Microsoft Contracts in Central London

Microsoft
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 386 488 633
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 16.00% 12.94% 14.03%
As % of the Vendors category 37.29% 32.77% 37.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 385 526
10th Percentile £258 £205 £240
25th Percentile £428 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - +1.45%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £600
90th Percentile £763 £788 £700
London median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £51.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.42
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +98.71% +88.71%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £45.50
90th Percentile £24.30 - £77.53
London median hourly rate £19.15 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -38.20% +66.98%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,035 1,489 1,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 42.91% 39.48% 37.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 999 1,290
10th Percentile £292 £245 £308
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £738
London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.14 -
25th Percentile £13.56 £20.81 £13.88
Median hourly rate £19.75 £21.50 £23.67
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -9.17% +68.17%
75th Percentile £23.75 £31.94 £44.56
90th Percentile £25.38 £53.05 £58.98
London median hourly rate £22.50 £30.25 £35.03
% change year-on-year -25.62% -13.65% +27.39%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
City of London +6 347 £550 - 166
West End of London +1 10 £505 +62.90% 9
Camden +3 6 £505 +104.04% 4
Lambeth +2 2 £196 +3.29%
City of Westminster -6 1 - - 5
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 45 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 42 (10.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.78%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (12.44%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (11.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (6.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.15%) MS Visio
5 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.78%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.52%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.11%) Dynamics GP
2 11 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.07%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 173 (44.82%) Azure
2 109 (28.24%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (17.62%) Power Platform
4 41 (10.62%) Entra ID
5 40 (10.36%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (7.77%) PowerApps
8 28 (7.25%) Power Automate
9 19 (4.92%) AWS
10 18 (4.66%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.85%) Mimecast
12 10 (2.59%) GCP
12 10 (2.59%) IaaS
12 10 (2.59%) WhatsApp
13 8 (2.07%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (2.07%) GitHub
14 6 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (1.55%) Collibra
14 6 (1.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.96%) Firewall
2 16 (4.15%) DNS
3 9 (2.33%) VPN
4 7 (1.81%) LAN
4 7 (1.81%) WAN
5 5 (1.30%) DHCP
5 5 (1.30%) MPLS
5 5 (1.30%) Network Security
5 5 (1.30%) SAN
5 5 (1.30%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.30%) Wireless
6 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.04%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.78%) DKIM
7 3 (0.78%) DMARC
7 3 (0.78%) H.323
7 3 (0.78%) NAS
7 3 (0.78%) SMTP
7 3 (0.78%) VoIP
7 3 (0.78%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 37 (9.59%) Power BI
3 20 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.63%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.11%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.07%) Metadata
6 8 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.81%) MySQL
8 6 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.30%) Data Mart
9 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.04%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.04%) Tableau
11 3 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.78%) Big Data
11 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.78%) Redis
12 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.63%) Git
2 8 (2.07%) GitLab
2 8 (2.07%) JIRA
2 8 (2.07%) SpecFlow
3 7 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.55%) Postman
4 6 (1.55%) Selenium
4 6 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.04%) Hudson
5 4 (1.04%) Subversion
6 3 (0.78%) JUnit
6 3 (0.78%) Mockito
6 3 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.52%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.52%) GoCD
7 2 (0.52%) ScalaTest
7 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 142 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 116 (30.05%) Finance
3 59 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (12.18%) Banking
5 32 (8.29%) Legal
6 24 (6.22%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (5.44%) Retail
9 17 (4.40%) Financial Institution
10 12 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.11%) Marketing
11 9 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.07%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.07%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.55%) Back Office
13 6 (1.55%) French Language
13 6 (1.55%) Local Government
13 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.04%) Law
15 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (14.25%) Architect
2 49 (12.69%) Developer
3 39 (10.10%) Analyst
4 34 (8.81%) Consultant
5 31 (8.03%) Senior
6 22 (5.70%) Lead
7 21 (5.44%) Microsoft Consultant
8 19 (4.92%) Project Manager
9 14 (3.63%) Site Engineer
9 14 (3.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 13 (3.37%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.37%) IT Support
10 13 (3.37%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.85%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.85%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.59%) Great Plains Consultant
13 10 (2.59%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.07%) .NET
2 24 (6.22%) XML
3 14 (3.63%) .NET Core
4 13 (3.37%) .NET Framework
4 13 (3.37%) Kafka
5 12 (3.11%) CSS
5 12 (3.11%) JSON
6 11 (2.85%) HTML
6 11 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (2.59%) REST
8 9 (2.33%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (2.33%) React
9 8 (2.07%) RESTful
10 6 (1.55%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (1.55%) PySpark
10 6 (1.55%) Web Services
11 5 (1.30%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.04%) jQuery
12 4 (1.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.66%) Data Structures
1 18 (4.66%) Management Information System
1 18 (4.66%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.15%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 9 (2.33%) Security Posture
4 9 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.81%) PKI
7 6 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.30%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.04%) Derivative
9 4 (1.04%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.04%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.78%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.52%) Clustering
11 2 (0.52%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 70 (18.13%) Windows
2 25 (6.48%) Linux
3 19 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.63%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.81%) Android
6 5 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.78%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.78%) Unix
7 3 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (23.83%) Agile
2 79 (20.47%) DevOps
3 74 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (13.47%) CI/CD
5 45 (11.66%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (11.40%) Migration
7 38 (9.84%) Analytics
8 35 (9.07%) Project Management
8 35 (9.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (8.81%) Change Management
10 32 (8.29%) Data Loss Prevention
10 32 (8.29%) ITIL
11 31 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (7.51%) Computer Science
13 29 (7.51%) Scrum
14 26 (6.74%) Data Modelling
15 25 (6.48%) Customer Service
16 22 (5.70%) Project Delivery
17 21 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 67 (17.36%) PowerShell
2 53 (13.73%) SQL
3 38 (9.84%) C#
4 32 (8.29%) Python
5 16 (4.15%) Java
6 12 (3.11%) Shell Script
7 11 (2.85%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.33%) Bicep
8 9 (2.33%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.55%) Bash
9 6 (1.55%) C++
9 6 (1.55%) Go
10 5 (1.30%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.52%) PHP
11 2 (0.52%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (18.13%) Degree
2 23 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.89%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.37%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.85%) CISSP
5 11 (2.85%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.81%) CISM
9 5 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.78%) CCNA
11 3 (0.78%) CCSK
12 2 (0.52%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.40%) SLA
2 11 (2.85%) QA
3 10 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (2.07%) NIST
6 7 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.81%) PMO
7 6 (1.55%) GDPR
8 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.78%) NCSC
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) COBIT
10 2 (0.52%) GAAP
10 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (19.69%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.85%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 9 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.81%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.04%) Docker
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.52%) vSphere
7 2 (0.52%) XenApp
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) NFS
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (8.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.18%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.63%) SCCM
4 13 (3.37%) Grafana
4 13 (3.37%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.85%) Consul
6 8 (2.07%) PingFederate
6 8 (2.07%) Terraform
7 6 (1.55%) Ansible
8 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.04%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.04%) Puppet
9 4 (1.04%) QRadar
10 3 (0.78%) Nagios
11 2 (0.52%) Graylog
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 18 (4.66%) VMware
2 17 (4.40%) Citrix
3 16 (4.15%) Cisco
4 12 (3.11%) Databricks
4 12 (3.11%) Oracle
4 12 (3.11%) SaltStack
5 11 (2.85%) Apple
5 11 (2.85%) SAP
6 10 (2.59%) iManage
6 10 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.33%) Google
8 6 (1.55%) Adobe
8 6 (1.55%) Cadence
8 6 (1.55%) IBM
8 6 (1.55%) Proofpoint
9 5 (1.30%) Dell
10 4 (1.04%) Okta
11 3 (0.78%) HP
11 3 (0.78%) Lotus
11 3 (0.78%) Splunk