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 25 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
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 12 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottingham 10.62% 15.13% 17.08%
As % of the Vendors category 23.08% 26.47% 44.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 31
10th Percentile £86 £187 £200
25th Percentile £350 £245 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £340 £445
Median % change year-on-year +43.38% -23.60% -11.00%
75th Percentile £549 £458 £538
90th Percentile £585 £528 £750
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £295 £445
% change year-on-year +69.49% -33.71% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 4
10th Percentile - £12.70 £12.65
25th Percentile - £12.75 £17.38
Median hourly rate - £13.54 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year - -41.74% +142.27%
75th Percentile - £14.33 £26.48
90th Percentile - £26.50 -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate - £13.91 £23.24
% change year-on-year - -40.17% +142.27%

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 52 68 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 46.02% 57.14% 38.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 27 71
10th Percentile £386 £203 £223
25th Percentile £449 £251 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £575 £700
90th Percentile £569 £655 -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £500 £358 £500
% change year-on-year +39.86% -28.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 7
10th Percentile - £12.70 £15.80
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.84
Median hourly rate £13.81 £13.54 £22.26
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -39.17% +128.54%
75th Percentile - £14.33 £26.48
90th Percentile - £26.50 £43.89
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £13.81 £13.91 £22.26
% change year-on-year -0.68% -37.53% +128.54%

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 25 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 1 (8.33%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Exstream
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure API Management
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 2 (16.67%) NetBeans
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Architect
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Architect
1 2 (16.67%) Consultant
1 2 (16.67%) Data Consultant
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Ab Initio Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) QA Tester
2 1 (8.33%) Senior QA Tester
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Tester
2 1 (8.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) POSIX
2 1 (8.33%) OAuth
2 1 (8.33%) OpenID
2 1 (8.33%) SAML
2 1 (8.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Housing Association
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Unix
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 2 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
1 2 (16.67%) C++
1 2 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA C
2 2 (16.67%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) QNX
2 1 (8.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (8.33%) OpenText
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle