Microsoft Contracts in the South East

Microsoft
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 816 883 1,288
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 14.77% 15.15% 16.58%
As % of the Vendors category 31.04% 30.42% 36.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 597 910
10th Percentile £192 £194 £150
25th Percentile £320 £300 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £573
90th Percentile £675 £679 £639
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 36 71
10th Percentile £11.71 £15.36 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.00 £18.25 £12.21
Median hourly rate £21.00 £20.47 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +24.06% -8.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £45.90 £22.25
90th Percentile £61.36 £61.63 £32.09
England median hourly rate £15.00 £22.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -31.82% +18.92% -

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,629 2,903 3,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.58% 49.80% 44.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,601 1,996 2,377
10th Percentile £213 £205 £188
25th Percentile £378 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 125 138
10th Percentile £12.00 £18.08 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.24 £22.16 £12.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £36.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.45 £62.15
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley +3 450 £475 -2.56% 275
Berkshire +5 334 £500 -7.83% 97
Hampshire -2 177 £600 +9.59% 193
Buckinghamshire +2 87 £454 -5.33% 99
Surrey +1 87 £425 +0.59% 96
West Sussex +6 52 £450 +125.00% 40
Kent +7 31 £378 -26.24% 78
Oxfordshire +1 29 £388 -3.13% 79
East Sussex -3 6 £505 -15.83% 44
Middlesex - 6 £275 - 2
Home Counties 0 1 £475 -26.92%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 61 (7.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.72%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) SAS
5 2 (0.25%) CMS
5 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.12%) Jadu
Applications
1 163 (19.98%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.10%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (1.35%) Primavera
2 8 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.74%) Teamcenter
4 5 (0.61%) Aareon QL
4 5 (0.61%) SmartPlant
5 4 (0.49%) LabWindows
6 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.25%) assyst
8 1 (0.12%) Maximo
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.12%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 172 (21.08%) Azure
2 135 (16.54%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (7.35%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (4.29%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (2.82%) AWS
7 23 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (2.82%) PowerApps
8 21 (2.57%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.08%) PaaS
9 17 (2.08%) SaaS
10 15 (1.84%) Azure Storage
10 15 (1.84%) OCI
11 12 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (1.47%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.10%) IaaS
13 7 (0.86%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.86%) WhatsApp
14 6 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 87 (10.66%) DNS
2 70 (8.58%) DHCP
3 65 (7.97%) Firewall
4 45 (5.51%) SAN
5 40 (4.90%) LAN
6 38 (4.66%) TCP/IP
7 29 (3.55%) Network Security
8 28 (3.43%) VPN
9 21 (2.57%) Wireless
10 19 (2.33%) WAN
11 16 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (1.72%) NAS
13 12 (1.47%) VLAN
14 11 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (0.74%) Broadband
15 6 (0.74%) SSL
16 5 (0.61%) Fibre Channel
16 5 (0.61%) iSCSI
16 5 (0.61%) VoIP
17 4 (0.49%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.92%) Power BI
2 29 (3.55%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.35%) MySQL
5 9 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 7 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.74%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.61%) Big Data
9 5 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Power Query
11 3 (0.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 2 (0.25%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (2.82%) JIRA
2 13 (1.59%) MSI
3 11 (1.35%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.98%) Git
5 4 (0.49%) Subversion
6 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.25%) GitLab
7 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.12%) Appium
8 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.12%) Maven
8 1 (0.12%) NUnit
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.12%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.12%) Selenium
8 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 282 (34.56%) Social Skills
2 70 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (7.84%) Finance
4 47 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (5.76%) Public Sector
5 45 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 28 (3.43%) Marketing
7 21 (2.57%) Legal
8 15 (1.84%) Retail
9 13 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.35%) Banking
12 9 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.10%) Military
13 7 (0.86%) Wholesale Banking
14 6 (0.74%) Automotive
14 6 (0.74%) Electronics
15 4 (0.49%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 78 (9.56%) Architect
2 67 (8.21%) Analyst
3 62 (7.60%) Developer
4 56 (6.86%) Senior
5 55 (6.74%) Support Engineer
6 49 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 48 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
8 43 (5.27%) IT Support
9 39 (4.78%) Administrator
10 35 (4.29%) 1st Line Support
11 33 (4.04%) Lead
12 30 (3.68%) IT Technician
12 30 (3.68%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.55%) Desktop Support
14 28 (3.43%) Windows Engineer
15 25 (3.06%) Consultant
15 25 (3.06%) Desktop Engineer
16 23 (2.82%) Systems Administrator
17 22 (2.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 22 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.45%) ARM Templates
2 17 (2.08%) .NET
3 11 (1.35%) Itk
4 10 (1.23%) JSON
5 8 (0.98%) XML
6 5 (0.61%) ADO
6 5 (0.61%) HTML
7 4 (0.49%) SOAP
7 4 (0.49%) XMPP
7 4 (0.49%) YAML
8 3 (0.37%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.37%) CSS
8 3 (0.37%) Kafka
8 3 (0.37%) Middleware
8 3 (0.37%) Node.js
8 3 (0.37%) OAuth
8 3 (0.37%) OpenID
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.37%) REST
8 3 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.13%) Management Information System
2 42 (5.15%) PKI
3 40 (4.90%) Driving Licence
4 26 (3.19%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 17 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
6 17 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.10%) Blog
9 8 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.98%) Smartphone
10 6 (0.74%) Digital Signage
10 6 (0.74%) NHS
11 5 (0.61%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.61%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.61%) Life Science
11 5 (0.61%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.49%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 342 (41.91%) Windows
2 129 (15.81%) Windows 10
3 123 (15.07%) Windows Server
4 106 (12.99%) Linux
5 71 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (7.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 60 (7.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 54 (6.62%) Windows 7
9 24 (2.94%) Ubuntu
10 21 (2.57%) Windows NT
11 16 (1.96%) Apple iOS
12 15 (1.84%) Debian
13 13 (1.59%) Windows XP
14 11 (1.35%) Mac OS
14 11 (1.35%) Unix
15 9 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.98%) Android
17 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 1 (0.12%) CentOS
18 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (16.18%) Agile
2 132 (16.18%) ITIL
3 122 (14.95%) Customer Service
4 77 (9.44%) DevOps
5 71 (8.70%) Service Delivery
6 64 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 62 (7.60%) Prototyping
8 59 (7.23%) Project Management
9 51 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
10 47 (5.76%) Migration
10 47 (5.76%) Release Management
11 45 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 44 (5.39%) Service Management
13 43 (5.27%) Incident Management
13 43 (5.27%) Information Security
14 41 (5.02%) SIEM
15 40 (4.90%) Change Management
15 40 (4.90%) Incident Response
16 37 (4.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 82 (10.05%) PowerShell
2 68 (8.33%) SQL
3 40 (4.90%) C#
4 28 (3.43%) Python
5 19 (2.33%) VB
6 16 (1.96%) Bicep
7 15 (1.84%) VBScript
8 14 (1.72%) C
9 13 (1.59%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.10%) JavaScript
11 8 (0.98%) C++
12 7 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.86%) Java
13 5 (0.61%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.61%) X++
14 4 (0.49%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.37%) Bash
15 3 (0.37%) PHP
16 2 (0.25%) Ruby
16 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 331 (40.56%) Security Cleared
2 218 (26.72%) DV Cleared
3 131 (16.05%) SC Cleared
4 125 (15.32%) Degree
5 32 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.08%) CCNA
6 17 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (1.84%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 14 (1.72%) MCSE
10 13 (1.59%) CCNP
11 12 (1.47%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.35%) PMP
13 10 (1.23%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.23%) MCSA
14 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.74%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (9.19%) SLA
2 28 (3.43%) QA
3 21 (2.57%) NIST
4 18 (2.21%) NIST 800
5 15 (1.84%) PMO
6 9 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 5 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.37%) GDPR
10 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) ITGC
11 1 (0.12%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 210 (25.74%) Active Directory
2 79 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (5.27%) Firmware
4 36 (4.41%) Hyper-V
5 23 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (2.33%) vSphere
7 15 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.98%) Docker
9 2 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.25%) XenApp
10 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 129 (15.81%) SCCM
2 71 (8.70%) WSUS
3 59 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (4.04%) SCOM
5 24 (2.94%) Kubernetes
6 21 (2.57%) Sysprep
7 20 (2.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (2.33%) vCenter Server
9 14 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (1.72%) Terraform
10 13 (1.59%) NetBackup
10 13 (1.59%) WMI
11 12 (1.47%) Ansible
12 9 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (1.10%) Nessus
13 4 (0.49%) Grafana
13 4 (0.49%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.49%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 114 (13.97%) VMware
2 65 (7.97%) HP
3 34 (4.17%) Oracle
4 32 (3.92%) Cisco
5 27 (3.31%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.45%) Veeam
8 19 (2.33%) Qualys
9 16 (1.96%) Apple
9 16 (1.96%) Forcepoint
9 16 (1.96%) LogRhythm
9 16 (1.96%) Splunk
9 16 (1.96%) Varonis
10 14 (1.72%) Dell
10 14 (1.72%) EMC
10 14 (1.72%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.59%) Citrix
11 13 (1.59%) Extreme Networks
11 13 (1.59%) Juniper
11 13 (1.59%) Symantec