Microsoft Contracts in Leicester

Microsoft
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 9 20 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 7.96% 17.86% 7.37%
As % of the Vendors category 15.00% 34.48% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 12
10th Percentile £242 £313 £137
25th Percentile £569 £319 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +15.38% -29.73%
75th Percentile £625 £438 £359
90th Percentile £688 £444 £399
Leicestershire median daily rate £429 £355 £215
% change year-on-year +20.77% +65.12% -46.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £13.40 £13.20
Median % change year-on-year - +1.52% -
Leicestershire median hourly rate - £13.40 £13.20
% change year-on-year - +1.52% -

All Vendors
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 60 58 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 53.10% 51.79% 34.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 47 51
10th Percentile £122 £293 £200
25th Percentile £325 £355 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year +31.65% -1.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £625 £438 £488
90th Percentile £657 £497 £663
Leicestershire median daily rate £474 £395 £350
% change year-on-year +20.00% +12.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £13.20
Median % change year-on-year - +70.45% -17.50%
Leicestershire median hourly rate - £22.50 £13.20
% change year-on-year - +70.45% -17.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Leicester over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) IaaS
4 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 1 (11.11%) Yammer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Big Data
1 2 (22.22%) Data Lake
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) NoSQL
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) IAM Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Data Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Data Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) LDAP
1 3 (33.33%) OAuth
1 3 (33.33%) OpenID
1 3 (33.33%) SailPoint
1 3 (33.33%) SAML
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) RBAC
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) API Design
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Open Source
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 3 (33.33%) Python
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Okta