Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Microsoft
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Corsham 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 15 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
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 42 43 72
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 15.85% 18.07% 21.62%
As % of the Vendors category 28.57% 35.83% 35.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 34 55
10th Percentile £525 £471 £278
25th Percentile £563 £550 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% +7.24% -8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £578
90th Percentile - £719 £712
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
Wiltshire median hourly rate £14.57 - £14.36

All Vendors
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 147 120 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 55.47% 50.42% 60.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 94 149
10th Percentile £513 £462 £413
25th Percentile £525 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £738 £634 £638
90th Percentile - £725 £689
Wiltshire median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £19.50 - £36.68
25th Percentile £20.44 - £40.85
Median hourly rate £22.01 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.66%
75th Percentile £23.58 - -
90th Percentile £24.52 - £51.50
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.59 £47.50
% change year-on-year +90.63% -73.49% -27.48%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Corsham

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Corsham over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Corsham

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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 25 (59.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 17 (40.48%) Skype for Business
4 3 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (64.29%) DNS
2 26 (61.90%) Skype
3 15 (35.71%) DHCP
4 14 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 5 (11.90%) Firewall
6 3 (7.14%) VSAN
7 2 (4.76%) Unified Communications
7 2 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.76%) Looker
2 2 (4.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (40.48%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Advertising
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Military
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Engineer
1 13 (30.95%) Support Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Architect
4 3 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.14%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Lead
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.38%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) OAuth
1 3 (7.14%) OAuth2
1 3 (7.14%) OpenID
1 3 (7.14%) REST
1 3 (7.14%) SAML
2 2 (4.76%) ModSecurity
2 2 (4.76%) SailPoint
2 2 (4.76%) SOAP
2 2 (4.76%) Web Services
3 1 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) PKI
2 5 (11.90%) Private Cloud
3 3 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (47.62%) Windows
2 16 (38.10%) Linux
3 15 (35.71%) Windows 10
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server
5 4 (9.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (7.14%) CentOS
6 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 9 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (21.43%) Service Management
4 8 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
5 6 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (11.90%) Change Management
6 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (11.90%) ITIL
6 5 (11.90%) NsoIT
6 5 (11.90%) RBAC
6 5 (11.90%) Server Management
7 4 (9.52%) System Testing
8 3 (7.14%) Agile
8 3 (7.14%) Defect Management
8 3 (7.14%) Load Balancing
8 3 (7.14%) Logistics
8 3 (7.14%) Problem Management
8 3 (7.14%) Roadmaps
8 3 (7.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (52.38%) PowerShell
2 9 (21.43%) SQL
3 4 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.14%) Python
5 2 (4.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 25 (59.52%) SC Cleared
4 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (11.90%) MCSE
6 4 (9.52%) Degree
7 2 (4.76%) MCSA
7 2 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.38%) OCA
8 1 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (35.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (9.52%) VMware NSX
5 3 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) vCenter Server
2 10 (23.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (14.29%) WSUS
4 3 (7.14%) OPNET
4 3 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.38%) Ansible
5 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) VMware
2 9 (21.43%) Cisco
3 5 (11.90%) SolarWinds
3 5 (11.90%) Veeam
4 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.76%) ForgeRock
5 2 (4.76%) Micro Focus
5 2 (4.76%) NetIQ
5 2 (4.76%) Okta
6 1 (2.38%) Atlassian
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle