Microsoft Contracts in Somerset

Microsoft
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 3 7 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 33 31 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 16.58% 14.98% 15.12%
As % of the Vendors category 44.59% 46.27% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 19
10th Percentile £135 £300 £174
25th Percentile £165 £307 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £525 £445
Median % change year-on-year -55.24% +17.98% +18.27%
75th Percentile £588 £694 £500
90th Percentile £600 £765 £530
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £16.70 -
25th Percentile £12.50 £17.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £19.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +22.58% -68.67%
75th Percentile £13.73 £34.75 £15.75
90th Percentile £14.13 £43.90 -
South West median hourly rate £15.89 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -51.11% -7.14% -18.00%

All Vendors
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 74 67 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 37.19% 32.37% 35.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 49 49
10th Percentile £159 £281 £218
25th Percentile £214 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +8.36%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £519
90th Percentile £603 £703 £568
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.93 -
25th Percentile £13.93 £17.94 £15.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £34.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% +122.58% -67.33%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £46.71
% change year-on-year -24.60% +34.87% +3.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Somerset

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Bath +3 10 £500 +11.11% 21
Taunton +3 7 £594 -14.38% 3
Bridgwater - 4 £104 - 15
Yeovil -3 3 £245 +28.95% 10
Clevedon - 2 £210 -
Portishead - 1 £160 -
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 6 (18.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (9.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) BigCommerce
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Firewall
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) VoIP
1 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (9.09%) Wireless
2 2 (6.06%) DHCP
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) Network Security
3 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.03%) VLAN
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Retail
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Legal
5 3 (9.09%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (12.12%) Technical Support
2 3 (9.09%) Administrator
2 3 (9.09%) Analyst
2 3 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Consultant
2 3 (9.09%) CRM Consultant
2 3 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
2 3 (9.09%) Governance Manager
2 3 (9.09%) IT Governance Manager
2 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Lead
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Consultant
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
2 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Support Assistant
2 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Technical Assistant
2 3 (9.09%) Technical Support Assistant
3 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Blog
1 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Handset
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.03%) Replication
2 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.03%) Android
3 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.03%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Asset Management
1 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.12%) CRM
2 4 (12.12%) Customer Experience
2 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
2 4 (12.12%) Data Management
2 4 (12.12%) Document Management
3 3 (9.09%) Analytics
3 3 (9.09%) B2B
3 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (9.09%) Customer Acquisition
3 3 (9.09%) Data Entry
3 3 (9.09%) EAM
3 3 (9.09%) Information Management
3 3 (9.09%) IT Governance
3 3 (9.09%) Line Management
3 3 (9.09%) Load Balancing
3 3 (9.09%) Programme Management
3 3 (9.09%) Software Asset Management
3 3 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.03%) MCDST
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) GDPR
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) ISA99
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
3 1 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) SAP
2 3 (9.09%) Adobe
2 3 (9.09%) Aruba
2 3 (9.09%) CheckPoint
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco
2 3 (9.09%) Dell
2 3 (9.09%) F5
2 3 (9.09%) Intel
2 3 (9.09%) Meraki
2 3 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 3 (9.09%) Sitecore
3 2 (6.06%) McAfee
4 1 (3.03%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) VMware