The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Banbury 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 17 February 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
17 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
2 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Banbury |
37.50% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Vendors category |
50.00% |
- |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£190 |
- |
- |
| Oxfordshire median daily rate |
£275 |
£250 |
£375 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
-33.33% |
-6.25% |
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 Banbury.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
6 |
0 |
3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Banbury |
75.00% |
- |
100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£190 |
- |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+29.63% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
£538 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Oxfordshire median daily rate |
£425 |
£500 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
-15.00% |
+11.11% |
- |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Banbury
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Banbury.
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Daily Rate Trend in Banbury
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Banbury citing Microsoft.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Banbury
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Banbury citing Microsoft.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Banbury 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:
