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 18 December 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 |
|
|
6 months to
18 Dec 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
15 |
9 |
6 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-6 |
-3 |
+8 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft |
54 |
97 |
71 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent |
13.85% |
17.86% |
14.76% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
30.00% |
39.75% |
33.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
30 |
63 |
46 |
| Kent median daily rate |
£281 |
£350 |
£336 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-19.64% |
+4.09% |
-3.93% |
| 10th Percentile |
£117 |
£150 |
£163 |
| 90th Percentile |
£494 |
£475 |
£438 |
| South East median daily rate |
£401 |
£388 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.55% |
+3.33% |
+7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Kent median hourly rate |
£15.19 |
£10.38 |
£21.75 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+46.41% |
-52.30% |
+38.10% |
| South East median hourly rate |
£14.00 |
£15.00 |
£14.20 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.67% |
+5.63% |
-11.25% |
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.
| All Vendors Kent |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
180 |
244 |
215 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent |
46.15% |
44.94% |
44.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
96 |
164 |
151 |
| Kent median daily rate |
£400 |
£350 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+14.29% |
+7.69% |
-3.70% |
| 10th Percentile |
£134 |
£191 |
£174 |
| 90th Percentile |
£575 |
£538 |
£463 |
| South East median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
+2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
10 |
8 |
6 |
| Kent median hourly rate |
£30.00 |
£25.69 |
£13.23 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+16.78% |
+94.25% |
-6.37% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.13 |
£9.54 |
£10.63 |
| 90th Percentile |
£35.50 |
£63.21 |
£21.63 |
| South East median hourly rate |
£16.58 |
£17.25 |
£15.25 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.88% |
+13.11% |
-15.28% |
