Microsoft Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 658 819 1,043
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 13.86% 14.77% 14.59%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 36.10% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 557 701
10th Percentile £176 £180 £150
25th Percentile £268 £319 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £407
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +16.71% +1.75%
75th Percentile £563 £563 £525
90th Percentile £650 £643 £625
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 35 106
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.84 £10.20
25th Percentile £11.07 £17.06 £13.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £26.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +48.57% +1.24%
75th Percentile £18.11 £41.00 £23.66
90th Percentile £26.46 £47.17 £45.03
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £17.56
% change year-on-year -30.23% +22.44% +0.34%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,974 2,269 2,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 41.59% 40.92% 38.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,509 1,873
10th Percentile £250 £220 £180
25th Percentile £400 £381 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +6.29%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £551
90th Percentile £651 £688 £650
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 71 165
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.72 £10.20
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.72 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.59 £29.30 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% +56.68% +1.96%
75th Percentile £25.25 £43.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £45.88 £49.52 £75.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
North West +3 402 £450 -5.26% 546
Yorkshire +1 217 £425 -10.53% 341
North East +8 41 £378 +45.38% 117
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 59 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 42 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.52%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.61%) IBM Notes
4 4 (0.61%) WordPress
5 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.46%) Confluence
5 3 (0.46%) IIS
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 185 (28.12%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.28%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.22%) CATIA
6 8 (1.22%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.15%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.15%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.37%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.22%) DELMIA
4 3 (0.46%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.30%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 166 (25.23%) Azure
2 146 (22.19%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (9.42%) Power Platform
4 56 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
5 44 (6.69%) Entra ID
6 38 (5.78%) AWS
7 21 (3.19%) SaaS
8 20 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.04%) Taleo
9 16 (2.43%) IaaS
10 14 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 13 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.98%) PaaS
12 12 (1.82%) GCP
13 11 (1.67%) Serverless
14 10 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.22%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.22%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
15 8 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.02%) Firewall
2 22 (3.34%) DNS
3 14 (2.13%) DHCP
4 13 (1.98%) VPN
5 12 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (1.67%) LAN
6 11 (1.67%) SAN
7 9 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.06%) VoIP
8 7 (1.06%) WAN
9 6 (0.91%) Internet
9 6 (0.91%) Network Security
10 5 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (0.76%) VLAN
10 5 (0.76%) WAAS
11 3 (0.46%) Intranet
11 3 (0.46%) NAS
11 3 (0.46%) PBX
11 3 (0.46%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.38%) Power BI
2 41 (6.23%) SQL Server
3 18 (2.74%) Data Lake
4 16 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.37%) Big Data
6 9 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
7 8 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (1.22%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.22%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.91%) GIS
10 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 4 (0.61%) MySQL
10 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.46%) Tableau
12 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.95%) Git
2 16 (2.43%) JIRA
3 11 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.46%) GitLab
7 2 (0.30%) AdminStudio
7 2 (0.30%) AppScan
7 2 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.30%) InstallShield
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
7 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.15%) gulp
8 1 (0.15%) Hudson
8 1 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 247 (37.54%) Social Skills
2 74 (11.25%) Finance
3 54 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (7.45%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.10%) Banking
6 22 (3.34%) Manufacturing
6 22 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.74%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.52%) Retail
10 9 (1.37%) Legal
11 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.06%) Law
12 7 (1.06%) Marketing
12 7 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.76%) Local Government
14 4 (0.61%) Automotive
14 4 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 91 (13.83%) Analyst
2 60 (9.12%) Architect
3 57 (8.66%) IT Support
4 44 (6.69%) Lead
5 41 (6.23%) Developer
6 35 (5.32%) Senior
6 35 (5.32%) Support Engineer
7 31 (4.71%) Consultant
8 30 (4.56%) IT Engineer
9 29 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (4.10%) Service Analyst
10 27 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
11 23 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (3.34%) Administrator
12 22 (3.34%) Project Manager
13 21 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support
14 17 (2.58%) Support Analyst
15 16 (2.43%) Service Desk Agent
16 15 (2.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.13%) .NET
2 9 (1.37%) Kafka
2 9 (1.37%) SailPoint
3 8 (1.22%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.22%) TensorFlow
4 7 (1.06%) CSS
4 7 (1.06%) HTML
4 7 (1.06%) JSON
5 6 (0.91%) REST
6 5 (0.76%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.76%) RESTful
6 5 (0.76%) Web Services
7 3 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.46%) Node.js
7 3 (0.46%) Spring
7 3 (0.46%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.46%) XHTML
8 2 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.30%) PySpark
8 2 (0.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.10%) Management Information System
2 23 (3.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 23 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
4 19 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.28%) NHS
6 9 (1.37%) PKI
6 9 (1.37%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.22%) Clustering
8 7 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.91%) Data Centre
9 6 (0.91%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.76%) CCTV
10 5 (0.76%) iPhone
10 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.76%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.76%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.76%) Social Media
11 3 (0.46%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 192 (29.18%) Windows
2 116 (17.63%) Windows 10
3 41 (6.23%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.13%) Linux
5 12 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.67%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.37%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.22%) Android
9 8 (1.22%) VMS
9 8 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.06%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.15%) Unix
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (17.63%) Customer Service
3 74 (11.25%) Decision-Making
4 60 (9.12%) DevOps
5 56 (8.51%) Agile
6 53 (8.05%) Migration
7 50 (7.60%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (6.69%) ITIL
10 42 (6.38%) Time Management
11 41 (6.23%) Analytics
12 40 (6.08%) Project Management
13 37 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (5.17%) Mentoring
15 32 (4.86%) CRM
16 31 (4.71%) Incident Response
17 29 (4.41%) Data Protection
17 29 (4.41%) Incident Management
18 28 (4.26%) Information Security
19 27 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 63 (9.57%) SQL
2 40 (6.08%) Python
3 39 (5.93%) PowerShell
4 19 (2.89%) Java
5 17 (2.58%) C#
6 14 (2.13%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.76%) Bash
9 3 (0.46%) VB
10 2 (0.30%) Bicep
10 2 (0.30%) C
10 2 (0.30%) PHP
10 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.15%) Fortran
11 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 114 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 78 (11.85%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.49%) Degree
4 34 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.10%) DV Cleared
6 25 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.58%) CISSP
8 14 (2.13%) CISM
9 12 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.82%) MCSE
10 9 (1.37%) CCNA
10 9 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.06%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.91%) CISA
12 6 (0.91%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.91%) MBA
12 6 (0.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.78%) SLA
2 27 (4.10%) Disclosure Scotland
3 24 (3.65%) QA
4 23 (3.50%) NIST
5 18 (2.74%) NIST 800
6 14 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.06%) PMO
8 6 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.91%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.76%) GDPR
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) GMP
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.15%) NCSC
11 1 (0.15%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 154 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 37 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.06%) Docker
5 6 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.46%) vSphere
8 2 (0.30%) Firmware
8 2 (0.30%) KVM
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (4.10%) SCCM
3 22 (3.34%) Terraform
4 17 (2.58%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.06%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (0.91%) Ansible
6 6 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.46%) Autotask
8 3 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.46%) Grafana
8 3 (0.46%) Nessus
8 3 (0.46%) Puppet
8 3 (0.46%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.30%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 56 (8.51%) ServiceNow
2 48 (7.29%) VMware
3 20 (3.04%) Citrix
3 20 (3.04%) Google
4 15 (2.28%) Cisco
4 15 (2.28%) SAP
5 13 (1.98%) Apple
6 11 (1.67%) CyberArk
7 10 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.37%) Oracle
9 8 (1.22%) Siemens
10 7 (1.06%) Databricks
10 7 (1.06%) Veeam
11 6 (0.91%) CA
12 5 (0.76%) Adobe
12 5 (0.76%) F5
13 4 (0.61%) Facebook
13 4 (0.61%) Hootsuite
13 4 (0.61%) HP
13 4 (0.61%) Lotus