Microsoft Specialist Contracts in England

Microsoft Specialist
UK > England

The median Microsoft Specialist daily rate in England is £693, 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 502 574 752
Rank change year-on-year +72 +178 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Specialist 12 15 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.039% 0.037% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.040% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 10
10th Percentile £322 - £410
25th Percentile £493 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year +55.62% +4.71% -3.41%
75th Percentile £750 £522 £575
90th Percentile £773 £621 £663
UK median daily rate £594 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +33.43% +4.71% +5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.60 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Microsoft Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Microsoft Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Specialist in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Specialist in England

Microsoft Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Specialist within the England 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
North of England +34 5 £693 +53.89% 3
North West +30 5 £693 +53.89% 3
South East +43 4 - -
London +45 2 £700 +34.62%
Midlands +2 1 £215 -38.57%
West Midlands 0 1 £215 -38.57%
Microsoft Specialist
UK

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Microsoft Specialist 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 England region featuring Microsoft Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (58.33%) Power BI
3 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
3 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (58.33%) Azure
4 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
5 5 (41.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (41.67%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (41.67%) Customer Insight
6 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (33.33%) PowerApps
6 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (33.33%) Agile
6 4 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (33.33%) Marketing
6 4 (33.33%) CRM
6 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
7 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (25.00%) Release Management
7 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (16.67%) Information Exploitation
8 2 (16.67%) Information Management
8 2 (16.67%) PLM
8 2 (16.67%) Change Management

Microsoft Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (41.67%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (33.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (8.33%) Big Data
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
General
1 4 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
1 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Insight
3 5 (41.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) CRM
4 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (25.00%) Release Management
5 3 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Information Exploitation
6 2 (16.67%) Information Management
6 2 (16.67%) PLM
7 1 (8.33%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) SAP