Microsoft Contracts in West London

Microsoft
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London 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 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +11
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 52 62 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 14.36% 10.63% 13.37%
As % of the Vendors category 32.30% 30.54% 35.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 53 55
10th Percentile - £142 £161
25th Percentile £189 £275 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £437
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.97% -12.60%
75th Percentile £478 £590 £500
90th Percentile £608 £638 £533
London median daily rate £500 £545 £535
% change year-on-year -8.26% +1.87% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £18.30 £14.80
25th Percentile - £18.75 £17.68
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -7.14% -23.64%
75th Percentile £20.97 £31.50 £24.06
90th Percentile £22.67 £38.40 £30.48
London median hourly rate £18.80 £26.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.74% -39.89% +93.69%

All Vendors
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 161 203 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 44.48% 34.82% 37.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 158 158
10th Percentile £189 £213 £191
25th Percentile £300 £382 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +13.51% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £605
90th Percentile £627 £658 £649
London median daily rate £545 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -4.80% +4.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 12
10th Percentile £17.70 £24.20 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.13 £61.25 £19.05
Median hourly rate £23.05 £75.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.27% +257.14% -16.00%
75th Percentile £53.11 £80.00 £25.56
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.00 £40.23
London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.43% -22.14% +31.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in West London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in West London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in West London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in West London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in West London

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Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the West London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hounslow +2 17 £425 -8.11% 17
Hillingdon +32 9 £475 +72.73% 14
Hammersmith +7 9 £193 +50.17% 5
Richmond upon Thames -9 3 £325 -27.78% 3
Wembley - 2 £448 - 2
Harrow +1 1 £463 -26.00% 9
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 10 (19.23%) CMS
2 5 (9.62%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (3.85%) IIS
5 1 (1.92%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (3.85%) Acrobat
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.92%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Azure
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.62%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.69%) AWS
5 4 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (7.69%) OpenShift
6 3 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (5.77%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (5.77%) Collibra
6 3 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.77%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.77%) SaaS
7 2 (3.85%) Asana
7 2 (3.85%) GCP
7 2 (3.85%) GitHub
7 2 (3.85%) Google Docs
7 2 (3.85%) Slack
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Storage
8 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.54%) Firewall
2 5 (9.62%) DNS
3 3 (5.77%) HTTP
3 3 (5.77%) HTTPS
3 3 (5.77%) IPsec
4 2 (3.85%) VPN
4 2 (3.85%) Wireless
5 1 (1.92%) DHCP
5 1 (1.92%) DKIM
5 1 (1.92%) DMARC
5 1 (1.92%) Extranet
5 1 (1.92%) Internet
5 1 (1.92%) LAN
5 1 (1.92%) NAS
5 1 (1.92%) SAN
5 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Power BI
1 8 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.77%) Metadata
4 2 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.92%) QlikView
5 1 (1.92%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.77%) Git
3 2 (3.85%) JIRA
3 2 (3.85%) Maven
4 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.92%) GitLab
4 1 (1.92%) Subversion
General
1 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Front Office
6 1 (1.92%) Aviation
6 1 (1.92%) Local Government
6 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Marketing
6 1 (1.92%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.92%) Publishing
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
6 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) Analyst
2 9 (17.31%) Applications Support
3 7 (13.46%) Applications Support Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Architect
3 7 (13.46%) Project Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Project Support Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (5.77%) Data Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Developer
5 3 (5.77%) IT Support
5 3 (5.77%) Network Architect
5 3 (5.77%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Development Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 2 (3.85%) Lead
6 2 (3.85%) PMO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) JSON
1 3 (5.77%) SAML
2 2 (3.85%) CSS
2 2 (3.85%) Drools
2 2 (3.85%) Kafka
2 2 (3.85%) React
2 2 (3.85%) Redux
2 2 (3.85%) REST
2 2 (3.85%) Swagger
3 1 (1.92%) .NET
3 1 (1.92%) FHIR
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 4 (7.69%) PKI
3 3 (5.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Clustering
4 2 (3.85%) Life Science
4 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.85%) New Media
5 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.92%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.92%) iPad
5 1 (1.92%) iPhone
5 1 (1.92%) Podcast
5 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.92%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (5.77%) Linux
2 3 (5.77%) Windows 10
2 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.92%) Unix
4 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) Migration
2 9 (17.31%) Asset Management
3 8 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.54%) Agile
4 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 6 (11.54%) ETL
5 5 (9.62%) Data Modelling
5 5 (9.62%) Project Management
6 4 (7.69%) Content Management
6 4 (7.69%) ITSM
6 4 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 4 (7.69%) Runbook
6 4 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (5.77%) Data Lineage
7 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (5.77%) RBAC
7 3 (5.77%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) SQL
2 6 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.77%) Java
4 2 (3.85%) Groovy
4 2 (3.85%) Python
4 2 (3.85%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.92%) C#
5 1 (1.92%) R
5 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) CCIE
2 3 (5.77%) CCNP
2 3 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.69%) QA
3 2 (3.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.92%) DICOM
4 1 (1.92%) HL7
4 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.69%) Docker
3 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.92%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) FortiGate
1 3 (5.77%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (5.77%) SCCM
1 3 (5.77%) SCOM
1 3 (5.77%) Terraform
2 2 (3.85%) Grafana
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.85%) Podman
2 2 (3.85%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.92%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.92%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.92%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (13.46%) HP
2 5 (9.62%) Dell
3 4 (7.69%) Cisco
3 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.69%) SolarWinds
3 4 (7.69%) Splunk
4 3 (5.77%) Adobe
4 3 (5.77%) Dynatrace
4 3 (5.77%) Google
4 3 (5.77%) New Relic
4 3 (5.77%) Nexthink
4 3 (5.77%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.85%) Apple
5 2 (3.85%) DocuSign
5 2 (3.85%) Huawei
5 2 (3.85%) Oracle
5 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.85%) Trend Micro
5 2 (3.85%) VMware
6 1 (1.92%) Proofpoint