Microsoft Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 216 385 410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 11.36% 18.23% 15.71%
As % of the Vendors category 29.67% 40.83% 37.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 278 249
10th Percentile £175 £163 £142
25th Percentile £263 £223 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +20.00% +40.71%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £475
90th Percentile £705 £750 £590
England median daily rate £488 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.45% +1.01% +15.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 38 66
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.47 £12.28
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £17.61 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% +21.45% -18.31%
75th Percentile £15.63 £35.00 £18.55
90th Percentile £25.00 £65.00 £25.50
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.12 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.96% +14.14% -

All Vendors
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 728 943 1,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 38.30% 44.65% 41.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 596 647
10th Percentile £205 £187 £183
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £539
90th Percentile £711 £700 £650
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 126 142
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £12.62
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% +27.81% -8.55%
75th Percentile £48.00 £65.00 £20.75
90th Percentile £75.73 £65.75 £53.38
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +78.57% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Cambridgeshire +1 71 £438 +34.62% 88
Hertfordshire -13 70 £540 -1.82% 123
Bedfordshire -5 30 £375 -2.85% 34
Essex -7 26 £475 +69.41% 52
Suffolk +4 10 £215 -59.05% 24
Norfolk -2 6 £208 +10.93% 30
Microsoft
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 20 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.94%) IIS
3 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (4.17%) Apache
5 8 (3.70%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.93%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.93%) Appian
7 2 (0.93%) Camunda
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.46%) CMS
8 1 (0.46%) Mendix
Applications
1 79 (36.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (19.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 42 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.63%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (1.39%) SAP FI-AP
1 3 (1.39%) Shopify
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.46%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (12.04%) Azure
3 6 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.31%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.85%) OCI
6 3 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.93%) AWS
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.93%) BigCommerce
7 2 (0.93%) GCP
7 2 (0.93%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.48%) TCP/IP
1 14 (6.48%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (3.70%) Firewall
3 7 (3.24%) H.323
3 7 (3.24%) HTTP
4 6 (2.78%) VPN
5 5 (2.31%) Wireless
6 4 (1.85%) Intranet
6 4 (1.85%) WAN
7 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.39%) LAN
7 3 (1.39%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (1.39%) VoIP
7 3 (1.39%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.93%) DNS
8 2 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.93%) SMTP
8 2 (0.93%) VLAN
9 1 (0.46%) DHCP
9 1 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.31%) SAP HANA
2 5 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.85%) Power BI
4 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.93%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 2 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.93%) Lumira
5 2 (0.93%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.93%) MySQL
5 2 (0.93%) OLAP
5 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.93%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.46%) EDMS
6 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.39%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.39%) Fiddler
3 2 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.46%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.46%) MSI
General
1 86 (39.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (6.94%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.94%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.09%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.63%) Finance
7 9 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.24%) Marketing
9 6 (2.78%) Legal
9 6 (2.78%) Retail
10 5 (2.31%) Local Government
11 4 (1.85%) German Language
11 4 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.39%) Automotive
12 3 (1.39%) Military
13 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.93%) Electronics
13 2 (0.93%) Lithuanian Language
Job Titles
1 48 (22.22%) Analyst
2 35 (16.20%) Service Analyst
3 26 (12.04%) Administrator
4 24 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 17 (7.87%) Support Engineer
6 15 (6.94%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
7 12 (5.56%) Developer
8 11 (5.09%) Architect
8 11 (5.09%) Customer Analyst
8 11 (5.09%) Customer Service Analyst
9 9 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Customer Service Administrator
10 8 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Desktop Support
10 8 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) IT Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Senior
11 7 (3.24%) Server Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Design Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Project Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.78%) .NET
2 5 (2.31%) CSS
2 5 (2.31%) HTML
2 5 (2.31%) React
3 4 (1.85%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.85%) Web Services
4 3 (1.39%) EDI
4 3 (1.39%) IDoc
4 3 (1.39%) Node.js
4 3 (1.39%) SAML
5 2 (0.93%) Drools
5 2 (0.93%) jBPM
5 2 (0.93%) JSON
5 2 (0.93%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.93%) VML
6 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.46%) LDAP
6 1 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.48%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (3.70%) IVR
4 7 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.31%) NHS
5 5 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.31%) PKI
6 4 (1.85%) Graphic Design
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) iPad
7 3 (1.39%) iPhone
7 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.93%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.93%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.46%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 66 (30.56%) Windows
2 32 (14.81%) Linux
3 13 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (6.02%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.39%) Windows 2000
6 3 (1.39%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.39%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.46%) Android
7 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (37.96%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (30.56%) Customer Service
3 43 (19.91%) Service Delivery
4 39 (18.06%) Mathematics
5 36 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 32 (14.81%) ITIL
7 22 (10.19%) Migration
8 20 (9.26%) Agile
9 19 (8.80%) Project Management
10 15 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (5.56%) Data Protection
11 12 (5.56%) PRINCE2
12 11 (5.09%) Change Management
12 11 (5.09%) DevOps
12 11 (5.09%) Time Management
13 10 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
14 9 (4.17%) Computer Science
14 9 (4.17%) Project Delivery
15 8 (3.70%) Analytics
15 8 (3.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.17%) C#
2 8 (3.70%) Java
2 8 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.31%) SQL
5 4 (1.85%) C++
5 4 (1.85%) Python
5 4 (1.85%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.39%) ABAP
7 2 (0.93%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (11.57%) Degree
4 23 (10.65%) DV Cleared
5 19 (8.80%) MCSA
6 16 (7.41%) A+ Certification
6 16 (7.41%) SC Cleared
7 13 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (5.56%) CCNA
9 7 (3.24%) CCNP
9 7 (3.24%) MCP
9 7 (3.24%) MCSE
10 6 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.39%) CISSP
12 3 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.39%) ECDL
12 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.02%) SLA
2 7 (3.24%) GDPR
2 7 (3.24%) PMO
3 3 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.39%) QA
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.46%) GMP
5 1 (0.46%) GxP
5 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.46%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (26.85%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (5.09%) SCCM
2 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.31%) SCOM
4 3 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.93%) MAILsweeper
5 2 (0.93%) WSUS
6 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.46%) Ansible
6 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.46%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.46%) Terraform
6 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (10.65%) SAP
1 23 (10.65%) VMware
2 16 (7.41%) Citrix
3 14 (6.48%) Red Hat
4 11 (5.09%) Cisco
4 11 (5.09%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.70%) Avaya
6 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.31%) Verint
7 4 (1.85%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.85%) Google
7 4 (1.85%) NetApp
7 4 (1.85%) Sophos
7 4 (1.85%) Varonis
8 3 (1.39%) Apple
8 3 (1.39%) Ariba
8 3 (1.39%) F5
8 3 (1.39%) OpenText
8 3 (1.39%) Oracle
9 2 (0.93%) Facebook