Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Microsoft
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bracknell 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 8 September 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
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 8 19 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bracknell 7.62% 14.73% 26.62%
As % of the Vendors category 12.90% 30.65% 42.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £405 £209 £68
25th Percentile £413 £313 £101
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £160
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +134.38% -68.78%
75th Percentile £438 £400 £309
90th Percentile £445 £453 £395
Berkshire median daily rate £478 £525 £494
% change year-on-year -9.05% +6.33% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £60.63
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% -30.61% -
75th Percentile £32.18 £43.75 £61.88
90th Percentile £32.26 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.50 £58.05 £55.00
% change year-on-year -50.90% +5.54% -24.91%

All Vendors
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 62 62 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 59.05% 48.06% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 27 35
10th Percentile £414 £237 £263
25th Percentile £513 £288 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -11.11% -7.93%
75th Percentile £591 £488 £600
90th Percentile £600 £620 £738
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £573 £525
% change year-on-year -8.30% +9.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - £57.63
25th Percentile - £41.25 £58.75
Median hourly rate £32.05 £42.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.59% -30.61% -
75th Percentile £32.18 £43.75 £66.94
90th Percentile £32.26 - £69.98
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.81 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -66.13% -2.52% +6.67%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Bracknell

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell 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 3 (37.50%) CMS
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) BPCS
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Fiddler
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Automotive
3 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Agriculture
4 1 (12.50%) French Language
4 1 (12.50%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Development Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) EDI
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (37.50%) Life Science
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (25.00%) Learning Management System
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Content Management
4 2 (25.00%) BPMN
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Business Case
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (25.00%) Document Management
4 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Ariba
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP