Microsoft Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 4 June 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
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 90 119 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 15.44% 11.10% 8.46%
As % of the Vendors category 33.33% 26.92% 27.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 71 71
10th Percentile £155 £205 £206
25th Percentile £205 £306 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% +5.26% +6.15%
75th Percentile £500 £560 £550
90th Percentile £606 £675 £619
South West median daily rate £425 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 8
10th Percentile £18.13 - £15.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £15.36
Median hourly rate £18.87 £47.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -60.27% -11.63% +53.57%
75th Percentile £33.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £37.50 £85.00 £66.50
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £16.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +17.94% -50.77% -7.14%

All Vendors
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 270 442 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 46.31% 41.23% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 224 259
10th Percentile £202 £185 £263
25th Percentile £300 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £517 £510
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% +1.32% +2.00%
75th Percentile £575 £639 £638
90th Percentile £662 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 118 24
10th Percentile £18.20 £36.25 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £44.25 £50.69
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.67% +3.46% +80.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £80.94
90th Percentile £69.60 £78.60 £96.00
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -30.53% -20.83% +34.83%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (17.78%) Azure
3 7 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.33%) AWS
4 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.22%) IaaS
5 2 (2.22%) PaaS
5 2 (2.22%) SaaS
6 1 (1.11%) Akamai
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.11%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.11%) npm
6 1 (1.11%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.11%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.78%) VPN
2 3 (3.33%) Firewall
3 2 (2.22%) Network Security
4 1 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.11%) DHCP
4 1 (1.11%) DNS
4 1 (1.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.11%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) JIRA
2 3 (3.33%) Git
3 1 (1.11%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.11%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.11%) GitLab
3 1 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.11%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.11%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 26 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.00%) Finance
3 15 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 12 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.89%) Electronics
5 8 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.78%) Legal
6 7 (7.78%) Marketing
6 7 (7.78%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.44%) Law
8 2 (2.22%) Banking
9 1 (1.11%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.11%) Military
9 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (24.44%) Analyst
2 19 (21.11%) Desktop Support
3 13 (14.44%) IT Support
3 13 (14.44%) Support Engineer
4 12 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 10 (11.11%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.89%) Architect
6 8 (8.89%) Desktop Engineer
6 8 (8.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Programme Controller
7 7 (7.78%) Senior
7 7 (7.78%) Service Analyst
7 7 (7.78%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (6.67%) Deskside Support
8 6 (6.67%) Lead
9 5 (5.56%) Deskside Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Deskside Support Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Desktop Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 5 (5.56%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) .NET
1 4 (4.44%) .NET Core
2 3 (3.33%) Web Services
3 2 (2.22%) CSS
3 2 (2.22%) HTML
3 2 (2.22%) Node.js
3 2 (2.22%) OpenID
3 2 (2.22%) React
4 1 (1.11%) Django
4 1 (1.11%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.11%) Jest
4 1 (1.11%) Kafka
4 1 (1.11%) Next.js
4 1 (1.11%) OAuth
4 1 (1.11%) RESTful
4 1 (1.11%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.44%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (2.22%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.22%) Social Media
4 1 (1.11%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.11%) Clustering
4 1 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.11%) FMCG
4 1 (1.11%) PKI
4 1 (1.11%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (42.22%) Windows
2 20 (22.22%) Windows 7
3 16 (17.78%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.22%) Linux
5 2 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.11%) Android
6 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 23 (25.56%) ITIL
3 19 (21.11%) ITSM
4 18 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 11 (12.22%) Agile
5 11 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (10.00%) DevOps
7 8 (8.89%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 8 (8.89%) Project Management
7 8 (8.89%) Service Delivery
7 8 (8.89%) Service Management
8 7 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (7.78%) Case Management
8 7 (7.78%) Data Analysis
8 7 (7.78%) Digital Marketing
8 7 (7.78%) Programme Management
8 7 (7.78%) Roadmaps
9 6 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.67%) C#
1 6 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.44%) SQL
3 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.33%) Python
4 2 (2.22%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.11%) C++
5 1 (1.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.22%) Degree
4 7 (7.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.44%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.22%) ACCA
7 2 (2.22%) CIMA
8 1 (1.11%) Dell Certification
8 1 (1.11%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.78%) PMO
2 6 (6.67%) SLA
3 1 (1.11%) GAAP
3 1 (1.11%) GRC
3 1 (1.11%) IFRS
3 1 (1.11%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.11%) Docker
4 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.11%) vSphere
4 1 (1.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.56%) Terraform
3 2 (2.22%) SCCM
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.11%) MIIS
4 1 (1.11%) Puppet
4 1 (1.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 9 (10.00%) SAP
3 8 (8.89%) Citrix
4 6 (6.67%) VMware
5 3 (3.33%) iManage
6 2 (2.22%) F5
7 1 (1.11%) Apple
7 1 (1.11%) Aruba
7 1 (1.11%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.11%) Cisco
7 1 (1.11%) Dell
7 1 (1.11%) Google
7 1 (1.11%) HP
7 1 (1.11%) IBM
7 1 (1.11%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.11%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.11%) Qualys
7 1 (1.11%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (1.11%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.11%) Veritas