Microsoft Contracts in the South East

Microsoft
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 592 907 1,162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 14.18% 16.61% 14.95%
As % of the Vendors category 28.68% 31.17% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 602 776
10th Percentile £200 £170 £160
25th Percentile £332 £218 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £462 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +2.65% +3.45%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £661 £650 £688
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 39 57
10th Percentile £18.75 £13.49 £12.84
25th Percentile £34.00 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £56.75 £17.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +224.26% -1.24% -9.13%
75th Percentile £59.95 £38.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £55.28 £37.90
England median hourly rate £21.12 £22.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.16% +15.38% +18.18%

All Vendors
South East

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,064 2,910 3,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.45% 53.28% 47.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,289 1,862 2,493
10th Percentile £251 £205 £206
25th Percentile £403 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £628 £607 £600
90th Percentile £691 £678 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 129 133
10th Percentile £16.20 £15.45 £12.73
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.95 £15.80
Median hourly rate £57.25 £45.21 £22.84
Median % change year-on-year +26.63% +97.94% +1.74%
75th Percentile £67.02 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.53 £65.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.65% +70.00% +29.32%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Thames Valley -2 332 £478 +3.38% 169
Berkshire -4 222 £523 +11.65% 64
Hampshire -5 129 £550 +4.76% 111
Buckinghamshire +1 92 £425 -5.56% 64
Surrey -2 68 £308 -1.60% 62
Kent -2 33 £259 -50.48% 52
West Sussex +2 24 £423 -5.94% 38
Oxfordshire +1 18 £350 +75.00% 41
East Sussex -7 6 £413 +3.13% 35
Sussex - 3 £380 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 65 (10.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (1.18%) Apache
4 7 (1.18%) Confluence
5 6 (1.01%) CMS
6 5 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.84%) NetWeaver
7 4 (0.68%) Drupal
7 4 (0.68%) WordPress
8 3 (0.51%) IIS
9 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.17%) Appian
10 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.17%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 101 (17.06%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.17%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.17%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.84%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.51%) Primavera
4 2 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Relativity
5 1 (0.17%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 199 (33.61%) Azure
2 183 (30.91%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (8.28%) Entra ID
4 46 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 45 (7.60%) AWS
6 30 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
7 24 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
7 24 (4.05%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.89%) SaaS
9 19 (3.21%) Serverless
10 16 (2.70%) Azure Functions
11 14 (2.36%) Azure Storage
11 14 (2.36%) GCP
12 12 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.03%) OpenShift
13 11 (1.86%) OneDrive
14 10 (1.69%) IaaS
14 10 (1.69%) PaaS
15 8 (1.35%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 55 (9.29%) Firewall
2 36 (6.08%) DNS
3 32 (5.41%) DHCP
4 19 (3.21%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.87%) VLAN
5 17 (2.87%) Wireless
6 16 (2.70%) VPN
7 15 (2.53%) LAN
7 15 (2.53%) Network Security
7 15 (2.53%) WAN
8 13 (2.20%) SSL
9 9 (1.52%) VSAN
10 8 (1.35%) HTTP
10 8 (1.35%) Internet
10 8 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.18%) SAN
11 7 (1.18%) SMTP
12 6 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.01%) VoIP
13 5 (0.84%) POP3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.89%) Power BI
3 11 (1.86%) MySQL
3 11 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.52%) Big Data
4 9 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.01%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.84%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.84%) Redis
8 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.34%) DB2
9 2 (0.34%) HDInsight
9 2 (0.34%) Metadata
9 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 25 (4.22%) JIRA
2 17 (2.87%) Git
3 16 (2.70%) MSI
4 12 (2.03%) InstallShield
5 7 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.68%) GitLab
8 3 (0.51%) git-flow
8 3 (0.51%) Selenium
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.17%) GCC
9 1 (0.17%) Inno Setup
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.17%) VisualAge
General
1 187 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 81 (13.68%) Finance
3 62 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.56%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.87%) Marketing
7 16 (2.70%) Legal
8 15 (2.53%) Military
8 15 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.35%) General Ledger
11 8 (1.35%) Retail
12 7 (1.18%) Electronics
12 7 (1.18%) Law
13 6 (1.01%) Automotive
13 6 (1.01%) Billing
13 6 (1.01%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (16.55%) Senior
2 92 (15.54%) Analyst
3 50 (8.45%) Support Engineer
4 49 (8.28%) Architect
5 33 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (5.07%) IT Support
7 29 (4.90%) Lead
8 28 (4.73%) Administrator
9 27 (4.56%) Developer
10 25 (4.22%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (3.89%) Consultant
13 22 (3.72%) Service Analyst
13 22 (3.72%) Service Desk Analyst
14 21 (3.55%) Systems Administrator
15 20 (3.38%) 2nd Line Support
15 20 (3.38%) IT Engineer
16 19 (3.21%) Active Directory Engineer
16 19 (3.21%) IT Analyst
17 18 (3.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.22%) .NET
2 18 (3.04%) SAML
3 15 (2.53%) HTML
3 15 (2.53%) SOAP
4 14 (2.36%) CSS
5 13 (2.20%) ADO
5 13 (2.20%) REST
5 13 (2.20%) Web Services
6 12 (2.03%) ARM Templates
6 12 (2.03%) LDAP
7 11 (1.86%) Kafka
8 10 (1.69%) JDBC
8 10 (1.69%) OAuth
9 9 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.35%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (1.35%) OAuth2
10 8 (1.35%) OpenID
10 8 (1.35%) XML
11 7 (1.18%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.73%) PKI
3 27 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.89%) Public Cloud
6 15 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.69%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 9 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.01%) CMDB
10 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.01%) Replication
10 6 (1.01%) Smartphone
10 6 (1.01%) W3C
11 5 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (0.84%) YubiKey
12 4 (0.68%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 206 (34.80%) Windows
2 82 (13.85%) Windows 10
3 72 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 49 (8.28%) Linux
5 37 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (2.87%) Unix
9 15 (2.53%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.52%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.35%) Android
12 7 (1.18%) CentOS
13 6 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.01%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.68%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.34%) VMS
15 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.34%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (16.72%) Agile
3 85 (14.36%) ITIL
4 77 (13.01%) Customer Service
5 64 (10.81%) Migration
6 63 (10.64%) DevOps
7 62 (10.47%) Project Management
8 54 (9.12%) Roadmaps
9 45 (7.60%) Change Management
9 45 (7.60%) Incident Management
10 41 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 38 (6.42%) Service Management
13 35 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (5.91%) ITSM
14 34 (5.74%) CI/CD
15 33 (5.57%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (5.57%) Information Security
16 29 (4.90%) Project Delivery
17 28 (4.73%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (14.19%) PowerShell
2 67 (11.32%) SQL
3 33 (5.57%) Java
4 31 (5.24%) C#
5 25 (4.22%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.89%) Python
7 16 (2.70%) VBScript
8 15 (2.53%) VB
9 12 (2.03%) Bicep
10 8 (1.35%) PHP
11 7 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.01%) Perl
13 5 (0.84%) ABAP
13 5 (0.84%) C
14 4 (0.68%) Bash
14 4 (0.68%) C++
14 4 (0.68%) Go
15 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 198 (33.45%) Security Cleared
2 124 (20.95%) DV Cleared
3 97 (16.39%) SC Cleared
4 78 (13.18%) Degree
5 46 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.04%) MCSE
7 11 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 8 (1.35%) IBM Certification
11 7 (1.18%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.18%) APMP
11 7 (1.18%) CCNA
11 7 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.18%) CISSP
11 7 (1.18%) ISEB
11 7 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (1.01%) CISM
13 5 (0.84%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.89%) SLA
2 17 (2.87%) NIST
3 11 (1.86%) GDPR
4 10 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.52%) QA
6 8 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.35%) NIST 800
7 7 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.18%) NCSC
8 6 (1.01%) GRC
8 6 (1.01%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.68%) PMO
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.34%) GxP
11 2 (0.34%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.17%) GAAP
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS
System Software
1 149 (25.17%) Active Directory
2 66 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.38%) vSphere
5 17 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (2.70%) Hyper-V
6 16 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
7 15 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (1.86%) BitLocker
9 8 (1.35%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.01%) Docker
11 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.17%) Firmware
12 1 (0.17%) LXC
12 1 (0.17%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 62 (10.47%) SCCM
2 46 (7.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 34 (5.74%) WSUS
4 18 (3.04%) Ansible
4 18 (3.04%) SCOM
5 17 (2.87%) Nessus
5 17 (2.87%) Terraform
5 17 (2.87%) vCenter Server
6 14 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (1.69%) Kibana
8 8 (1.35%) Grafana
9 6 (1.01%) NetBackup
9 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.84%) Argo
10 5 (0.84%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (0.84%) Istio
10 5 (0.84%) logstash
11 3 (0.51%) Backup Exec
11 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (12.84%) VMware
2 34 (5.74%) Oracle
3 29 (4.90%) Apple
3 29 (4.90%) SAP
4 21 (3.55%) Cisco
4 21 (3.55%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.53%) Palo Alto
5 15 (2.53%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.36%) HP
7 13 (2.20%) Dell
7 13 (2.20%) Google
7 13 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.03%) Qualys
9 9 (1.52%) EMC
9 9 (1.52%) IBM
10 8 (1.35%) Genesys
11 7 (1.18%) Okta
11 7 (1.18%) Remedy
12 6 (1.01%) Citrix
12 6 (1.01%) Tanium