Microsoft Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 352 456 587
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 16.06% 12.51% 13.82%
As % of the Vendors category 37.33% 32.00% 37.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 354 480
10th Percentile £312 £229 £250
25th Percentile £438 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.80% +3.15%
75th Percentile £670 £688 £610
90th Percentile £773 £800 £701
Central London median daily rate £545 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% +2.38% +1.45%
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% +96.98%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £45.50
90th Percentile £24.30 - £77.53
Central London median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.42
% change year-on-year -70.95% +98.71% +88.21%

All Vendors
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 943 1,425 1,585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.02% 39.09% 37.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 940 1,202
10th Percentile £313 £263 £313
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% +4.76%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £738
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 23
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.42 -
25th Percentile £13.56 £20.42 £13.88
Median hourly rate £19.75 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% - +49.60%
75th Percentile £23.75 £44.86 £44.63
90th Percentile £25.38 £53.25 £60.15
Central London median hourly rate £18.93 £21.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -11.95% +2.38% +45.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 36 (10.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 36 (10.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.14%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.85%) Apache
3 3 (0.85%) IBM Domino
3 3 (0.85%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (13.35%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (7.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.55%) MS Visio
5 15 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.57%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.41%) Dynamics GP
2 11 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 161 (45.74%) Azure
2 96 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (19.03%) Power Platform
4 36 (10.23%) Entra ID
5 34 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (8.24%) PowerApps
8 26 (7.39%) Power Automate
9 15 (4.26%) AWS
10 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (3.13%) Mimecast
10 11 (3.13%) OneDrive
11 10 (2.84%) IaaS
11 10 (2.84%) WhatsApp
12 9 (2.56%) GCP
13 8 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (2.27%) GitHub
14 6 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.70%) Collibra
14 6 (1.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.53%) Firewall
2 14 (3.98%) DNS
3 7 (1.99%) VPN
4 6 (1.70%) LAN
4 6 (1.70%) WAN
5 5 (1.42%) MPLS
5 5 (1.42%) Network Security
5 5 (1.42%) SAN
5 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.42%) Wireless
6 4 (1.14%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.85%) DHCP
7 3 (0.85%) DKIM
7 3 (0.85%) DMARC
7 3 (0.85%) H.323
7 3 (0.85%) NAS
7 3 (0.85%) SMTP
7 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.85%) WebEx
8 2 (0.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.80%) SQL Server
2 37 (10.51%) Power BI
3 18 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.69%) Data Lake
4 13 (3.69%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.56%) Metadata
6 7 (1.99%) MySQL
7 6 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.42%) Data Mart
8 5 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.14%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.14%) Tableau
10 3 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.85%) Big Data
10 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.57%) Presto
11 2 (0.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (3.98%) Git
2 10 (2.84%) JIRA
3 8 (2.27%) GitLab
4 7 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.99%) SpecFlow
5 6 (1.70%) Selenium
5 6 (1.70%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.42%) Postman
7 4 (1.14%) Subversion
8 3 (0.85%) JUnit
8 3 (0.85%) Mockito
8 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.57%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.57%) GoCD
9 2 (0.57%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.28%) TestNG
10 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 130 (36.93%) Social Skills
2 106 (30.11%) Finance
3 56 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.78%) Banking
5 30 (8.52%) Legal
6 23 (6.53%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (4.83%) Financial Institution
9 14 (3.98%) Retail
10 12 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.41%) Marketing
11 9 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.27%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.27%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.70%) French Language
14 5 (1.42%) Local Government
15 4 (1.14%) Back Office
15 4 (1.14%) Law
15 4 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (15.34%) Architect
2 36 (10.23%) Consultant
2 36 (10.23%) Developer
3 35 (9.94%) Analyst
4 24 (6.82%) Senior
5 21 (5.97%) Lead
5 21 (5.97%) Microsoft Consultant
6 18 (5.11%) Project Manager
7 14 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (3.69%) Site Engineer
8 13 (3.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 11 (3.13%) Data Analyst
9 11 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.84%) Great Plains Consultant
10 10 (2.84%) IT Support
10 10 (2.84%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 10 (2.84%) Security Engineer
11 9 (2.56%) Azure Architect
11 9 (2.56%) IT Engineer
11 9 (2.56%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.95%) .NET
2 17 (4.83%) XML
3 12 (3.41%) Kafka
4 10 (2.84%) .NET Core
4 10 (2.84%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.84%) CSS
4 10 (2.84%) JSON
4 10 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (2.84%) REST
5 9 (2.56%) HTML
5 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (2.27%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.27%) React
7 7 (1.99%) RESTful
8 6 (1.70%) PySpark
9 5 (1.42%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (1.14%) jQuery
10 4 (1.14%) Web Services
11 3 (0.85%) EDI
11 3 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.83%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.26%) Data Structures
2 15 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.98%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.99%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.99%) PKI
8 5 (1.42%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.14%) Derivative
9 4 (1.14%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.85%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.57%) BYOD
11 2 (0.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 58 (16.48%) Windows
2 23 (6.53%) Linux
3 17 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.98%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.70%) Android
6 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.85%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.57%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.57%) Unix
9 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (23.30%) Agile
2 72 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (20.17%) DevOps
4 47 (13.35%) CI/CD
5 45 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
6 42 (11.93%) Migration
7 35 (9.94%) Analytics
8 34 (9.66%) Project Management
9 32 (9.09%) Change Management
9 32 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
10 31 (8.81%) ITIL
10 31 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (7.67%) Computer Science
14 26 (7.39%) Data Modelling
15 24 (6.82%) Scrum
16 22 (6.25%) Customer Service
17 21 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
18 20 (5.68%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.33%) PowerShell
2 45 (12.78%) SQL
3 32 (9.09%) C#
3 32 (9.09%) Python
4 15 (4.26%) Java
5 11 (3.13%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.84%) T-SQL
7 7 (1.99%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.70%) Bash
8 6 (1.70%) Go
9 5 (1.42%) Bicep
9 5 (1.42%) C++
10 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.85%) Scala
12 2 (0.57%) PHP
12 2 (0.57%) R
13 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.28%) Perl
13 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (19.32%) Degree
2 21 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 14 (3.98%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.13%) CISSP
5 11 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.99%) CISM
8 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.85%) CCNA
11 3 (0.85%) CCSK
12 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.55%) SLA
2 12 (3.41%) QA
3 9 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.27%) NIST
5 7 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.99%) PMO
6 4 (1.14%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.85%) GDPR
7 3 (0.85%) NCSC
7 3 (0.85%) WCAG
8 2 (0.57%) COBIT
8 2 (0.57%) GAAP
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.28%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 60 (17.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.84%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.14%) Docker
7 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.57%) vSphere
7 2 (0.57%) XenApp
8 1 (0.28%) Ceph
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) KVM
8 1 (0.28%) NFS
8 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (8.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.40%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.26%) SCCM
4 12 (3.41%) Grafana
4 12 (3.41%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.84%) Consul
6 8 (2.27%) PingFederate
6 8 (2.27%) Terraform
7 6 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (1.70%) Ansible
8 5 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.14%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.14%) Puppet
9 4 (1.14%) QRadar
10 3 (0.85%) Nagios
11 2 (0.57%) Graylog
11 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (4.55%) Citrix
2 15 (4.26%) VMware
3 14 (3.98%) Cisco
4 12 (3.41%) Databricks
5 11 (3.13%) Oracle
5 11 (3.13%) SaltStack
6 10 (2.84%) iManage
7 9 (2.56%) Apple
7 9 (2.56%) SAP
8 8 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.99%) Google
10 6 (1.70%) Adobe
10 6 (1.70%) Cadence
10 6 (1.70%) IBM
10 6 (1.70%) Proofpoint
11 4 (1.14%) Okta
12 3 (0.85%) Dell
12 3 (0.85%) Lotus
12 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.85%) Splunk