Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Aldershot

Microsoft
Hampshire > Aldershot

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aldershot 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 9 January 2026, 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
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aldershot 15.38% - -
As % of the Vendors category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £631 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £694 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £533 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +6.50% -9.09% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.62 - -
Median hourly rate £16.71 - -
75th Percentile £17.79 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.50 £30.41 £21.68
% change year-on-year -35.88% +40.30% +17.16%

All Vendors
Aldershot

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 Aldershot.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aldershot 38.46% 50.00% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £178 - £443
25th Percentile £254 - £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +2.80% +1.90%
75th Percentile £552 - £560
90th Percentile £637 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £16.27 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - -
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.80% +4.17% +166.67%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Aldershot

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aldershot.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Aldershot

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Aldershot

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aldershot citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aldershot citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Aldershot

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aldershot citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aldershot citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aldershot by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (50.00%) Datto
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Toshiba
1 1 (50.00%) Trend Micro
1 1 (50.00%) VMware