Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Bridgend

Microsoft
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bridgend 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 18 July 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
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgend 25.00% - -
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £413 £300 £503
% change year-on-year +37.50% -40.30% -4.29%

All Vendors
Bridgend

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 Bridgend.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgend 25.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £251
25th Percentile £575 - £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £281
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.76%
75th Percentile £625 - £330
90th Percentile - - £342
South Wales median daily rate £468 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +24.67% -25.00% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Bridgend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Bridgend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Programme Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Build Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 4 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 4 (66.67%) Server Building
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow Management
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Server Patching
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware