Microsoft Contracts in Milton Keynes

Microsoft
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 76 142 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 19.29% 18.86% 18.06%
As % of the Vendors category 37.07% 45.08% 36.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 121 94
10th Percentile £175 £230 £147
25th Percentile £231 £335 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £434
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +10.66% -9.64%
75th Percentile £533 £550 £500
90th Percentile £550 £594 £538
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £454 £480 £434
% change year-on-year -5.33% +10.66% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 17
10th Percentile £18.00 - £10.12
25th Percentile £22.54 £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £10.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +132.15% -7.15% -17.15%
75th Percentile £48.75 £10.50 -
90th Percentile - - £12.15
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.22 £10.00 £10.77
% change year-on-year +132.15% -7.15% -17.15%

All Vendors
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 205 315 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 52.03% 41.83% 49.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 261 261
10th Percentile £225 £275 £200
25th Percentile £416 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £567 £550 £575
90th Percentile £674 £625 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 29
10th Percentile £19.35 - £10.32
25th Percentile £22.59 £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.09 £10.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +140.90% -7.15% -17.03%
75th Percentile £44.06 £10.50 £12.31
90th Percentile £48.75 - £13.60
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.09 £10.00 £10.77
% change year-on-year +140.90% -7.15% -17.03%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.95%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.16%) Azure
3 3 (3.95%) OneDrive
3 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.32%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.32%) PaaS
4 1 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.74%) SAN
1 15 (19.74%) TCP/IP
2 7 (9.21%) DHCP
2 7 (9.21%) DNS
2 7 (9.21%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) RS-232
4 2 (2.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
1 3 (3.95%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Subversion
1 4 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.32%) Postman
General
1 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Finance
4 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
6 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Developer
2 15 (19.74%) Python Developer
3 13 (17.11%) Analyst
4 9 (11.84%) Senior
5 7 (9.21%) Software Developer
6 6 (7.89%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Lead
7 5 (6.58%) PMO Lead
7 5 (6.58%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.58%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.58%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Active Directory Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Backend Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Windows Support Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Architect
9 3 (3.95%) Programmer
9 3 (3.95%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) .NET
1 1 (1.32%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.32%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Management Information System
1 7 (9.21%) PKI
2 5 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.95%) Wiki
4 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.32%) Windows
2 16 (21.05%) Linux
3 15 (19.74%) Debian
3 15 (19.74%) Ubuntu
4 12 (15.79%) Windows 10
5 5 (6.58%) Windows 7
6 4 (5.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.11%) Agile
2 28 (36.84%) ITIL
3 17 (22.37%) Customer Service
4 15 (19.74%) Data Modelling
5 13 (17.11%) Configuration Management
5 13 (17.11%) Data Engineering
5 13 (17.11%) Prototyping
5 13 (17.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (14.47%) Matrix Organization
8 9 (11.84%) Problem Management
9 8 (10.53%) Incident Management
9 8 (10.53%) Migration
10 7 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (7.89%) Information Security
11 6 (7.89%) Release Management
11 6 (7.89%) Software Engineering
12 5 (6.58%) Logistics
12 5 (6.58%) Project Management
12 5 (6.58%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) Python
2 5 (6.58%) C#
3 4 (5.26%) C
3 4 (5.26%) SQL
4 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (61.84%) Security Cleared
2 43 (56.58%) SC Cleared
3 27 (35.53%) DV Cleared
4 10 (13.16%) Degree
5 2 (2.63%) ISEB
5 2 (2.63%) VCAP
5 2 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) SLA
2 5 (6.58%) PMO
3 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (22.37%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.63%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) SCCM
2 3 (3.95%) SCOM
3 1 (1.32%) Ansible
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (26.32%) VMware
2 16 (21.05%) Red Hat
3 3 (3.95%) Ariba
3 3 (3.95%) Cisco
3 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.95%) SAP
4 2 (2.63%) HP
4 2 (2.63%) McAfee
4 2 (2.63%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.32%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle
5 1 (1.32%) Remedy
5 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.32%) Veeam