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 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 40 69 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 15.44% 16.16% 18.74%
As % of the Vendors category 31.75% 43.67% 41.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 30 57
10th Percentile £184 £182 £245
25th Percentile £210 £328 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £575
90th Percentile £760 £675 £600
South West median daily rate £458 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -8.35% -4.76% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £15.58 £33.63
25th Percentile - £15.70 £37.19
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year - -63.43% +177.95%
75th Percentile - £17.32 £49.69
90th Percentile - £17.80 £52.88
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £17.07 £41.25
% change year-on-year +8.47% -58.63% +17.86%

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 126 158 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 48.65% 37.00% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 89 122
10th Percentile £210 £279 £275
25th Percentile £306 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £588
90th Percentile £726 £689 £673
South West median daily rate £513 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 12
10th Percentile £27.78 £15.89 £32.08
25th Percentile £31.50 £29.07 £39.55
Median hourly rate £54.99 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.53% +3.85% +312.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £34.00 £48.25 £62.00
% change year-on-year -29.53% -22.18% +30.53%

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 23 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 23 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 0 20 £463 -21.28% 181
Cheltenham -3 5 £413 +1.23% 180
Filton - 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 (32.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (10.00%) Confluence
4 1 (2.50%) IBM Notes
4 1 (2.50%) IIS
4 1 (2.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (62.50%) Azure
2 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (22.50%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.50%) SaaS
6 2 (5.00%) AWS
6 2 (5.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.00%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) VPN
2 4 (10.00%) DNS
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) WAN
4 2 (5.00%) DHCP
4 2 (5.00%) LAN
4 2 (5.00%) SAN
4 2 (5.00%) VLAN
5 1 (2.50%) Network Security
5 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Oracle Database
1 3 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) MS Access
2 1 (2.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Legal
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Local Government
5 1 (2.50%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Administrator
4 3 (7.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Desktop Support
4 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.00%) Active Directory Technician
5 2 (5.00%) Applications Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Hardware Technician
5 2 (5.00%) IT Technician
5 2 (5.00%) Power Apps Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) CSS
1 3 (7.50%) HTML
2 2 (5.00%) ModSecurity
3 1 (2.50%) .NET
3 1 (2.50%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.00%) iPad
2 4 (10.00%) iPhone
2 4 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.50%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) PKI
4 1 (2.50%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.50%) Linux
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.50%) Android
6 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.00%) ITIL
3 6 (15.00%) Agile
3 6 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.50%) Migration
5 4 (10.00%) Analytics
5 4 (10.00%) Antivirus Management
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Inventory Management
5 4 (10.00%) Task Automation
5 4 (10.00%) Time Management
5 4 (10.00%) Zero Trust
6 3 (7.50%) Cloud Security
6 3 (7.50%) Computer Science
6 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.50%) Project Management
6 3 (7.50%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (7.50%) Threat Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.50%) Python
2 5 (12.50%) SQL
3 4 (10.00%) VBA
4 3 (7.50%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (5.00%) VB
6 1 (2.50%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.50%) VB6
6 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (65.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) MCSE
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.50%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.00%) MCP
7 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.50%) Dell Certification
7 1 (2.50%) MCSA
7 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (7.50%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) NCSC
3 1 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (47.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.50%) Docker
3 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.50%) SCCM
2 3 (7.50%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.50%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (2.50%) NetApp OnCommand
3 1 (2.50%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.50%) QRadar
3 1 (2.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (2.50%) Terraform
3 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.50%) vMotion
3 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) McAfee
2 5 (12.50%) VMware
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle
4 3 (7.50%) Apple
4 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.50%) Symantec
5 2 (5.00%) Veeam
6 1 (2.50%) Aruba
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) Exabeam
6 1 (2.50%) F5
6 1 (2.50%) FireEye
6 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.50%) Juniper
6 1 (2.50%) Lotus
6 1 (2.50%) Meraki
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk