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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 17 November 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.
| Microsoft |
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6 months to
17 Nov 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
9 |
8 |
7 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
-1 |
0 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft |
11,262 |
10,503 |
11,794 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England |
11.94% |
11.11% |
11.98% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
28.32% |
25.92% |
26.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
7,028 |
6,618 |
7,619 |
| England median daily rate |
£420 |
£400 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+6.67% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£165 |
£161 |
£185 |
| 90th Percentile |
£600 |
£575 |
£550 |
| UK median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.13% |
+6.67% |
+2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
813 |
720 |
775 |
| England median hourly rate |
£15.86 |
£15.04 |
£15.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+5.49% |
-3.00% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.75 |
£10.24 |
£9.27 |
| 90th Percentile |
£35.00 |
£41.38 |
£37.80 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£15.70 |
£15.00 |
£15.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.67% |
-3.23% |
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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 England.
| All Vendors England |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
39,760 |
40,522 |
44,497 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England |
42.16% |
42.86% |
45.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
24,967 |
25,380 |
27,492 |
| England median daily rate |
£450 |
£445 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+1.12% |
+4.71% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£250 |
£245 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£625 |
£588 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£430 |
£420 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.65% |
+2.38% |
+5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1,501 |
1,360 |
1,569 |
| England median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.25 |
£16.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+1.45% |
+4.55% |
-5.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.66 |
£10.22 |
| 90th Percentile |
£47.00 |
£45.03 |
£44.50 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.38 |
£16.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+0.72% |
+5.30% |
-5.71% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Microsoft as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Microsoft in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft in England over the 6 months to 17 November 2018.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft in England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft in England over the 6 months to 17 November 2018.
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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 17 November 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 17 November 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Microsoft.
| 1 |
3,975 (35.30%) |
Windows |
| 2 |
2,804 (24.90%) |
Microsoft Azure |
| 3 |
2,790 (24.77%) |
Active Directory |
| 4 |
2,382 (21.15%) |
SQL |
| 5 |
2,317 (20.57%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 6 |
2,192 (19.46%) |
SQL Server |
| 7 |
2,160 (19.18%) |
Finance |
| 8 |
2,153 (19.12%) |
Microsoft Office |
| 9 |
1,942 (17.24%) |
.NET |
| 10 |
1,866 (16.57%) |
Office 365 |
| 11 |
1,799 (15.97%) |
C# |
| 12 |
1,425 (12.65%) |
Windows Server |
| 13 |
1,337 (11.87%) |
VMware |
| 14 |
1,325 (11.77%) |
ITIL |
| 15 |
1,282 (11.38%) |
PowerShell |
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Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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