Microsoft Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Developer daily rate in England is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 471 530
Rank change year-on-year -37 +59 +154
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Developer 34 33 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.11% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 26
10th Percentile £400 £362 £403
25th Percentile £413 £380 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £438 £531
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -17.65% -11.46%
75th Percentile £564 £578 £625
90th Percentile £625 £618 £700
UK median daily rate £474 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +8.29% -12.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 - -

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 28,510 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,200 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,749 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Microsoft Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Microsoft Developer job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in England

Microsoft Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Developer in England over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Developer in England

Microsoft Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Microsoft Developer job vacancies 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 18 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
London -12 12 £425 +2.66% 8
North of England -44 11 £470 -14.55%
North West -15 7 £425 -24.44%
Midlands -33 7 £600 +27.66%
East Midlands - 5 £550 -
Yorkshire -37 4 £474 +0.80%
West Midlands -31 2 £600 +27.66%
East of England - 1 - -
Microsoft Developer
UK

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 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 England region featuring Microsoft Developer in the job title.

1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (64.71%) Power Platform
3 19 (55.88%) Azure
3 19 (55.88%) Power Automate
4 18 (52.94%) PowerApps
5 14 (41.18%) DevOps
6 13 (38.24%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
8 11 (32.35%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (29.41%) .NET
9 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
10 9 (26.47%) CRM
10 9 (26.47%) Dynamics CRM
10 9 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (26.47%) Power BI
11 8 (23.53%) SQL
12 7 (20.59%) Agile
12 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (20.59%) C#
12 7 (20.59%) CI/CD
12 7 (20.59%) HTML
12 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
13 6 (17.65%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (17.65%) Degree
13 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (14.71%) AI
14 5 (14.71%) HTML5 Canvas
14 5 (14.71%) JSON
14 5 (14.71%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 22 (64.71%) Power Platform
2 19 (55.88%) Azure
2 19 (55.88%) Power Automate
3 18 (52.94%) PowerApps
4 13 (38.24%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (32.35%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (17.65%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (11.76%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (11.76%) Entra ID
8 4 (11.76%) GitHub
8 4 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (8.82%) Azure AI
9 3 (8.82%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (8.82%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (5.88%) Azure App Service
10 2 (5.88%) Azure Functions
10 2 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (5.88%) Azure WebJobs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) Power Query
2 1 (2.94%) PowerPivot
2 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
3 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) HTML
3 5 (14.71%) HTML5 Canvas
3 5 (14.71%) JSON
3 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (11.76%) REST
5 3 (8.82%) .NET Framework
5 3 (8.82%) OAuth
6 2 (5.88%) SOAP
6 2 (5.88%) Web Services
7 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
7 1 (2.94%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (2.94%) RESTful
7 1 (2.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Low-Code
2 2 (5.88%) IoT
2 2 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Data Fabric
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) DevOps
2 9 (26.47%) CRM
3 7 (20.59%) Agile
3 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (20.59%) CI/CD
4 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (14.71%) AI
5 5 (14.71%) Observability
6 4 (11.76%) Analytics
6 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) Integration Patterns
7 3 (8.82%) A/B Testing
7 3 (8.82%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.82%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (8.82%) LLM
7 3 (8.82%) Log Analytics
7 3 (8.82%) Microservices
7 3 (8.82%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
7 3 (8.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 7 (20.59%) C#
2 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.71%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (8.82%) Python
4 3 (8.82%) TypeScript
4 3 (8.82%) X++
5 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.88%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.94%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) Degree
4 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) OpenAI
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow