Microsoft Engineer Contracts in London

Microsoft Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 463 576
Rank change year-on-year +77 +113 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 9 20 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.051% 0.076% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.080% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 27
10th Percentile £373 £226 £353
25th Percentile £394 £406 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £700
90th Percentile £600 £583 -
England median daily rate £461 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.75% +5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.88
25th Percentile - - £49.69
Median hourly rate - - £59.38
75th Percentile - - £69.06
90th Percentile - - £74.88
England median hourly rate £18.00 - £59.38

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,398 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,880 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.25 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.78% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in London

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +38 1 £550 +37.50%
Microsoft Engineer
England

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (55.56%) Azure
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) SaaS
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
6 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
6 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
6 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (22.22%) Slack
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) PaaS
6 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (22.22%) Marketing
6 2 (22.22%) Google Workspace
6 2 (22.22%) IaaS
6 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (22.22%) German Language
6 2 (22.22%) Italian Language
6 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
6 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Google

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 2 (22.22%) Google Workspace
4 2 (22.22%) IaaS
4 2 (22.22%) PaaS
4 2 (22.22%) Slack
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Storage
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 2 (22.22%) German Language
2 2 (22.22%) Italian Language
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Arabic Language
3 1 (11.11%) French Language
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (22.22%) Migration
1 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
2 1 (11.11%) E-Discovery
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Statistics
2 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CEH
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) CA