Microsoft Contracts in Shropshire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 11 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 22 8 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 16.79% 5.97% 23.98%
As % of the Vendors category 32.35% 14.81% 29.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 34
10th Percentile £313 - £273
25th Percentile £357 £117 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £213 £538
Median % change year-on-year +113.18% -60.50% +7.82%
75th Percentile £541 £345 £540
90th Percentile - £450 -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £12.18 £14.87 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.50 £14.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year +39.29% -13.71% +1.41%

All Vendors
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 68 54 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 51.91% 40.30% 80.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 39 108
10th Percentile £313 £260 £408
25th Percentile £449 £343 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £358 £538
Median % change year-on-year +34.36% -33.46% +7.60%
75th Percentile £538 £501 £540
90th Percentile £541 £520 £573
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.89% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £12.18 £14.87 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.51 £19.95 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.84% +7.06%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Shropshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Shropshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Shropshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Shropshire

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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Telford +13 20 £453 +98.25% 9
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Intranet
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.09%) MySQL
2 2 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Toad
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Administrator
2 2 (9.09%) Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Data Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) DBA
2 2 (9.09%) Developer
2 2 (9.09%) ICT Assistant
2 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Assistant
3 1 (4.55%) .NET Developer
3 1 (4.55%) Applications Developer
3 1 (4.55%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
3 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
2 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 6 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 5 (22.73%) Data Collection
5 5 (22.73%) Demand Management
5 5 (22.73%) Workflow
6 2 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (9.09%) Data Management
6 2 (9.09%) Database Security
6 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (9.09%) Service Management
7 1 (4.55%) Scrum
7 1 (4.55%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.09%) OCP
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) ISEB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (4.55%) MCSE
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) PMO
2 2 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) SAP
2 5 (22.73%) Atlassian
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Apple
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) Databricks
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) webMethods