Microsoft Specialist Contracts in England

Microsoft Specialist
UK > England

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 636 750
Rank change year-on-year +119 +114 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 24 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.018% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.019% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 14
10th Percentile £421 £378 £355
25th Percentile £525 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +13.40% +49.23%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £634
90th Percentile £578 - £646
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £495
% change year-on-year +2.33% +8.59% +41.43%

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 33,898 46,550 67,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,460 33,060 48,164
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 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,372 1,874
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.51
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Specialist in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +104 18 £550 +57.14% 1
South East +18 3 £600 +4.35%
North of England +23 2 £388 -26.19% 1
North West +24 1 £388 -26.19%
East of England - 1 £400 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Microsoft Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Microsoft Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (54.17%) ERP
2 13 (54.17%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (37.50%) SQL
4 8 (33.33%) Finance
5 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
6 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
8 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.50%) Azure
9 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
9 3 (12.50%) Power BI
9 3 (12.50%) Windows
9 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
10 2 (8.33%) CRM
10 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
10 2 (8.33%) Migration
10 2 (8.33%) PKI
10 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
10 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
10 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
10 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (8.33%) Customer Service

Microsoft Specialist 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 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (54.17%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) PKI
2 1 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) ERP
2 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.33%) CRM
4 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (8.33%) Migration
5 1 (4.17%) Capacity Management
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.17%) Data Governance
5 1 (4.17%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.17%) E-Discovery
5 1 (4.17%) Information Management
5 1 (4.17%) Product Management
5 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.17%) SIEM
5 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.17%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.17%) CEH
2 1 (4.17%) CISA
2 1 (4.17%) CISM
2 1 (4.17%) CISSP
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.17%) CASB
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat