Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Chelsea

Microsoft
Kensington and Chelsea > Chelsea

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chelsea 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 29 December 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
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelsea 66.67% - -
As % of the Vendors category 66.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £566 - -
25th Percentile £572 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £597 - -
90th Percentile £599 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £588 - -

All Vendors
Chelsea

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 Chelsea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelsea 100.00% 28.57% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £570 - -
25th Percentile £581 £435 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +3.53% -
75th Percentile £669 £445 £438
90th Percentile £710 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £600 £440 £425
% change year-on-year +36.36% +3.53% -

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelsea

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Chelsea

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Chelsea

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelsea citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Chelsea

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chelsea citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelsea 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto