Microsoft Contracts in Sheffield

Microsoft
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 26 14 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 28 48 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.39% 10.57% 13.66%
As % of the Vendors category 13.27% 28.24% 36.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 40 43
10th Percentile £175 £363 £121
25th Percentile £185 £463 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £525 £410
Median % change year-on-year -54.76% +28.05% +26.15%
75th Percentile £508 £638 £488
90th Percentile £566 £705 £575
South Yorkshire median daily rate £250 £506 £419
% change year-on-year -50.62% +20.90% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £14.50 - £12.75
25th Percentile £17.31 £17.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +22.14% +6.85%
75th Percentile - £22.50 £17.41
90th Percentile - - £18.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.38 £20.00 £17.36
% change year-on-year -33.13% +15.21% +10.84%

All Vendors
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 211 170 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 55.67% 37.44% 37.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 124 120
10th Percentile £250 £400 £224
25th Percentile £430 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £541
90th Percentile £650 £700 £595
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £544 £450
% change year-on-year -12.64% +20.83% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £14.50 £12.30 £11.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £14.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +10.75% +4.40%
75th Percentile - £20.11 £17.22
90th Percentile - £21.54 £18.10
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.00 £17.72 £18.25
% change year-on-year -20.99% -2.90% +16.52%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (39.29%) Azure
3 6 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (14.29%) OCI
5 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (3.57%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (35.71%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) Law
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) IT Support
2 6 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (21.43%) Support Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) IT Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Customer Service
2 7 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (17.86%) CRM
4 4 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (10.71%) ERP
5 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.71%) Waterfall
6 2 (7.14%) Change Management
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
6 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 2 (7.14%) Migration
6 2 (7.14%) Programme Management
6 2 (7.14%) Project Governance
6 2 (7.14%) Release Management
6 2 (7.14%) SDLC
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Storage Management
7 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.57%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.57%) Puppet
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Adaptive Insights
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Mitel
2 1 (3.57%) MobileIron
2 1 (3.57%) NetApp
2 1 (3.57%) Veritas