Microsoft Contract Job Trends in East London

Microsoft
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East London 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 11 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 18 17 50
As % of all contract jobs in East London 18.56% 16.50% 19.92%
As % of the Vendors category 37.50% 28.81% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 43
10th Percentile £169 £218 £450
25th Percentile £190 £400 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +7.32%
75th Percentile £495 £585 £650
90th Percentile £620 £612 £730
London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.45
25th Percentile - - £14.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £15.52
75th Percentile - - £16.18
90th Percentile - - £16.58
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.99 £32.00
% change year-on-year +4.84% -25.03% +46.82%

All Vendors
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 48 59 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 49.48% 57.28% 43.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 49 97
10th Percentile £190 £300 £368
25th Percentile £450 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -0.46% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £675 £720
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.45
25th Percentile - - £14.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £15.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.00%
75th Percentile - - £16.18
90th Percentile - - £16.58
London median hourly rate £26.00 £31.42 £33.25
% change year-on-year -17.26% -5.50% +33.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in East London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in East London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in East London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the East London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets 0 10 £495 -15.38% 3
Dagenham - 4 £180 - 1
Havering -2 1 £185 -24.49% 3
Microsoft
London

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Google Workspace
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.56%) AWS
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (11.11%) DHCP
2 2 (11.11%) DMZ
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.56%) VLAN
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 3 (16.67%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
2 3 (16.67%) JMeter
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 3 (16.67%) Banking
5 2 (11.11%) Front Office
5 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Lead
3 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) IT Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) IT Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) QA Leader
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Procurement Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) AI
3 4 (22.22%) Change Control
4 3 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (16.67%) Defect Management
4 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) ETL
4 3 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Kimball Methodology
4 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) SDLC
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 3 (16.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
1 3 (16.67%) PMO
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
2 2 (11.11%) WSUS
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Citrix
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.11%) Apple
2 2 (11.11%) Ariba
2 2 (11.11%) Bloomberg
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) ION Trading
2 2 (11.11%) Reuters
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Remedy