Microsoft Engineer Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Engineer
London > Central London

The median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Central London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 148 204
Rank change year-on-year +23 +56 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.17% 0.066% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.070% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £520 -
25th Percentile - £550 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% +10.66%
75th Percentile - £650 £688
90th Percentile - £680 -
London median daily rate £450 £463 £575
% change year-on-year -2.70% -19.57% +19.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £44.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - - £43.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,175 2,847 4,613
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 94.24% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,366 1,999 3,161
10th Percentile £361 £340 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £687 £690 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £788
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 60
10th Percentile £21.29 £17.00 £16.20
25th Percentile £30.19 £19.51 £19.69
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -9.76% +28.13%
75th Percentile £82.19 £51.56 £57.50
90th Percentile £129.85 £70.25 £78.75
London median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year -3.70% +25.58% +7.50%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in Central London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Central London

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Central London

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
City of London +28 4 £500 -16.67% 1
Microsoft Engineer
London

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Licensing

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) NonStop SQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft