Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 675 826 1,034
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 14.34% 14.22% 14.40%
As % of the Vendors category 33.55% 35.57% 38.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 580 703
10th Percentile £163 £181 £140
25th Percentile £250 £315 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £525
90th Percentile £650 £638 £609
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 28 103
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.65 £9.92
25th Percentile £11.13 £17.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.40% +51.43% -0.77%
75th Percentile £18.11 £39.91 £27.88
90th Percentile £26.41 £50.55 £44.69
England median hourly rate £15.00 £20.97 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.45% +13.32% +1.26%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,012 2,322 2,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.74% 39.99% 37.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 1,575 1,838
10th Percentile £250 £235 £175
25th Percentile £390 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.70% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £642
England median daily rate £520 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 66 163
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.97 £10.23
25th Percentile £12.53 £19.17 £13.75
Median hourly rate £15.09 £37.50 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -59.77% +112.59% -10.34%
75th Percentile £22.19 £47.75 £26.75
90th Percentile £46.18 £53.17 £48.34
England median hourly rate £22.50 £38.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% +83.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +3 402 £450 -5.26% 517
Yorkshire +2 232 £380 -20.00% 326
North East +13 43 £230 -3.16% 118
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 64 (9.48%) SharePoint
2 47 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.59%) IBM Notes
3 4 (0.59%) IIS
3 4 (0.59%) WordPress
4 3 (0.44%) Confluence
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.30%) CMS
5 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.15%) Site Server
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 204 (30.22%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (12.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (5.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 14 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.19%) CATIA
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.33%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.19%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 160 (23.70%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (23.56%) Azure
3 50 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
4 49 (7.26%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 31 (4.59%) AWS
7 20 (2.96%) SaaS
7 20 (2.96%) Taleo
8 15 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.22%) IaaS
9 14 (2.07%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.78%) OneDrive
10 12 (1.78%) PaaS
11 8 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.89%) OCI
12 6 (0.89%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.74%) Akamai
13 5 (0.74%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.48%) Firewall
2 31 (4.59%) DNS
3 22 (3.26%) DHCP
4 18 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (2.52%) VPN
6 15 (2.22%) LAN
7 11 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
7 11 (1.63%) SAN
8 8 (1.19%) WAN
9 6 (0.89%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.89%) WAAS
10 5 (0.74%) Internet
10 5 (0.74%) VoIP
11 4 (0.59%) Network Security
11 4 (0.59%) VLAN
12 3 (0.44%) DMZ
12 3 (0.44%) Intranet
13 2 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.30%) Wireless
13 2 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.19%) Power BI
3 14 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.04%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.74%) GIS
8 4 (0.59%) MySQL
8 4 (0.59%) Tableau
9 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.15%) OLAP
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 22 (3.26%) JIRA
2 16 (2.37%) Git
3 9 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.44%) GitLab
5 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.30%) AppScan
6 2 (0.30%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.15%) gulp
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 277 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 80 (11.85%) Finance
3 65 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.59%) Banking
6 23 (3.41%) Manufacturing
6 23 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.63%) Law
9 11 (1.63%) Legal
9 11 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.19%) Retail
11 7 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.74%) Marketing
13 4 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.44%) Local Government
14 3 (0.44%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.30%) French Language
Job Titles
1 110 (16.30%) Analyst
2 57 (8.44%) IT Support
3 45 (6.67%) Lead
4 44 (6.52%) Architect
5 41 (6.07%) Support Engineer
6 39 (5.78%) Senior
7 36 (5.33%) Developer
8 35 (5.19%) Service Analyst
9 34 (5.04%) Service Desk Analyst
10 31 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (4.59%) IT Engineer
11 28 (4.15%) Consultant
12 27 (4.00%) Project Manager
13 24 (3.56%) 2nd Line Support
14 23 (3.41%) Administrator
15 22 (3.26%) IT Technician
16 20 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
16 20 (2.96%) Service Desk Agent
17 19 (2.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 19 (2.81%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.78%) .NET
2 8 (1.19%) JSON
2 8 (1.19%) PyTorch
2 8 (1.19%) SailPoint
2 8 (1.19%) TensorFlow
3 7 (1.04%) CSS
3 7 (1.04%) HTML
4 6 (0.89%) REST
4 6 (0.89%) Web Services
5 5 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.74%) RESTful
6 4 (0.59%) Node.js
7 3 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.44%) LDAP
7 3 (0.44%) Spring
7 3 (0.44%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.44%) XHTML
8 2 (0.30%) XML
8 2 (0.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.59%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 22 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
3 20 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.37%) NHS
5 11 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.48%) PKI
6 10 (1.48%) Virtual Team
7 9 (1.33%) Clustering
8 8 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.04%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.89%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.74%) CCTV
11 5 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.74%) iPhone
11 5 (0.74%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 214 (31.70%) Windows
2 129 (19.11%) Windows 10
3 50 (7.41%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.22%) Linux
5 14 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.93%) Windows 7
6 13 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 11 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.33%) Android
10 8 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.04%) VMS
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.15%) Unix
14 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (19.41%) Customer Service
3 75 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 68 (10.07%) Agile
5 54 (8.00%) ITIL
5 54 (8.00%) Migration
6 53 (7.85%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (7.11%) Project Management
8 46 (6.81%) DevOps
9 43 (6.37%) Business Intelligence
9 43 (6.37%) Time Management
10 38 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (5.33%) Mentoring
12 33 (4.89%) Incident Management
13 32 (4.74%) Information Security
13 32 (4.74%) Service Management
14 31 (4.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (4.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (4.44%) Data Protection
15 30 (4.44%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.85%) SQL
2 40 (5.93%) PowerShell
3 31 (4.59%) Python
4 15 (2.22%) C#
5 14 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.78%) Java
7 9 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.74%) Bash
9 2 (0.30%) C
9 2 (0.30%) PHP
9 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.15%) Fortran
10 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.15%) Perl
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Tcl
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 82 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 77 (11.41%) Degree
4 35 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 17 (2.52%) CISSP
8 15 (2.22%) CISM
9 14 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.78%) MCSE
12 9 (1.33%) CCNA
12 9 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.04%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.89%) CISA
14 6 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.89%) MBA
14 6 (0.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.93%) SLA
2 29 (4.30%) QA
3 28 (4.15%) Disclosure Scotland
4 22 (3.26%) NIST
5 17 (2.52%) NIST 800
6 12 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.33%) PMO
8 6 (0.89%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.89%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.74%) GDPR
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) GMP
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 172 (25.48%) Active Directory
2 44 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.56%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.19%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (1.04%) Docker
6 7 (1.04%) KVM
7 5 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.44%) vSphere
9 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) Firmware
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 57 (8.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.30%) SCCM
3 13 (1.93%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.63%) Terraform
5 9 (1.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (1.33%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.89%) Ansible
8 4 (0.59%) Grafana
8 4 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.44%) Autotask
9 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.44%) Puppet
10 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.30%) Graylog
10 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.30%) MaaS360
10 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (9.63%) ServiceNow
2 58 (8.59%) VMware
3 21 (3.11%) Citrix
4 15 (2.22%) Apple
5 14 (2.07%) SAP
6 12 (1.78%) Oracle
7 11 (1.63%) Cisco
7 11 (1.63%) Google
8 10 (1.48%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.19%) Pega
9 8 (1.19%) Siemens
10 7 (1.04%) Databricks
10 7 (1.04%) Veeam
11 6 (0.89%) CA
12 5 (0.74%) Adobe
12 5 (0.74%) F5
12 5 (0.74%) Sophos
13 4 (0.59%) Facebook
13 4 (0.59%) iManage