Microsoft Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 13 July 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
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 285 364 488
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 15.21% 16.92% 13.92%
As % of the Vendors category 32.31% 37.88% 34.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 282 384
10th Percentile £275 £313 £222
25th Percentile £375 £430 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -1.59% +4.76%
75th Percentile £632 £650 £688
90th Percentile £725 £750 £813
Central London median daily rate £500 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -6.98% -0.46% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £22.95 £12.75 -
25th Percentile £24.38 £13.56 £51.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% -58.10% +98.11%
75th Percentile £108.88 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £156.05 £59.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +29.55% -58.10% +98.11%

All Vendors
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 882 961 1,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 47.07% 44.68% 40.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 689 955
10th Percentile £322 £336 £259
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -1.70% +1.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £777 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 8
10th Percentile £22.53 £12.75 £15.30
25th Percentile £26.91 £16.63 £19.32
Median hourly rate £38.58 £24.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +60.73% -33.79% +36.79%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.69 £52.81
90th Percentile £89.67 £98.13 £53.23
Central London median hourly rate £32.83 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +21.57% +8.00% -5.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of London

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Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the City of London region over the 6 months to 13 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 3 - - 3
Moorgate - 1 £230 -
Microsoft
Central London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 29 (10.18%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.46%) Confluence
4 4 (1.40%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.40%) CMS
5 2 (0.70%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 44 (15.44%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (3.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (8.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.11%) Endur
3 5 (1.75%) Aladdin
4 3 (1.05%) CA PPM
4 3 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (1.05%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.35%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.35%) Kondor
6 1 (0.35%) Maximo
6 1 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.35%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.35%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 115 (40.35%) Azure
2 58 (20.35%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 31 (10.88%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (9.82%) Dynamics 365
6 26 (9.12%) AWS
7 18 (6.32%) Entra ID
7 18 (6.32%) PaaS
8 13 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (4.56%) IaaS
8 13 (4.56%) Power Automate
9 12 (4.21%) SaaS
9 12 (4.21%) Serverless
10 10 (3.51%) PowerApps
11 9 (3.16%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.46%) GCP
14 5 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.61%) Firewall
2 11 (3.86%) DNS
3 7 (2.46%) Network Security
3 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.75%) LAN
5 5 (1.75%) VPN
6 4 (1.40%) BGP
6 4 (1.40%) DHCP
6 4 (1.40%) MPLS
7 3 (1.05%) HTTP
7 3 (1.05%) SAN
7 3 (1.05%) WAN
8 2 (0.70%) Internet
8 2 (0.70%) Intranet
8 2 (0.70%) OSPF
8 2 (0.70%) SSL
8 2 (0.70%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.70%) VoIP
8 2 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.18%) Power BI
2 24 (8.42%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (3.51%) Data Lake
4 10 (3.51%) Tableau
5 8 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.05%) Power Query
11 2 (0.70%) Airbyte
11 2 (0.70%) Metadata
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.70%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 16 (5.61%) JIRA
2 8 (2.81%) Git
3 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.40%) GitLab
5 2 (0.70%) JMeter
5 2 (0.70%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.70%) MSI
5 2 (0.70%) NUnit
5 2 (0.70%) Postman
5 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 127 (44.56%) Finance
2 125 (43.86%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.82%) Banking
5 19 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.21%) Front Office
8 9 (3.16%) Legal
9 8 (2.81%) Marketing
9 8 (2.81%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.46%) Billing
10 7 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.11%) Law
12 5 (1.75%) Back Office
12 5 (1.75%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Arabic Language
13 3 (1.05%) International Banking
13 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (21.40%) Analyst
2 33 (11.58%) Architect
3 25 (8.77%) Consultant
3 25 (8.77%) Developer
4 23 (8.07%) Business Analyst
5 22 (7.72%) Lead
5 22 (7.72%) Senior
6 21 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (5.96%) Support Analyst
8 14 (4.91%) IT Support
9 13 (4.56%) Azure Architect
10 12 (4.21%) Data Analyst
10 12 (4.21%) Support Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Project Manager
12 9 (3.16%) Lead Consultant
13 8 (2.81%) Coordinator
13 8 (2.81%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.81%) Desktop Support
13 8 (2.81%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.32%) .NET
2 9 (3.16%) HTML
3 7 (2.46%) CSS
3 7 (2.46%) REST
3 7 (2.46%) RESTful
4 5 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.40%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.40%) ADO
5 4 (1.40%) jQuery
5 4 (1.40%) Middleware
5 4 (1.40%) SOAP
5 4 (1.40%) Web Services
6 3 (1.05%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.05%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.05%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.05%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.05%) OAuth
6 3 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (0.70%) LINQ to SQL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.91%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.46%) iPad
3 7 (2.46%) iPhone
3 7 (2.46%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.75%) PMI
5 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
6 4 (1.40%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.40%) Reinsurance
7 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.84%) Windows
2 14 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 12 (4.21%) Linux
4 11 (3.86%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.46%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.70%) Unix
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.11%) Agile
1 63 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (20.00%) DevOps
3 43 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (12.98%) Project Management
5 34 (11.93%) Migration
6 32 (11.23%) CI/CD
6 32 (11.23%) CRM
7 28 (9.82%) Data Analysis
7 28 (9.82%) ITIL
8 26 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (9.12%) Change Management
8 26 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (8.77%) Project Delivery
9 25 (8.77%) Roadmaps
10 24 (8.42%) Requirements Gathering
11 22 (7.72%) Asset Management
12 20 (7.02%) Business Analysis
12 20 (7.02%) Scrum
13 18 (6.32%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 59 (20.70%) SQL
2 29 (10.18%) Python
3 24 (8.42%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.91%) C#
5 13 (4.56%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.51%) Java
7 7 (2.46%) Bicep
8 5 (1.75%) VBA
9 3 (1.05%) Bash
9 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.70%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.70%) C++
10 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.35%) C
11 1 (0.35%) COBOL
11 1 (0.35%) Groovy
11 1 (0.35%) RPG
11 1 (0.35%) Scala
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (14.39%) Degree
2 22 (7.72%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (4.56%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.56%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.81%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.40%) CCNA
8 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.40%) PMP
9 3 (1.05%) CCNP
9 3 (1.05%) CFA
9 3 (1.05%) CISSP
10 2 (0.70%) CCIE
10 2 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.70%) VCAP
10 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.86%) QA
3 10 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.51%) GDPR
3 10 (3.51%) MiFID
4 9 (3.16%) PMO
5 8 (2.81%) EMIR
6 6 (2.11%) NIST
6 6 (2.11%) SLA
7 4 (1.40%) COBIT
7 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.35%) UCITS
9 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.70%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.35%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.35%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.35%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.35%) Platform Symphony
5 1 (0.35%) XenApp
5 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.26%) Terraform
3 13 (4.56%) SCCM
4 9 (3.16%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.46%) Ansible
5 7 (2.46%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (1.40%) Grafana
7 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.05%) WSUS
8 2 (0.70%) CASB
8 2 (0.70%) Kibana
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.35%) Istio
9 1 (0.35%) Nessus
9 1 (0.35%) Puppet
9 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.35%) WMI
Vendors
1 18 (6.32%) ServiceNow
2 12 (4.21%) Oracle
3 11 (3.86%) Databricks
4 10 (3.51%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.16%) Adobe
5 9 (3.16%) Cisco
5 9 (3.16%) Citrix
5 9 (3.16%) VMware
6 8 (2.81%) Google
7 6 (2.11%) Workday
8 5 (1.75%) Apple
8 5 (1.75%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.75%) SAP
9 4 (1.40%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.40%) Charles River
9 4 (1.40%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.40%) HP
10 3 (1.05%) Broadcom
10 3 (1.05%) F5
10 3 (1.05%) Meraki