Microsoft Contracts in Basingstoke

Microsoft
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 13 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 31 49 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 22.96% 11.45% 21.46%
As % of the Vendors category 39.24% 27.22% 40.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 16
10th Percentile £494 £406 £328
25th Percentile £528 £531 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +20.93% +13.16%
75th Percentile £650 £825 £688
90th Percentile £688 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £600 £543
% change year-on-year -16.67% +10.50% +20.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £15.33
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - £34.05
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.97 £15.00 £19.74
% change year-on-year +33.13% -23.99% +19.61%

All Vendors
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 79 180 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 58.52% 42.06% 52.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 84 65
10th Percentile £456 - £375
25th Percentile £525 £425 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% +18.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £665 £825 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £18.07 £15.33
25th Percentile - £21.61 £15.50
Median hourly rate £21.39 £30.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +62.16% -48.61%
75th Percentile - £32.50 £19.50
90th Percentile - - £34.05
Hampshire median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £51.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +12.45% +155.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Basingstoke

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Basingstoke.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Basingstoke

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Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Basingstoke

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Basingstoke.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Basingstoke

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (12.90%) Apache
3 4 (12.90%) CMS
3 4 (12.90%) Confluence
3 4 (12.90%) Drupal
3 4 (12.90%) WordPress
4 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (9.68%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (9.68%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (9.68%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (9.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) SAP ECC
1 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.23%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.23%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.23%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.23%) SAP GTS
2 1 (3.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) AWS
1 8 (25.81%) GCP
1 8 (25.81%) IaaS
1 8 (25.81%) OpenShift
1 8 (25.81%) PaaS
2 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (35.48%) DHCP
1 11 (35.48%) DNS
1 11 (35.48%) VPN
2 8 (25.81%) Firewall
2 8 (25.81%) SMTP
3 4 (12.90%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (12.90%) Internet
3 4 (12.90%) iSCSI
4 3 (9.68%) DDNS
4 3 (9.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (25.81%) Big Data
1 8 (25.81%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
3 4 (12.90%) MySQL
3 4 (12.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (6.45%) Metadata
5 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.23%) Power BI
5 1 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (12.90%) Git
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 3 (9.68%) MSI
General
1 8 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Billing
5 1 (3.23%) Electronics
5 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Support Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (32.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Architect
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Architect
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) PHP Software Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) VMware Architect
6 3 (9.68%) Exchange Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) Exchange Support
7 2 (6.45%) Document Controller
7 2 (6.45%) Lead
8 1 (3.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 1 (3.23%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) Ajax
1 4 (12.90%) AngularJS
1 4 (12.90%) CodeIgniter
1 4 (12.90%) CSS
1 4 (12.90%) HTML
1 4 (12.90%) jQuery
1 4 (12.90%) LAMP
1 4 (12.90%) SOAP
1 4 (12.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) PKI
2 8 (25.81%) Clustering
2 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
3 4 (12.90%) Legacy Code
4 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (9.68%) Replication
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) Linux
3 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
4 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (12.90%) Unix
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Agile
1 8 (25.81%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) DevOps
1 8 (25.81%) Machine Learning
1 8 (25.81%) Software Deployment
2 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (12.90%) Design Patterns
3 4 (12.90%) Edge Virtualization
3 4 (12.90%) Kanban
3 4 (12.90%) Migration
3 4 (12.90%) MVC
3 4 (12.90%) OO
3 4 (12.90%) OOP
3 4 (12.90%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (12.90%) Scrum
3 4 (12.90%) Secure Coding
3 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
3 4 (12.90%) TDD
4 3 (9.68%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) PowerShell
2 8 (25.81%) SQL
3 4 (12.90%) Java
3 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.90%) PHP
4 1 (3.23%) ABAP
4 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 18 (58.06%) DV Cleared
3 8 (25.81%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) MCSE
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.90%) VCP5
4 4 (12.90%) VCP6
4 4 (12.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) GRC
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (38.71%) Active Directory
1 12 (38.71%) VMware ESXi
1 12 (38.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (25.81%) BitLocker
2 8 (25.81%) Docker
2 8 (25.81%) Hyper-V
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (25.81%) Terminal Services
3 4 (12.90%) NFS
3 4 (12.90%) vSphere
4 3 (9.68%) Brightmail
4 3 (9.68%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Ansible
1 8 (25.81%) Kubernetes
1 8 (25.81%) Nagios
1 8 (25.81%) Puppet
1 8 (25.81%) vCenter Server
1 8 (25.81%) vMotion
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (9.68%) WMI
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) VMware
2 8 (25.81%) Citrix
2 8 (25.81%) Google
2 8 (25.81%) HP
2 8 (25.81%) Symantec
3 4 (12.90%) NetApp
3 4 (12.90%) Splunk
3 4 (12.90%) Veeam
3 4 (12.90%) Zend
4 3 (9.68%) SAP
5 2 (6.45%) Autodesk
6 1 (3.23%) Databricks