Microsoft Contracts in County Antrim

Microsoft
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 1 5 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 30 22 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 24.19% 13.50% 12.50%
As % of the Vendors category 52.63% 38.60% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 8
10th Percentile £494 £150 £156
25th Percentile £525 £161 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £185 £431
Median % change year-on-year +204.05% -57.10% +7.81%
75th Percentile £663 £331 £452
90th Percentile £688 £388 £458
Northern Ireland median daily rate £575 £170 £358
% change year-on-year +238.24% -52.45% -10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £13.84 £14.75
25th Percentile - £14.96 £17.00
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.52% -17.11% +61.70%
75th Percentile - £17.00 £21.00
90th Percentile - £17.70 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £12.99 £15.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -17.52% -17.11% +40.74%

All Vendors
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 57 57 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 45.97% 34.97% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 39
10th Percentile £425 £156 £273
25th Percentile £516 £174 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £500
90th Percentile £681 £644 £563
Northern Ireland median daily rate £575 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +43.75% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 12
10th Percentile - £13.70 £10.23
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.32 £10.64
Median hourly rate £12.99 £15.75 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year -17.52% +13.39% +18.21%
75th Percentile £24.00 £17.26 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.71 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £21.00 £15.75 £13.89
% change year-on-year +33.33% +13.39% +2.89%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in County Antrim

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in County Antrim

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in County Antrim

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in County Antrim

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Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the County Antrim 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
Belfast +3 29 £563 +204.05% 54
Larne - 1 - - 1
Microsoft
Northern Ireland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) Skype for Business
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) InfoPath
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) Power Platform
3 6 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 6 (20.00%) GitHub
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (20.00%) Serverless
4 3 (10.00%) AWS
4 3 (10.00%) GCP
5 2 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) HTTP
2 4 (13.33%) DNS
2 4 (13.33%) Skype
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) FTP
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Maven
General
1 6 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (13.33%) Electronics
3 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.33%) Marketing
4 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Lead
2 7 (23.33%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Platform Specialist
3 5 (16.67%) Power Platform Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Customer Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared Java Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Tester
6 2 (6.67%) Tester
7 1 (3.33%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (3.33%) Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.00%) REST
1 6 (20.00%) Spring Boot
2 5 (16.67%) Software Packaging
3 4 (13.33%) CSS
3 4 (13.33%) XML
4 1 (3.33%) COM
4 1 (3.33%) HTML
4 1 (3.33%) HTML5
4 1 (3.33%) Spring
4 1 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) iPhone
2 2 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.33%) BYOD
3 1 (3.33%) iPad
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) PDA
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Validation
2 9 (30.00%) Coaching
2 9 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (20.00%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) DevOps
3 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 4 (13.33%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.67%) SDET
8 1 (3.33%) Identity Access Management
8 1 (3.33%) Mathematics
8 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (3.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) Java
2 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (6.67%) MCSD
4 2 (6.67%) MCSE
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.33%) PMP
5 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Apple
3 1 (3.33%) Dell
3 1 (3.33%) HP
3 1 (3.33%) Intel
3 1 (3.33%) VMware