Microsoft Engineer Contracts in Dorset

Microsoft Engineer
South West > Dorset

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Engineer daily rate in Dorset.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Engineer 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 3.06% 1.21% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.09% 1.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £513 -
South West median daily rate £463 £495 £618
% change year-on-year -6.57% -19.90% +90.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 97 163 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.98% 98.79% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 106 115
10th Percentile £200 £172 £160
25th Percentile £363 £175 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £431 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.25% -6.76% -2.63%
75th Percentile £563 £630 £575
90th Percentile £671 £797 £650
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 41 47
10th Percentile £14.47 £11.87 £13.55
25th Percentile £14.99 £13.69 £17.50
Median hourly rate £21.63 £15.62 £54.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.44% -71.51% +0.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.83 £61.35
90th Percentile - £57.50 £68.56
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Microsoft Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured Microsoft Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Engineer in Dorset

Microsoft Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Engineer in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Engineer in Dorset

Microsoft Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bournemouth - 3 - -
Microsoft Engineer
South West

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Dorset region featuring Microsoft Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
1 3 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation

Microsoft Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft