Microsoft Contracts in Essex

Microsoft
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 26 42 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 11.87% 17.72% 21.75%
As % of the Vendors category 37.68% 39.25% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 54
10th Percentile £103 £209 £125
25th Percentile £185 £228 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £340 £402
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -15.37% +224.15%
75th Percentile £550 £496 £525
90th Percentile £597 £635 £621
East of England median daily rate £428 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +0.59% +13.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 18
10th Percentile £11.61 £22.13 £13.55
25th Percentile £12.13 £25.31 £15.00
Median hourly rate £12.56 £31.25 £18.55
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% +68.46% +1.53%
75th Percentile £21.90 £37.81 £27.81
90th Percentile £54.62 £41.38 £42.46
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £13.58 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.98% -6.34% -18.31%

All Vendors
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 69 107 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 31.51% 45.15% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 69 129
10th Percentile £186 £159 £177
25th Percentile £350 £261 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.44% -5.26% +45.04%
75th Percentile £575 £530 £552
90th Percentile £652 £604 £609
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 29
10th Percentile - £26.38 £13.70
25th Percentile £12.13 £35.94 £18.55
Median hourly rate £28.04 £54.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.08% +151.16% +16.45%
75th Percentile £64.25 £66.88 £28.41
90th Percentile - £68.91 £68.94
East of England median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £16.00
% change year-on-year +7.87% +23.81% -9.09%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Essex over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Essex

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Essex region over the 6 months to 6 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
Basildon -2 4 £105 -72.49% 10
Colchester -3 4 £550 +22.22% 10
Southend-on-Sea +5 3 - - 2
Chelmsford +4 3 £190 -58.81% 13
Witham - 2 £475 -
Braintree - 2 £513 -
Microsoft
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.54%) IIS
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (11.54%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Google Drive
3 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
1 3 (11.54%) VPN
1 3 (11.54%) Wireshark
2 2 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (7.69%) WAN
2 2 (7.69%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Fiddler
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Automotive
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Administrator
2 4 (15.38%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Java Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Full Stack Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Full Stack Java Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Project Administrator
3 3 (11.54%) SharePoint Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) React Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Deskside Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Remote Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) React
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
2 3 (11.54%) CSS
2 3 (11.54%) HTML
2 3 (11.54%) SAML
3 1 (3.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) NHS
2 2 (7.69%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) DevOps
1 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 4 (15.38%) Full Stack Development
2 4 (15.38%) ITIL
2 4 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 3 (11.54%) Agile
3 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
3 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
3 3 (11.54%) Employee Productivity
3 3 (11.54%) Project Management
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (7.69%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (7.69%) TDD
4 2 (7.69%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.85%) Network Management
5 1 (3.85%) SABSA
5 1 (3.85%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Java
2 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
3 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (11.54%) CCNA
4 3 (11.54%) CCNP
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (11.54%) MCSA
5 2 (7.69%) ECDL
6 1 (3.85%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.85%) MCSE
6 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) SCOM
1 3 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) F5
1 3 (11.54%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) Apple
2 1 (3.85%) VMware