Microsoft Contracts in Nottingham

Microsoft
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottingham 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 5 10 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 16 17 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 14.04% 12.88% 17.08%
As % of the Vendors category 29.63% 22.37% 47.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 31
10th Percentile £97 £187 £200
25th Percentile £185 £245 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £340 £445
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -23.60% -19.09%
75th Percentile £545 £458 £538
90th Percentile £583 £528 £750
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £488 £295 £445
% change year-on-year +65.25% -33.71% -8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - £12.13 £12.65
25th Percentile - £12.75 £17.38
Median hourly rate £12.92 £13.89 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% -40.25% +144.89%
75th Percentile - £14.27 £26.48
90th Percentile - £26.50 -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £12.92 £14.27 £23.24
% change year-on-year -9.46% -38.60% +144.89%

All Vendors
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 54 76 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 47.37% 57.58% 36.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 30 70
10th Percentile £185 £205 £221
25th Percentile £410 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% +3.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £530 £638 £700
90th Percentile £552 £734 -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 6
10th Percentile £13.01 £12.13 £14.75
25th Percentile £13.14 £12.75 £20.42
Median hourly rate £13.37 £13.89 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -36.79% +125.51%
75th Percentile £13.59 £14.27 £25.43
90th Percentile £13.72 £26.50 £26.48
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £21.97
% change year-on-year -3.22% -35.03% +122.54%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Nottingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Nottingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Nottingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Nottingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham 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 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (6.25%) Exstream
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (18.75%) OneDrive
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) Azure AKS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure API Management
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Eclipse
1 2 (12.50%) NetBeans
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Games
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Data Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Lead DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) POSIX
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
2 1 (6.25%) OpenID
2 1 (6.25%) SAML
2 1 (6.25%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Structures
2 2 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Housing Association
3 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) IoT
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (18.75%) Agile
2 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
2 3 (18.75%) Data Mapping
2 3 (18.75%) DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Migration
2 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
3 2 (12.50%) CRM
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
3 2 (12.50%) ERP
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C
1 2 (12.50%) C++
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA
2 2 (12.50%) MISRA C
2 2 (12.50%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (6.25%) IEC 61508
3 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) QNX
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.25%) Ab Initio
2 1 (6.25%) OpenText