Microsoft Contracts in the East Midlands

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England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 7 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 98 228 268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.79% 21.84% 18.78%
As % of the Vendors category 31.21% 43.10% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 182 180
10th Percentile £150 £163 £130
25th Percentile £188 £308 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% -9.09% +15.38%
75th Percentile £605 £535 £500
90th Percentile £638 £690 £588
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 30
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.25 £8.37
25th Percentile £13.06 £13.98 £9.49
Median hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £10.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% +4.63%
75th Percentile £16.04 £25.37 £21.50
90th Percentile £26.50 £26.48 £22.80
England median hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -31.82% +18.92% -

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 314 529 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 40.99% 50.67% 42.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 399 411
10th Percentile £166 £205 £160
25th Percentile £325 £313 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +14.86%
75th Percentile £600 £565 £520
90th Percentile £659 £690 £625
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 52
10th Percentile £10.90 £14.16 £9.49
25th Percentile £12.28 £15.75 £9.75
Median hourly rate £14.00 £20.40 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.37% +27.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £14.27 £26.48 £22.75
90th Percentile £24.48 £40.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire -1 27 £295 -33.71% 49
Northamptonshire -3 23 £391 +11.71% 47
Leicestershire -3 18 £429 +22.50% 69
Lincolnshire +2 14 £625 -4.58% 32
Derbyshire -12 10 £238 -3.06% 50
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (20.41%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (17.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (5.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (31.63%) Azure
2 23 (23.47%) Power Platform
3 20 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (10.20%) SaaS
5 8 (8.16%) AWS
5 8 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (5.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (5.10%) OCI
6 5 (5.10%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.06%) IaaS
8 3 (3.06%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.04%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.04%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.04%) PaaS
10 1 (1.02%) Google Analytics
10 1 (1.02%) Serverless
10 1 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (1.02%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.18%) VPN
2 8 (8.16%) TCP/IP
3 5 (5.10%) DNS
3 5 (5.10%) SAN
4 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.02%) DHCP
5 1 (1.02%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.02%) LAN
5 1 (1.02%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.02%) Network Security
5 1 (1.02%) PBX
5 1 (1.02%) PSTN
5 1 (1.02%) WAN
5 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.33%) Power BI
2 7 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.10%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (4.08%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (3.06%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.04%) Big Data
6 2 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.02%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.02%) Metadata
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.02%) OLAP
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.02%) Power Query
7 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.02%) Tableau
General
1 23 (23.47%) Finance
2 22 (22.45%) Social Skills
3 20 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.22%) Legal
5 8 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 6 (6.12%) Marketing
7 6 (6.12%) Telecoms
8 5 (5.10%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.08%) Electronics
9 4 (4.08%) Publishing
10 2 (2.04%) Automotive
10 2 (2.04%) Banking
10 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.04%) Retail
11 1 (1.02%) Advertising
11 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.02%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.02%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (23.47%) Analyst
2 13 (13.27%) Architect
3 10 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (9.18%) Service Manager
5 8 (8.16%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (8.16%) IT Manager
5 8 (8.16%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 8 (8.16%) IT Services Manager
5 8 (8.16%) Service Delivery Manager
6 7 (7.14%) Administrator
6 7 (7.14%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.12%) Consultant
7 6 (6.12%) Developer
7 6 (6.12%) Dynamics 365 Architect
7 6 (6.12%) IT Engineer
7 6 (6.12%) Report Analyst
8 5 (5.10%) Data Administrator
8 5 (5.10%) IT Support
8 5 (5.10%) Python Developer
8 5 (5.10%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) LDAP
1 3 (3.06%) OAuth
1 3 (3.06%) OpenID
1 3 (3.06%) SailPoint
1 3 (3.06%) SAML
1 3 (3.06%) Web Services
2 2 (2.04%) HTML
2 2 (2.04%) Middleware
2 2 (2.04%) XML
3 1 (1.02%) .NET
3 1 (1.02%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.02%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.02%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.02%) CSS
3 1 (1.02%) Flash
3 1 (1.02%) HTML5
3 1 (1.02%) JSON
3 1 (1.02%) REST
3 1 (1.02%) SOAP
3 1 (1.02%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.06%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.06%) iPad
3 3 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.04%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.02%) BYOD
5 1 (1.02%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.02%) iPhone
5 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.02%) PDA
5 1 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.02%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (28.57%) Windows
2 11 (11.22%) Windows 10
3 10 (10.20%) Apple iOS
3 10 (10.20%) Linux
4 8 (8.16%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.10%) Debian
5 5 (5.10%) Ubuntu
5 5 (5.10%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.02%) VMS
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.02%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.49%) Customer Service
2 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (15.31%) Agile
3 15 (15.31%) Migration
4 14 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (14.29%) ITIL
5 13 (13.27%) Information Security
6 12 (12.24%) Change Management
6 12 (12.24%) Service Management
7 11 (11.22%) Data Modelling
7 11 (11.22%) Decision-Making
7 11 (11.22%) ITSM
8 10 (10.20%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (10.20%) Service Delivery
9 9 (9.18%) Business Strategy
9 9 (9.18%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (9.18%) Programme Management
10 8 (8.16%) Configuration Management
10 8 (8.16%) Matrix Organization
10 8 (8.16%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.22%) SQL
2 9 (9.18%) Python
3 8 (8.16%) Swift
4 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.06%) Bash
5 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.04%) C#
6 2 (2.04%) X++
7 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.02%) R
7 1 (1.02%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.02%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.47%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.18%) DV Cleared
4 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (6.12%) Degree
6 3 (3.06%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.06%) MCSE
7 2 (2.04%) APMP
7 2 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.04%) PMP
8 1 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.02%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.02%) CISM
8 1 (1.02%) CISSP
8 1 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.02%) MCP
8 1 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.02%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) SLA
2 4 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.04%) PMO
3 2 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.02%) GDPR
4 1 (1.02%) GRC
4 1 (1.02%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (20.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) XenApp
2 1 (1.02%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) SCCM
1 4 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (12.24%) Oracle
2 11 (11.22%) Okta
3 7 (7.14%) VMware
4 6 (6.12%) SAP
5 5 (5.10%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.08%) Computacenter
6 4 (4.08%) Google
7 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.04%) Apple
8 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.02%) Ariba
9 1 (1.02%) Cisco
9 1 (1.02%) Citrix
9 1 (1.02%) Dell
9 1 (1.02%) HP
9 1 (1.02%) Hyperion
9 1 (1.02%) Intel
9 1 (1.02%) NetApp
9 1 (1.02%) Peregrine
9 1 (1.02%) Remedy