Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North 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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 682 817 1,035
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 14.34% 14.06% 14.39%
As % of the Vendors category 33.46% 35.28% 38.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 577 702
10th Percentile £163 £187 £140
25th Percentile £249 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £523
90th Percentile £650 £650 £613
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 29 105
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.19 £9.92
25th Percentile £11.13 £17.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.09 £26.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.08% +51.43% -5.51%
75th Percentile £18.03 £38.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £26.40 £50.20 £44.31
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year -31.03% +17.57% +1.26%

All Vendors
North 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,038 2,316 2,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 42.86% 39.86% 37.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,187 1,577 1,847
10th Percentile £250 £246 £175
25th Percentile £389 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £644
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 65 165
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.85 £10.26
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.82 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £32.50 £17.81
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +82.48% -10.95%
75th Percentile £22.00 £48.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £46.18 £53.20 £45.91
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +3 409 £450 -5.26% 504
Yorkshire +2 231 £378 -20.53% 290
North East +17 44 £230 -3.16% 108
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 64 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 46 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.32%) IIS
4 6 (0.88%) Apache
4 6 (0.88%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.59%) IBM Notes
5 4 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 204 (29.91%) Microsoft Office
2 91 (13.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (5.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.91%) MS Visio
7 8 (1.17%) CATIA
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.32%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.17%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.29%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 162 (23.75%) Microsoft 365
2 158 (23.17%) Azure
3 49 (7.18%) Dynamics 365
4 48 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 45 (6.60%) Entra ID
6 32 (4.69%) AWS
7 20 (2.93%) Taleo
8 19 (2.79%) SaaS
9 15 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.20%) IaaS
10 14 (2.05%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 12 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 12 (1.76%) PaaS
12 7 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.88%) GitHub
13 6 (0.88%) OCI
13 6 (0.88%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.73%) Akamai
14 5 (0.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.72%) Firewall
2 31 (4.55%) DNS
3 22 (3.23%) DHCP
4 18 (2.64%) VPN
4 18 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (2.35%) LAN
6 11 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (1.61%) SAN
6 11 (1.61%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.32%) WAN
8 6 (0.88%) H.323
8 6 (0.88%) HTTP
8 6 (0.88%) WAAS
9 5 (0.73%) Internet
9 5 (0.73%) VoIP
10 4 (0.59%) DMZ
10 4 (0.59%) Network Security
10 4 (0.59%) VLAN
11 3 (0.44%) Intranet
11 3 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 34 (4.99%) Power BI
3 13 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.73%) GIS
9 4 (0.59%) MySQL
9 4 (0.59%) Tableau
10 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.15%) Big Data
11 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.15%) QGIS
11 1 (0.15%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (3.23%) JIRA
2 16 (2.35%) Git
3 9 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.44%) GitLab
5 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.29%) AppScan
6 2 (0.29%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.15%) gulp
7 1 (0.15%) Hudson
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.15%) Rational Software Modeler
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 276 (40.47%) Social Skills
2 80 (11.73%) Finance
3 69 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 31 (4.55%) Banking
6 24 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 23 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.05%) Legal
11 11 (1.61%) Law
11 11 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.17%) Retail
13 7 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.88%) Marketing
15 4 (0.59%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.44%) Local Government
16 3 (0.44%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.29%) French Language
Job Titles
1 109 (15.98%) Analyst
2 59 (8.65%) IT Support
3 45 (6.60%) Lead
4 43 (6.30%) Architect
5 42 (6.16%) Support Engineer
6 39 (5.72%) Senior
7 36 (5.28%) Developer
8 35 (5.13%) Service Analyst
9 34 (4.99%) Service Desk Analyst
10 31 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (4.55%) IT Engineer
11 28 (4.11%) Consultant
12 27 (3.96%) Project Manager
13 25 (3.67%) 2nd Line Support
14 23 (3.37%) Administrator
15 22 (3.23%) IT Technician
16 20 (2.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 20 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
16 20 (2.93%) Service Desk Agent
17 19 (2.79%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.76%) .NET
2 8 (1.17%) JSON
2 8 (1.17%) PyTorch
2 8 (1.17%) SailPoint
2 8 (1.17%) TensorFlow
3 7 (1.03%) CSS
3 7 (1.03%) HTML
4 6 (0.88%) REST
4 6 (0.88%) Web Services
5 5 (0.73%) .NET Framework
5 5 (0.73%) RESTful
6 4 (0.59%) Node.js
6 4 (0.59%) Spring
6 4 (0.59%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.44%) LDAP
7 3 (0.44%) XHTML
8 2 (0.29%) XML
8 2 (0.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 21 (3.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 21 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
5 16 (2.35%) NHS
6 11 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.47%) PKI
7 10 (1.47%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.32%) Clustering
9 8 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.03%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.88%) IVR
11 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (0.73%) iPhone
12 5 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 223 (32.70%) Windows
2 131 (19.21%) Windows 10
3 50 (7.33%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.93%) Linux
5 14 (2.05%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.91%) Windows 7
6 13 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.32%) Android
9 8 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.03%) VMS
11 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.15%) Unix
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (19.21%) Customer Service
3 75 (11.00%) Decision-Making
4 69 (10.12%) Agile
5 55 (8.06%) ITIL
6 54 (7.92%) Migration
7 53 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (7.04%) Project Management
9 46 (6.74%) DevOps
10 43 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
10 43 (6.30%) Time Management
11 38 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 36 (5.28%) Mentoring
13 33 (4.84%) Information Security
14 32 (4.69%) Data Protection
14 32 (4.69%) Incident Management
14 32 (4.69%) Service Management
15 31 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 29 (4.25%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.77%) SQL
2 40 (5.87%) PowerShell
3 31 (4.55%) Python
4 15 (2.20%) C#
5 14 (2.05%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.91%) Java
7 9 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.73%) Bash
9 2 (0.29%) C
9 2 (0.29%) PHP
9 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) C++
10 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.15%) Fortran
10 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.15%) Perl
10 1 (0.15%) R
10 1 (0.15%) Tcl
10 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 85 (12.46%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.14%) Degree
4 35 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (3.67%) DV Cleared
7 17 (2.49%) CISSP
8 15 (2.20%) CISM
9 14 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.76%) MCSE
12 9 (1.32%) CCNA
12 9 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (1.03%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.88%) CISA
14 6 (0.88%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.88%) MBA
14 6 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.87%) SLA
2 29 (4.25%) QA
3 28 (4.11%) Disclosure Scotland
4 22 (3.23%) NIST
5 17 (2.49%) NIST 800
6 12 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.32%) PMO
8 6 (0.88%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.88%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.73%) GDPR
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) GMP
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 173 (25.37%) Active Directory
2 44 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.52%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.17%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (1.03%) Docker
6 7 (1.03%) KVM
7 5 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.44%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.44%) vSphere
9 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.15%) Firmware
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 57 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (4.25%) SCCM
3 13 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 11 (1.61%) Terraform
5 9 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (1.32%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.88%) Ansible
8 4 (0.59%) Grafana
8 4 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.44%) Autotask
9 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.44%) Puppet
10 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.29%) Graylog
10 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.29%) MaaS360
10 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (9.53%) ServiceNow
2 58 (8.50%) VMware
3 22 (3.23%) Citrix
4 15 (2.20%) Apple
4 15 (2.20%) SAP
5 12 (1.76%) Oracle
6 11 (1.61%) Cisco
6 11 (1.61%) Google
7 10 (1.47%) CyberArk
7 10 (1.47%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.17%) Pega
8 8 (1.17%) Siemens
9 7 (1.03%) Databricks
9 7 (1.03%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.03%) Veeam
10 6 (0.88%) Avaya
10 6 (0.88%) CA
11 5 (0.73%) Adobe
11 5 (0.73%) Sophos
11 5 (0.73%) Verint