Microsoft Contracts in Portsmouth

Microsoft
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 54 50 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 17.94% 20.41% 13.33%
As % of the Vendors category 33.75% 32.89% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 22
10th Percentile - £184 £165
25th Percentile £519 £200 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £205 £450
Median % change year-on-year +184.14% -54.40% +28.57%
75th Percentile £693 £610 £600
90th Percentile £850 £676 -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £543 £450
% change year-on-year +10.50% +20.67% +1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £21.38 £24.31 -
25th Percentile £22.69 £27.86 £12.50
Median hourly rate £26.25 £36.27 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% +119.79% -58.75%
75th Percentile £30.69 £45.56 £24.00
90th Percentile £32.53 £49.64 £62.15
Hampshire median hourly rate £15.00 £19.74 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.99% +11.88% +26.00%

All Vendors
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 160 152 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 53.16% 62.04% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 99 51
10th Percentile £450 £200 £165
25th Percentile £519 £268 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.13% +3.78% -
75th Percentile £650 £587 £588
90th Percentile £816 £676 £603
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £525 £489
% change year-on-year +9.52% +7.27% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 8 20
10th Percentile - £38.52 £12.50
25th Percentile £53.40 £50.41 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £54.50 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% +23.23% +10.56%
75th Percentile £62.00 £58.75 £62.15
90th Percentile £72.00 £62.51 £66.88
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.35 £51.00 £20.59
% change year-on-year +12.45% +147.69% -12.38%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Portsmouth

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Portsmouth

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Portsmouth

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 9 (16.67%) Confluence
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.56%) Azure
4 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) DNS
2 9 (16.67%) DHCP
3 6 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.56%) Network Security
5 1 (1.85%) SAN
5 1 (1.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 36 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Military
4 6 (11.11%) Retail
4 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Lead
2 9 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Architect
3 8 (14.81%) Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) IT Support
5 6 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (9.26%) Technical Architect
7 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) IAM Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Identity and Access Management Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Identity Management Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) Management Consultant
8 3 (5.56%) SIEM Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Cyber Defence Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Information Security Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) Operations Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 21 (38.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 17 (31.48%) Cyber Defence
2 17 (31.48%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 9 (16.67%) PKI
5 6 (11.11%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 11 (20.37%) Windows Server
3 9 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (14.81%) Windows 10
5 6 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 6 (11.11%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.70%) Linux
7 1 (1.85%) CentOS
7 1 (1.85%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (37.04%) SIEM
3 19 (35.19%) Information Security
4 18 (33.33%) CRM
4 18 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 17 (31.48%) Protective Monitoring
6 16 (29.63%) Incident Management
6 16 (29.63%) Mentoring
6 16 (29.63%) Use Case
7 15 (27.78%) Agile
7 15 (27.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 13 (24.07%) Case Management
8 13 (24.07%) SOAR
9 12 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 12 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
10 9 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
10 9 (16.67%) Regression Testing
10 9 (16.67%) Test Scripting
11 7 (12.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 26 (48.15%) DV Cleared
3 20 (37.04%) SC Cleared
4 9 (16.67%) MCSA
4 9 (16.67%) MCSE
4 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.33%) NIST
1 18 (33.33%) NIST 800
2 6 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.70%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.85%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 12 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.85%) Aruba
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco
3 1 (1.85%) Google
3 1 (1.85%) McAfee
3 1 (1.85%) NetApp
3 1 (1.85%) Veeam