Microsoft Contracts in Gloucester

Microsoft
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 24 22 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 26.37% 26.19% 36.73%
As % of the Vendors category 46.15% 50.00% 58.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 47
10th Percentile £210 £193 £200
25th Percentile £363 £381 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £588 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.64% +46.88% +88.24%
75th Percentile £578 £594 £530
90th Percentile £900 - £600
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - £18.13 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - -44.22% -
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - £16.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year - -50.77% +106.48%

All Vendors
Gloucester

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 52 44 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 57.14% 52.38% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 34 73
10th Percentile £265 £339 £275
25th Percentile £365 £466 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £597 £594 £538
90th Percentile £685 £625 £600
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.03
25th Percentile - - £16.06
Median hourly rate - £18.13 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year - -18.52% -
75th Percentile - - £28.56
90th Percentile - - £31.68
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +312.96%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Gloucester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 10 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (12.50%) Confluence
4 1 (4.17%) IIS
4 1 (4.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (62.50%) Azure
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (12.50%) SaaS
5 2 (8.33%) AWS
5 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (8.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) Architect
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Applications Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Power Apps Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.50%) iPad
2 3 (12.50%) iPhone
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.17%) Android
5 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 6 (25.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.83%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) Application Security
5 4 (16.67%) Project Management
5 4 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
5 4 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (12.50%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.50%) Inventory Management
6 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (12.50%) Time Management
6 3 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) VB
3 1 (4.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (79.17%) Security Cleared
2 18 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (4.17%) MCP
6 1 (4.17%) MCSA
6 1 (4.17%) MCSE
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) PMO
2 2 (8.33%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) NCSC
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.17%) BitLocker
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (16.67%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (16.67%) SCCM
3 3 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (12.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (4.17%) QRadar
4 1 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 1 (4.17%) vMotion
4 1 (4.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) McAfee
2 4 (16.67%) Symantec
3 3 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix
5 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.17%) Exabeam
5 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) Splunk