The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Canterbury 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 2 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 2 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
1
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Microsoft
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Canterbury
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 Canterbury.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services
1
0
8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canterbury
50.00%
-
80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
1
0
4
10th Percentile
-
-
£145
25th Percentile
-
-
£168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£200
-
£186
75th Percentile
-
-
£195
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Kent median daily rate
£263
£333
£350
% change year-on-year
-21.05%
-5.00%
+7.69%
Microsoft Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Canterbury.
Microsoft Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Canterbury
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Canterbury.
Microsoft Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Canterbury
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Canterbury.
Microsoft Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Canterbury
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Microsoft also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Canterbury region with a requirement for Microsoft.
Microsoft Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Canterbury 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:
