Microsoft Contracts in Leicester

Microsoft
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 7 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 12 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 15.38% 7.96% 18.02%
As % of the Vendors category 30.77% 15.00% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 19
10th Percentile £243 £242 £313
25th Percentile - £569 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +60.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £254 £625 £438
90th Percentile £316 £688 £444
Leicestershire median daily rate £250 £429 £350
% change year-on-year -41.69% +22.50% +62.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.70
Median hourly rate - - £13.40
75th Percentile - - £14.10
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median hourly rate £19.00 - £13.40
% change year-on-year - - +1.52%

All Vendors
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 39 60 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 50.00% 53.10% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 43 47
10th Percentile £250 £122 £293
25th Percentile £278 £325 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £395
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +31.65% -1.25%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £438
90th Percentile £651 £657 £497
Leicestershire median daily rate £475 £474 £393
% change year-on-year +0.21% +20.76% +12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £13.39
25th Percentile - - £14.43
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.05%
75th Percentile - - £35.00
90th Percentile - - £55.25
Leicestershire median hourly rate £19.00 - £18.75
% change year-on-year - - +42.05%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Leicester

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Field Support Technician
1 3 (25.00%) IT Support
1 3 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
1 3 (25.00%) IT Technician
1 3 (25.00%) Support Technician
2 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Build Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) Blazor
1 1 (8.33%) Middleware
1 1 (8.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 4 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Data Development
3 1 (8.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (8.33%) Data Management
3 1 (8.33%) ETL Development
3 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Refactoring
3 1 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCENT
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (33.33%) BitLocker
2 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) VMware