) Git
2 8 (2.31%) GitLab
2 8 (2.31%) JIRA
3 7 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.02%) SpecFlow
4 6 (1.73%) Selenium
4 6 (1.73%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.44%) Postman
6 4 (1.15%) Subversion
7 3 (0.86%) JUnit
7 3 (0.86%) Mockito
7 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.58%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.58%) GoCD
8 2 (0.58%) ScalaTest
8 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.58%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.29%) TestNG
9 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 130 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 104 (29.97%) Finance
3 56 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.97%) Banking
5 30 (8.65%) Legal
6 23 (6.63%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.34%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (4.90%) Financial Institution
9 15 (4.32%) Retail
10 12 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.46%) Marketing
11 8 (2.31%) General Ledger
11 8 (2.31%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.73%) French Language
12 6 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.44%) Local Government
14 4 (1.15%) Back Office
14 4 (1.15%) Law
15 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (15.56%) Architect
2 37 (10.66%) Developer
3 34 (9.80%) Analyst
3 34 (9.80%) Consultant
4 24 (6.92%) Senior
5 21 (6.05%) Microsoft Consultant
6 20 (5.76%) Lead
7 18 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 14 (4.03%) Site Engineer
8 14 (4.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 12 (3.46%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (3.17%) Data Analyst
11 10 (2.88%) Great Plains Consultant
11 10 (2.88%) IT Support
11 10 (2.88%) Microsoft 365 Architect
11 10 (2.88%) Security Engineer
12 9 (2.59%) Azure Architect
12 9 (2.59%) IT Engineer
12 9 (2.59%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.07%) .NET
2 19 (5.48%) XML
3 13 (3.75%) Kafka
4 11 (3.17%) CSS
4 11 (3.17%) JSON
4 11 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
5 10 (2.88%) .NET Core
5 10 (2.88%) .NET Framework
5 10 (2.88%) HTML
5 10 (2.88%) REST
6 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (2.31%) ASP.NET
7 8 (2.31%) React
7 8 (2.31%) RESTful
8 6 (1.73%) PySpark
8 6 (1.73%) Web Services
9 5 (1.44%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (1.15%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.15%) jQuery
10 4 (1.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.90%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.61%) Data Structures
3 14 (4.03%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.59%) Algorithms
5 9 (2.59%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.02%) PKI
8 5 (1.44%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) Derivative
9 4 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.15%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.86%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.58%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 56 (16.14%) Windows
2 24 (6.92%) Linux
3 17 (4.90%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.73%) Android
6 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.58%) Unix
9 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.29%) CentOS
10 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.29%) VMS
10 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (23.34%) Agile
2 72 (20.75%) DevOps
2 72 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (13.54%) CI/CD
4 43 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
5 40 (11.53%) Migration
6 35 (10.09%) Analytics
7 33 (9.51%) Project Management
8 32 (9.22%) Change Management
8 32 (9.22%) Data Loss Prevention
8 32 (9.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (8.93%) ITIL
10 29 (8.36%) Computer Science
10 29 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 25 (7.20%) Data Modelling
13 24 (6.92%) Scrum
14 22 (6.34%) Customer Service
15 21 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (5.76%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.29%) PowerShell
2 45 (12.97%) SQL
3 32 (9.22%) C#
3 32 (9.22%) Python
4 16 (4.61%) Java
5 12 (3.46%) Shell Script
6 9 (2.59%) T-SQL
7 8 (2.31%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.73%) Bash
8 6 (1.73%) C++
8 6 (1.73%) Go
9 5 (1.44%) Bicep
10 4 (1.15%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.58%) PHP
11 2 (0.58%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) ABAP
12 1 (0.29%) Perl
12 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
12 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 69 (19.88%) Degree
2 23 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.17%) CISSP
5 11 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.88%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.02%) CISM
9 5 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.86%) CCNA
11 3 (0.86%) CCSK
12 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.61%) SLA
2 11 (3.17%) QA
3 9 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.31%) NIST
5 7 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.73%) PMO
7 4 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.15%) GDPR
8 3 (0.86%) NCSC
8 3 (0.86%) WCAG
9 2 (0.58%) COBIT
9 2 (0.58%) GAAP
9 2 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (16.43%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 11 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.15%) Docker
4 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.58%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) XenApp
6 1 (0.29%) Ceph
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.75%) Grafana
3 13 (3.75%) Prometheus
3 13 (3.75%) SCCM
4 11 (3.17%) Consul
5 8 (2.31%) PingFederate
5 8 (2.31%) Terraform
6 6 (1.73%) Ansible
7 5 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.15%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.15%) Puppet
8 4 (1.15%) QRadar
9 3 (0.86%) Nagios
10 2 (0.58%) Graylog
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (4.61%) Citrix
2 15 (4.32%) Cisco
3 14 (4.03%) VMware
4 12 (3.46%) Databricks
4 12 (3.46%) Oracle
4 12 (3.46%) SaltStack
5 10 (2.88%) iManage
6 9 (2.59%) Apple
6 9 (2.59%) SAP
6 9 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.31%) Google
8 6 (1.73%) Adobe
8 6 (1.73%) Cadence
8 6 (1.73%) IBM
8 6 (1.73%) Proofpoint
9 4 (1.15%) Okta
10 3 (0.86%) Avaya
10 3 (0.86%) Dell
10 3 (0.86%) Lotus
10 3 (0.86%) Splunk