Microsoft Contracts in Kent

Microsoft
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 13 3
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 31 22 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 15.50% 10.05% 19.37%
As % of the Vendors category 40.26% 18.64% 47.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 45
10th Percentile £187 £315 £137
25th Percentile £203 £406 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +60.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £486 £749 £588
90th Percentile £539 £788 £656
South East median daily rate £465 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +5.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £11.45 - £16.11
South East median hourly rate £20.25 £20.47 £16.50
% change year-on-year -1.07% +24.06% -10.27%

All Vendors
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 77 118 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 38.50% 53.88% 40.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 101 98
10th Percentile £203 £181 £166
25th Percentile £205 £205 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.69% -20.10%
75th Percentile £438 £419 £552
90th Percentile £508 £650 £615
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Median hourly rate £11.45 £66.74 £16.11
Median % change year-on-year -82.84% +314.28% -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +11.11% +130.53% -2.40%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Kent over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Kent

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Kent region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Malling +4 7 £520 +57.58% 1
Maidstone +3 2 £325 +62.50% 13
Folkestone - 2 - - 1
Sevenoaks 0 1 £275 -57.03% 4
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.81%) Azure
3 4 (12.90%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) Network Security
3 3 (9.68%) DHCP
3 3 (9.68%) DNS
3 3 (9.68%) LAN
3 3 (9.68%) VLAN
3 3 (9.68%) VPN
3 3 (9.68%) WAN
3 3 (9.68%) WebEx
3 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.23%) Skype
4 1 (3.23%) Telepresence
General
1 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Administrator
1 9 (29.03%) Systems Administrator
2 8 (25.81%) Mac Administrator
3 5 (16.13%) Desktop Support
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 4 (12.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (12.90%) Deskside Support
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Information Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Senior
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Information Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Information Security Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Blog
2 3 (9.68%) Smartphone
3 2 (6.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Windows
2 8 (25.81%) Mac OS
3 5 (16.13%) Windows 10
4 3 (9.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Change Management
1 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security
1 7 (22.58%) Information Security
1 7 (22.58%) Risk Assessment
1 7 (22.58%) Security Architecture
2 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
2 4 (12.90%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (9.68%) Budget Responsibility
3 3 (9.68%) Incident Management
3 3 (9.68%) Information Security Management
3 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
3 3 (9.68%) Security Management
4 2 (6.45%) ITIL
4 2 (6.45%) Migration
4 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.23%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.23%) Information Governance
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) CISM
1 1 (3.23%) CISSP
1 1 (3.23%) CRISC
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
1 1 (3.23%) IBM Certification
1 1 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (25.81%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (9.68%) AppManager
3 3 (9.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Apple
2 4 (12.90%) Cisco
3 3 (9.68%) Ivanti
3 3 (9.68%) VMware
4 2 (6.45%) Google
5 1 (3.23%) IBM
5 1 (3.23%) Polycom