Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Gaydon

Microsoft
Warwickshire > Gaydon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gaydon 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 26 April 2026, 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
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Gaydon 25.00% - 11.11%
As % of the Vendors category 50.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £326 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - -
75th Percentile £359 - -
90th Percentile £384 - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £500 £375 £638
% change year-on-year +33.33% -41.18% +21.43%

All Vendors
Gaydon

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 Gaydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gaydon 50.00% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £314 - -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.61%
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £478 - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% +4.29%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Gaydon

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Gaydon

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Gaydon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gaydon citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Gaydon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gaydon citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gaydon 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 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BIG-IP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Ethereal
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) HTTP
1 3 (75.00%) HTTPS
1 3 (75.00%) IPsec
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) SSL
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
1 3 (75.00%) SAML
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 14001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) F5
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds