Microsoft Contracts in Northamptonshire

Microsoft
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +12
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 63 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 12.05% 26.14% 24.24%
As % of the Vendors category 28.13% 46.67% 46.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 57 77
10th Percentile £166 £169 £134
25th Percentile £289 £308 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £465
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -24.73% +36.76%
75th Percentile £438 £488 £500
90th Percentile £514 £502 £521
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £365 £400
% change year-on-year +9.59% -8.75% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £9.75
25th Percentile - £11.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £12.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -41.86% -
75th Percentile - £13.75 £23.13
90th Percentile - - £26.32
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £18.75 £10.50
% change year-on-year -25.33% +78.57% +4.63%

All Vendors
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 96 135 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 42.86% 56.02% 52.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 103 158
10th Percentile £302 £190 £184
25th Percentile £356 £304 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £360 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -20.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £577 £500 £514
90th Percentile £622 £565 £550
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 16
10th Percentile - £12.56 £12.90
25th Percentile £10.90 £14.52 £20.13
Median hourly rate £14.00 £17.72 £32.19
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% -44.95% -
75th Percentile - £19.38 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £21.19 £16.25
% change year-on-year -33.92% +30.38% +11.26%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Northamptonshire

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Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Northampton -9 20 £400 -12.17% 26
Microsoft
East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 5 (18.52%) OCI
2 5 (18.52%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 4 (14.81%) Azure
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (44.44%) Power BI
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.70%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.70%) OLAP
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.70%) Tableau
General
1 10 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Publishing
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Automotive
5 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Retail
6 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Administrator
3 5 (18.52%) Data Administrator
3 5 (18.52%) Insight Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Report Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) DBA
5 3 (11.11%) Change Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Project Change Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 3 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) SQL DBA
5 3 (11.11%) SQL Server DBA
5 3 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
1 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (18.52%) Data Interpretation
3 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
3 5 (18.52%) Programme Management
4 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
4 4 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.81%) High Availability
4 4 (14.81%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (11.11%) Agile
5 3 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.11%) ITIL
5 3 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) MCITP
2 4 (14.81%) MCTS
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) PMO
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco
2 1 (3.70%) Hyperion
2 1 (3.70%) NetApp