Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Dorchester

Microsoft
Dorset > Dorchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorchester 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 September 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 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorchester 14.29% - -
As % of the Vendors category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £515 £350 £575
% change year-on-year +47.14% -39.13% +15.00%

All Vendors
Dorchester

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 Dorchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorchester 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £476 £425 £513
% change year-on-year +12.06% -17.07% +2.50%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorchester

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Dorchester

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Dorchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorchester citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorchester citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorchester 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared