Microsoft Contracts in Cumbria

Microsoft
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 47 13 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 18.22% 22.81% 8.00%
As % of the Vendors category 60.26% 52.00% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 3
10th Percentile £423 £350 -
25th Percentile £450 £381 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -21.74% +144.68%
75th Percentile £594 £517 £588
90th Percentile £650 £570 -
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £407
% change year-on-year -5.26% +16.71% +11.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.11
25th Percentile - - £19.50
Median hourly rate £10.95 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.38% -12.73% +10.88%
75th Percentile £11.38 - £28.75
90th Percentile £38.43 - £40.75
North West median hourly rate £14.50 £26.25 £18.35
% change year-on-year -44.76% +43.05% -19.34%

All Vendors
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 78 25 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 30.23% 43.86% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 15
10th Percentile £276 £369 -
25th Percentile £450 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £426 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% -14.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £539 £478 £581
90th Percentile £588 £517 £588
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 1 9
10th Percentile - - £19.04
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £10.95 £24.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.38% -49.47% +91.51%
75th Percentile £11.38 - £60.00
90th Percentile £40.68 - £65.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £19.25
% change year-on-year -57.17% +94.86% -30.01%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cumbria over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Cumbria over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Cumbria

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Barrow-in-Furness -10 14 £504 +0.80%
Whitehaven +1 7 - - 2
Egremont - 4 - -
Maryport - 4 - -
Carlisle - 3 £600 - 2
Workington - 3 - - 1
Microsoft
North West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 3 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) IIS
Applications
1 34 (72.34%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (21.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (10.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Maximo
1 1 (2.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) Azure
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) BGP
1 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (2.13%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (2.13%) EIGRP
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) HSRP
1 1 (2.13%) IPsec
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) NetScaler
1 1 (2.13%) OSPF
1 1 (2.13%) RS-422
1 1 (2.13%) Skype
1 1 (2.13%) SNMP
1 1 (2.13%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (2.13%) WAN
1 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Banking
3 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (4.26%) Retail
4 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (36.17%) Analyst
2 13 (27.66%) Service Analyst
2 13 (27.66%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) IT Support
4 5 (10.64%) Coordinator
5 4 (8.51%) IT Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Senior
6 3 (6.38%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (6.38%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (6.38%) IT Technician
6 3 (6.38%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (6.38%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Support Technician
7 2 (4.26%) Administrator
7 2 (4.26%) Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
7 2 (4.26%) Help Desk Administrator
7 2 (4.26%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) JSON
1 3 (6.38%) REST
2 2 (4.26%) Swagger
2 2 (4.26%) YAML
3 1 (2.13%) .NET
3 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.13%) CSS
3 1 (2.13%) HTML
3 1 (2.13%) Jinja
3 1 (2.13%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Algorithms
1 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (57.45%) Windows
2 26 (55.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (59.57%) Customer Service
2 28 (59.57%) Decision-Making
2 28 (59.57%) Time Management
3 4 (8.51%) Agile
4 3 (6.38%) Information Security
4 3 (6.38%) Prototyping
4 3 (6.38%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (6.38%) Sprint Backlog
5 2 (4.26%) API Management
5 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
5 2 (4.26%) Data Science
5 2 (4.26%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (4.26%) DevSecOps
5 2 (4.26%) ERP
5 2 (4.26%) ITIL
5 2 (4.26%) Migration
5 2 (4.26%) Project Management
5 2 (4.26%) Risk Management
5 2 (4.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) C#
1 4 (8.51%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) C
2 1 (2.13%) Embedded C
2 1 (2.13%) Java
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) Perl
2 1 (2.13%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 38 (80.85%) SC Cleared
1 38 (80.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Degree
3 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.13%) CCNA
3 1 (2.13%) CCNP
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.13%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (57.45%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (19.15%) SLA
3 2 (4.26%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) ISO 14001
4 1 (2.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Firmware
1 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) SAP
2 1 (2.13%) Cisco
2 1 (2.13%) Citrix
2 1 (2.13%) IBM
2 1 (2.13%) Nintex
2 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.13%) Pega
2 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds