Microsoft
Dorset > Bournemouth
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth 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 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -2 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 15 | 15 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bournemouth | 31.25% | 17.24% | 24.44% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 68.18% | 65.22% | 55.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 13 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | - | £159 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £175 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £185 | £268 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +170.55% | -30.97% | -37.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £194 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £770 | £212 | £691 |
| Dorset median daily rate | £475 | £185 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +157.02% | -63.04% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £19.19 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £13.00 | £20.97 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +92.31% | -37.99% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £22.48 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £22.79 |
| Dorset median hourly rate | £25.00 | £14.46 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +72.89% | -31.14% | -55.88% |
All Vendors
Bournemouth
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 Bournemouth.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 22 | 23 | 40 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth | 45.83% | 26.44% | 44.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | - | £159 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £175 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £185 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +170.55% | -50.72% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £210 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £380 | £675 |
| Dorset median daily rate | £519 | £400 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.69% | -15.79% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £19.19 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £19.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £13.00 | £20.97 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +92.31% | -37.99% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £22.48 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £22.79 |
| Dorset median hourly rate | £65.00 | £46.39 | £56.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.12% | -17.64% | +11.57% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Bournemouth.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Bournemouth.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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: