Microsoft Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Microsoft
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 8 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 73 82 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 14.81% 13.80% 15.49%
As % of the Vendors category 41.48% 37.79% 41.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 49 80
10th Percentile £233 £173 £181
25th Percentile £356 £205 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £325 £331
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -1.89% +1.92%
75th Percentile £521 £475 £438
90th Percentile £525 £500 £488
East of England median daily rate £426 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +0.29% +13.33% +36.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 17 34
10th Percentile - £12.00 £12.36
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £13.58 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -6.34% -4.16%
75th Percentile £15.12 £13.87 £14.75
90th Percentile £16.85 £18.58 £15.75
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £17.47 £14.50
% change year-on-year -15.28% +20.48% -18.31%

All Vendors
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 176 217 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 35.70% 36.53% 37.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 108 181
10th Percentile £220 £185 £183
25th Percentile £350 £235 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% - +9.68%
75th Percentile £582 £491 £519
90th Percentile £638 £568 £575
East of England median daily rate £498 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.56% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 60 81
10th Percentile - £13.29 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile £21.42 £20.33 £20.25
90th Percentile £25.00 £20.56 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.75
% change year-on-year +7.87% +25.78% -11.27%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Cambridgeshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Peterborough +6 55 £413 - 31
Cambridge -7 15 £475 +99.58% 33
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (2.74%) Alfresco
1 2 (2.74%) Appian
1 2 (2.74%) Camunda
1 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) IIS
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (76.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (57.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (6.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (4.11%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (1.37%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.74%) Azure
2 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.37%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.37%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (1.37%) DHCP
2 1 (1.37%) DNS
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.37%) NAS
2 1 (1.37%) PBX
2 1 (1.37%) SAN
2 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.37%) VLAN
2 1 (1.37%) VoIP
2 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
1 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 26 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.85%) German Language
3 5 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.11%) Local Government
4 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Lithuanian Language
5 2 (2.74%) Retail
5 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.37%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.37%) Hungarian Language
6 1 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.37%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (49.32%) Analyst
2 33 (45.21%) Service Analyst
3 21 (28.77%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (21.92%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 12 (16.44%) Customer Analyst
5 12 (16.44%) Customer Service Analyst
6 9 (12.33%) Administrator
7 7 (9.59%) Customer Service Administrator
8 5 (6.85%) Data Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Architect
10 2 (2.74%) Desktop Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) Desktop Support
10 2 (2.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) Developer
10 2 (2.74%) Support Engineer
11 1 (1.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 1 (1.37%) Integration Analyst
11 1 (1.37%) Mobile Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.37%) SAP Developer
11 1 (1.37%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) EDI
1 3 (4.11%) IDoc
2 2 (2.74%) Drools
2 2 (2.74%) jBPM
2 2 (2.74%) JSON
3 1 (1.37%) React
3 1 (1.37%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.74%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.37%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.07%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.37%) Linux
2 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (71.23%) Customer Service
2 50 (68.49%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (54.79%) Mathematics
4 39 (53.42%) Incident Management
4 39 (53.42%) Service Delivery
5 17 (23.29%) ITIL
6 6 (8.22%) Migration
6 6 (8.22%) Time Management
6 6 (8.22%) Workflow
7 5 (6.85%) Data Migration
8 4 (5.48%) Problem Management
9 3 (4.11%) Accounts Payable
9 3 (4.11%) Computer Science
9 3 (4.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.11%) Data Management
10 2 (2.74%) Decision-Making
10 2 (2.74%) DevOps
10 2 (2.74%) Invoice Processing
10 2 (2.74%) OCR
10 2 (2.74%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) ABAP
2 2 (2.74%) Java
2 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (17.81%) A+ Certification
3 12 (16.44%) MCSA
4 5 (6.85%) Degree
5 4 (5.48%) MCP
6 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) CCIE
7 1 (1.37%) CCNA
7 1 (1.37%) CCNP
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.37%) CISSP
7 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.37%) MCDST
7 1 (1.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) GDPR
1 7 (9.59%) SLA
2 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (24.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) SCCM
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (21.92%) Citrix
2 12 (16.44%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.22%) Cisco
4 4 (5.48%) NetApp
5 3 (4.11%) OpenText
5 3 (4.11%) SAP
6 2 (2.74%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.74%) Facebook
6 2 (2.74%) Pega
7 1 (1.37%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.37%) Salesforce