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 2 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 6 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 70 64 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 14.43% 17.30% 10.80%
As % of the Vendors category 29.17% 35.36% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 30 33
10th Percentile - £363 £135
25th Percentile £235 £403 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £588 £430
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +36.63% -7.03%
75th Percentile £574 £667 £688
90th Percentile £725 £691 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £381 £415 £413
% change year-on-year -8.13% +0.61% -3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £25.00 - £14.99
25th Percentile £30.55 - £15.93
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £18.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - £31.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £14.83 £19.00
% change year-on-year +102.36% -21.97% +26.67%

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 240 181 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 49.48% 48.92% 48.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 113 117
10th Percentile £235 £400 £185
25th Percentile £396 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £585 £570
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +2.63% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £725
90th Percentile £715 £703 £753
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.16% - -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 5
10th Percentile £25.22 - £15.62
25th Percentile £28.80 £13.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £42.49 £14.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +203.50% -37.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £15.00 £34.50
90th Percentile - - £53.40
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £16.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +78.36% -25.24% +36.36%

Microsoft
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

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -2 44 £293 -41.50% 22
Gaydon +9 9 £450 - 7
Stratford-upon-Avon -4 3 £600 +20.00% 11
Rugby - 2 - - 1
Microsoft
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 11 (15.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.86%) FileNet
4 1 (1.43%) IIS
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (1.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (8.57%) Adobe Captivate
4 6 (8.57%) Maya
5 5 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.43%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (1.43%) Primavera
1 1 (1.43%) SAP BPC
1 1 (1.43%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.43%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 9 (12.86%) Azure
4 8 (11.43%) PowerApps
5 5 (7.14%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.71%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.29%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (2.86%) PaaS
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.43%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.43%) SaaS
9 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) Firewall
2 2 (2.86%) DNS
2 2 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.86%) Telepresence
2 2 (2.86%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.86%) Wireless
3 1 (1.43%) DHCP
3 1 (1.43%) FTP
3 1 (1.43%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.43%) SMTP
3 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) Tableau
2 3 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.29%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) Data Mart
3 1 (1.43%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (1.43%) OLTP
3 1 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.43%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.43%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 33 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 25 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Automotive
4 8 (11.43%) Finance
5 6 (8.57%) Games
5 6 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.71%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.43%) Law
9 1 (1.43%) Legal
9 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (20.00%) Support Assistant
2 11 (15.71%) Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) Lead
4 7 (10.00%) Architect
4 7 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.14%) Consultant
6 4 (5.71%) Administrator
6 4 (5.71%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.71%) Software Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Azure Specialist
7 3 (4.29%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) IT Support
7 3 (4.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (4.29%) Oracle Specialist
7 3 (4.29%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.29%) Software Licensing Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Software Licensing Specialist
7 3 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.57%) CSS
1 6 (8.57%) Django
1 6 (8.57%) HTML
1 6 (8.57%) Unreal Engine
1 6 (8.57%) V-Ray
2 3 (4.29%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.86%) .NET
4 1 (1.43%) ADO
4 1 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Animation
1 6 (8.57%) Virtual Reality
2 5 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.29%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.29%) SCADA
5 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.86%) PKI
5 2 (2.86%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.43%) Clustering
6 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.43%) Replication
6 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Windows
2 4 (5.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.43%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.43%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.71%) Customer Service
2 14 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (17.14%) Visualisation
4 10 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
5 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 7 (10.00%) ITIL
7 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis
7 6 (8.57%) Migration
8 5 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 5 (7.14%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.71%) Asset Management
9 4 (5.71%) Change Control
9 4 (5.71%) Computer Science
9 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (5.71%) Programme Management
9 4 (5.71%) Project Management
9 4 (5.71%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (37.14%) SQL
2 8 (11.43%) Java
3 6 (8.57%) C++
4 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.86%) C#
5 2 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.86%) Python
6 1 (1.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 4 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (4.29%) HNC
3 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.86%) CEH
4 2 (2.86%) CISM
4 2 (2.86%) CISSP
4 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.43%) SLA
2 5 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.14%) PMO
3 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.43%) GRC
3 1 (1.43%) NIST
3 1 (1.43%) QA
3 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.43%) vSphere
3 1 (1.43%) XenApp
3 1 (1.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (12.86%) Adobe
2 6 (8.57%) Autodesk
3 5 (7.14%) Oracle
4 4 (5.71%) Cisco
4 4 (5.71%) IBM
4 4 (5.71%) SAP
4 4 (5.71%) VMware
5 3 (4.29%) Apple
5 3 (4.29%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.86%) Dell
6 2 (2.86%) HP
6 2 (2.86%) Meraki
6 2 (2.86%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.43%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.43%) Citrix
7 1 (1.43%) Concur
7 1 (1.43%) NEC