Microsoft Contracts in Belfast

Microsoft
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 5 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 32 23 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 25.81% 15.33% 9.60%
As % of the Vendors category 62.75% 40.35% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 6 7
10th Percentile £425 £163 £155
25th Percentile £525 £168 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £189 £438
Median % change year-on-year +198.01% -56.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £331 £453
90th Percentile £688 £388 £459
County Antrim median daily rate £563 £189 £438
% change year-on-year +198.01% -56.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £14.63 £14.25 -
25th Percentile £17.09 £15.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.56 £15.75 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.24% +21.15% -
75th Percentile £23.94 £17.17 £13.50
90th Percentile - £17.91 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £22.56 £15.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year +43.24% -17.11% +61.70%

All Vendors
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 51 57 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 41.13% 38.00% 38.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 22 39
10th Percentile £196 £157 £252
25th Percentile £500 £182 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £500
90th Percentile £679 £644 £563
County Antrim median daily rate £550 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +46.67% -16.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile - £14.25 £10.00
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.25 £10.14
Median hourly rate £12.62 £15.75 £10.60
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +48.62% -18.48%
75th Percentile £21.20 £17.17 £11.89
90th Percentile £23.94 £17.91 £12.86
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.78 £15.75 £13.89
% change year-on-year +12.86% +13.39% +18.21%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Belfast

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.25%) Skype for Business
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.13%) InfoPath
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) iTrent
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.13%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (53.13%) Azure
2 11 (34.38%) Power Platform
3 7 (21.88%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (21.88%) GitHub
4 6 (18.75%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Functions
4 6 (18.75%) Serverless
5 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (12.50%) AWS
7 3 (9.38%) GCP
8 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
9 1 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) HTTP
2 2 (6.25%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) Skype
2 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) FTP
3 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Maven
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
1 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
1 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Electronics
3 2 (6.25%) Legal
3 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.25%) Marketing
3 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Lead
2 5 (15.63%) Developer
2 5 (15.63%) Platform Specialist
2 5 (15.63%) Power Platform Specialist
2 5 (15.63%) Support Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Software Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Software Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Software Tester
3 3 (9.38%) Tester
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Customer Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared Java Developer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Service Desk Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.13%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) REST
1 7 (21.88%) Spring Boot
2 5 (15.63%) Software Packaging
3 2 (6.25%) CSS
3 2 (6.25%) Spring
3 2 (6.25%) Web Services
3 2 (6.25%) XML
4 1 (3.13%) COM
4 1 (3.13%) HTML
4 1 (3.13%) HTML5
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) iPhone
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Validation
2 10 (31.25%) Coaching
3 9 (28.13%) Mentoring
4 7 (21.88%) DevOps
5 6 (18.75%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (15.63%) Software Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
8 3 (9.38%) Incident Management
8 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
9 2 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
9 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (6.25%) ERP
9 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
9 2 (6.25%) SDET
9 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
9 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) Java
2 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) DV Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Apple
1 2 (6.25%) SAP
2 1 (3.13%) Dell
2 1 (3.13%) HP
2 1 (3.13%) Hyperion
2 1 (3.13%) JD Edwards
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle
2 1 (3.13%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (3.13%) VMware