Microsoft Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 5 6 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 85 153 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 18.01% 18.21% 17.95%
As % of the Vendors category 38.99% 44.22% 34.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 132 113
10th Percentile £170 £210 £149
25th Percentile £250 £320 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £468 £440
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +6.47% -4.61%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £475
90th Percentile £550 £600 £540
South East median daily rate £465 £460 £445
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.37% +3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 19
10th Percentile £18.00 £10.18 £10.15
25th Percentile £22.54 £11.19 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £13.75 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.84% +27.67% -17.15%
75th Percentile £48.75 £16.69 £11.43
90th Percentile - £17.93 £12.31
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% +21.21% -17.50%

All Vendors
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 218 346 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 46.19% 41.19% 52.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 287 340
10th Percentile £203 £250 £205
25th Percentile £403 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £576
90th Percentile £638 £625 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £484
% change year-on-year - +3.36% +5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 34
10th Percentile £18.00 £10.85 £10.28
25th Percentile £22.52 £12.88 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.48 £17.50 £10.89
Median % change year-on-year +34.19% +60.77% -16.14%
75th Percentile £44.06 £19.13 £12.75
90th Percentile £48.75 £19.35 £13.53
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 Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Buckinghamshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes +2 74 £460 -3.67% 63
High Wycombe -2 2 £170 -69.80% 10
Marlow +2 1 £500 +122.22% 4
Aylesbury - 1 £170 - 7
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.53%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) LabWindows
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.47%) Azure
2 13 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.35%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.18%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.18%) PaaS
5 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.59%) SAN
1 9 (10.59%) TCP/IP
2 8 (9.41%) DHCP
2 8 (9.41%) DNS
3 7 (8.24%) VPN
4 4 (4.71%) RS-232
5 2 (2.35%) Firewall
5 2 (2.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) Power BI
1 3 (3.53%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 2 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Subversion
1 4 (4.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.18%) Postman
General
1 18 (21.18%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.41%) Finance
4 5 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.18%) Automotive
7 1 (1.18%) Marketing
7 1 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (23.53%) Analyst
2 14 (16.47%) Developer
3 9 (10.59%) Python Developer
4 8 (9.41%) Senior
5 6 (7.06%) Security Analyst
5 6 (7.06%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) Lead
6 5 (5.88%) PMO Lead
6 5 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.88%) Service Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Active Directory Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Backend Developer
7 4 (4.71%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Operations Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Software Developer
7 4 (4.71%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.18%) Swagger
1 1 (1.18%) Web Services
1 1 (1.18%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) PKI
2 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.24%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.53%) Wiki
4 2 (2.35%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.18%) iPhone
5 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (29.41%) Windows
2 13 (15.29%) Linux
2 13 (15.29%) Windows 10
3 9 (10.59%) Debian
3 9 (10.59%) Ubuntu
4 5 (5.88%) Windows 7
5 4 (4.71%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.76%) Agile
2 23 (27.06%) ITIL
3 16 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 10 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 10 (11.76%) Problem Management
5 10 (11.76%) Project Management
6 9 (10.59%) Configuration Management
6 9 (10.59%) Data Engineering
6 9 (10.59%) Incident Management
6 9 (10.59%) Logistics
6 9 (10.59%) Migration
6 9 (10.59%) Prototyping
6 9 (10.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.41%) Service Delivery
8 7 (8.24%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (7.06%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) Python
2 5 (5.88%) C#
3 4 (4.71%) C
3 4 (4.71%) SQL
4 3 (3.53%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 51 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 39 (45.88%) SC Cleared
3 29 (34.12%) DV Cleared
4 11 (12.94%) Degree
5 7 (8.24%) ISEB
6 5 (5.88%) APMP
6 5 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.35%) RIBA
8 2 (2.35%) VCAP
8 2 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) SLA
2 5 (5.88%) PMO
3 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (21.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.35%) BitLocker
2 2 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.35%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) SCCM
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.53%) SCOM
3 2 (2.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (16.47%) VMware
2 10 (11.76%) Red Hat
3 3 (3.53%) Apple
3 3 (3.53%) Ariba
3 3 (3.53%) Cisco
3 3 (3.53%) HP
3 3 (3.53%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.53%) SAP
3 3 (3.53%) Splunk
4 2 (2.35%) McAfee
4 2 (2.35%) MobileIron
4 2 (2.35%) NEC
5 1 (1.18%) Adobe
5 1 (1.18%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.18%) Dell
5 1 (1.18%) Oracle
5 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.18%) Snow