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 8 June 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 236 351 445
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 13.84% 16.10% 12.86%
As % of the Vendors category 30.61% 37.34% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 275 344
10th Percentile £263 £263 £226
25th Percentile £391 £444 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.45% +5.24%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £695
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £500 £540 £544
% change year-on-year -7.41% -0.74% +3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £22.95 - -
25th Percentile £24.38 £12.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £15.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +86.89% -70.95% +98.11%
75th Percentile £108.88 £20.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £156.05 £24.30 -
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £15.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +86.89% -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 771 940 1,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 45.22% 43.12% 39.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 693 898
10th Percentile £314 £322 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -3.57% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £700
90th Percentile £755 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 7
10th Percentile £22.00 £12.75 £14.87
25th Percentile £25.25 £15.19 £18.42
Median hourly rate £31.00 £21.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.53% -56.50% +88.68%
75th Percentile £53.75 £24.56 £52.88
90th Percentile £100.00 £63.53 £53.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £21.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +33.66% -42.00% +21.95%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 June 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 20 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.12%) CMS
4 4 (1.69%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.85%) SAS
7 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Applications
1 40 (16.95%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (12.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.54%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (9.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.54%) Endur
3 4 (1.69%) Aladdin
4 3 (1.27%) CA PPM
5 2 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.42%) Kondor
6 1 (0.42%) Maximo
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.42%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 98 (41.53%) Azure
2 54 (22.88%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (12.71%) Power Platform
4 29 (12.29%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (10.17%) AWS
5 24 (10.17%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.93%) PaaS
7 13 (5.51%) IaaS
8 12 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (5.08%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.66%) SaaS
10 9 (3.81%) Azure AKS
10 9 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (3.81%) Serverless
11 8 (3.39%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.97%) GCP
13 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.12%) GitHub
15 4 (1.69%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.93%) Firewall
2 10 (4.24%) DNS
3 6 (2.54%) Network Security
3 6 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.69%) LAN
5 4 (1.69%) MPLS
6 3 (1.27%) HTTP
6 3 (1.27%) SAN
6 3 (1.27%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.27%) VPN
7 2 (0.85%) BGP
7 2 (0.85%) DHCP
7 2 (0.85%) Internet
7 2 (0.85%) Intranet
7 2 (0.85%) SSL
7 2 (0.85%) VoIP
7 2 (0.85%) WAN
7 2 (0.85%) WebEx
7 2 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.90%) SQL Server
2 18 (7.63%) Power BI
3 13 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.81%) Tableau
5 8 (3.39%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.54%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (2.12%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (2.12%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.85%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.85%) Big Data
11 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.85%) MySQL
11 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (5.93%) JIRA
2 5 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.69%) Git
3 4 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (0.85%) JMeter
4 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.85%) MSI
4 2 (0.85%) NUnit
4 2 (0.85%) Postman
4 2 (0.85%) REST Assured
4 2 (0.85%) Selenium
4 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
General
1 104 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 85 (36.02%) Finance
3 23 (9.75%) Banking
4 22 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.66%) Front Office
8 7 (2.97%) Legal
8 7 (2.97%) Marketing
8 7 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.54%) Law
10 5 (2.12%) Billing
11 4 (1.69%) Back Office
11 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Retail
11 4 (1.69%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.27%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (19.07%) Analyst
2 24 (10.17%) Developer
3 22 (9.32%) Architect
3 22 (9.32%) Consultant
4 21 (8.90%) Lead
5 17 (7.20%) Business Analyst
6 13 (5.51%) IT Support
6 13 (5.51%) Senior
6 13 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (5.08%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.66%) Azure Architect
8 11 (4.66%) Support Analyst
9 10 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.39%) Coordinator
11 8 (3.39%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.39%) Lead Consultant
12 7 (2.97%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.97%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) .NET
2 10 (4.24%) HTML
3 8 (3.39%) CSS
4 6 (2.54%) REST
5 5 (2.12%) jQuery
6 4 (1.69%) ADO
6 4 (1.69%) Bootstrap
6 4 (1.69%) SOAP
7 3 (1.27%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.27%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.27%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.27%) Middleware
8 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.85%) HTML5
8 2 (0.85%) JSON
8 2 (0.85%) LINQ
8 2 (0.85%) LINQ to SQL
8 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.85%) RESTful
8 2 (0.85%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.66%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.81%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.12%) PMI
4 5 (2.12%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.12%) Social Media
5 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.69%) Reinsurance
5 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.27%) iPad
6 3 (1.27%) iPhone
6 3 (1.27%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.27%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.85%) Clustering
7 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.80%) Windows
2 14 (5.93%) Windows 10
2 14 (5.93%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.51%) Linux
4 6 (2.54%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.27%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Unix
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.61%) DevOps
2 50 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (19.92%) Agile
4 37 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (13.14%) Project Management
6 28 (11.86%) Migration
7 27 (11.44%) CRM
8 26 (11.02%) CI/CD
9 24 (10.17%) Change Management
10 22 (9.32%) Requirements Gathering
11 21 (8.90%) Asset Management
11 21 (8.90%) Project Delivery
12 20 (8.47%) Data Analysis
13 19 (8.05%) Business Analysis
13 19 (8.05%) ITIL
14 17 (7.20%) Roadmaps
15 16 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
15 16 (6.78%) Scrum
16 15 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.76%) SQL
2 21 (8.90%) Python
3 18 (7.63%) PowerShell
4 13 (5.51%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.08%) C#
6 8 (3.39%) Java
7 7 (2.97%) Bicep
8 4 (1.69%) VBA
9 3 (1.27%) Bash
10 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.85%) Go
10 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) C++
11 1 (0.42%) COBOL
11 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.42%) R
11 1 (0.42%) RPG
11 1 (0.42%) SOQL
11 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (12.29%) Degree
2 19 (8.05%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.08%) Azure Certification
4 11 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.27%) CCNA
9 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.27%) PMP
10 2 (0.85%) CFA
10 2 (0.85%) CISSP
10 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.85%) MCSE
10 2 (0.85%) VCAP
10 2 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.81%) Accessibility
1 9 (3.81%) MiFID
2 8 (3.39%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.39%) EMIR
3 7 (2.97%) QA
4 6 (2.54%) GDPR
5 5 (2.12%) PMO
6 4 (1.69%) SLA
7 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.27%) NIST
8 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.42%) UCITS
9 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (16.10%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.85%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.85%) XenApp
4 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.42%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) OpenAM
5 1 (0.42%) OpenDJ
5 1 (0.42%) OpenIDM
5 1 (0.42%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 16 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.36%) Terraform
3 13 (5.51%) SCCM
4 9 (3.81%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.97%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (2.54%) Ansible
6 6 (2.54%) Grafana
7 4 (1.69%) Kibana
8 3 (1.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.85%) CASB
9 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.42%) Istio
10 1 (0.42%) Nessus
10 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (5.93%) ServiceNow
2 11 (4.66%) Oracle
3 10 (4.24%) Cisco
3 10 (4.24%) Google
4 8 (3.39%) Citrix
4 8 (3.39%) Databricks
5 7 (2.97%) Adobe
5 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.97%) VMware
6 5 (2.12%) Bloomberg
7 4 (1.69%) Apple
7 4 (1.69%) Charles River
7 4 (1.69%) SAP
8 3 (1.27%) Broadcom
8 3 (1.27%) Logitech
8 3 (1.27%) Workday
9 2 (0.85%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.85%) Mellanox
9 2 (0.85%) Meraki
9 2 (0.85%) Tenable