Microsoft Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 161 204
Rank change year-on-year +32 +43 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 7 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.25% 0.087% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.092% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile - £269 £220
25th Percentile - £365 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +23.53% +139.44%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile £360 - -
England median daily rate £470 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% +26.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,541 3,250 4,823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 94.53% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 2,283 3,535
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 127 174
10th Percentile £11.85 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.19
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.33% +13.18%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.40 £60.50 £33.60
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in the Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in the Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in the Midlands

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +33 7 £350 -33.33% 1
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (85.71%) OneDrive
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 6 (85.71%) Unified Communications
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2019
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
2 6 (85.71%) Power BI
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
2 6 (85.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 6 (85.71%) Digital Signage
2 6 (85.71%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 6 (85.71%) PowerApps
2 6 (85.71%) Power Automate
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) PKI
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (85.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
2 6 (85.71%) OneDrive
2 6 (85.71%) Power Automate
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 6 (85.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Power BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (14.29%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Signage
1 6 (85.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 6 (85.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (85.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle