Microsoft Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 56 104 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.61% 13.40% 17.19%
As % of the Vendors category 24.03% 29.89% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 76 111
10th Percentile £106 £190 £206
25th Percentile £243 £309 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £478 £494 £581
90th Percentile £600 £634 £656
West Midlands median daily rate £392 £415 £430
% change year-on-year -5.60% -3.49% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 8
10th Percentile - £11.28 £12.35
25th Percentile £56.88 £13.81 £12.50
Median hourly rate £58.75 £22.98 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +155.71% +43.73% +6.57%
75th Percentile £60.63 £33.63 £20.00
90th Percentile - £56.13 £23.83
West Midlands median hourly rate £31.94 £14.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +128.14% -22.22% +16.24%

All Vendors
Birmingham

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 233 348 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 44.13% 44.85% 46.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 244 261
10th Percentile £150 £254 £254
25th Percentile £300 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £694 £684 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 16
10th Percentile £19.33 £13.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.57 £14.13 £15.18
Median hourly rate £26.40 £26.00 £21.60
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +20.36% +20.01%
75th Percentile £37.87 £37.50 £56.56
90th Percentile £51.52 £55.00 £97.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £19.95 £22.50
% change year-on-year +50.38% -11.33% +34.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 10 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.36%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (44.64%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (42.86%) Azure
3 14 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
5 7 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (8.93%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (8.93%) OneDrive
6 5 (8.93%) PowerApps
7 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.79%) SaaS
9 1 (1.79%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.79%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) DHCP
1 4 (7.14%) DNS
2 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) Firewall
3 1 (1.79%) Network Security
3 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.36%) Metadata
3 2 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (3.57%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.57%) Tableau
4 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.79%) Big Data
4 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.79%) GIS
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.14%) Finance
5 3 (5.36%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Banking
6 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.57%) Retail
7 1 (1.79%) Advertising
7 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) Analyst
2 6 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
2 6 (10.71%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.71%) Support Officer
3 5 (8.93%) Consultant
3 5 (8.93%) Developer
3 5 (8.93%) Service Analyst
3 5 (8.93%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Architect
4 4 (7.14%) Support Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Data Architect
5 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Power Apps Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) .NET
2 3 (5.36%) HTML
2 3 (5.36%) Middleware
3 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.57%) Software Packaging
3 2 (3.57%) Web Services
4 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.57%) Replication
3 1 (1.79%) CCTV
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) NHS
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 8 (14.29%) Android
3 7 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.00%) ITIL
3 12 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 11 (19.64%) Agile
5 10 (17.86%) DevOps
6 7 (12.50%) Migration
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.93%) Change Management
8 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.14%) Data Protection
9 4 (7.14%) Data Security
9 4 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (7.14%) Project Management
9 4 (7.14%) Scrum
9 4 (7.14%) Service Management
10 3 (5.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (5.36%) Time Management
10 3 (5.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.07%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.71%) SQL
3 5 (8.93%) C#
3 5 (8.93%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.57%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.57%) Tableau Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CCNA
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CITP
5 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.79%) MCP
5 1 (1.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.79%) NCSC
2 1 (1.79%) NIST
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.79%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (12.50%) SCCM
2 3 (5.36%) Grafana
3 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) HP
2 2 (3.57%) Apple
2 2 (3.57%) Cisco
2 2 (3.57%) Dell
2 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.79%) Blue Prism
3 1 (1.79%) Cognos
3 1 (1.79%) Fujitsu
3 1 (1.79%) Juniper
3 1 (1.79%) McAfee
3 1 (1.79%) Micro Focus
3 1 (1.79%) MobileIron
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Snow
3 1 (1.79%) Splunk