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 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 237 352 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 14.04% 16.26% 12.49%
As % of the Vendors category 31.14% 37.65% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 272 345
10th Percentile £263 £260 £220
25th Percentile £358 £431 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.27%
75th Percentile £631 £670 £694
90th Percentile £711 £763 £800
Central London median daily rate £500 £538 £535
% change year-on-year -6.98% +0.47% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £36.05 - -
25th Percentile £57.13 £12.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £98.50 £15.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +545.90% -70.95% +98.11%
75th Percentile £146.13 £20.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £170.95 £24.30 -
Central London median hourly rate £27.76 £15.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +82.03% -70.95% +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 761 935 1,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 45.08% 43.19% 39.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 689 909
10th Percentile £310 £313 £262
25th Percentile £431 £432 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £700
90th Percentile £760 £790 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 7
10th Percentile £23.40 £12.75 £14.87
25th Percentile £27.39 £13.56 £18.42
Median hourly rate £34.65 £19.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.44% -5.95% -11.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £23.75 £36.97
90th Percentile £117.50 £25.38 £53.15
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £19.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year +52.08% -5.95% -20.27%

Microsoft
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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 - 4 £238 -
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 23 (9.70%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.11%) CMS
3 5 (2.11%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.84%) SAS
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 47 (19.83%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (13.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (3.38%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (9.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.69%) Endur
2 4 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.27%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.42%) Kondor
5 1 (0.42%) Maximo
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 93 (39.24%) Azure
2 51 (21.52%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.66%) Power Platform
4 26 (10.97%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (10.55%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (8.44%) AWS
7 16 (6.75%) Entra ID
8 13 (5.49%) PaaS
9 12 (5.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (5.06%) IaaS
10 10 (4.22%) SaaS
10 10 (4.22%) Serverless
11 9 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.95%) GCP
13 7 (2.95%) Power Automate
14 6 (2.53%) Azure AKS
14 6 (2.53%) OneDrive
15 5 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.06%) Firewall
2 9 (3.80%) DNS
3 6 (2.53%) Network Security
4 5 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.27%) DHCP
5 3 (1.27%) HTTP
5 3 (1.27%) LAN
5 3 (1.27%) MPLS
5 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.27%) VPN
5 3 (1.27%) WebEx
5 3 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.84%) SSL
6 2 (0.84%) VoIP
6 2 (0.84%) Wireless
7 1 (0.42%) FTP
7 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.42%) Intranet
7 1 (0.42%) SAN
7 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.02%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.17%) Power BI
3 11 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.80%) Tableau
5 8 (3.38%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (2.11%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.84%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.84%) Big Data
9 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.84%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.17%) JIRA
2 5 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.69%) GitLab
4 3 (1.27%) Git
5 2 (0.84%) JMeter
5 2 (0.84%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.84%) MSI
5 2 (0.84%) NUnit
5 2 (0.84%) Postman
5 2 (0.84%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.84%) Selenium
5 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 85 (35.86%) Finance
3 27 (11.39%) Banking
4 25 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.38%) Retail
9 7 (2.95%) Front Office
9 7 (2.95%) Marketing
10 6 (2.53%) Law
10 6 (2.53%) Legal
10 6 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.11%) Billing
11 5 (2.11%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.69%) Back Office
12 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.69%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (18.57%) Analyst
2 22 (9.28%) Developer
3 20 (8.44%) Architect
4 19 (8.02%) Lead
5 17 (7.17%) Consultant
6 15 (6.33%) IT Support
7 13 (5.49%) Business Analyst
7 13 (5.49%) Senior
8 12 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.06%) Support Analyst
8 12 (5.06%) Support Engineer
9 11 (4.64%) Azure Architect
10 9 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.80%) Data Analyst
10 9 (3.80%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.38%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.38%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) IT Support Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.49%) .NET
2 9 (3.80%) HTML
3 7 (2.95%) CSS
4 6 (2.53%) REST
5 5 (2.11%) SOAP
6 4 (1.69%) Bootstrap
6 4 (1.69%) jQuery
7 3 (1.27%) ADO
7 3 (1.27%) JSON
8 2 (0.84%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.84%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.84%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.84%) Kafka
8 2 (0.84%) Middleware
8 2 (0.84%) OAuth
8 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.38%) Social Media
4 5 (2.11%) PMI
4 5 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.27%) iPad
6 3 (1.27%) iPhone
6 3 (1.27%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.27%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.27%) Reinsurance
6 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.84%) Clustering
7 2 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.99%) Windows
2 19 (8.02%) Linux
3 17 (7.17%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.91%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.38%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.27%) Android
6 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.27%) Unix
7 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.84%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.42%) SUSE
8 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.57%) DevOps
3 43 (18.14%) Agile
4 35 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (13.08%) Migration
6 28 (11.81%) Project Management
7 27 (11.39%) CRM
8 24 (10.13%) CI/CD
9 20 (8.44%) Change Management
9 20 (8.44%) Requirements Gathering
10 16 (6.75%) Data Analysis
10 16 (6.75%) ITIL
10 16 (6.75%) Roadmaps
11 15 (6.33%) Asset Management
11 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (6.33%) Project Delivery
12 14 (5.91%) Business Analysis
12 14 (5.91%) Data Management
12 14 (5.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 14 (5.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.88%) SQL
2 23 (9.70%) Python
3 18 (7.59%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.06%) C#
6 8 (3.38%) Java
7 7 (2.95%) Bicep
8 5 (2.11%) Go
9 3 (1.27%) VBA
10 2 (0.84%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.84%) Bash
10 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) C++
11 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) Groovy
11 1 (0.42%) R
11 1 (0.42%) Scala
11 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.42%) SOQL
11 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (12.66%) Degree
2 19 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.22%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.22%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.95%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.27%) PMP
8 2 (0.84%) CISSP
8 2 (0.84%) VCAP
8 2 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CCNP
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.80%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.38%) GDPR
3 7 (2.95%) QA
4 5 (2.11%) MiFID
4 5 (2.11%) PMO
4 5 (2.11%) SLA
5 4 (1.69%) EMIR
5 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.69%) NIST
6 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.42%) UCITS
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (16.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.27%) BitLocker
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.84%) XenApp
4 2 (0.84%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.42%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.42%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.42%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.42%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 18 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.91%) Terraform
3 13 (5.49%) SCCM
4 8 (3.38%) Grafana
4 8 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.95%) Kibana
6 5 (2.11%) Ansible
6 5 (2.11%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (1.27%) CASB
7 3 (1.27%) WSUS
8 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.42%) Nessus
9 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.42%) Puppet
9 1 (0.42%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 16 (6.75%) ServiceNow
2 12 (5.06%) Oracle
3 10 (4.22%) Google
4 8 (3.38%) Citrix
4 8 (3.38%) SAP
5 7 (2.95%) Adobe
5 7 (2.95%) Databricks
5 7 (2.95%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.95%) VMware
6 6 (2.53%) Cisco
7 5 (2.11%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.69%) Apple
9 3 (1.27%) Broadcom
9 3 (1.27%) Logitech
9 3 (1.27%) Workday
10 2 (0.84%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.84%) Mellanox
10 2 (0.84%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.84%) Tenable