Microsoft Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in England is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 502 578
Rank change year-on-year +42 +76 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 25 40 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 60
10th Percentile £445 £398 £413
25th Percentile £450 £410 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £569
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -16.52% +1.16%
75th Percentile £559 £597 £676
90th Percentile £650 £633 £705
UK median daily rate £470 £475 £586
% change year-on-year -1.05% -18.94% +6.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +28 17 £463 +7.56% 10
North of England - 7 £475 - 8
North East - 3 £470 -
North West - 3 £550 - 8
Yorkshire - 2 £473 -
Midlands +19 1 £470 +4.44% 5
West Midlands +11 1 £470 +4.44% 4
Microsoft Developer
UK

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Microsoft Developer 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 England region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (76.00%) Power Platform
3 14 (56.00%) Power Automate
4 12 (48.00%) PowerApps
4 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
5 10 (40.00%) Azure
6 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
7 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
8 7 (28.00%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (28.00%) PowerShell
9 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
10 5 (20.00%) Migration
10 5 (20.00%) CRM
10 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
10 5 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (20.00%) Power BI
10 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
11 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (16.00%) Degree
11 4 (16.00%) Agile
11 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
11 4 (16.00%) SQL
12 3 (12.00%) VBA
12 3 (12.00%) .NET
12 3 (12.00%) C#
12 3 (12.00%) HTML
12 3 (12.00%) CSS

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) IIS
2 2 (8.00%) OpenEdge
3 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Power Platform
2 14 (56.00%) Power Automate
3 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (48.00%) PowerApps
4 10 (40.00%) Azure
5 7 (28.00%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (12.00%) Azure Functions
7 3 (12.00%) Serverless
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (4.00%) AWS
9 1 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (4.00%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
9 1 (4.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.00%) Power BI
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (12.00%) MS Access
5 2 (8.00%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (8.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (8.00%) MySQL
5 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (8.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) .NET
1 3 (12.00%) CSS
1 3 (12.00%) HTML
1 3 (12.00%) SPFx
2 2 (8.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (8.00%) React
3 1 (4.00%) Middleware
3 1 (4.00%) Web Services
3 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) CRM
1 5 (20.00%) Migration
1 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (16.00%) Agile
2 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (12.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (12.00%) DevOps
3 3 (12.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (8.00%) API Development
4 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (8.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (8.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (8.00%) User Experience
4 2 (8.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (8.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (24.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.00%) SQL
4 3 (12.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (12.00%) VBA
5 1 (4.00%) Bicep
5 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Calypso
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) Sybase