Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Birmingham
Microsoft
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 16 October 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 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | -1 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 142 | 108 | 108 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 16.17% | 16.74% | 15.00% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 36.41% | 29.43% | 28.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 100 | 89 | 81 |
| 10th Percentile | £210 | £128 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £275 | £208 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £400 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -11.11% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £545 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £625 | £573 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £425 | £445 | £434 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.49% | +2.48% | +8.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.51 | - | £12.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.32 | - | £14.97 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.72 | £18.00 | £18.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.10% | -4.17% | +2.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.06 | - | £22.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.83 | - | £25.16 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £19.41 | £30.00 | £30.56 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.30% | -1.84% | +42.15% |
All Vendors
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 390 | 367 | 380 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 44.42% | 56.90% | 52.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 225 | 239 | 266 |
| 10th Percentile | £261 | £247 | £198 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £368 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | +8.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £626 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £638 | £750 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £463 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.50% | - | +8.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.59 | £16.98 | £12.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.00 | £17.69 | £15.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.42 | £18.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +85.67% | -25.00% | -33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.25 | £20.75 | £26.69 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £26.47 | £46.68 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £20.56 | £30.00 | £26.13 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.48% | +14.83% | +13.59% |
Microsoft Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Microsoft Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft.
Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Microsoft.
Microsoft Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Vendors
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ServiceNow | 16.9% | 24 |
| 2 | Cisco | 5.6% | 8 |
| 2 | Splunk | 5.6% | 8 |
| 4 | Samsung | 4.9% | 7 |
| 5 | Apple | 4.2% | 6 |
| 6 | Palo Alto | 3.5% | 5 |
| 7 | VMware | 2.8% | 4 |
| 8 | Fortinet | 2.1% | 3 |
| 8 | Remedy | 2.1% | 3 |
| 8 | Ribbon | 2.1% | 3 |
| 8 | Veeam | 2.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Autodesk | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | BeyondTrust | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | Citrix | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | Commvault | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | CrowdStrike | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | Databricks | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | Genesys | 1.4% | 2 |
| 12 | 1.4% | 2 | |
| 12 | LogRhythm | 1.4% | 2 |