Microsoft Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 318 212 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.65% 12.21% 14.62%
As % of the Vendors category 34.45% 24.06% 34.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 117 246
10th Percentile £158 £280 £153
25th Percentile £213 £413 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £433
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +21.25% -3.78%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £550
90th Percentile £608 £725 £638
South East median daily rate £465 £460 £445
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.37% +3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 2
10th Percentile £13.53 £16.90 £64.50
25th Percentile £48.75 £22.00 £67.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £25.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.20% -66.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £61.60 £60.50 £82.50
90th Percentile £62.00 £71.25 £85.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% +21.21% -17.50%

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 923 881 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 48.32% 50.75% 42.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 565 638
10th Percentile £213 £350 £220
25th Percentile £363 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £484
% change year-on-year - +3.36% +5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 34 11
10th Percentile £14.50 £21.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £23.42 £45.63 £27.50
Median hourly rate £58.15 £63.84 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +27.68% +135.29%
75th Percentile £61.60 £73.75 £73.95
90th Percentile £63.25 £80.25 £82.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.77% -11.36%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Reading +4 192 £533 -3.09% 88
Bracknell -1 58 £114 -63.65% 6
Wokingham +10 15 £500 +17.65% 4
Slough +14 11 £500 +3.09% 15
Maidenhead +1 11 £488 -25.00% 5
Newbury -1 3 £575 +35.29% 2
Windsor -8 1 - - 2
Microsoft
South East

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Jadu
Applications
1 94 (29.56%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.63%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (4.09%) Primavera
2 6 (1.89%) Teamcenter
3 5 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.31%) Maximo
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 82 (25.79%) Azure
2 37 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (7.86%) Azure Monitor
4 22 (6.92%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.35%) Azure Storage
7 16 (5.03%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.72%) OCI
9 12 (3.77%) PaaS
10 10 (3.14%) PowerApps
10 10 (3.14%) SaaS
11 9 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.20%) AWS
13 7 (2.20%) Azure API Management
13 7 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.89%) IaaS
15 5 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (1.26%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (1.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.26%) DNS
1 39 (12.26%) Firewall
2 36 (11.32%) DHCP
3 23 (7.23%) LAN
4 18 (5.66%) SAN
5 10 (3.14%) Network Security
6 8 (2.52%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.52%) WAN
7 6 (1.89%) VPN
8 5 (1.57%) Broadband
8 5 (1.57%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.26%) NAS
10 2 (0.63%) Intranet
11 1 (0.31%) 4G
11 1 (0.31%) 5G
11 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.31%) Skype
11 1 (0.31%) SSL
11 1 (0.31%) Wireless
11 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.14%) Power BI
3 6 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.89%) MySQL
3 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.57%) Big Data
5 4 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.31%) DTS
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.31%) Power Query
7 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.20%) JIRA
1 7 (2.20%) Visual Studio
2 6 (1.89%) Git
3 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Maven
4 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
3 28 (8.81%) Finance
3 28 (8.81%) Telecoms
4 23 (7.23%) Marketing
5 21 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (3.46%) Legal
8 9 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.20%) Banking
9 7 (2.20%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.26%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.94%) Retail
13 2 (0.63%) Automotive
13 2 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.63%) Local Government
14 1 (0.31%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (9.43%) Senior
2 25 (7.86%) Support Engineer
3 24 (7.55%) Analyst
4 23 (7.23%) 1st Line Support
5 20 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (5.97%) Build Engineer
6 19 (5.97%) Support Specialist
6 19 (5.97%) Windows Build Engineer
6 19 (5.97%) Windows Engineer
7 17 (5.35%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (5.03%) Administrator
8 16 (5.03%) Desktop Engineer
8 16 (5.03%) Desktop Support
8 16 (5.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 15 (4.72%) Developer
9 15 (4.72%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 15 (4.72%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (4.40%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (4.40%) Azure Specialist
11 13 (4.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.92%) ARM Templates
2 11 (3.46%) Itk
3 8 (2.52%) .NET
4 5 (1.57%) JSON
5 4 (1.26%) SOAP
5 4 (1.26%) XML
5 4 (1.26%) YAML
6 3 (0.94%) OAuth
6 3 (0.94%) OpenID
6 3 (0.94%) REST
6 3 (0.94%) Web Services
7 2 (0.63%) Flash
7 2 (0.63%) HTML
7 2 (0.63%) Kafka
7 2 (0.63%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (0.31%) ADO
8 1 (0.31%) CSS
8 1 (0.31%) JSON Schema
8 1 (0.31%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.43%) Driving Licence
2 21 (6.60%) PKI
3 18 (5.66%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.57%) PMI
6 4 (1.26%) Fat Client
6 4 (1.26%) Life Science
6 4 (1.26%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.26%) Social Media
6 4 (1.26%) Thin Client
7 3 (0.94%) CCTV
7 3 (0.94%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.31%) Blog
9 1 (0.31%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 117 (36.79%) Windows
2 68 (21.38%) Windows 10
3 66 (20.75%) Windows Server
4 60 (18.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 56 (17.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 48 (15.09%) Linux
7 33 (10.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (9.43%) Windows 7
9 19 (5.97%) Windows NT
10 14 (4.40%) Windows XP
11 4 (1.26%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.63%) Android
13 2 (0.63%) Unix
14 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (26.10%) ITIL
3 61 (19.18%) Customer Service
4 57 (17.92%) DevOps
5 48 (15.09%) Agile
5 48 (15.09%) Service Delivery
6 38 (11.95%) Release Management
7 37 (11.64%) Service Management
8 36 (11.32%) Project Management
9 32 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (7.86%) User Acceptance Testing
12 24 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 23 (7.23%) CI/CD
14 22 (6.92%) Analytics
15 21 (6.60%) Change Management
15 21 (6.60%) Deployment Automation
16 20 (6.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 18 (5.66%) Log Analytics
17 18 (5.66%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.47%) PowerShell
2 29 (9.12%) C#
3 18 (5.66%) Bicep
4 17 (5.35%) VB
4 17 (5.35%) VBScript
5 15 (4.72%) SQL
6 9 (2.83%) C
7 6 (1.89%) Python
8 5 (1.57%) C++
9 4 (1.26%) Java
9 4 (1.26%) PHP
10 3 (0.94%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.94%) Ruby
10 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Bash
11 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 143 (44.97%) Security Cleared
2 115 (36.16%) DV Cleared
3 82 (25.79%) Degree
4 47 (14.78%) SC Cleared
5 17 (5.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (4.40%) CCNA
6 14 (4.40%) CCNP
6 14 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.57%) ACCA
8 5 (1.57%) CIMA
9 4 (1.26%) APMP
10 3 (0.94%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.94%) CIPD
10 3 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.94%) PMP
11 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.63%) CISSP
11 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.31%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (12.26%) SLA
2 23 (7.23%) QA
3 8 (2.52%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.89%) PMO
5 3 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.63%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.31%) ITGC
System Software
1 70 (22.01%) Active Directory
2 34 (10.69%) Firmware
3 29 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (7.55%) Hyper-V
5 20 (6.29%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (5.66%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (5.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.89%) Docker
9 2 (0.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 90 (28.30%) SCCM
2 55 (17.30%) WSUS
3 33 (10.38%) SCOM
4 25 (7.86%) Kubernetes
5 22 (6.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (5.97%) Sysprep
7 18 (5.66%) vCenter Server
8 15 (4.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (4.40%) NetBackup
10 6 (1.89%) Ansible
10 6 (1.89%) Nessus
10 6 (1.89%) Terraform
11 4 (1.26%) Grafana
11 4 (1.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.94%) Istio
12 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.63%) Argo
Vendors
1 56 (17.61%) HP
2 33 (10.38%) VMware
3 28 (8.81%) Oracle
4 19 (5.97%) Cisco
5 18 (5.66%) Veeam
6 16 (5.03%) Dell
7 15 (4.72%) EMC
7 15 (4.72%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.40%) 3PAR
8 14 (4.40%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (4.40%) Juniper
8 14 (4.40%) Symantec
9 13 (4.09%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.14%) Citrix
11 9 (2.83%) Splunk
12 8 (2.52%) Adobe
13 7 (2.20%) MicroStrategy
13 7 (2.20%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.89%) SAP
15 4 (1.26%) Workday