Microsoft Contracts in Leeds

Microsoft
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 59 84 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 12.58% 10.55% 11.19%
As % of the Vendors category 27.31% 25.15% 29.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 74 109
10th Percentile £229 £226 £233
25th Percentile £241 £330 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -12.20% +17.14%
75th Percentile £425 £550 £600
90th Percentile £575 £625 £690
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £31.53 - -
25th Percentile £31.62 - -
Median hourly rate £33.11 £18.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +81.23% - -
75th Percentile £37.98 - -
90th Percentile £40.09 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £33.11 £15.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +120.73% -53.85% +92.88%

All Vendors
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 216 334 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 46.06% 41.96% 37.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 212 364
10th Percentile £246 £313 £350
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £501 £534
Median % change year-on-year -10.09% -6.23% +9.49%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £638
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 2
10th Percentile £31.67 £12.10 £22.18
25th Percentile £38.32 £12.87 £31.81
Median hourly rate £65.71 £14.63 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year +349.28% -69.69% +141.25%
75th Percentile £99.42 £15.19 £64.31
90th Percentile £102.00 - £73.73
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £41.00 £14.63 £32.50
% change year-on-year +180.34% -55.00% +103.13%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leeds

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Leeds

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Leeds

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 17 (28.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (15.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (50.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (61.02%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (50.85%) Entra ID
3 15 (25.42%) Azure
4 5 (8.47%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.08%) IaaS
6 3 (5.08%) PaaS
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.39%) AWS
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.69%) Figma
8 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.95%) VPN
2 6 (10.17%) DNS
2 6 (10.17%) Firewall
2 6 (10.17%) VLAN
2 6 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (8.47%) DHCP
3 5 (8.47%) LAN
3 5 (8.47%) VoIP
3 5 (8.47%) WAN
4 4 (6.78%) Network Security
5 2 (3.39%) DKIM
5 2 (3.39%) DMARC
6 1 (1.69%) IMAP
6 1 (1.69%) Internet
6 1 (1.69%) Intranet
6 1 (1.69%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.69%) POP3
6 1 (1.69%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) Power BI
2 2 (3.39%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (3.39%) QlikView
2 2 (3.39%) Tableau
3 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.69%) Power Query
3 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
General
1 35 (59.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (22.03%) Retail
3 4 (6.78%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Local Government
4 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.69%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.69%) Law
5 1 (1.69%) Legal
5 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Support Manager
2 11 (18.64%) Support Engineer
3 9 (15.25%) IT Manager
3 9 (15.25%) IT Support
3 9 (15.25%) IT Support Manager
4 8 (13.56%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (13.56%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 8 (13.56%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Desktop Support
4 8 (13.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Support Assistant
7 4 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Architect
8 3 (5.08%) IT Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Senior
9 2 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (3.39%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) LDAP
2 1 (1.69%) .NET
2 1 (1.69%) OAuth
2 1 (1.69%) OpenID
2 1 (1.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) iPhone
1 13 (22.03%) Smartphone
2 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.39%) NHS
3 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.69%) CCTV
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.69%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.69%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.69%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (30.51%) Mac OS
2 13 (22.03%) Windows
3 6 (10.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.08%) Linux
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (1.69%) Unix
6 1 (1.69%) VMS
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Customer Service
2 18 (30.51%) ITIL
3 17 (28.81%) ITSM
4 14 (23.73%) Incident Management
4 14 (23.73%) Service Management
5 13 (22.03%) Mobile Device Management
6 10 (16.95%) Service Delivery
7 7 (11.86%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (8.47%) Data Protection
8 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.47%) Security Patching
8 5 (8.47%) Service Desk Management
9 4 (6.78%) Case Management
9 4 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (5.08%) Attestation
10 3 (5.08%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 3 (5.08%) Process Improvement
10 3 (5.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.08%) VBA
3 2 (3.39%) SQL
3 2 (3.39%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.69%) C#
4 1 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) ACSP
2 5 (8.47%) ACTC
3 4 (6.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (5.08%) CCNA
4 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CISSP
6 1 (1.69%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (5.08%) SOC 2
3 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.39%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (76.27%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.08%) vSphere
4 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (30.51%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (18.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (13.56%) SCCM
4 5 (8.47%) AppManager
5 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.69%) vRealize
Vendors
1 22 (37.29%) ServiceNow
2 18 (30.51%) Apple
3 10 (16.95%) VMware
4 5 (8.47%) Citrix
4 5 (8.47%) Ivanti
4 5 (8.47%) Veeam
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco
5 4 (6.78%) Meraki
6 3 (5.08%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.39%) Proofpoint
7 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.69%) Ariba
8 1 (1.69%) SAP
8 1 (1.69%) Splunk
8 1 (1.69%) Workday