Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Doncaster

Microsoft
South Yorkshire > Doncaster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Doncaster 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 27 January 2026, 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
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Doncaster 13.04% - 13.64%
As % of the Vendors category 21.43% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £188 - £219
25th Percentile £193 - £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +79.49%
75th Percentile - - £428
90th Percentile - - £471
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £470 £250
% change year-on-year -4.26% +88.00% -52.38%

All Vendors
Doncaster

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 Doncaster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Doncaster 60.87% - 54.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £134 - £221
25th Percentile £167 - £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 - £306
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.60%
75th Percentile £200 - £364
90th Percentile - - £446
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £474
% change year-on-year - +5.60% -9.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +466.43%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.67 £14.85 £12.75
% change year-on-year +12.29% +16.43% -8.93%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Doncaster

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Doncaster

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Doncaster

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Doncaster citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Doncaster

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Doncaster citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Doncaster 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory