Microsoft Contracts in Cambridge

Microsoft
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 16 June 2024, 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
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 20 17 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 9.13% 6.61% 7.29%
As % of the Vendors category 31.25% 22.08% 23.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 17
10th Percentile £204 £150 £130
25th Percentile £291 £174 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £203 £425
Median % change year-on-year +118.27% -52.35% -
75th Percentile £496 £367 £488
90th Percentile £524 £433 £598
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £438 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +34.62% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £16.47
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £26.88 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £13.58 £13.75
% change year-on-year +10.46% -1.24% +1.85%

All Vendors
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 64 77 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 29.22% 29.96% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 46 77
10th Percentile £231 £180 £164
25th Percentile £350 £185 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £421 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.51% -6.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £538
90th Percentile £685 £619 £639
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £498 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +17.06% - +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.29 £30.18
25th Percentile - £16.09 £50.74
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.22 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.20% -79.74% +82.80%
75th Percentile £63.75 £17.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +4.71% - +14.81%

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 16 June 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 (5.00%) Alfresco
1 1 (5.00%) Appian
1 1 (5.00%) Camunda
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (35.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (15.00%) SAP FI-AP
2 2 (10.00%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (10.00%) Shopify
3 1 (5.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (10.00%) Stripe
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) MS Access
1 2 (10.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) QlikView
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Local Government
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Business Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) EDI
1 3 (15.00%) IDoc
2 1 (5.00%) Drools
2 1 (5.00%) jBPM
2 1 (5.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Wiki
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.00%) NHS
3 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Android
2 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 5 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (20.00%) Data Management
3 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) Workflow
4 3 (15.00%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) Inventory Management
5 2 (10.00%) Analytics
5 2 (10.00%) Benchmarking
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (10.00%) Invoice Processing
5 2 (10.00%) OCR
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Time Management
6 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) ABAP
2 2 (10.00%) C
3 1 (5.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.00%) MCDST
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) OpenText
1 3 (15.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Facebook
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Pega