Microsoft Contracts in Farnborough

Microsoft
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Farnborough 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 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 15 9
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 27 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Farnborough 29.67% 7.97% 14.18%
As % of the Vendors category 58.70% 18.03% 35.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 15
10th Percentile £403 £320 £310
25th Percentile £425 £334 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +17.02% +5.03%
75th Percentile £519 £675 £641
90th Percentile £627 £686 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £506 £600 £543
% change year-on-year -15.63% +10.50% +20.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £64.50 - £58.13
25th Percentile £65.63 - £60.94
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £68.75
75th Percentile £73.13 - £73.44
90th Percentile £73.50 - £74.38
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.97 £15.00 £19.74
% change year-on-year +33.13% -23.99% +19.61%

All Vendors
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 46 61 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 50.55% 44.20% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 40 32
10th Percentile £355 £398 £256
25th Percentile £425 £498 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £647 £591
90th Percentile £658 £675 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £65.25 - £50.25
25th Percentile £67.50 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +336.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - £72.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £52.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +10.29% +160.00%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Farnborough

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Farnborough

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Daily Rate Histogram in Farnborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in Farnborough over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Farnborough

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Farnborough

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough 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 15 (55.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Firewall
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
1 2 (7.41%) VPN
Development Applications
1 15 (55.56%) JIRA
1 15 (55.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
3 12 (44.44%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Delphi Developer
1 15 (55.56%) Developer
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) ERP Implementation Manager
4 1 (3.70%) ERP Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Product Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (55.56%) Functional Testing
2 15 (55.56%) Root Cause Analysis
3 10 (37.04%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
5 5 (18.52%) Privileged Access Management
6 4 (14.81%) Change Management
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Operational Stability
7 3 (11.11%) DevOps
7 3 (11.11%) Process Improvement
8 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
8 2 (7.41%) Data Migration
8 2 (7.41%) ERP
8 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Automation
8 2 (7.41%) Network Architecture
8 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C#
1 15 (55.56%) Delphi
1 15 (55.56%) PL/SQL
1 15 (55.56%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Bash
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (7.41%) CCNA
4 2 (7.41%) CCNP
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.41%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Oracle
2 5 (18.52%) VMware