Microsoft Contract Job Trends 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 20 December 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 8 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 17.39% 16.36% 4.88%
As % of the Vendors category 36.36% 31.03% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £436 - £182
25th Percentile £453 £413 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £425 £305
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% +39.34% -28.24%
75th Percentile £578 £438 £398
90th Percentile £599 - £444
Central London median daily rate £492 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -6.29% -2.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £18.59 - -
Median hourly rate £18.94 - -
75th Percentile £19.34 - -
90th Percentile £19.44 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
% change year-on-year -77.26% - -

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 22 29 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 47.83% 52.73% 36.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £425 £363 £163
25th Percentile £444 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% -4.65% +26.47%
75th Percentile £622 £681 £713
90th Percentile £736 £838 £940
Central London median daily rate £527 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.23% +1.85% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £18.54 - -
25th Percentile £18.59 - -
Median hourly rate £18.94 - -
75th Percentile £19.34 - -
90th Percentile £19.44 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £57.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.70% +202.63% -7.32%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Microsoft job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing Microsoft

Microsoft
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 20 December 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 +2 5 - -
Westminster - 3 £513 - 2
Microsoft
Central London

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Power Automate
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) IaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) DKIM
2 1 (12.50%) DMARC
2 1 (12.50%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Japanese Language
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Administrator
1 1 (12.50%) Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
1 1 (12.50%) Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
1 1 (12.50%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Apple
1 1 (12.50%) BMC
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
1 1 (12.50%) VMware