Microsoft Contracts in Sheffield

Microsoft
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 30 28 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -14 -6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 20 27 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.27% 7.12% 10.57%
As % of the Vendors category 12.27% 13.11% 28.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 40
10th Percentile £185 £172 £363
25th Percentile £210 £185 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £225 £525
Median % change year-on-year +97.22% -57.14% +28.05%
75th Percentile £483 £531 £638
90th Percentile £498 £570 £705
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £250 £506
% change year-on-year +88.00% -50.62% +20.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £14.50 -
25th Percentile - £17.31 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +22.14%
75th Percentile - - £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £13.38 £20.00
% change year-on-year - -33.13% +15.21%

All Vendors
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 163 206 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 51.10% 54.35% 37.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 120 123
10th Percentile £183 £349 £400
25th Percentile £357 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £528 £588 £650
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £538
% change year-on-year -5.26% -11.63% +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £14.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.10 £17.31 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +24.15% +10.75%
75th Percentile £18.41 - £20.11
90th Percentile £18.47 - £21.54
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £14.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +30.04% -20.99% -2.90%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (20.00%) PowerApps
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Storage
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) DWDM
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Support
3 3 (15.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365 Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) IT Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
1 3 (15.00%) React
1 3 (15.00%) SPFx
2 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (15.00%) Agile
4 3 (15.00%) ERP
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Web Development
5 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
5 2 (10.00%) Network Design
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) CCNA
1 2 (10.00%) CCNP
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) JNCIA
1 2 (10.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) CISA
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
1 2 (10.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Commvault
2 2 (10.00%) Arista
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix
2 2 (10.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (10.00%) Veritas
3 1 (5.00%) Okta
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle