Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 655 814 1,028
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.96% 14.26% 14.41%
As % of the Vendors category 32.96% 35.70% 38.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 569 698
10th Percentile £163 £184 £140
25th Percentile £250 £315 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £525
90th Percentile £650 £638 £613
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 28 103
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.65 £9.92
25th Percentile £11.10 £17.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.40% +51.43% -0.77%
75th Percentile £18.19 £39.91 £27.88
90th Percentile £26.43 £50.55 £44.69
England median hourly rate £15.00 £20.97 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.45% +13.32% +1.26%

All Vendors
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,987 2,280 2,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.34% 39.94% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,546 1,828
10th Percentile £250 £235 £175
25th Percentile £388 £395 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.55% +8.38%
75th Percentile £587 £595 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £644
England median daily rate £520 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 66 162
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.97 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.53 £19.17 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.17 £37.50 £17.73
Median % change year-on-year -59.55% +111.57% -9.51%
75th Percentile £24.15 £47.75 £26.88
90th Percentile £46.18 £53.17 £48.55
England median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% +83.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +3 389 £450 -5.26% 507
Yorkshire +2 227 £378 -20.53% 327
North East +12 41 £325 +36.84% 115
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 63 (9.62%) SharePoint
2 47 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.61%) IBM Notes
3 4 (0.61%) IIS
3 4 (0.61%) WordPress
4 3 (0.46%) Confluence
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.15%) Site Server
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 196 (29.92%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (12.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (1.53%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.22%) CATIA
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.37%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.22%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.46%) Maximo
5 2 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.31%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 156 (23.82%) Azure
2 152 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (7.63%) Power Platform
4 48 (7.33%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.72%) Entra ID
6 28 (4.27%) AWS
7 21 (3.21%) SaaS
8 20 (3.05%) Taleo
9 15 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.29%) IaaS
10 14 (2.14%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 12 (1.83%) PaaS
12 10 (1.53%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.92%) OCI
14 6 (0.92%) Power Automate
15 5 (0.76%) Akamai
15 5 (0.76%) Cloudflare
16 4 (0.61%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 35 (5.34%) Firewall
2 30 (4.58%) DNS
3 21 (3.21%) DHCP
4 18 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (2.14%) LAN
6 13 (1.98%) VPN
7 11 (1.68%) SAN
8 10 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (1.07%) WAN
10 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.92%) WAAS
11 5 (0.76%) Internet
11 5 (0.76%) VoIP
12 4 (0.61%) Network Security
12 4 (0.61%) VLAN
13 3 (0.46%) Intranet
14 2 (0.31%) Modbus
14 2 (0.31%) MQTT
14 2 (0.31%) NetScaler
14 2 (0.31%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (6.11%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.50%) Power BI
3 15 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.76%) GIS
8 4 (0.61%) MySQL
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau
9 3 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 17 (2.60%) JIRA
2 16 (2.44%) Git
3 9 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.46%) GitLab
5 3 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.31%) AppScan
6 2 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.15%) gulp
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 263 (40.15%) Social Skills
2 79 (12.06%) Finance
3 57 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.73%) Banking
6 24 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.68%) Law
10 11 (1.68%) Legal
11 10 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.22%) Retail
13 7 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.76%) Marketing
15 4 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.46%) Local Government
16 3 (0.46%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.31%) French Language
Job Titles
1 101 (15.42%) Analyst
2 54 (8.24%) IT Support
3 43 (6.56%) Architect
3 43 (6.56%) Lead
4 40 (6.11%) Support Engineer
5 39 (5.95%) Senior
6 36 (5.50%) Developer
7 33 (5.04%) Service Analyst
7 33 (5.04%) Service Desk Analyst
8 31 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 31 (4.73%) IT Engineer
9 29 (4.43%) Consultant
10 27 (4.12%) Project Manager
11 23 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
11 23 (3.51%) Administrator
12 20 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (3.05%) IT Technician
12 20 (3.05%) Service Desk Agent
13 19 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.83%) .NET
2 8 (1.22%) JSON
2 8 (1.22%) SailPoint
3 7 (1.07%) CSS
3 7 (1.07%) HTML
3 7 (1.07%) PyTorch
3 7 (1.07%) TensorFlow
4 6 (0.92%) REST
4 6 (0.92%) Web Services
5 5 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 4 (0.61%) Node.js
6 4 (0.61%) RESTful
7 3 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.46%) Spring
7 3 (0.46%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.46%) XHTML
8 2 (0.31%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.31%) LDAP
8 2 (0.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.73%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 22 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
3 20 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.44%) NHS
5 11 (1.68%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.53%) PKI
6 10 (1.53%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.37%) Clustering
8 8 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.92%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.76%) CCTV
10 5 (0.76%) iPhone
10 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.76%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.76%) Social Media
10 5 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 208 (31.76%) Windows
2 125 (19.08%) Windows 10
3 49 (7.48%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.29%) Linux
5 14 (2.14%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.98%) Windows 7
6 13 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (1.68%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.37%) Android
9 8 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.07%) VMS
11 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.15%) Unix
13 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (19.54%) Customer Service
3 75 (11.45%) Decision-Making
4 63 (9.62%) Agile
5 55 (8.40%) Migration
6 51 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
7 50 (7.63%) ITIL
8 48 (7.33%) Project Management
9 45 (6.87%) DevOps
10 44 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
11 42 (6.41%) Time Management
12 37 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (5.19%) Mentoring
14 31 (4.73%) Information Security
14 31 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (4.58%) Incident Response
16 29 (4.43%) Incident Management
16 29 (4.43%) Service Delivery
16 29 (4.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.09%) SQL
2 38 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 30 (4.58%) Python
4 15 (2.29%) C#
5 14 (2.14%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.83%) Java
7 8 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.76%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) C
9 2 (0.31%) PHP
9 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.15%) Fortran
10 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.15%) Perl
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Tcl
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 115 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 80 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.60%) Degree
4 34 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.44%) CISSP
7 14 (2.14%) CISM
7 14 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 12 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.83%) MCSE
10 9 (1.37%) CCNA
10 9 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.92%) MBA
11 6 (0.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.95%) SLA
2 28 (4.27%) Disclosure Scotland
3 25 (3.82%) QA
4 22 (3.36%) NIST
5 17 (2.60%) NIST 800
6 12 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.37%) PMO
8 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.76%) GDPR
10 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) COREP
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) FINREP
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.15%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 169 (25.80%) Active Directory
2 43 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.22%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (1.07%) Docker
6 7 (1.07%) KVM
7 5 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.46%) vSphere
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) Firmware
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (4.27%) SCCM
3 13 (1.98%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.68%) Terraform
5 9 (1.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (1.37%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.92%) Ansible
8 4 (0.61%) Grafana
8 4 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.46%) Autotask
9 3 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.46%) Puppet
10 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.31%) CA Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.31%) MaaS360
10 2 (0.31%) Nessus
10 2 (0.31%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.31%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 63 (9.62%) ServiceNow
2 57 (8.70%) VMware
3 20 (3.05%) Citrix
4 15 (2.29%) Apple
5 14 (2.14%) SAP
6 11 (1.68%) Cisco
6 11 (1.68%) Oracle
7 10 (1.53%) CyberArk
7 10 (1.53%) Google
7 10 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.22%) Siemens
9 7 (1.07%) Databricks
9 7 (1.07%) Veeam
10 6 (0.92%) CA
11 5 (0.76%) Adobe
11 5 (0.76%) F5
11 5 (0.76%) Sophos
12 4 (0.61%) Facebook
12 4 (0.61%) iManage
12 4 (0.61%) Pega