Microsoft Contracts in Suffolk

Microsoft
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 4 10 3
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 12 15 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 19.67% 10.27% 18.47%
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 40.54% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 18
10th Percentile £179 £187 £210
25th Percentile £199 £245 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £513 £483
Median % change year-on-year -57.07% +6.22% -3.50%
75th Percentile £310 £738 £534
90th Percentile £576 £785 £603
East of England median daily rate £426 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +0.29% +13.33% +38.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.86
25th Percentile - - £21.55
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £22.70
75th Percentile - - £23.85
90th Percentile - - £24.54
East of England median hourly rate £14.80 £17.61 £14.50
% change year-on-year -15.96% +21.45% -18.31%

All Vendors
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 32 37 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 52.46% 25.34% 55.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 35 52
10th Percentile £193 £209 £196
25th Percentile £220 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +43.59% +35.42%
75th Percentile £488 - £600
90th Percentile £671 £730 £685
East of England median daily rate £498 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.56% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.48
25th Percentile £11.25 - £15.81
Median hourly rate £11.50 - £18.20
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.54%
75th Percentile £17.00 - £21.55
90th Percentile £18.62 - £23.62
East of England median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +7.87% +27.81% -12.68%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Suffolk

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Suffolk

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Suffolk

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Suffolk

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Suffolk 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
Ipswich +7 7 £550 +7.32% 12
Leiston - 3 £220 - 2
Microsoft
East of England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (41.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) MSI
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support
2 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Deployment Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) IT Support
6 1 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Developer
6 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
6 1 (8.33%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) React
1 1 (8.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) iPad
1 5 (41.67%) iPhone
2 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (16.67%) Fat Client
3 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 2 (16.67%) Thin Client
4 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
3 3 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) API Management
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 2 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) HNC
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) McAfee
2 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (8.33%) MobileIron