Microsoft Contracts in Devon

Microsoft
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon 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 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 25 35 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 9.16% 17.59% 15.25%
As % of the Vendors category 34.72% 48.61% 48.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 24
10th Percentile £129 £126 £186
25th Percentile £150 £215 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% -12.73%
75th Percentile £575 £668 £365
90th Percentile £588 £684 £375
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £10.42 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £11.93 - £16.00
75th Percentile £24.34 - £16.50
90th Percentile £36.39 - -
South West median hourly rate £15.89 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -68.22% +42.86% -18.00%

All Vendors
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 72 72 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 26.37% 36.18% 31.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 50 53
10th Percentile £129 £152 £194
25th Percentile £158 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £364
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +23.63% -22.22%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £649
90th Percentile £600 £668 £668
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 3
10th Percentile £10.42 - £21.65
25th Percentile £12.21 - £30.88
Median hourly rate £26.40 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.01% +26.32% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42.50 - £48.75
90th Percentile £44.75 - -
South West median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £46.71
% change year-on-year -24.60% +34.87% +3.80%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Devon

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Devon

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Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Devon over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Devon

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Devon

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Devon

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Devon over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Devon

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Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Devon region over the 6 months to 27 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
Plymouth +3 11 £450 +233.33% 12
Exeter -9 10 £154 -75.83% 25
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.00%) OpenShift
3 2 (8.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Pipelines
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) IaaS
3 2 (8.00%) PaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) SAN
3 2 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (8.00%) VPN
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Local Government
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Support Officer
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Product Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Systems Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) ICT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) ICT Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Power BI Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Site Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.00%) Linux
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) ITIL
2 6 (24.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (16.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.00%) DevOps
4 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.00%) System Testing
6 1 (4.00%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (4.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (4.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 1 (4.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) CCNA
2 1 (4.00%) CCNP
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 12 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Ansible
1 4 (16.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Citrix
1 5 (20.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) CyberArk
3 3 (12.00%) Civica
4 2 (8.00%) SOTI
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) Oracle