Microsoft Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 112 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.10% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £459 £360 -
25th Percentile £472 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% - -
75th Percentile £572 £425 -
90th Percentile £596 £440 -
South East median daily rate £400 £375 £393
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.49% +1.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,872 1,708 2,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 94.68% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,093 1,472
10th Percentile £213 £326 £205
25th Percentile £375 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 41
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70.47 £73.59 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.05 £79.61 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in Berkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Berkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Berkshire

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Reading - 1 £575 -
Wokingham - 1 £450 -
Microsoft Engineer
South East

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) BYOD
2 1 (50.00%) UEBA
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) UEBA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft