Microsoft
Essex > Chelmsford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford 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 19 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 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 2 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +3 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chelmsford | - | 27.27% | 12.12% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | 100.00% | 36.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £185 | £358 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £190 | £461 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -58.81% | -23.13% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £195 | £558 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £613 |
| Essex median daily rate | £245 | £475 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.42% | +8.57% | +5.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.31 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.45% | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £21.00 | £12.25 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +71.43% | -60.80% | +68.46% |
All Vendors
Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 20.00% | 27.27% | 33.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | £185 | £105 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £190 | £110 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +228.95% | +72.73% | -79.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £195 | £284 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £504 |
| Essex median daily rate | £318 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.39% | -1.50% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.31 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.45% | -16.67% |
| Essex median hourly rate | £30.00 | £14.31 | £54.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +109.64% | -73.50% | +151.16% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Chelmsford.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Chelmsford.