Microsoft Contracts in Warwickshire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 14 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 49 31 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 15.65% 9.17% 9.87%
As % of the Vendors category 31.61% 25.62% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 20 23
10th Percentile £230 £314 £149
25th Percentile - £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -63.14% +21.43% +10.53%
75th Percentile £526 £700 £688
90th Percentile £688 £729 £740
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £16.48 - £14.67
25th Percentile £18.50 - £15.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £16.18
75th Percentile £25.00 - £17.47
90th Percentile £35.18 - £18.09
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £14.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year +42.86% -13.71% +1.41%

All Vendors
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 155 121 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 49.52% 35.80% 44.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 73 91
10th Percentile £235 £226 £185
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £649
90th Percentile £678 £775 £756
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.94% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile £16.48 £19.60 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £25.00 £23.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £35.18 £30.08 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.51 £18.39 £18.50
% change year-on-year +0.68% -0.62% +7.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Warwickshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Warwickshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Warwickshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Warwickshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Warwickshire

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Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Warwick +4 35 £235 -63.14% 10
Rugby - 3 - - 1
Stratford-upon-Avon 0 1 - - 9
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West Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (12.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.04%) IIS
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (8.16%) InfoPath
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.08%) SAP BPC
2 2 (4.08%) SAP GRC
2 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.04%) Maximo
3 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (22.45%) Azure
3 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
4 7 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (14.29%) PowerApps
5 6 (12.24%) Power Automate
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Functions
6 4 (8.16%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.16%) Serverless
6 4 (8.16%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (4.08%) Telepresence
2 2 (4.08%) Unified Communications
2 2 (4.08%) Wireless
3 1 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (2.04%) NetScaler
3 1 (2.04%) SMTP
3 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) Power BI
2 4 (8.16%) RDBMS
2 4 (8.16%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.08%) SAP BW
3 2 (4.08%) SAP HANA
3 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.04%) Data Mart
4 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
1 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Law
4 1 (2.04%) Legal
4 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Support Assistant
2 10 (20.41%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.16%) Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Automation Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Security Consultant
5 3 (6.12%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Deployment Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Lead
6 2 (4.08%) PMO Lead
6 2 (4.08%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) SAP Security Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) .NET
1 5 (10.20%) CSS
1 5 (10.20%) SailPoint
2 4 (8.16%) .NET Framework
2 4 (8.16%) ASP.NET
2 4 (8.16%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (8.16%) Entity Framework
2 4 (8.16%) HTML
2 4 (8.16%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (4.08%) ADO
3 2 (4.08%) OLE
3 2 (4.08%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Cloud
1 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) PKI
3 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Clustering
4 1 (2.04%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.04%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Customer Service
2 16 (32.65%) Test Scripting
3 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.33%) Migration
5 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.20%) Agile
6 5 (10.20%) CRM
7 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.16%) ITIL
7 4 (8.16%) MVC
7 4 (8.16%) Workflow
8 3 (6.12%) Change Control
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.12%) Data Analysis
8 3 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (6.12%) ITSM
8 3 (6.12%) Privileged Access Management
9 2 (4.08%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (42.86%) SQL
2 7 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.24%) C#
4 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.08%) Python
6 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) CEH
3 2 (4.08%) CISM
3 2 (4.08%) CISSP
3 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (32.65%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) PMO
3 2 (4.08%) GRC
3 2 (4.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.04%) Firmware
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.04%) vSphere
3 1 (2.04%) XenApp
3 1 (2.04%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (8.16%) SAP
1 4 (8.16%) VMware
2 3 (6.12%) Cisco
2 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.08%) Concur
3 2 (4.08%) Dell
3 2 (4.08%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.04%) Citrix
4 1 (2.04%) HP
4 1 (2.04%) Okta