Microsoft Contracts in the North West

Microsoft
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 402 483 573
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.68% 15.85% 14.09%
As % of the Vendors category 38.18% 38.15% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 328 363
10th Percentile £192 £200 £157
25th Percentile £313 £361 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 30 62
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.22 £9.92
25th Percentile £11.07 £16.34 £12.49
Median hourly rate £14.50 £26.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% +50.00% -14.63%
75th Percentile £17.72 £42.13 £28.34
90th Percentile £26.50 £48.35 £50.45
England median hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £17.56
% change year-on-year -30.23% +22.44% +0.34%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,053 1,266 1,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 38.44% 41.55% 37.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 826 1,010
10th Percentile £268 £275 £192
25th Percentile £394 £400 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £656 £650
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 61 104
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.72 £10.20
25th Percentile £11.95 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £30.00 £20.57
Median % change year-on-year -46.47% +45.88% -11.01%
75th Percentile £26.50 £43.75 £56.25
90th Percentile £46.18 £49.52 £77.50
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester -4 157 £475 - 264
Cheshire +3 94 £500 +11.11% 111
Lancashire +6 49 £500 +24.22% 84
Cumbria +3 43 £520 +18.86% 24
Merseyside +1 39 £250 -47.37% 63
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 43 (10.70%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.00%) IBM Notes
4 3 (0.75%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.75%) Confluence
4 3 (0.75%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Smallworld
Applications
1 133 (33.08%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (16.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (7.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.99%) CATIA
5 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.74%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.25%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.24%) Teamcenter
2 8 (1.99%) DELMIA
3 3 (0.75%) Maximo
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.50%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 98 (24.38%) Azure
2 93 (23.13%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.97%) Entra ID
5 27 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (4.98%) Taleo
7 17 (4.23%) AWS
8 16 (3.98%) SaaS
9 13 (3.23%) IaaS
10 12 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.49%) PaaS
12 7 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.24%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.00%) Google Workspace
14 4 (1.00%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.23%) Firewall
2 13 (3.23%) DNS
3 7 (1.74%) DHCP
4 6 (1.49%) LAN
4 6 (1.49%) SAN
4 6 (1.49%) WAN
5 5 (1.24%) WAAS
5 5 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.00%) VLAN
6 4 (1.00%) VPN
7 3 (0.75%) Network Security
7 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.75%) VoIP
8 2 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.50%) Intranet
8 2 (0.50%) NAS
9 1 (0.25%) DWDM
9 1 (0.25%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.25%) Internet
9 1 (0.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.72%) Power BI
3 13 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.24%) GIS
7 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.50%) MySQL
8 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.25%) Big Data
9 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.25%) QGIS
9 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.25%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 9 (2.24%) JIRA
2 5 (1.24%) Git
3 2 (0.50%) AdminStudio
3 2 (0.50%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.50%) MSI
3 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.25%) Hudson
4 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 134 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 40 (9.95%) Finance
3 35 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.98%) Banking
6 12 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.99%) Legal
8 7 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.24%) Marketing
9 5 (1.24%) Retail
10 4 (1.00%) Automotive
10 4 (1.00%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (1.00%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.75%) Local Government
11 3 (0.75%) Publishing
12 2 (0.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 57 (14.18%) Analyst
2 33 (8.21%) Architect
3 30 (7.46%) Developer
4 28 (6.97%) Senior
5 22 (5.47%) IT Support
6 20 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (4.73%) Administrator
7 19 (4.73%) Lead
7 19 (4.73%) Service Analyst
7 19 (4.73%) Service Desk Analyst
8 16 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (3.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (3.48%) Support Engineer
10 12 (2.99%) Consultant
10 12 (2.99%) IT Engineer
11 11 (2.74%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.49%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
13 9 (2.24%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (1.99%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.74%) CSS
1 7 (1.74%) HTML
2 6 (1.49%) .NET
3 5 (1.24%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.24%) JSON
3 5 (1.24%) REST
3 5 (1.24%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.00%) RESTful
5 3 (0.75%) Web Services
5 3 (0.75%) XHTML
6 2 (0.50%) Java EE
6 2 (0.50%) Node.js
6 2 (0.50%) PySpark
6 2 (0.50%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.50%) Spring
6 2 (0.50%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.50%) Swagger
6 2 (0.50%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.50%) YAML
7 1 (0.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (2.24%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.24%) Virtual Team
3 7 (1.74%) NHS
3 7 (1.74%) PKI
4 6 (1.49%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.24%) CCTV
5 5 (1.24%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.24%) Social Media
6 4 (1.00%) Clustering
6 4 (1.00%) Low-Code
7 3 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.75%) Cyberattack
7 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (0.75%) Insider Threat
7 3 (0.75%) Life Science
7 3 (0.75%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 110 (27.36%) Windows
2 72 (17.91%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (2.24%) Linux
5 9 (2.24%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.49%) VMS
8 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.00%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.25%) Android
11 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.25%) Unix
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (17.16%) Customer Service
3 65 (16.17%) Decision-Making
4 41 (10.20%) Agile
5 40 (9.95%) Time Management
6 34 (8.46%) ITIL
6 34 (8.46%) Migration
7 29 (7.21%) DevOps
8 28 (6.97%) Data Protection
9 24 (5.97%) Analytics
9 24 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (5.72%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (5.22%) Project Management
11 21 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (4.98%) Mobile Device Management
13 16 (3.98%) Workflow
14 15 (3.73%) Roadmaps
15 14 (3.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (3.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.96%) SQL
2 29 (7.21%) PowerShell
3 16 (3.98%) Python
4 9 (2.24%) C#
4 9 (2.24%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.99%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.74%) Java
7 3 (0.75%) Bash
8 2 (0.50%) Bicep
8 2 (0.50%) C
8 2 (0.50%) PHP
8 2 (0.50%) VB
9 1 (0.25%) C++
9 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.25%) Fortran
9 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.25%) Perl
9 1 (0.25%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 74 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 65 (16.17%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.69%) Degree
4 27 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (5.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (4.23%) CISSP
7 14 (3.48%) CISM
8 9 (2.24%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (2.24%) MCSE
9 7 (1.74%) CCNA
9 7 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.49%) CISA
10 6 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.49%) MBA
11 5 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.24%) PMP
12 4 (1.00%) APMP
12 4 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.46%) SLA
2 26 (6.47%) Disclosure Scotland
3 12 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.99%) QA
4 6 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.24%) PMO
6 4 (1.00%) NIST
7 3 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.50%) GDPR
8 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.25%) GMP
9 1 (0.25%) GxP
9 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 93 (23.13%) Active Directory
2 25 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.50%) Firmware
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.25%) Docker
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 41 (10.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (6.47%) SCCM
3 7 (1.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (1.74%) Terraform
4 5 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.00%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.75%) Autotask
6 3 (0.75%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.50%) Ansible
7 2 (0.50%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.25%) Nessus
8 1 (0.25%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 49 (12.19%) ServiceNow
2 35 (8.71%) VMware
3 14 (3.48%) SAP
4 12 (2.99%) Citrix
5 11 (2.74%) Apple
6 8 (1.99%) Cisco
6 8 (1.99%) Siemens
7 7 (1.74%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.74%) Google
8 6 (1.49%) CA
9 5 (1.24%) Oracle
9 5 (1.24%) Veeam
10 4 (1.00%) Adobe
10 4 (1.00%) Databricks
10 4 (1.00%) Facebook
10 4 (1.00%) Lotus
10 4 (1.00%) Pega
10 4 (1.00%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.00%) SolarWinds
11 3 (0.75%) Datto