Microsoft Contracts in the City of Westminster

Microsoft
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster 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 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 13.33% 2.27% 18.42%
As % of the Vendors category 30.00% 8.33% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £374 - £181
25th Percentile £391 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - £234
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.95%
75th Percentile £641 - £353
90th Percentile £662 - £394
Central London median daily rate £512 £545 £533
% change year-on-year -6.06% +2.35% +1.43%

All Vendors
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 44.44% 27.27% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 13
10th Percentile £385 £370 £204
25th Percentile £413 £400 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +33.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £615 £526 £563
90th Percentile £660 £631 £638
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in the City of Westminster

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in the City of Westminster

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of Westminster

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in the City of Westminster over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in the City of Westminster

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in the City of Westminster

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Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster region over the 6 months to 5 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
Paddington -1 3 £630 - 1
Mayfair - 3 £450 -
Microsoft
Central London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Collaboration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CRM Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Development Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) OpenID
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) SAML
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) SPML
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) High Availability
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CAPM
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow