Microsoft Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 216 366 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 11.28% 17.90% 15.68%
As % of the Vendors category 29.96% 40.04% 37.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 264 253
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £230 £223 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +13.33% +38.12%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £475
90th Percentile £701 £738 £586
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 34 59
10th Percentile £13.29 £12.67 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.29 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £15.53 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +7.07% -18.31%
75th Percentile £16.19 £24.64 £18.55
90th Percentile £25.00 £65.00 £26.48
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.22 £18.43
% change year-on-year -29.31% +15.17% +0.85%

All Vendors
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 721 914 1,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 37.65% 44.69% 41.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 573 640
10th Percentile £200 £188 £181
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £538
90th Percentile £701 £700 £650
England median daily rate £519 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.53% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 115 137
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.29 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £19.81 £15.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% +25.78% -11.27%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £22.25
90th Percentile £75.25 £65.75 £54.25
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.11% +88.33% -3.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cambridgeshire -2 76 £438 +34.62% 90
Hertfordshire -12 65 £525 +1.20% 132
Bedfordshire -5 30 £375 +16.46% 35
Essex -4 25 £475 +62.18% 57
Suffolk +7 12 £220 -57.07% 22
Norfolk -3 6 £208 -1.54% 47
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 24 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.56%) IIS
3 11 (5.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (3.24%) Apache
5 6 (2.78%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.93%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.93%) Appian
7 2 (0.93%) Camunda
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.46%) Confluence
8 1 (0.46%) Mendix
8 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 82 (37.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (23.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.63%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.46%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 3 (1.39%) SAP FI-AP
1 3 (1.39%) Shopify
2 1 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (12.96%) Azure
3 8 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.39%) OCI
6 2 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.93%) BigCommerce
6 2 (0.93%) GCP
6 2 (0.93%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.93%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 2 (0.93%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.46%) AWS
7 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.94%) TCP/IP
1 15 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (3.70%) Firewall
2 8 (3.70%) VPN
3 6 (2.78%) H.323
3 6 (2.78%) HTTP
4 5 (2.31%) Ethernet
4 5 (2.31%) Wireless
5 4 (1.85%) Intranet
5 4 (1.85%) WAN
6 3 (1.39%) LAN
6 3 (1.39%) SMTP
6 3 (1.39%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.39%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.93%) DNS
7 2 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.93%) VLAN
7 2 (0.93%) VoIP
8 1 (0.46%) DHCP
8 1 (0.46%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.31%) Power BI
2 5 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.39%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.93%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.93%) MySQL
4 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.46%) DTS
5 1 (0.46%) EDMS
5 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.46%) MS Access
5 1 (0.46%) Power Query
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.31%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.85%) JIRA
4 3 (1.39%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.46%) GitLab
5 1 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.46%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.46%) MSI
5 1 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 91 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (6.02%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.02%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.09%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.63%) Finance
7 9 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.70%) German Language
9 7 (3.24%) Marketing
9 7 (3.24%) Retail
10 5 (2.31%) Legal
10 5 (2.31%) Military
11 4 (1.85%) Automotive
11 4 (1.85%) Local Government
11 4 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.93%) Electronics
12 2 (0.93%) Hungarian Language
12 2 (0.93%) Lithuanian Language
Job Titles
1 50 (23.15%) Analyst
2 37 (17.13%) Service Analyst
3 25 (11.57%) Administrator
3 25 (11.57%) Service Desk Analyst
4 17 (7.87%) Support Engineer
5 16 (7.41%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 13 (6.02%) Developer
7 12 (5.56%) Customer Analyst
7 12 (5.56%) Customer Service Analyst
8 9 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (4.17%) Desktop Support
8 9 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 8 (3.70%) Architect
9 8 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.70%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.24%) Senior
11 6 (2.78%) Customer Service Administrator
11 6 (2.78%) Design Engineer
11 6 (2.78%) IT Support
11 6 (2.78%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.24%) .NET
1 7 (3.24%) React
2 6 (2.78%) Web Services
3 5 (2.31%) CSS
3 5 (2.31%) HTML
3 5 (2.31%) Node.js
4 4 (1.85%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.39%) EDI
5 3 (1.39%) IDoc
5 3 (1.39%) SAML
6 2 (0.93%) Drools
6 2 (0.93%) jBPM
6 2 (0.93%) JSON
6 2 (0.93%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.93%) SPFx
6 2 (0.93%) VML
7 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.46%) jQuery
7 1 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.78%) IVR
3 6 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.31%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.31%) iPad
4 5 (2.31%) iPhone
4 5 (2.31%) NHS
4 5 (2.31%) PKI
4 5 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.85%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.93%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.93%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.46%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 65 (30.09%) Windows
2 31 (14.35%) Linux
3 14 (6.48%) Windows 10
4 12 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 11 (5.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.85%) Windows 2000
8 4 (1.85%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.39%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.39%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.46%) Android
10 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (32.87%) Customer Service
3 50 (23.15%) Service Delivery
4 46 (21.30%) Mathematics
5 43 (19.91%) Incident Management
6 33 (15.28%) ITIL
7 23 (10.65%) Migration
8 21 (9.72%) Agile
9 19 (8.80%) Project Management
10 12 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (5.09%) Data Protection
11 11 (5.09%) PRINCE2
12 10 (4.63%) Change Management
12 10 (4.63%) DevOps
12 10 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (4.63%) Time Management
13 9 (4.17%) CI/CD
13 9 (4.17%) Computer Science
13 9 (4.17%) Logistics
13 9 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.56%) C#
2 9 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.70%) Java
4 6 (2.78%) C++
4 6 (2.78%) SQL
5 4 (1.85%) Python
5 4 (1.85%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.39%) ABAP
7 2 (0.93%) R
8 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 40 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (11.11%) Degree
4 20 (9.26%) DV Cleared
5 19 (8.80%) MCSA
6 18 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 17 (7.87%) A+ Certification
8 10 (4.63%) CCNA
8 10 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.70%) MCP
10 6 (2.78%) CCNP
10 6 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.78%) MCSE
11 5 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.39%) ECDL
13 3 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.93%) CISSP
14 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.09%) SLA
2 7 (3.24%) GDPR
2 7 (3.24%) PMO
3 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) GMP
4 1 (0.46%) GxP
4 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.46%) NIST
4 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 58 (26.85%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (4.17%) SCCM
2 4 (1.85%) SCOM
3 3 (1.39%) MAILsweeper
3 3 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (9.72%) SAP
2 19 (8.80%) VMware
3 17 (7.87%) Citrix
4 12 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 12 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.63%) Cisco
6 7 (3.24%) Avaya
7 6 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.31%) Sophos
9 4 (1.85%) Darktrace
9 4 (1.85%) Google
9 4 (1.85%) NetApp
9 4 (1.85%) Varonis
9 4 (1.85%) Verint
10 3 (1.39%) Apple
10 3 (1.39%) Ariba
10 3 (1.39%) F5
10 3 (1.39%) IronPort
10 3 (1.39%) OpenText
10 3 (1.39%) Trend Micro