Microsoft Contracts in Worcestershire

Microsoft
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 14 37 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 18.18% 29.84% 32.74%
As % of the Vendors category 43.75% 50.00% 57.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 30 30
10th Percentile £190 £398 £196
25th Percentile £200 £450 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £475 £275
Median % change year-on-year -55.26% +72.73% +27.02%
75th Percentile £400 £538 £383
90th Percentile £455 £675 £461
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £15.24 -
25th Percentile - £15.46 £12.38
Median hourly rate £10.50 £16.45 £12.63
Median % change year-on-year -36.18% +30.27% -15.80%
75th Percentile £10.90 £17.21 £13.25
90th Percentile £11.61 £17.28 £13.91
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year -13.71% +8.17% -16.67%

All Vendors
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 32 74 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 41.56% 59.68% 56.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 51 46
10th Percentile £200 £358 £196
25th Percentile £244 £436 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +35.71% +5.58%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £470
90th Percentile £655 £675 £581
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £495 £463
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.03% +14.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 9
10th Percentile - £15.67 -
25th Percentile £10.50 £16.54 £12.38
Median hourly rate £11.11 £17.72 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.29% +14.32% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57.40 - £16.68
90th Percentile £72.50 - £19.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £18.25 £16.89
% change year-on-year +9.32% +8.05% -6.17%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Worcestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Worcestershire

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Redditch +2 6 £400 +110.53% 6
Worcester -4 3 £325 -38.10% 6
Malvern 0 1 £400 -11.11% 4
Droitwich - 1 £225 - 3
Microsoft
West Midlands

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (7.14%) IIS
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Sage 200
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Serverless
2 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Intranet
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (7.14%) DHCP
3 1 (7.14%) DNS
3 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.14%) SSL
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) MS Access
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Automotive
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Administrator
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Support
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
1 1 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Hedge funds
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) NHS
3 1 (7.14%) PDA
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) ERP
2 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.14%) Business Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) CRM
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Data Management
3 1 (7.14%) Document Management
3 1 (7.14%) Migration
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.14%) Project Management
3 1 (7.14%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma
3 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.14%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
2 1 (7.14%) Sage
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.14%) SAP