Microsoft Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 446 411 559
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.83% 14.44% 16.06%
As % of the Vendors category 35.28% 30.33% 35.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 287 415
10th Percentile £163 £208 £150
25th Percentile £225 £350 £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £480 £433
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% +10.85% -3.78%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £539
90th Percentile £608 £683 £635
South East median daily rate £465 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -0.43% +3.78% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 10 19
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.65 £10.15
25th Percentile £22.52 £17.06 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% +132.13% -47.17%
75th Percentile £59.95 £57.25 £12.18
90th Percentile £61.72 £66.19 £24.50
South East median hourly rate £20.25 £20.24 £16.50
% change year-on-year +0.07% +22.64% -14.89%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,264 1,355 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.70% 47.59% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 789 931 1,058
10th Percentile £205 £300 £185
25th Percentile £363 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £593
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 47 51
10th Percentile £16.15 £18.08 £10.75
25th Percentile £20.17 £23.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +284.62% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £29.75
90th Percentile £63.13 £80.25 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £48.75 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +8.33% +130.53% -7.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire +4 324 £500 -4.76% 114
Buckinghamshire +3 92 £454 -5.33% 106
Oxfordshire +1 30 £375 -6.25% 87
Microsoft
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 37 (8.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.67%) SAS
4 2 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Jadu
Applications
1 115 (25.78%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.22%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (2.69%) Primavera
2 6 (1.35%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.12%) Aareon QL
4 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.90%) LabWindows
5 2 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Maximo
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 104 (23.32%) Azure
2 59 (13.23%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
3 24 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (4.93%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.59%) Azure Storage
6 15 (3.36%) OCI
6 15 (3.36%) PaaS
7 13 (2.91%) SaaS
8 12 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.47%) AWS
10 9 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.79%) Azure API Management
11 8 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.79%) IaaS
11 8 (1.79%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 50 (11.21%) DNS
2 46 (10.31%) Firewall
3 44 (9.87%) DHCP
4 32 (7.17%) SAN
5 27 (6.05%) LAN
6 24 (5.38%) TCP/IP
7 17 (3.81%) VPN
8 11 (2.47%) WAN
9 10 (2.24%) Network Security
10 6 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (1.12%) Broadband
12 4 (0.90%) NAS
12 4 (0.90%) RS-232
13 2 (0.45%) Intranet
13 2 (0.45%) VSAN
13 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.22%) 5G
14 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
14 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.14%) Power BI
3 7 (1.57%) MySQL
4 6 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.12%) Big Data
5 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.90%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.22%) DTS
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.22%) Power Query
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.47%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.35%) Git
2 6 (1.35%) JIRA
3 4 (0.90%) Subversion
4 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.22%) Maven
5 1 (0.22%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 167 (37.44%) Social Skills
2 39 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (8.52%) Finance
4 37 (8.30%) Organisational Skills
5 30 (6.73%) Telecoms
6 29 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.38%) Marketing
8 11 (2.47%) Legal
9 10 (2.24%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.57%) Banking
11 7 (1.57%) Wholesale Banking
12 5 (1.12%) Retail
13 4 (0.90%) Automotive
13 4 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.45%) Electronics
14 2 (0.45%) Environmental Health
14 2 (0.45%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.45%) Law
14 2 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (9.42%) Analyst
2 39 (8.74%) Developer
3 38 (8.52%) Senior
4 34 (7.62%) Support Engineer
5 26 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (5.61%) 1st Line Support
6 25 (5.61%) Windows Engineer
7 21 (4.71%) Desktop Engineer
8 20 (4.48%) Build Engineer
8 20 (4.48%) Desktop Support
8 20 (4.48%) IT Technician
8 20 (4.48%) Support Specialist
8 20 (4.48%) Windows Build Engineer
9 19 (4.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 18 (4.04%) Active Directory Support
11 17 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.59%) Administrator
12 16 (3.59%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
12 16 (3.59%) Hardware Engineer
13 15 (3.36%) Operations Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.71%) ARM Templates
2 11 (2.47%) Itk
3 9 (2.02%) .NET
4 5 (1.12%) JSON
5 4 (0.90%) SOAP
5 4 (0.90%) Web Services
5 4 (0.90%) XML
5 4 (0.90%) YAML
6 3 (0.67%) OAuth
6 3 (0.67%) OpenID
6 3 (0.67%) REST
7 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.45%) Flash
7 2 (0.45%) HTML
7 2 (0.45%) Kafka
7 2 (0.45%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.22%) JSON Schema
8 1 (0.22%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.22%) Swagger
8 1 (0.22%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.62%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.50%) PKI
3 20 (4.48%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.35%) Life Science
9 5 (1.12%) Housing Association
9 5 (1.12%) PMI
9 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.90%) Fat Client
10 4 (0.90%) Social Media
10 4 (0.90%) Thin Client
11 3 (0.67%) CCTV
11 3 (0.67%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.67%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 166 (37.22%) Windows
2 86 (19.28%) Windows 10
3 74 (16.59%) Windows Server
4 66 (14.80%) Linux
5 60 (13.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 56 (12.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (8.30%) Windows 7
8 34 (7.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (4.48%) Windows NT
10 18 (4.04%) Ubuntu
11 14 (3.14%) Debian
11 14 (3.14%) Windows XP
12 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.90%) Android
14 3 (0.67%) Unix
15 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (25.34%) ITIL
2 109 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (19.28%) Customer Service
4 81 (18.16%) Agile
5 62 (13.90%) Service Delivery
6 58 (13.00%) DevOps
7 47 (10.54%) Project Management
8 44 (9.87%) Release Management
9 40 (8.97%) Service Management
10 35 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 32 (7.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (6.50%) User Acceptance Testing
13 25 (5.61%) Change Management
14 24 (5.38%) Migration
15 23 (5.16%) Analytics
15 23 (5.16%) CI/CD
15 23 (5.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 22 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (4.93%) Deployment Automation
16 22 (4.93%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.40%) C#
3 27 (6.05%) SQL
4 20 (4.48%) Python
5 17 (3.81%) Bicep
6 16 (3.59%) VB
6 16 (3.59%) VBScript
7 13 (2.91%) C
8 6 (1.35%) C++
9 4 (0.90%) Java
9 4 (0.90%) PHP
10 3 (0.67%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.67%) Ruby
10 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.22%) Bash
11 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 203 (45.52%) Security Cleared
2 148 (33.18%) DV Cleared
3 97 (21.75%) Degree
4 90 (20.18%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (3.14%) CCNA
6 14 (3.14%) CCNP
6 14 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.02%) APMP
8 7 (1.57%) ISEB
8 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.12%) ACCA
9 5 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.12%) CIMA
9 5 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.90%) PMP
11 3 (0.67%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.99%) SLA
2 26 (5.83%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) PMO
4 8 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.45%) GDPR
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.45%) NIST
7 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 103 (23.09%) Active Directory
2 36 (8.07%) Firmware
3 33 (7.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.93%) Hyper-V
5 20 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.35%) Docker
9 2 (0.45%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.45%) vSphere
9 2 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 105 (23.54%) SCCM
2 55 (12.33%) WSUS
3 35 (7.85%) SCOM
4 27 (6.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (5.38%) Kubernetes
6 21 (4.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (4.48%) Sysprep
8 18 (4.04%) vCenter Server
9 15 (3.36%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (3.14%) NetBackup
11 9 (2.02%) Ansible
12 7 (1.57%) Terraform
13 6 (1.35%) Nessus
14 5 (1.12%) Grafana
15 4 (0.90%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (0.90%) ZABBIX
16 3 (0.67%) Istio
16 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
17 2 (0.45%) Argo
Vendors
1 63 (14.13%) HP
2 54 (12.11%) VMware
3 29 (6.50%) Oracle
4 26 (5.83%) Cisco
5 22 (4.93%) Red Hat
6 19 (4.26%) Veeam
7 16 (3.59%) Dell
8 15 (3.36%) EMC
8 15 (3.36%) Palo Alto
8 15 (3.36%) ServiceNow
9 14 (3.14%) 3PAR
9 14 (3.14%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (3.14%) Juniper
9 14 (3.14%) Symantec
10 13 (2.91%) Splunk
11 11 (2.47%) Citrix
12 9 (2.02%) Adobe
13 7 (1.57%) MicroStrategy
13 7 (1.57%) SAP
14 6 (1.35%) Apple