Microsoft Contracts in Cambridge

Microsoft
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 14 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 16 25 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 8.08% 8.90% 7.90%
As % of the Vendors category 29.09% 29.76% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 18
10th Percentile £197 £150 £122
25th Percentile £317 £174 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £282 £400
Median % change year-on-year +68.74% -29.63% +100.00%
75th Percentile £504 £388 £488
90th Percentile £525 £450 £563
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £438 £338 £331
% change year-on-year +29.63% +1.89% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.47 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.10% - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.80 £13.58 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.98% -6.34% -0.82%

All Vendors
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 55 84 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.78% 29.89% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 50 78
10th Percentile £230 £179 £152
25th Percentile £350 £192 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.51% -6.94% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £538
90th Percentile £694 £604 £588
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £498 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +17.06% - +18.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 2
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £22.63 £17.49 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -79.41% +481.40%
75th Percentile - £17.72 -
90th Percentile £36.63 £34.13 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.32 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -1.16% - +10.71%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cambridge over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 (6.25%) Alfresco
1 1 (6.25%) Appian
1 1 (6.25%) Camunda
1 1 (6.25%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (31.25%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (18.75%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (6.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) QlikView
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Local Government
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Data Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Support
4 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) EDI
1 3 (18.75%) IDoc
2 1 (6.25%) Drools
2 1 (6.25%) jBPM
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Android
2 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
1 5 (31.25%) Migration
2 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Workflow
3 3 (18.75%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Data Management
4 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (12.50%) Invoice Processing
4 2 (12.50%) OCR
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (6.25%) Informatics
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) ABAP
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) MCDST
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) OpenText
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Facebook
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Pega