Microsoft Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 356 615 833
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.76% 18.93% 16.56%
As % of the Vendors category 29.84% 37.82% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 461 625
10th Percentile £160 £160 £146
25th Percentile £258 £295 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £569 £563 £520
90th Percentile £667 £688 £625
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 22 39
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.05 £9.57
25th Percentile £12.75 £12.82 £10.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.71 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.21% +11.38% +8.23%
75th Percentile £20.00 £23.94 £20.26
90th Percentile £38.75 £26.48 £23.35
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year -30.23% +21.88% +0.80%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,193 1,626 2,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.74% 50.05% 43.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 1,092 1,516
10th Percentile £213 £205 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +13.58%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £563
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
England median daily rate £515 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -3.01% +1.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 68
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.64 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.00 £13.15
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.71 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +21.42% +13.68%
75th Percentile £26.50 £32.56 £22.88
90th Percentile £45.50 £66.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the Midlands

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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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -3 236 £400 -8.57% 445
East Midlands -3 113 £400 +6.67% 257
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England

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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 44 (12.36%) SharePoint
2 37 (10.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.97%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) Apache
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.56%) SAS
4 2 (0.56%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 58 (16.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.37%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.28%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.84%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.56%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.56%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (32.30%) Azure
2 97 (27.25%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (16.57%) Power Platform
4 30 (8.43%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (6.74%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.62%) SaaS
7 19 (5.34%) AWS
8 18 (5.06%) Power Automate
8 18 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.78%) Entra ID
10 15 (4.21%) PaaS
11 13 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (3.09%) IaaS
13 8 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.69%) OCI
14 6 (1.69%) Serverless
15 5 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 5 (1.40%) Azure Functions
15 5 (1.40%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.71%) DNS
2 20 (5.62%) VPN
3 18 (5.06%) Firewall
4 17 (4.78%) SAN
5 15 (4.21%) DHCP
5 15 (4.21%) WAN
6 12 (3.37%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.09%) LAN
8 10 (2.81%) NetScaler
9 8 (2.25%) Fibre Channel
9 8 (2.25%) Wireless
10 7 (1.97%) Internet
10 7 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (1.69%) Kerberos
11 6 (1.69%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.40%) Intranet
12 5 (1.40%) VLAN
13 4 (1.12%) Ethernet
13 4 (1.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.48%) Power BI
2 44 (12.36%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.25%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.97%) Tableau
6 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.69%) MySQL
6 6 (1.69%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.84%) Big Data
9 3 (0.84%) Power Query
10 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.56%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (2.53%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.97%) Git
2 7 (1.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (1.12%) GitLab
3 4 (1.12%) JIRA
4 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.84%) NUnit
5 2 (0.56%) Moq
5 2 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.56%) webpack
6 1 (0.28%) Ant
6 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.28%) Gradle
6 1 (0.28%) Hudson
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) PVCS
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 125 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.98%) Finance
3 62 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.46%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.49%) Legal
6 14 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.65%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.09%) Marketing
9 10 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.97%) Automotive
13 5 (1.40%) Advertising
14 4 (1.12%) Electronics
14 4 (1.12%) Local Government
14 4 (1.12%) Publishing
14 4 (1.12%) Retail
15 3 (0.84%) Banking
16 2 (0.56%) Cantonese Language
16 2 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 71 (19.94%) Analyst
2 38 (10.67%) Developer
3 34 (9.55%) Architect
4 32 (8.99%) Administrator
5 23 (6.46%) 2nd Line Support
6 21 (5.90%) Consultant
6 21 (5.90%) Senior
7 16 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.21%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.93%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 13 (3.65%) Lead
11 12 (3.37%) Service Analyst
11 12 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
12 11 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 11 (3.09%) IT Manager
13 10 (2.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (2.81%) IT Engineer
13 10 (2.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 10 (2.81%) Power Platform Developer
13 10 (2.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.49%) .NET
2 10 (2.81%) LDAP
3 8 (2.25%) .NET Framework
3 8 (2.25%) Web Services
4 7 (1.97%) XML
5 6 (1.69%) React
5 6 (1.69%) SailPoint
5 6 (1.69%) Spring
6 5 (1.40%) XSLT
7 4 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.12%) Entity Framework
7 4 (1.12%) Flask
7 4 (1.12%) HTML
7 4 (1.12%) SAML
7 4 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.84%) ADO
8 3 (0.84%) JSON
8 3 (0.84%) OAuth
8 3 (0.84%) OpenID
8 3 (0.84%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.46%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.49%) PKI
3 12 (3.37%) Data Structures
3 12 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.81%) Replication
6 9 (2.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.69%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.40%) Clustering
8 5 (1.40%) iPad
8 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.12%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.12%) Thin Client
10 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.84%) Grid Computing
10 3 (0.84%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 116 (32.58%) Windows
2 53 (14.89%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.08%) Windows 10
4 24 (6.74%) Linux
5 19 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.37%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.81%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (2.25%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.12%) CentOS
11 4 (1.12%) Debian
11 4 (1.12%) VMS
11 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.28%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (14.33%) Customer Service
3 48 (13.48%) Migration
4 44 (12.36%) Agile
4 44 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (9.27%) Change Management
6 32 (8.99%) ITIL
7 30 (8.43%) Analytics
8 29 (8.15%) DevOps
9 26 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (7.02%) Data Modelling
10 25 (7.02%) Decision-Making
11 24 (6.74%) Information Security
11 24 (6.74%) Service Delivery
12 23 (6.46%) Project Management
13 22 (6.18%) CRM
14 21 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (5.06%) Business Analysis
15 18 (5.06%) Computer Science
16 17 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.92%) SQL
2 45 (12.64%) PowerShell
3 21 (5.90%) Python
4 16 (4.49%) C#
5 11 (3.09%) Java
6 9 (2.53%) Bash
6 9 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.25%) Swift
8 4 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.84%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.56%) ABAP
10 2 (0.56%) Bicep
10 2 (0.56%) C
10 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.56%) VB
10 2 (0.56%) X++
11 1 (0.28%) CLIST
11 1 (0.28%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 61 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 48 (13.48%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.36%) Degree
4 20 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (5.06%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.97%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.69%) CISSP
9 6 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.69%) PMP
10 5 (1.40%) APMP
10 5 (1.40%) MCSE
10 5 (1.40%) OSCP
11 4 (1.12%) BC Cleared
11 4 (1.12%) ISEB
11 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.12%) MCITP
11 4 (1.12%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.62%) SLA
2 9 (2.53%) NIST
3 8 (2.25%) GDPR
3 8 (2.25%) QA
4 7 (1.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.97%) NIST 800
4 7 (1.97%) PMO
5 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.84%) GRC
5 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 90 (25.28%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (2.81%) XenApp
4 10 (2.81%) XenDesktop
5 9 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.53%) vSphere
6 8 (2.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 7 (1.97%) Hyper-V
8 6 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.69%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.40%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.56%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.56%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.28%) Docker
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (7.30%) SCCM
2 22 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.06%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.53%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.97%) SCOM
6 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (1.40%) Terraform
7 4 (1.12%) SCSM
8 3 (0.84%) Ansible
8 3 (0.84%) Autotask
8 3 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.84%) Kibana
9 2 (0.56%) logstash
9 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.28%) Puppet
10 1 (0.28%) Rancher
10 1 (0.28%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (10.67%) VMware
2 31 (8.71%) Oracle
3 18 (5.06%) SAP
4 15 (4.21%) Citrix
5 14 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.65%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.09%) NetApp
7 11 (3.09%) Okta
8 9 (2.53%) Google
9 8 (2.25%) Apple
10 7 (1.97%) Cisco
11 6 (1.69%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.40%) Autodesk
12 5 (1.40%) CA
13 4 (1.12%) Computacenter
14 3 (0.84%) BT
14 3 (0.84%) Datto
14 3 (0.84%) Openreach
14 3 (0.84%) Sophos
14 3 (0.84%) Veeam