Microsoft Contracts in Gloucester

Microsoft
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester 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 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 22 54 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 26.83% 36.73% 23.49%
As % of the Vendors category 51.16% 58.06% 44.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 47 19
10th Percentile £193 £200 £154
25th Percentile £381 £275 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £400 £225
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% +77.78% -58.14%
75th Percentile £594 £530 £334
90th Percentile - £600 £439
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +11.76% +13.33% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £18.13 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -44.22% - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £16.00 £32.50 £15.74
% change year-on-year -50.77% +106.48% -49.14%

All Vendors
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 43 93 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 52.44% 63.27% 52.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 51
10th Percentile £330 £275 £179
25th Percentile £463 £400 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £594 £538 £518
90th Percentile £625 £600 £563
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £15.74
% change year-on-year +3.85% +312.96% -68.52%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Gloucester over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) NAS
1 1 (4.55%) SAN
1 1 (4.55%) Skype
1 1 (4.55%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 19 (86.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Architect
1 8 (36.36%) Technical Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 4 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Applications Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Power Apps Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) CMDB
2 4 (18.18%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Fat Client
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 3 (13.64%) Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
2 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Migration
3 5 (22.73%) Patch Management
3 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (18.18%) Cost Management
4 4 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (18.18%) Information Security
4 4 (18.18%) Line Management
4 4 (18.18%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (18.18%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) CA
1 1 (4.55%) SAP
1 1 (4.55%) VMware