Microsoft Contracts in Coventry

Microsoft
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 28 26 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 28.87% 18.18% 16.73%
As % of the Vendors category 71.79% 35.62% 32.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 30
10th Percentile £178 £233 £167
25th Percentile £200 £400 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £425 £406
Median % change year-on-year -51.76% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £295 £538 £481
90th Percentile £470 £670 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £456
% change year-on-year -5.88% -6.85% +7.35%

All Vendors
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 39 73 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 40.21% 51.05% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 53 90
10th Percentile £178 £363 £248
25th Percentile £200 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +11.11% +5.39%
75th Percentile £456 £600 £538
90th Percentile £607 £650 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £479 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.33% -10.00% +5.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Coventry

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Coventry

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Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Coventry over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Coventry

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Coventry

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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 6 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.86%) Power Automate
2 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
2 5 (17.86%) PowerApps
3 4 (14.29%) Azure
4 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.57%) AWS
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Firewall
1 2 (7.14%) NGFW
1 2 (7.14%) Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) DKIM
2 1 (3.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Back Office
2 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) General Ledger
3 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Deployment Engineer
1 6 (21.43%) Windows Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Software Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Administrator
5 1 (3.57%) Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Junior
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) CSS
1 3 (10.71%) HTML
1 3 (10.71%) React
1 3 (10.71%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
1 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
1 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (14.29%) ITIL
2 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
2 3 (10.71%) Web Development
2 3 (10.71%) Workflow
3 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.14%) Change Management
3 2 (7.14%) Configuration Management
3 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (7.14%) Data Modelling
3 2 (7.14%) Migration
3 2 (7.14%) Patch Management
3 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
3 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (7.14%) RBAC
3 2 (7.14%) SIEM
3 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.14%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) MCSE
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CCNA
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.57%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) COSHH
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) SCCM
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) VMware
2 1 (3.57%) Aruba
2 1 (3.57%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Databricks
2 1 (3.57%) EMC
2 1 (3.57%) Meraki
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds