Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Microsoft
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fareham 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 23 October 2025, 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
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 5 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 14.29% 19.51% 66.67%
As % of the Vendors category 41.67% 61.54% 84.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £314 -
25th Percentile £256 £334 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £375 £420
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -10.71% +34.40%
75th Percentile £288 £422 £435
90th Percentile £348 £446 -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.41 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.00 £32.71 £21.68
% change year-on-year -38.85% +50.89% +17.16%

All Vendors
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 34.29% 31.71% 79.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile - £328 £242
25th Percentile £256 £369 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £450 £369
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +22.12% -13.29%
75th Percentile £363 £463 £406
90th Percentile £419 - £424
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.46 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £66.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -66.04% +26.19% +118.75%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Fareham

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix
1 3 (60.00%) Sage
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow