Microsoft Contracts in Telford

Microsoft
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 10 23 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 20 5 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 18.35% 4.27% 25.16%
As % of the Vendors category 33.90% 11.36% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 32
10th Percentile £313 - £411
25th Percentile £357 £117 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £229 £538
Median % change year-on-year +98.25% -57.53% +8.69%
75th Percentile £541 £389 £540
90th Percentile - £467 -
Shropshire median daily rate £453 £213 £538
% change year-on-year +113.18% -60.50% +7.82%

All Vendors
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 59 44 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 54.13% 37.61% 83.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 34 103
10th Percentile £313 £328 £414
25th Percentile £448 £358 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £365 £540
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -32.41% +9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £503 -
90th Percentile £541 £520 £573
Shropshire median daily rate £481 £358 £538
% change year-on-year +34.36% -33.46% +7.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Telford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Telford

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Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Telford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Telford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) VPN
1 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) MySQL
2 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Toad
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Engagement Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Administrator
2 2 (10.00%) Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) DBA
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (5.00%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Budget Management
4 6 (30.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 6 (30.00%) Process Improvement
4 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (30.00%) Project Planning
4 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (25.00%) Data Collection
5 5 (25.00%) Demand Management
5 5 (25.00%) Workflow
6 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (10.00%) Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Database Security
6 2 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (5.00%) Scrum
7 1 (5.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.00%) Test Scripting
7 1 (5.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.00%) OCP
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) ISEB
3 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (10.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Apple
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Databricks
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) webMethods