Microsoft Specialist Contracts

Microsoft Specialist
UK

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 713 807
Rank change year-on-year +153 +94 -137
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 26 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.016% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 17
10th Percentile £421 £410 £346
25th Percentile £525 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +41.43%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £578 - £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +65.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Microsoft Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Specialist over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in the UK

Microsoft Specialist
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +136 24 £550 -2.22% 3
London +123 18 £550 - 2
Work from Home +136 14 £550 -4.35% 2
UK excluding London +70 6 £450 -14.29% 1
South East +13 3 £600 +4.35%
North of England +34 2 £388 -26.19% 1
North West +16 1 £388 -26.19%
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £400 -

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Microsoft Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (50.00%) ERP
2 13 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (34.62%) SQL
4 8 (30.77%) Finance
5 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
6 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
7 5 (19.23%) Azure
7 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
9 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) OneDrive
9 3 (11.54%) Power BI
9 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 3 (11.54%) DevOps
9 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (11.54%) Windows
9 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
10 2 (7.69%) CRM
10 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
10 2 (7.69%) Migration
10 2 (7.69%) Agile
10 2 (7.69%) TDD
10 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
10 2 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
10 2 (7.69%) PKI
10 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.54%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.69%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) ERP
2 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.54%) DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
4 2 (7.69%) Agile
4 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 2 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (7.69%) Conversational UI
4 2 (7.69%) CRM
4 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
4 2 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (7.69%) Generative AI
4 2 (7.69%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Bash
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.85%) CEH
2 1 (3.85%) CISA
2 1 (3.85%) CISM
2 1 (3.85%) CISSP
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GDPR
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.85%) CASB
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat