Microsoft Contracts in Durham

Microsoft
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 3 3 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 9 14 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 12.33% 21.88% 29.58%
As % of the Vendors category 45.00% 38.89% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 19
10th Percentile - £155 £104
25th Percentile £163 £227 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £238 £150
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +58.33% -53.85%
75th Percentile £188 £254 £188
90th Percentile £209 £265 £215
North East median daily rate £325 £238 £450
% change year-on-year +36.84% -47.22% +41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.77 - -
North East median hourly rate £20.77 £49.00 £16.43
% change year-on-year -57.61% +198.23% +13.04%

All Vendors
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20 36 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 27.40% 56.25% 54.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 29
10th Percentile - £228 £113
25th Percentile £163 £231 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £413 £160
Median % change year-on-year -57.58% +157.81% -20.79%
75th Percentile £675 £538 £215
90th Percentile - £595 £298
North East median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £10.97 - -
25th Percentile £11.44 - -
Median hourly rate £16.11 - -
75th Percentile £20.77 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £17.50 £49.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -64.29% +188.24% +25.93%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Durham

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Durham region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Hartlepool - 3 - - 1
Stockton-on-Tees - 1 £230 - 2
Microsoft
North East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Support Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO