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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 37 27 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 17.87% 13.85% 15.12%
As % of the Vendors category 49.33% 45.76% 40.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 20
10th Percentile £136 £198 £175
25th Percentile £186 £306 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £506 £435
Median % change year-on-year -31.60% +16.38% +16.00%
75th Percentile £588 £666 £500
90th Percentile £604 £717 £530
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% +12.58%
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 £18.00 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -22.86% +42.86%

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 75 59 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 36.23% 30.26% 37.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 41 54
10th Percentile £174 £203 £196
25th Percentile £205 £325 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £500
90th Percentile £608 £688 £532
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £13.93 £17.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% +22.58% -67.33%
75th Percentile - £34.75 £15.75
90th Percentile - £43.90 -
South West median hourly rate £47.50 £60.70 £45.93
% change year-on-year -21.75% +32.17% +8.06%

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 12 May 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 12 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
Bath +2 10 £538 +19.44% 17
Taunton +3 7 £594 -13.23% 5
Bridgwater - 7 £120 - 18
Yeovil -3 3 £245 +28.95% 14
Clevedon - 2 £210 -
Street -1 1 £195 -36.79% 7
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 (16.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (8.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.11%) BigCommerce
3 2 (5.41%) Azure
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Firewall
1 3 (8.11%) LAN
1 3 (8.11%) VoIP
1 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (8.11%) Wireless
2 2 (5.41%) DHCP
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) DNS
3 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.70%) VLAN
3 1 (2.70%) VPN
General
1 23 (62.16%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Retail
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.11%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
2 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (8.11%) Administrator
2 3 (8.11%) Analyst
2 3 (8.11%) Commercial Officer
2 3 (8.11%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (8.11%) Consultant
2 3 (8.11%) CRM Consultant
2 3 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
2 3 (8.11%) Governance Manager
2 3 (8.11%) IT Governance Manager
2 3 (8.11%) IT Manager
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Consultant
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
2 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
2 3 (8.11%) Support Assistant
2 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
2 3 (8.11%) Technical Assistant
2 3 (8.11%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Blog
1 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.41%) SCADA
3 1 (2.70%) Handset
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.70%) Android
3 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Asset Management
2 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.51%) Validation
4 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (10.81%) CRM
4 4 (10.81%) Customer Experience
4 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
4 4 (10.81%) Data Management
4 4 (10.81%) Document Management
5 3 (8.11%) Analytics
5 3 (8.11%) B2B
5 3 (8.11%) Customer Acquisition
5 3 (8.11%) Data Entry
5 3 (8.11%) EAM
5 3 (8.11%) Global Marketing
5 3 (8.11%) IT Governance
5 3 (8.11%) Line Management
5 3 (8.11%) Load Balancing
5 3 (8.11%) Software Asset Management
5 3 (8.11%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.70%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.70%) MCDST
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) GDPR
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) QA
3 2 (5.41%) ISA99
3 2 (5.41%) NIST
3 2 (5.41%) NIST 800
3 2 (5.41%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.41%) SCCM
2 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) SAP
2 3 (8.11%) Adobe
2 3 (8.11%) Aruba
2 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco
2 3 (8.11%) Dell
2 3 (8.11%) F5
2 3 (8.11%) Intel
2 3 (8.11%) Meraki
2 3 (8.11%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.11%) Sitecore
3 2 (5.41%) LogRhythm
3 2 (5.41%) McAfee
4 1 (2.70%) VMware