Microsoft
South East > Home Counties
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 19 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 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +6 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties | 12.50% | 20.00% | 16.67% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 33.33% | 33.33% | 30.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £490 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £550 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £650 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.92% | +30.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £725 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £770 | £795 |
| South East median daily rate | £470 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.05% | +5.60% | +5.84% |
All Vendors
Home Counties
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 Home Counties.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 3 | 15 | 76 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties | 37.50% | 60.00% | 55.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £476 | £450 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £497 | £550 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £800 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.81% | +39.13% | -28.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £1,100 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £589 | - | £788 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +6.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Home Counties.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Home Counties.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Home Counties 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: