Microsoft Engineer Contracts in England

Microsoft Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in England is £461 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 591 701
Rank change year-on-year +108 +110 -109
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 59 54 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 46 57
10th Percentile £245 £205 £270
25th Percentile £350 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.75% +5.26% +26.67%
75th Percentile £514 £562 £600
90th Percentile £530 £605 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.88
25th Percentile - - £49.69
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile - - £74.88
UK median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,916 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,507 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,425 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in England

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
South West +36 24 £495 -19.90% 5
South East +25 10 £388 +3.33% 1
London +77 9 £550 +22.22%
North of England +16 9 £363 -34.09% 3
North West +15 9 £363 -34.09% 2
Midlands +37 7 £350 -33.33% 1
West Midlands +30 7 £350 -33.33% 1
Microsoft Engineer
UK

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (66.10%) Windows
3 38 (64.41%) Social Skills
4 32 (54.24%) Azure
5 28 (47.46%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (44.07%) SharePoint
7 24 (40.68%) ITIL
7 24 (40.68%) Firewall
8 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
9 18 (30.51%) Service Management
9 18 (30.51%) DV Cleared
10 17 (28.81%) SCOM
10 17 (28.81%) Atlassian
10 17 (28.81%) SharePoint Server
10 17 (28.81%) JIRA
10 17 (28.81%) ITSM
10 17 (28.81%) BGP
10 17 (28.81%) Confluence
10 17 (28.81%) Capacity Management
10 17 (28.81%) Network Management
10 17 (28.81%) Private Cloud
10 17 (28.81%) Government Security Classifications
10 17 (28.81%) Security Monitoring
10 17 (28.81%) Azure Stack
11 16 (27.12%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (23.73%) Active Directory
13 13 (22.03%) Customer Service
14 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Exchange
14 12 (20.34%) PowerShell
15 10 (16.95%) Microsoft Office

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 26 (44.07%) SharePoint
2 17 (28.81%) Confluence
2 17 (28.81%) SharePoint Server
3 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (54.24%) Azure
2 28 (47.46%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (28.81%) Azure Stack
4 9 (15.25%) Entra ID
5 8 (13.56%) OneDrive
6 7 (11.86%) Power Platform
6 7 (11.86%) PowerApps
7 6 (10.17%) Power Automate
8 3 (5.08%) SaaS
9 2 (3.39%) Google Workspace
9 2 (3.39%) IaaS
9 2 (3.39%) PaaS
9 2 (3.39%) Slack
10 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.69%) Azure Storage
10 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (40.68%) Firewall
2 17 (28.81%) BGP
3 6 (10.17%) Unified Communications
4 2 (3.39%) VoIP
4 2 (3.39%) VPN
4 2 (3.39%) WAAS
5 1 (1.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (28.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Appium
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 38 (64.41%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Electronics
4 2 (3.39%) German Language
4 2 (3.39%) Italian Language
4 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.39%) Marketing
4 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.69%) Arabic Language
5 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.69%) French Language
5 1 (1.69%) Legal
5 1 (1.69%) Local Government
5 1 (1.69%) Police
5 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.81%) Private Cloud
2 6 (10.17%) Digital Signage
2 6 (10.17%) PKI
3 2 (3.39%) Life Science
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.69%) BYOD
4 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 39 (66.10%) Windows
2 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.17%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (10.17%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.39%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.39%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) ITIL
2 18 (30.51%) Service Management
3 17 (28.81%) Capacity Management
3 17 (28.81%) ITSM
3 17 (28.81%) Network Management
3 17 (28.81%) Security Monitoring
4 13 (22.03%) Customer Service
5 8 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 6 (10.17%) Service Delivery
7 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.08%) Mentoring
8 3 (5.08%) Migration
9 2 (3.39%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (3.39%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.39%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (3.39%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.39%) Information Security
9 2 (3.39%) Programme Management
9 2 (3.39%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.69%) C#
2 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) DV Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) Degree
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CEH
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.69%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (28.81%) Government Security Classifications
2 9 (15.25%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (23.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) Hyper-V
2 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (28.81%) SCOM
2 16 (27.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (10.17%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (8.47%) SCCM
5 2 (3.39%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (28.81%) Atlassian
3 6 (10.17%) Oracle
4 5 (8.47%) VMware
5 3 (5.08%) Google
5 3 (5.08%) Veeam
6 2 (3.39%) SAP
7 1 (1.69%) CA