Microsoft
Essex > Colchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Colchester 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 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 5 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 3 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Microsoft | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Colchester | - | 29.41% | 20.00% |
| As % of the Vendors category | - | 83.33% | 27.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £310 | £303 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £400 | £344 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +29.41% | +183.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £444 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £448 |
| Essex median daily rate | £309 | £457 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.42% | +1.61% | +1.41% |
All Vendors
Colchester
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 Colchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester | - | 35.29% | 73.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £340 | £371 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £475 | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +233.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £600 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £690 | £552 |
| Essex median daily rate | £321 | £482 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.32% | -3.60% | +2.04% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester
Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Colchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Colchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Colchester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Colchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in Colchester.