Microsoft Contracts in Staffordshire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 10 32 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 9.52% 21.92% 23.63%
As % of the Vendors category 26.32% 47.76% 51.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 26 33
10th Percentile £131 £145 £124
25th Percentile £165 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £175 £200
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -12.50% -44.83%
75th Percentile £488 £350 £444
90th Percentile £556 £438 £489
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £13.46 - £14.65
25th Percentile £17.26 - £16.38
Median hourly rate £24.22 - £19.50
75th Percentile £31.80 - £22.38
90th Percentile £35.97 - £23.95
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £16.23 £16.00
% change year-on-year -13.71% +1.41% -11.11%

All Vendors
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 38 67 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 36.19% 45.89% 45.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 50 57
10th Percentile £152 £159 £140
25th Percentile £231 £163 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -22.58%
75th Percentile £438 £508 £450
90th Percentile £568 £663 £552
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £13.20 £47.58 £14.65
25th Percentile £14.71 £47.69 £16.38
Median hourly rate £15.61 £49.75 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.63% +155.13% -30.36%
75th Percentile £27.63 £52.06 £22.38
90th Percentile £50.25 £52.33 £23.95
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £18.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +7.84% +7.06% -4.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Staffordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Staffordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Staffordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Staffordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Staffordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stoke-on-Trent +2 3 £425 +123.68% 28
Burton-upon-Trent +2 3 £550 +10.00% 6
Uttoxeter -1 1 £135 -15.63%
Stafford -3 1 - - 5
Microsoft
West Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) MS Access
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Project Leader
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) CRM
1 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) CAFM
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) VMware