The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 3 months to 26 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.
| Microsoft |
|
|
3 months to
26 Jun 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
3 |
6 |
4 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+3 |
-2 |
|
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft |
27 |
28 |
71 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton |
13.37% |
12.90% |
19.56% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
30.00% |
29.79% |
48.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
17 |
12 |
53 |
| Median daily rate |
£338 |
£375 |
£363 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
+3.44% |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£138 |
£268 |
£313 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£762 |
£448 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£363 |
£350 |
£338 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.57% |
+3.70% |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2 |
6 |
10 |
| Median hourly rate |
£23.25 |
£13.75 |
£12.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+69.09% |
+10.00% |
|
| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£11.85 |
£12.50 |
£12.12 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£34.65 |
£15.00 |
£15.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£14.50 |
£16.50 |
£15.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.12% |
+10.00% |
|
Microsoft is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton.
| Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills Southampton |
| Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services |
90 |
94 |
146 |
| As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Southampton |
44.55% |
43.32% |
40.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
55 |
56 |
113 |
| Median daily rate |
£413 |
£375 |
£363 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
+3.44% |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£290 |
£296 |
£305 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£570 |
£465 |
£450 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£400 |
£375 |
£363 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.66% |
+3.44% |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
10 |
15 |
| Median hourly rate |
£13.00 |
£14.00 |
£12.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-7.14% |
+12.00% |
|
| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£9.00 |
£12.50 |
£12.35 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£31.50 |
£15.35 |
£24.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£20.50 |
£18.07 |
| % change year-on-year |
-14.63% |
+13.44% |
|
