Microsoft Contracts in Cheltenham

Microsoft
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 9 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 30 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 9.68% 16.13% 11.54%
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 57.69% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile £280 £161 £126
25th Percentile £381 £176 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £408 £300
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +35.83% +15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £647 £425
90th Percentile £610 £664 £495
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate - £16.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year - -50.77% +106.48%

All Vendors
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16 52 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 25.81% 27.96% 44.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 43
10th Percentile £513 £287 £225
25th Percentile £563 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -8.33% +21.52%
75th Percentile £623 £656 £700
90th Percentile - £735 £720
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £21.45 -
25th Percentile - £30.38 £67.50
Median hourly rate - £45.50 £81.00
Median % change year-on-year - -43.83% -
75th Percentile - £60.38 £94.50
90th Percentile - £69.15 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +312.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Cheltenham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Cheltenham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Cheltenham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Cheltenham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Reinsurance
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) VMware