Microsoft Contracts in Central London

Microsoft
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 391 492 639
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 16.31% 13.13% 14.17%
As % of the Vendors category 37.85% 33.09% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 389 531
10th Percentile £256 £200 £245
25th Percentile £430 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +0.95% +2.19%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £608
90th Percentile £763 £788 £701
London median daily rate £500 £545 £535
% change year-on-year -8.26% +1.87% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £51.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +98.11% +98.13%
75th Percentile £20.25 £53.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £24.30 - £77.35
London median hourly rate £18.80 £26.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.74% -39.89% +93.69%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,033 1,487 1,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.08% 39.70% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 1,000 1,297
10th Percentile £289 £231 £309
25th Percentile £430 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £788 £788 £738
London median daily rate £545 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -4.80% +4.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 23
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.30 £13.88
25th Percentile £13.56 £19.32 £15.19
Median hourly rate £19.75 £21.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -20.75% +88.28%
75th Percentile £23.75 £31.94 £44.63
90th Percentile £25.38 £53.05 £60.35
London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.43% -22.14% +31.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Central London

Microsoft
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 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
City of London +7 353 £550 - 175
West End of London +1 10 £505 +116.04% 8
Camden +2 6 £505 +104.04% 5
Lambeth +3 2 £196 +3.29% 2
City of Westminster -6 2 £575 +145.99% 7
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
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 45 (11.51%) SharePoint
2 44 (11.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.77%) CMS
3 3 (0.77%) IIS
4 2 (0.51%) Apache
4 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 2 (0.51%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.51%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.26%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (12.02%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (6.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (4.09%) MS Visio
5 14 (3.58%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (3.07%) Dynamics GP
2 11 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.05%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.51%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.26%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.26%) Endur
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 177 (45.27%) Azure
2 99 (25.32%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (16.88%) Power Platform
4 43 (11.00%) Entra ID
5 42 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (9.21%) Dynamics 365
7 31 (7.93%) PowerApps
8 28 (7.16%) Power Automate
9 22 (5.63%) AWS
10 19 (4.86%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.81%) IaaS
11 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
12 10 (2.56%) GCP
12 10 (2.56%) GitHub
12 10 (2.56%) Mimecast
12 10 (2.56%) WhatsApp
13 8 (2.05%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (1.53%) Collibra
15 6 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.91%) Firewall
2 15 (3.84%) DNS
3 11 (2.81%) VPN
4 10 (2.56%) WAN
5 8 (2.05%) LAN
6 6 (1.53%) MPLS
6 6 (1.53%) Wireless
7 5 (1.28%) DHCP
7 5 (1.28%) Network Security
7 5 (1.28%) SAN
7 5 (1.28%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.02%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.02%) VoIP
9 3 (0.77%) DKIM
9 3 (0.77%) DMARC
9 3 (0.77%) H.323
9 3 (0.77%) Internet
9 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.77%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.32%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.95%) Power BI
3 19 (4.86%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.58%) MongoDB
5 12 (3.07%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.05%) Metadata
8 7 (1.79%) MySQL
8 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.02%) Data Mart
10 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.02%) Tableau
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.77%) Big Data
11 3 (0.77%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.77%) Redis
12 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.35%) Git
2 10 (2.56%) JIRA
3 9 (2.30%) GitLab
4 8 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.05%) SpecFlow
5 7 (1.79%) Postman
6 6 (1.53%) Selenium
6 6 (1.53%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.02%) Hudson
7 4 (1.02%) Subversion
8 3 (0.77%) JUnit
8 3 (0.77%) Mockito
8 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.51%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.51%) Appium
9 2 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.51%) GoCD
9 2 (0.51%) JMeter
9 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
General
1 135 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 121 (30.95%) Finance
3 58 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (12.79%) Banking
5 29 (7.42%) Legal
6 23 (5.88%) Retail
7 22 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.35%) Financial Institution
9 12 (3.07%) Marketing
10 11 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.30%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.05%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.05%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.79%) Back Office
14 6 (1.53%) French Language
15 4 (1.02%) Local Government
16 3 (0.77%) Advertising
16 3 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 54 (13.81%) Architect
1 54 (13.81%) Developer
2 40 (10.23%) Analyst
3 36 (9.21%) Consultant
4 31 (7.93%) Senior
5 21 (5.37%) Microsoft Consultant
6 20 (5.12%) Lead
7 18 (4.60%) Project Manager
8 15 (3.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (3.58%) Site Engineer
9 14 (3.58%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 14 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (3.32%) Data Analyst
10 13 (3.32%) IT Support
10 13 (3.32%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.07%) IT Engineer
11 12 (3.07%) Security Engineer
11 12 (3.07%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.81%) Azure Developer
12 11 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.23%) .NET
2 25 (6.39%) XML
3 14 (3.58%) .NET Core
3 14 (3.58%) .NET Framework
3 14 (3.58%) CSS
3 14 (3.58%) HTML
4 13 (3.32%) Kafka
5 12 (3.07%) JSON
5 12 (3.07%) React
6 11 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (2.56%) REST
8 9 (2.30%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (2.05%) RESTful
10 7 (1.79%) Web Services
11 6 (1.53%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.53%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (1.53%) Middleware
12 5 (1.28%) PySpark
13 4 (1.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.37%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.60%) Data Structures
4 16 (4.09%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.79%) PKI
8 5 (1.28%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.02%) Derivative
9 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.02%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.77%) IVR
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.77%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (19.69%) Windows
2 30 (7.67%) Linux
3 24 (6.14%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.58%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.05%) Android
6 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.77%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.77%) Unix
8 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.51%) VMS
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (25.06%) Agile
2 84 (21.48%) DevOps
3 69 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (14.58%) CI/CD
5 52 (13.30%) Migration
6 45 (11.51%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (9.46%) Analytics
8 36 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (8.95%) Project Management
10 34 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (8.44%) Change Management
12 31 (7.93%) Data Loss Prevention
12 31 (7.93%) Scrum
13 30 (7.67%) Cybersecurity
14 29 (7.42%) ITIL
15 28 (7.16%) Computer Science
16 26 (6.65%) Data Modelling
17 22 (5.63%) Customer Service
18 21 (5.37%) Project Delivery
19 20 (5.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 58 (14.83%) SQL
3 41 (10.49%) C#
4 31 (7.93%) Python
5 17 (4.35%) Java
6 12 (3.07%) Shell Script
6 12 (3.07%) T-SQL
7 11 (2.81%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.56%) Bicep
9 7 (1.79%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.53%) Bash
10 6 (1.53%) C++
10 6 (1.53%) Go
11 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.51%) PHP
11 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 68 (17.39%) Degree
2 22 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.32%) Azure Certification
3 13 (3.32%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
4 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (2.81%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.30%) CISSP
6 7 (1.79%) CISM
7 6 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.77%) CCNA
11 2 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.51%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.26%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.84%) SLA
2 13 (3.32%) QA
3 9 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.30%) GDPR
3 9 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.79%) PMO
6 6 (1.53%) NIST
7 5 (1.28%) WCAG
8 4 (1.02%) COBIT
8 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.77%) NCSC
10 2 (0.51%) GAAP
10 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 81 (20.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.81%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 11 (2.81%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.28%) Docker
6 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.51%) vSphere
6 2 (0.51%) XenApp
7 1 (0.26%) Ceph
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.26%) NFS
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.12%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.35%) SCCM
4 13 (3.32%) Grafana
4 13 (3.32%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.81%) Consul
6 9 (2.30%) Terraform
7 8 (2.05%) PingFederate
7 8 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.79%) Ansible
9 5 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.28%) Puppet
10 4 (1.02%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.02%) QRadar
11 3 (0.77%) CASB
11 3 (0.77%) Nagios
12 2 (0.51%) Graylog
12 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (5.12%) VMware
2 18 (4.60%) Citrix
3 17 (4.35%) Cisco
4 16 (4.09%) Oracle
5 13 (3.32%) Apple
6 12 (3.07%) SaltStack
6 12 (3.07%) SAP
6 12 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.81%) Google
8 10 (2.56%) Databricks
8 10 (2.56%) iManage
9 8 (2.05%) Adobe
10 6 (1.53%) Cadence
10 6 (1.53%) Dell
11 5 (1.28%) IBM
11 5 (1.28%) Proofpoint
12 4 (1.02%) Avaya
12 4 (1.02%) Okta
12 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.02%) Salesforce