Microsoft Contracts in Reading

Microsoft
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 194 130 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 16.40% 12.46% 14.10%
As % of the Vendors category 32.72% 24.86% 34.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 87 152
10th Percentile £205 £294 £133
25th Percentile £375 £413 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £543 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +20.67% -4.26%
75th Percentile £608 £691 £578
90th Percentile - £725 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile £52.25 £56.29 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £60.47 -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £68.19 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% - -
75th Percentile £60.60 £75.15 -
90th Percentile £61.49 £78.88 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £25.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +133.20% -61.54% +52.94%

All Vendors
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 593 523 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 50.13% 50.14% 41.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 354 385
10th Percentile £213 £372 £213
25th Percentile £412 £482 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +0.96%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 6
10th Percentile £14.50 £45.75 £26.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £49.68 £27.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £32.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +99.34% -42.83%
75th Percentile £61.60 £69.05 £34.97
90th Percentile - £76.62 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £60.88 £42.50
% change year-on-year -4.23% +43.24% +23.19%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Reading

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 21 (10.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Jadu
Applications
1 45 (23.20%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.58%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.03%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.52%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.52%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Primavera
2 5 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.03%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.52%) Maximo
4 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.05%) Azure
2 33 (17.01%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (13.40%) Azure Monitor
4 22 (11.34%) Entra ID
5 20 (10.31%) Azure Storage
6 14 (7.22%) OCI
6 14 (7.22%) Power Platform
7 13 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.64%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.58%) PaaS
10 5 (2.58%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.06%) AWS
11 4 (2.06%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.55%) Azure AKS
13 2 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (20.62%) Firewall
2 36 (18.56%) DNS
3 34 (17.53%) DHCP
4 15 (7.73%) LAN
5 14 (7.22%) SAN
6 5 (2.58%) Network Security
7 4 (2.06%) Broadband
8 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.03%) Intranet
9 2 (1.03%) VPN
9 2 (1.03%) WAN
10 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) Power BI
2 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.03%) Big Data
3 2 (1.03%) MySQL
3 2 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.52%) Power Query
4 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.09%) Git
2 4 (2.06%) JIRA
3 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.52%) MSI
4 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 106 (54.64%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.43%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (9.79%) Telecoms
4 13 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.19%) Finance
6 7 (3.61%) Legal
6 7 (3.61%) Marketing
7 4 (2.06%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Electronics
9 2 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.03%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Billing
10 1 (0.52%) French Language
10 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
10 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (16.49%) Senior
2 22 (11.34%) Support Engineer
3 20 (10.31%) Active Directory Support
4 17 (8.76%) Analyst
4 17 (8.76%) Build Engineer
4 17 (8.76%) Windows Build Engineer
4 17 (8.76%) Windows Engineer
5 14 (7.22%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (7.22%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (7.22%) Developer
5 14 (7.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (7.22%) Support Specialist
6 13 (6.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 13 (6.70%) Desktop Support
6 13 (6.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 13 (6.70%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 13 (6.70%) Hardware Engineer
7 11 (5.67%) Administrator
7 11 (5.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 11 (5.67%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.86%) ARM Templates
2 7 (3.61%) Itk
3 4 (2.06%) YAML
4 3 (1.55%) JSON
5 2 (1.03%) .NET
5 2 (1.03%) Flash
5 2 (1.03%) HTML
5 2 (1.03%) SOAP
5 2 (1.03%) XML
6 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.52%) ADO
6 1 (0.52%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) JSON Schema
6 1 (0.52%) LAMP
6 1 (0.52%) MDX
6 1 (0.52%) OAuth
6 1 (0.52%) OpenID
6 1 (0.52%) REST
6 1 (0.52%) RESTful
6 1 (0.52%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.40%) Driving Licence
2 20 (10.31%) PKI
2 20 (10.31%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.22%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.03%) Social Media
8 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.52%) CSOC
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.52%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 95 (48.97%) Windows
2 58 (29.90%) Windows 10
3 56 (28.87%) Windows Server
4 54 (27.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 54 (27.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 46 (23.71%) Linux
6 32 (16.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 27 (13.92%) Windows 7
8 17 (8.76%) Windows NT
9 14 (7.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (40.72%) ITIL
2 47 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (23.71%) Customer Service
4 43 (22.16%) Agile
4 43 (22.16%) DevOps
5 38 (19.59%) Release Management
5 38 (19.59%) Service Management
6 25 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (12.89%) Project Management
7 23 (11.86%) Analytics
7 23 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 23 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (10.82%) Identity Management
8 21 (10.82%) Log Analytics
8 21 (10.82%) RBAC
8 21 (10.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 20 (10.31%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 20 (10.31%) Privileged Identity Management
10 19 (9.79%) Deployment Automation
11 17 (8.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 43 (22.16%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.92%) C#
3 21 (10.82%) Bicep
4 20 (10.31%) VB
4 20 (10.31%) VBScript
5 10 (5.15%) SQL
6 5 (2.58%) C
7 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.55%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.52%) Bash
8 1 (0.52%) C++
8 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.52%) Java
8 1 (0.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 104 (53.61%) Security Cleared
2 98 (50.52%) DV Cleared
3 59 (30.41%) Degree
4 40 (20.62%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (7.22%) CCNA
6 14 (7.22%) CCNP
6 14 (7.22%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.06%) ACCA
7 4 (2.06%) CIMA
8 3 (1.55%) CIPD
9 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.03%) CISSP
9 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.03%) PMP
10 1 (0.52%) CEH
10 1 (0.52%) CISM
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.31%) QA
2 6 (3.09%) PMO
3 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.03%) NIST
3 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.52%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) ITGC
4 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (28.35%) Active Directory
2 30 (15.46%) Firmware
3 20 (10.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (10.31%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (7.22%) Hyper-V
5 14 (7.22%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.03%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.03%) XenApp
7 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 80 (41.24%) SCCM
2 51 (26.29%) WSUS
3 34 (17.53%) SCOM
4 23 (11.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (11.34%) Kubernetes
6 20 (10.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (8.76%) Sysprep
8 14 (7.22%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (7.22%) NetBackup
8 14 (7.22%) vCenter Server
9 5 (2.58%) Terraform
10 2 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.03%) Grafana
10 2 (1.03%) Nessus
10 2 (1.03%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.52%) Ansible
11 1 (0.52%) Graylog
11 1 (0.52%) Istio
11 1 (0.52%) Nagios
11 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (21.65%) HP
2 18 (9.28%) Cisco
2 18 (9.28%) Oracle
3 17 (8.76%) VMware
4 16 (8.25%) Dell
5 15 (7.73%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.22%) 3PAR
6 14 (7.22%) EMC
6 14 (7.22%) Extreme Networks
6 14 (7.22%) Juniper
6 14 (7.22%) Symantec
6 14 (7.22%) Veeam
7 9 (4.64%) Splunk
8 4 (2.06%) Citrix
8 4 (2.06%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) Apple
9 2 (1.03%) Ariba
9 2 (1.03%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow