Microsoft Contracts in West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 125 190 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 12.77% 11.88% 12.96%
As % of the Vendors category 29.27% 30.69% 34.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 126 165
10th Percentile £178 £209 £166
25th Percentile £313 £400 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £547 £600 £525
90th Percentile £625 £681 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £378 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -20.53% +18.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 19
10th Percentile - - £9.82
25th Percentile - £31.25 £11.88
Median hourly rate £15.00 £32.50 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +92.88% -7.39%
75th Percentile £15.13 £33.75 £18.70
90th Percentile £16.72 - £19.40
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 £27.25 £16.93
% change year-on-year -44.95% +60.96% -6.70%

All Vendors
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 427 619 718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 43.62% 38.71% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 429 472
10th Percentile £300 £286 £215
25th Percentile £400 £450 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £680 £700 £645
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -6.67% +16.67% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 30
10th Percentile £12.53 £18.85 £9.99
25th Percentile £13.87 £23.50 £10.66
Median hourly rate £14.63 £32.50 £16.84
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +93.02% -12.28%
75th Percentile £15.19 £56.88 £18.70
90th Percentile - £70.75 £21.18
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.63 £21.00 £16.93
% change year-on-year -30.36% +24.04% -4.73%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in West Yorkshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in West Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Leeds +2 80 £450 -12.58% 94
Wakefield 0 27 £338 +3.85% 12
Bradford -3 9 £185 -45.19% 24
Huddersfield - 5 £125 - 6
Ilkley - 1 £550 -
Calderdale - 1 - -
Microsoft
Yorkshire

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 8 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.20%) WordPress
3 1 (0.80%) CMS
3 1 (0.80%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.80%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (16.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.80%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.80%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.80%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (23.20%) Azure
2 21 (16.80%) Dynamics 365
3 17 (13.60%) Power Platform
4 13 (10.40%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.40%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.60%) AWS
6 7 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.60%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.00%) Akamai
7 5 (4.00%) Cloudflare
8 4 (3.20%) MailChimp
9 3 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.60%) GitHub
10 2 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.80%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.80%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.80%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.40%) DNS
2 12 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (8.00%) DHCP
4 8 (6.40%) Firewall
5 7 (5.60%) LAN
5 7 (5.60%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.00%) Internet
6 5 (4.00%) SAN
7 3 (2.40%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.60%) Network Security
8 2 (1.60%) WAN
8 2 (1.60%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.80%) Intranet
9 1 (0.80%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.80%) PBX
9 1 (0.80%) Skype
9 1 (0.80%) SSL
9 1 (0.80%) VoIP
9 1 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.20%) Power BI
3 7 (5.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.20%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.40%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.60%) MySQL
7 1 (0.80%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.80%) GIS
7 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.80%) QlikView
7 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (7.20%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (5.60%) JIRA
3 6 (4.80%) Git
4 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.60%) AppScan
5 2 (1.60%) Burp Suite
5 2 (1.60%) GitLab
5 2 (1.60%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.80%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.80%) gulp
6 1 (0.80%) Maven
6 1 (0.80%) Selenium
General
1 47 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.00%) Finance
3 13 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.80%) Banking
5 8 (6.40%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.20%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.60%) Retail
8 2 (1.60%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.80%) Back Office
9 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.80%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.80%) Legal
9 1 (0.80%) Local Government
9 1 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (14.40%) Service Desk Agent
2 16 (12.80%) Analyst
3 11 (8.80%) Consultant
4 10 (8.00%) Developer
4 10 (8.00%) IT Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Architect
5 9 (7.20%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 8 (6.40%) IT Technician
6 8 (6.40%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.40%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) IT Support
8 6 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Lead
8 6 (4.80%) Senior
9 5 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.00%) Data Centre Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) SQL BI Developer
9 5 (4.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) SailPoint
2 3 (2.40%) Spring
2 3 (2.40%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.60%) .NET
3 2 (1.60%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.80%) LDAP
4 1 (0.80%) Node.js
4 1 (0.80%) OAuth
4 1 (0.80%) OpenID
4 1 (0.80%) RESTful
4 1 (0.80%) SAML
4 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Data Centre
1 7 (5.60%) NHS
2 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.60%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.80%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.80%) CMDB
4 1 (0.80%) iPad
4 1 (0.80%) iPhone
4 1 (0.80%) LIMS
4 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.80%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (26.40%) Windows
2 15 (12.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.80%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.60%) Linux
5 2 (1.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.80%) Android
6 1 (0.80%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.40%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (15.20%) Customer Service
2 19 (15.20%) Service Delivery
3 15 (12.00%) Migration
4 14 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (11.20%) Project Management
5 13 (10.40%) Agile
6 12 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (8.00%) DevOps
8 8 (6.40%) Data Modelling
8 8 (6.40%) ERP
8 8 (6.40%) Runbook
9 7 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.60%) Project Planning
9 7 (5.60%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (4.80%) Analytics
10 6 (4.80%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (4.80%) Decarbonisation
10 6 (4.80%) Decision-Making
10 6 (4.80%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) SQL
2 5 (4.00%) Java
2 5 (4.00%) Python
3 4 (3.20%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.60%) Bash
4 2 (1.60%) C#
4 2 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.60%) Degree
1 7 (5.60%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.60%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.40%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.40%) CCNA
4 3 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.80%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) QA
2 3 (2.40%) SLA
3 2 (1.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.80%) PMO
4 1 (0.80%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 27 (21.60%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.80%) KVM
3 6 (4.80%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (4.80%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (4.80%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (3.20%) Docker
4 4 (3.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.80%) vSphere
5 1 (0.80%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (4.80%) vCenter Server
2 5 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.00%) Terraform
3 3 (2.40%) Ansible
4 2 (1.60%) Grafana
4 2 (1.60%) Graylog
4 2 (1.60%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.60%) Nessus
4 2 (1.60%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.60%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.60%) Puppet
4 2 (1.60%) WebInspect
5 1 (0.80%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (12.80%) VMware
2 5 (4.00%) F5
2 5 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.20%) Cisco
3 4 (3.20%) CyberArk
3 4 (3.20%) Hootsuite
3 4 (3.20%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.60%) Apple
4 2 (1.60%) Checkmarx
4 2 (1.60%) Citrix
4 2 (1.60%) Databricks
4 2 (1.60%) Google
4 2 (1.60%) Oracle
4 2 (1.60%) Splunk
4 2 (1.60%) Veeam
4 2 (1.60%) Veracode
5 1 (0.80%) Aruba
5 1 (0.80%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.80%) Ribbon
5 1 (0.80%) SAP