Microsoft Contracts in the North East

Microsoft
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 22
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 -19
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 50 43 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 15.63% 12.72% 8.98%
As % of the Vendors category 32.47% 30.07% 25.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 25 30
10th Percentile £183 £153 £138
25th Percentile £213 £163 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £230 £238
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -3.16% -44.12%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £494
90th Percentile £570 £645 £655
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £21.28 £14.15 -
25th Percentile £26.00 £16.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £36.18 £20.77 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.19% -57.61% +188.24%
75th Percentile £48.04 - £49.50
90th Percentile £53.77 £30.93 -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £15.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year +26.67% -31.03% +17.57%

All Vendors
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 154 143 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 48.13% 42.31% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 69 106
10th Percentile £216 £163 £200
25th Percentile £328 £335 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £543 £625 £645
90th Percentile £625 £675 £775
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 1
10th Percentile £18.35 £11.18 -
25th Percentile £18.68 £12.72 £48.50
Median hourly rate £35.44 £17.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.49% -64.29% +184.06%
75th Percentile £53.40 £20.77 £49.50
90th Percentile £55.91 £54.47 -
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear +2 40 £340 -21.11% 88
Durham -1 6 £385 +120.00% 17
Northumberland -4 2 £425 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 8 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (6.00%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (22.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) Power Automate
3 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (10.00%) PowerApps
5 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (6.00%) AWS
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.00%) IaaS
7 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.00%) PaaS
7 2 (4.00%) SaaS
8 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.00%) DNS
2 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.00%) VPN
3 2 (4.00%) DHCP
3 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.00%) Firewall
4 1 (2.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Big Data
2 2 (4.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.00%) MySQL
2 2 (4.00%) Redis
2 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Git
2 3 (6.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.00%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (4.00%) ERwin
3 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (2.00%) git-flow
4 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) French Language
5 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Military
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (18.00%) Developer
2 8 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Consultant
3 6 (12.00%) Security Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Active Directory Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Software Developer
6 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) IT Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (6.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) CSS
1 6 (12.00%) HTML
2 4 (8.00%) React
3 3 (6.00%) .NET
3 3 (6.00%) RESTful
3 3 (6.00%) SPFx
4 1 (2.00%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.00%) PKI
5 1 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.00%) Linux
3 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.00%) Android
5 1 (2.00%) AIX
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (2.00%) Unix
5 1 (2.00%) VMS
5 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 8 (16.00%) Agile
3 7 (14.00%) Information Security
3 7 (14.00%) ITIL
4 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 5 (10.00%) ISMS
4 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.00%) Security Management
4 5 (10.00%) Service Management
4 5 (10.00%) Zero Trust
5 4 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.00%) Task Automation
6 3 (6.00%) Deployment Automation
6 3 (6.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.00%) Patch Management
6 3 (6.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (6.00%) C#
3 3 (6.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.00%) Python
5 1 (2.00%) Bash
5 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.00%) CISM
4 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.00%) CRISC
5 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.00%) CCNA
5 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.00%) QA
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Ansible
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.00%) SCCM
1 2 (4.00%) WSUS
2 1 (2.00%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (2.00%) Grafana
2 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) VMware
2 6 (12.00%) Cisco
2 6 (12.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 5 (10.00%) HP
3 5 (10.00%) Veeam
4 2 (4.00%) Citrix
4 2 (4.00%) New Relic
4 2 (4.00%) Tenable
5 1 (2.00%) Ariba
5 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.00%) Bomgar
5 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.00%) IBM
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.00%) Workday