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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Microsoft	2	Up 3 places+3	£375	+21.35%	45 17.79%	50
Microsoft Azure	13	No change0	£438	+34.09%	21 8.30%	25
Microsoft Dynamics CRM (formerly Microsoft CRM)	30	New entry-	£400	-	3 1.19%	1
Microsoft 365	16	Down -4 places-4	£425	+100.00%	18 7.11%	21
Microsoft Excel	14	Up 1 place+1	£375	+17.64%	20 7.91%	11
Microsoft Windows	5	Up 8 places+8	£345	+45.26%	36 14.23%	15
Microsoft Office	31	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.79%	4
Microsoft Intune	31	Down -14 places-14	£438	-	2 0.79%	7
Microsoft Power BI	24	Down -13 places-13	£375	+17.85%	9 3.56%	5
Microsoft ASP.NET	32	New entry-	£345	-	1 0.40%	4
Microsoft Project	31	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.79%	1
Microsoft Power Platform	24	Down -13 places-13	£375	+17.85%	9 3.56%	8
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)	29	New entry-	£500	-	4 1.58%	10
Microsoft Certification	31	Down -14 places-14	£505	-	2 0.79%	6
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Specialist	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft SharePoint	28	Down -13 places-13	-	-	5 1.98%	8
Microsoft Windows 10	29	Down -14 places-14	£333	+8.57%	4 1.58%	2
Microsoft PowerPoint	31	Down -16 places-16	£600	+88.23%	2 0.79%
Microsoft Azure DevOps	32	New entry-	£425	-	1 0.40%	6
Microsoft Power Query	27	New entry-	£375	-	6 2.37%	1
Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)	24	Down -7 places-7	£345	-	9 3.56%	5
Microsoft Windows Server	20	Down -3 places-3	£425	-	13 5.14%	5
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)	31	New entry-	-	-	2 0.79%	1
Microsoft Visual Studio	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.40%	1
Microsoft Active Directory	19	Down -7 places-7	£425	+78.94%	14 5.53%	13
Microsoft .NET Framework	31	New entry-	£345	-	2 0.79%
Microsoft Azure Certification	32	Down -15 places-15	£505	-	1 0.40%	7
Microsoft Azure Logic Apps	32	New entry-	£505	-	1 0.40%	1
Microsoft Power Platform Developer	29	New entry-	£500	-	4 1.58%
Microsoft Power BI Developer	26	New entry-	£375	-	7 2.77%
Microsoft Azure Data Factory	32	New entry-	£505	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly SQL Azure)	32	New entry-	£505	-	1 0.40%	2
Microsoft Power Platform Consultant	30	New entry-	-	-	3 1.19%
Microsoft Windows Server 2019	32	New entry-	£335	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft Power Automate (Formerly Microsoft Flow)	30	New entry-	-	-	3 1.19%	1
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Analyst (D365 Analyst)	32	New entry-	£530	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, Azure AD)	32	Down -15 places-15	£425	+126.66%	1 0.40%	10
CRM	28	Down -14 places-14	£505	+1.05%	5 1.98%	7
Microsemi	30	New entry-	-	-	3 1.19%
Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)	27	New entry-	£375	-	6 2.37%	1
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)	27	New entry-	£375	-	6 2.37%
CRM Specialist	32	New entry-	-	-	1 0.40%
Business Analyst - Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365 BA)	32	New entry-	£530	-	1 0.40%
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Manager (D365 Project Manager)	32	New entry-	£530	-	1 0.40%