Microsoft Contracts in Northampton

Microsoft
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 9 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 24 32 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 12.90% 26.23% 25.21%
As % of the Vendors category 31.58% 49.23% 50.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 54
10th Percentile £340 £163 £132
25th Percentile £391 £198 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £455 £465
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -2.11% +24.07%
75th Percentile £453 £500 £502
90th Percentile £560 £538 £533
Northamptonshire median daily rate £400 £330 £465
% change year-on-year +21.21% -29.03% +39.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £9.75
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £10.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - £20.85
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +12.00% -41.86% -

All Vendors
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 76 65 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 40.86% 53.28% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 41 101
10th Percentile £356 £173 £163
25th Percentile £400 £231 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £465
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -20.43% +17.42%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £508
90th Percentile £622 £538 £550
Northamptonshire median daily rate £425 £370 £465
% change year-on-year +14.86% -20.43% +24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £9.75
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.52 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -9.25% -
75th Percentile - - £23.31
90th Percentile - - £23.43
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.00 £14.52 £32.19
% change year-on-year -3.58% -54.89% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Northampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Northampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Northampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) SAS
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) DHCP
1 2 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (4.17%) SAN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Power BI
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) Hadoop
3 1 (4.17%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 8 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Automotive
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Administrator
2 5 (20.83%) Data Administrator
3 4 (16.67%) Change Manager
3 4 (16.67%) DBA
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Designer
4 3 (12.50%) Project Change Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) SQL DBA
4 3 (12.50%) SQL Server DBA
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
1 7 (29.17%) Windows Server
2 3 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (20.83%) Data Interpretation
2 5 (20.83%) Programme Management
3 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (16.67%) High Availability
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) MCITP
2 4 (16.67%) MCTS
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.33%) PMO
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) SCOM
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Citrix
1 3 (12.50%) VMware
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco
3 1 (4.17%) NetApp