Microsoft Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 6 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 45 70 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 16.48% 16.43% 20.84%
As % of the Vendors category 35.16% 44.03% 44.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 29 77
10th Percentile £184 £178 £200
25th Percentile £213 £325 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £525 £594 £550
90th Percentile £685 £675 £600
South West median daily rate £470 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -6.00% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £15.58 -
25th Percentile - £15.70 £31.25
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - -50.77% +106.48%
75th Percentile - £17.32 £33.75
90th Percentile - £17.80 -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £15.95 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.09% -50.94% -7.14%

All Vendors
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 128 159 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 46.89% 37.32% 46.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 87 154
10th Percentile £210 £276 £275
25th Percentile £363 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £588
90th Percentile £710 £725 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.34% -2.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 10
10th Percentile £31.50 £15.89 £29.23
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.07 £39.55
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +312.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 £72.45
South West median hourly rate £40.84 £47.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -14.02% -24.60% +33.74%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in Gloucestershire

Microsoft
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Gloucester +1 24 £466 -20.64% 30
Cheltenham -6 6 £550 +34.97% 23
Filton +4 2 £300 - 2
Microsoft
South West

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 13 (28.89%) SharePoint
2 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (8.89%) Confluence
4 1 (2.22%) IBM Notes
4 1 (2.22%) IIS
4 1 (2.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.22%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 27 (60.00%) Azure
2 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.89%) AWS
6 3 (6.67%) SaaS
7 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.22%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) VPN
2 4 (8.89%) DNS
3 3 (6.67%) Firewall
3 3 (6.67%) WAN
4 2 (4.44%) DHCP
4 2 (4.44%) LAN
4 2 (4.44%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (4.44%) SAN
4 2 (4.44%) VLAN
5 1 (2.22%) Network Security
5 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.22%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Oracle Database
1 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Legal
5 3 (6.67%) Local Government
6 1 (2.22%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 6 (13.33%) Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Administrator
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Analyst
4 3 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.44%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.44%) Applications Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support
5 2 (4.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Hardware Technician
5 2 (4.44%) IT Technician
5 2 (4.44%) Power Apps Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Security Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Senior
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.44%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) CSS
1 3 (6.67%) HTML
2 2 (4.44%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (8.89%) iPad
3 4 (8.89%) iPhone
4 3 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.44%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.22%) Blackberry
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.22%) PKI
6 1 (2.22%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Windows 10
2 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.67%) Linux
4 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.22%) Android
5 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 8 (17.78%) Migration
4 7 (15.56%) ITIL
5 6 (13.33%) Agile
5 6 (13.33%) Cloud Security
5 6 (13.33%) Project Management
5 6 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
7 4 (8.89%) Analytics
7 4 (8.89%) Antivirus Management
7 4 (8.89%) Application Security
7 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.89%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.89%) Inventory Management
7 4 (8.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 4 (8.89%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (8.89%) Time Management
7 4 (8.89%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (8.89%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.33%) Python
3 4 (8.89%) SQL
4 3 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (6.67%) VBA
5 1 (2.22%) VB
5 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (68.89%) Security Cleared
2 28 (62.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 5 (11.11%) Degree
5 4 (8.89%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (8.89%) MCSE
5 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.67%) DBS Check
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 2 (4.44%) MCP
8 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
8 1 (2.22%) Dell Certification
8 1 (2.22%) MCSA
8 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.67%) PMO
2 2 (4.44%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) NCSC
3 1 (2.22%) NIST
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.67%) Docker
4 3 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.44%) vSphere
6 1 (2.22%) BitLocker
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.11%) SCCM
3 4 (8.89%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
4 3 (6.67%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (6.67%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) NetApp OnCommand
5 1 (2.22%) QRadar
5 1 (2.22%) Terraform
5 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.22%) vMotion
5 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) McAfee
2 7 (15.56%) VMware
3 5 (11.11%) Symantec
4 3 (6.67%) Apple
4 3 (6.67%) Oracle
4 3 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.44%) Citrix
5 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.44%) Veeam
6 1 (2.22%) Adobe
6 1 (2.22%) Aruba
6 1 (2.22%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) Dell
6 1 (2.22%) F5
6 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.22%) Juniper
6 1 (2.22%) Lotus
6 1 (2.22%) Meraki
6 1 (2.22%) Splunk