Microsoft Developer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Developer
England > East Midlands

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in the East Midlands is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.58% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £463
75th Percentile £575 - £494
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £474 £438 £531
% change year-on-year +8.29% -17.65% -7.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 799 557 693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 91.91% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 334 487
10th Percentile £171 £236 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% -5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £572
90th Percentile £625 £621 £690
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 27 49
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.10 £12.93
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.64 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +12.50% +16.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.90 £25.18
90th Percentile £25.62 £55.00 £57.80
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Microsoft Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Microsoft Developer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Microsoft Developer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Developer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Lincolnshire - 5 £550 -
Microsoft Developer
England

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Microsoft Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (20.00%) X++

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Fabric
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (20.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Presales
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (20.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft