Microsoft Contracts in Milton Keynes

Microsoft
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 73 120 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.34% 16.26% 17.36%
As % of the Vendors category 36.68% 39.34% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 101 105
10th Percentile £175 £210 £149
25th Percentile £360 £320 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £462 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +2.65% -
75th Percentile £510 £538 £500
90th Percentile £560 £594 £540
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £449 £455 £449
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.35% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 18
10th Percentile £18.00 £10.18 £10.19
25th Percentile £22.54 £11.19 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £13.75 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.84% +27.67% -17.15%
75th Percentile £48.75 £16.69 £11.47
90th Percentile - £17.93 £12.31
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.22 £13.75 £10.77
% change year-on-year +68.84% +27.67% -17.15%

All Vendors
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 199 305 416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 50.00% 41.33% 53.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 251 333
10th Percentile £225 £275 £211
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £585
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £465 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 30
10th Percentile £18.90 £10.31 £10.71
25th Percentile £22.58 £11.54 -
Median hourly rate £24.43 £13.57 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +80.03% +26.00% -17.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £16.16 £12.75
90th Percentile - £17.71 £13.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.82 £15.54 £11.36
% change year-on-year +53.35% +36.75% -12.62%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 11 (15.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.11%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (9.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.70%) Azure
3 4 (5.48%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.37%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Serverless
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.33%) SAN
1 9 (12.33%) TCP/IP
2 7 (9.59%) DHCP
2 7 (9.59%) DNS
3 6 (8.22%) VPN
4 4 (5.48%) RS-232
5 2 (2.74%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Power BI
2 3 (4.11%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.37%) Power Query
3 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Subversion
1 4 (5.48%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.37%) Postman
General
1 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Social Skills
3 7 (9.59%) Finance
4 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.74%) Automotive
5 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Developer
2 11 (15.07%) Analyst
3 9 (12.33%) Python Developer
4 8 (10.96%) Senior
5 6 (8.22%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Lead
6 5 (6.85%) PMO Lead
7 4 (5.48%) Backend Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Service Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Service Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Software Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Windows Support Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (4.11%) Developer Analyst
8 3 (4.11%) Security Specialist
8 3 (4.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Management Information System
1 7 (9.59%) PKI
2 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.11%) Wiki
4 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) iPhone
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.03%) Windows
2 11 (15.07%) Windows 10
3 10 (13.70%) Linux
4 9 (12.33%) Debian
4 9 (12.33%) Ubuntu
5 5 (6.85%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Agile
2 23 (31.51%) ITIL
3 13 (17.81%) Customer Service
4 10 (13.70%) Data Modelling
4 10 (13.70%) Incident Management
4 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.33%) Configuration Management
5 9 (12.33%) Data Engineering
5 9 (12.33%) Project Management
5 9 (12.33%) Prototyping
5 9 (12.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 8 (10.96%) Logistics
6 8 (10.96%) Problem Management
6 8 (10.96%) Project Delivery
7 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (9.59%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (9.59%) Migration
7 7 (9.59%) Service Delivery
8 6 (8.22%) Information Security
8 6 (8.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.33%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) C#
2 5 (6.85%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) C
4 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 46 (63.01%) Security Cleared
2 37 (50.68%) SC Cleared
3 26 (35.62%) DV Cleared
4 11 (15.07%) Degree
5 3 (4.11%) APMP
5 3 (4.11%) ISEB
5 3 (4.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.74%) RIBA
6 2 (2.74%) VCAP
6 2 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) PMO
1 5 (6.85%) SLA
2 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (20.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.74%) vSphere
3 1 (1.37%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) SCCM
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.11%) SCOM
3 1 (1.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (19.18%) VMware
2 10 (13.70%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.11%) Cisco
3 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.74%) Apple
4 2 (2.74%) Ariba
4 2 (2.74%) HP
4 2 (2.74%) NEC
4 2 (2.74%) SAP
5 1 (1.37%) Computacenter
5 1 (1.37%) Dell
5 1 (1.37%) McAfee
5 1 (1.37%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.37%) Snow