Microsoft Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 8 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 34 25 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 22.37% 13.02% 13.17%
As % of the Vendors category 49.28% 37.31% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 10
10th Percentile £450 £136 £146
25th Percentile £525 £163 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £178 £358
Median % change year-on-year +223.94% -50.35% -10.63%
75th Percentile £645 £288 £450
90th Percentile £688 £385 £457
UK median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £14.63 £14.25 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.09 £15.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.56 £15.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.24% -17.11% +40.74%
75th Percentile £33.22 £17.17 £21.00
90th Percentile £38.79 £17.91 -
UK median hourly rate £15.17 £22.52 £18.50
% change year-on-year -32.62% +21.70% +8.82%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 69 67 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 45.39% 34.90% 43.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 45
10th Percentile £200 £156 £201
25th Percentile £509 £188 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £648 £550 £500
90th Percentile £675 £613 £560
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.55 £10.23
25th Percentile £12.44 £14.50 £10.52
Median hourly rate £21.10 £16.00 £13.89
Median % change year-on-year +31.88% +15.19% +2.89%
75th Percentile £29.89 £17.91 £21.00
90th Percentile £38.79 £19.56 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% +2.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 28 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
County Antrim +5 32 £563 +198.01% 61
County Londonderry -1 1 £640 +533.66%
County Down - 1 - -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) iTrent
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.94%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (52.94%) Azure
2 11 (32.35%) Power Platform
3 8 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (23.53%) GitHub
4 6 (17.65%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (17.65%) Azure Functions
4 6 (17.65%) Serverless
5 5 (14.71%) AWS
5 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (8.82%) GCP
7 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) HTTP
2 2 (5.88%) DNS
2 2 (5.88%) Skype
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.94%) FTP
3 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Maven
2 1 (2.94%) GitLab
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
1 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.88%) Electronics
4 2 (5.88%) Legal
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Lead
2 5 (14.71%) Developer
2 5 (14.71%) Platform Specialist
2 5 (14.71%) Power Platform Specialist
2 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Software Developer
3 3 (8.82%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Software Tester
3 3 (8.82%) Tester
4 2 (5.88%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Customer Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared Java Developer
4 2 (5.88%) Java Developer
5 1 (2.94%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Compliance Officer
5 1 (2.94%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) SharePoint Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) REST
1 7 (20.59%) Spring Boot
2 5 (14.71%) Software Packaging
3 2 (5.88%) CSS
3 2 (5.88%) Spring
3 2 (5.88%) Web Services
3 2 (5.88%) XML
4 1 (2.94%) COM
4 1 (2.94%) HTML
4 1 (2.94%) HTML5
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.88%) iPhone
2 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) BYOD
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) iPad
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) PDA
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.94%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Mentoring
1 11 (32.35%) Validation
2 10 (29.41%) Coaching
3 8 (23.53%) DevOps
4 7 (20.59%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
7 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
8 3 (8.82%) Incident Management
8 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
9 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (5.88%) ERP
9 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
9 2 (5.88%) Project Management
9 2 (5.88%) Roadmaps
9 2 (5.88%) SDET
9 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) Java
2 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Apple
1 2 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (2.94%) Autodesk
2 1 (2.94%) Dell
2 1 (2.94%) HP
2 1 (2.94%) Hyperion
2 1 (2.94%) Intel
2 1 (2.94%) JD Edwards
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle
2 1 (2.94%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (2.94%) VMware